Geekolinks: 8/24

How a distant black hole devoured a star and beamed X-rays at Earth (PhysOrg)

TV characters who would be best friends in real life (Flavorwire)

Tell-all blog from a Fukushima robot operator (IEEE)

8 tiny things that stopped suicides (Cracked)

11 surprising celebrity hobbies (BuzzFeed)

The Russian supply vehicle to the ISS burned up in the atmosphere (BBC News)

Case history of a Wikipedia page, Nabokov’s Lolita (The Awl)

(title pic via Laughing Squid)

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