The Louis Braille article before google linked a search for "lewis braille birthdate" from its logo. The article 24 hours later. (Wikipedia Signpost on the subject. And the current version of the article, for the hell of it.)

Good Village Voice article (on wikipedia, of course. No new info, really)

More wikiTourism: check out the pictures of Trondheim, Norway and Wyoming's Snake River.

Longyearbyen is the largest settlement on Svalbard.

Thanks to De Beers, diamonds may be a Veblen good (but they're not a Giffen Good). Via.