5 things I learned today.

1.)The first person to legally own a black slave in the American colonies was black. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Johnson_%28American_Colonial%29

2.) When taught to use money, monkeys will pay for sex.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/magazine/05FREAK.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5090&en=af2d9755a2c32ba8&ex=1275624000&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1118160068-1EGJuan4FJH1LooxHYd5/g

3.) Another one of many logical reasons to legalize cannabis: the Netherlands is closing 8 prisons due to plummeting crime rates.
http://www.lifemeanshealth.com/health-videos/health-politics/netherlands-closing-8-prisons-due-to-plummeting-crime-rates.html

4.) There is an immortal jellyfish.
http://www.frightcatalog.com/blog/2011/03/22/the-immortal-jellyfish-turritopsis-dohrnii/

5.) and this: http://earthsci.org/education/Lake_Vostok/vostok.html