More random links
- Saint David's Day
- It's on March 1 - and to quote the BBC: "Nearly nine out of 10 people in Wales believe St David's Day should be a public holiday, even if a day's holiday was lost elsewhere, a poll has found."
- World's nerdiest marriage proposal
- Even I'm not that nerdy - not that I'm planning a marriage proposal anytime in the foreseeable future.
- Unprovoked shark attacks: 1912 - 2012
- For how many problems can you capture a century's worth of all known victims - not just those killed but also those injured - in a single graphic?
- 'Lost Generation' Feels Italy's Fiscal Squeeze
- "Italians born in 1970, who are about 43 now, will pay 50% more in taxes as a percentage of their lifetime income than those born in 1952, according to research from the Bank of Italy and the University of Verona. The research also found they will receive half the pension benefits that Italy’s 60-somethings are getting or are poised to get." (HT: MR). Another example of the intergenerational wealth transfer in pretty much all of the Western world.