Friday links: Mysterious symbols explained
- Keith Houston’s Shady Characters offers the secret history of glyphs like the octothorpe (#), the interrobang (‽) and the pilcrow (¶).
- The Washington Wizards have new uniforms. It’s about time.
- Megan McArdle suggests Groupon isn’t really a good deal for businesses, which may explain why deal quality seems to have declined of late.
- How Rand Paul is reshaping the debate in the Senate to promote limited government.
- Last but not least, the Pew Center is the latest group to release a superficial online quiz that tries to group people politically based on 20 questions. How does it categorize you?