Fire up your InstaPaper or shirk your job responsibilities in order to give these a proper read:

• The Man Who Spilled the Secrets - Vanity Fair writeup on Julian Assange; a person and an undertaking (WikiLeaks) that I find to be worthy of much pondering. via Kate.
• List of Common Misconceptions - you know those trivial factoids like how Pilgrims dressed or that George Washington had wooden teeth or that Vikings wore horns on their helmets? Not true. via Will.