Sunday roundup

I'm telling you guys now, if I ever change careers to be a kleptocrat, the last thing I'm going to buy for the palace is a pirate ship.

As with any such study, take with a massive grain of salt (and keep in mind that surnames signify the lineage of only one parent) but check out this interesting take on social mobility through the generations.

Some very wealthy people help speed along the downfall of their offspring by eschewing vaccines.

Smart, informed people can nonetheless disagree.

Amazing, creative medical miracles.

Here's some more stuff, like banana peels, you can clean with.

Oh, WashPo, maybe next time leave your uncultured rednecks stateside? Do you not know that it's idiotic when "journalists" go abroad and write about how what they see for breakfast, doesn't strike them as breakfast? Also, for the record (since you don't fact-check): kasha is any kind of porridge, not specifically buckwheat; pelmyeni--along those same lines--are any kind of savory dumplings, not, specifically, those with meat in them; and tvorog is basically cottage cheese.