"Barney. Doogie. Average names elude me."

Six word memoir by Neil Patrick Harris

"It started with, 'How do we give the visitor a big hug in each room?'" said Magnus Danielsson, president of Touring Exhibitions, the company behind ABBAWORLD. "This is going to be more like going to 'Mamma Mia!' than going to an exhibition. We want people to sing and dance."

AP article on the opening of ABBA World in London

"Ratio of Finns to saunas in Finland: 4:1 " January 1991

"Number of people per sauna in Finland: 2.5" November 2003

Harper's Index

"Chances that an American thinks the United States has a “mainly positive influence” on the world: 2 in 3

Chances that a Russian thinks that Russia does: 4 in 5"

Harper's Index May 2007

"One thing at a time. Most important thing first. Start now."

Lifehacker post

"Vi är en natt med en tyst minut,
en turkisk film med lycklig slut."

"We are a night with a silent minute,
a Turkish film with a happy ending."

from Undantag (Exception) by Bo Kaspers Orkester

"To counter boredom, online language programs have introduced crossword puzzles, interactive videos and other games to reward users for making progress."

NYTimes article on Rosetta Stone and other computer-based language learning products