I've been a busy, busy bee the last couple of days and rather than explain in excruciating detail what it is I've been doing, here are some rather more interesting linkettes, courtesy of my friend Pete.

Did you know, that Red sea urchins are 'almost immortal'? No, neither did I. But they are. Apparently.

Did you also know that a knock on the head can get you speaking in a foreign accent that you'd never heard before? Apparently true and all.