Tim Minchin’s classic beat-rant song “Storm” has been deliciously animated. I’m going to be annoying and not embed it here, so you are forced to go and watch it in HD. So when you’ve got 10 minutes to spare for free-thinking fun, GO

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We all need to step up and do what we can to help Japan right now. Since some folks are uncomfortable with giving to some of the major charities, who often bring their religion along with their help, the Foundation Beyond Belief is raising funds for secular relief efforts.

Scrolling through the comments for a BBC article, I came across this odd statistic:

In the last UK Census the following results were published relating to peoples religions:

43,000 people in the UK class themselves as Pagans.
2.4 million Muslims
1.5 million Hindus
300,000 Jews
340,000 Sikhs
42 million Christians
Jedi Kinghts 390,000

If you get to the end of that list it’s physically impossible not to do a double take. But it turns out it’s true!

At the time the Census was carried out, there was an internet campaign that encouraged people to answer the religion question “Jedi Knight”. The number of people who stated Jedi was 390,000 (0.7 per cent of the population).

Hooray for the internet.