Oklo Fossil Reactors

In 1972 in Oklo, Gabon, while mining for uranium a very strange thing was discovered: the fossilized remains of a naturally occuring nuclear reactor. Later several other similar reactors were discovered, each dating back about two billion years. This is one of the few sites I've been able to find with explanations of the phenomenon and photographs of the site.

dead link: http://www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/centre/waisrc/OKLO/

2020 Update: That site is dead, but there are lots of sites about the Oklo Natural Fission Reactors now. And there's a start-up company named Oklo trying to make small fission reactors.

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School

This collections bills itself as "Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy". While some of the documents are purely of historical interest, many have current legal standing in international affairs. This is the place to go to find the text of the Dayton Peace Accords, the peace agreement that ended the Bosnian war; the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty, which gave the US a chunk of Panama to build a canal; the Good Friday Agreement, which has brought some peace to Northen Ireland; and a wealth of many other documents.

dead link: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

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Area Code Info

This site is a lot less pretty to look at than LinkMad's, but it has more information, including trivia like bands with "area code" songs.

dead link: http://www.areacode-info.com/

LincMad Telephone Area Codes and Splits

Handy site for modern and historic area code information. See the map of the original 86 Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs) from 1947 or a modern map. Read the history of the splits and additions. Find out the status of future splits and overlays.

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