Monday links

Scots, wha hae - Happy Burns Day! Here's a bio, Braveheart, Burns Supper instructions,and lots of haggis.

11 Strange Habits of Geniuses.

How Wile E. Coyote Explains The World.

Why Do Cats Meow?

How a Pile of Unpaid Bills Led to the Creation of the District of Columbia.

10 Awesome Feats Of Wartime Engineering.

ICYMI, Friday's links are here, and include advice from c. 1200 on how to survive the winter, 10 real life MacGyver moments that saved lives, online shopping in the 1950s, and Alton Brown's critique of Amazon's dumbest kitchen gadgets, with bonus Amazon reviews. Also, a roundup of snow-related links.