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Evan B. notes that the Panthéon clock has been repaired, which doesn’t sound that interesting until you find that (a) it’s been broken since the 1960’s, and (b) the crew that repaired it worked undetected for a year. Undetected by anyone — including the tour staff, the Centre des Monuments Nationaux, security, or Robert Langdon. Here’s their website. If anyone can find me a picture of the clock, please send it along; I tried Google images, WikiMedia Commons, and lots of other sources.

MyJewishLearning is a “trans-denominational website of Jewish information and education geared toward learners of all ages and educational backgrounds.”

Poetry 180 is designed to enable students to hear or read a poem a day for the 180 days of the school year. Selected by former U. S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins.

The Global Change Master Directory helps you locate global change research data from 1,200 government agencies, universities, and other institutions worldwide. Topics include agriculture, human dimensions, sun-earth interactions, and lots more. From NASA.