Reading While Eating for March 7: Internet Oddities

Wednesday's links give you the meaning behind some of the web's weirdest stuff.

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Britain's Prince Harry and Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt pose at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica on March 6, 2012.

Web Celebs: These 9 regular people became inadvertent Internet memes, and lived to tell the tale. (Mental Floss)

Brit History: Find out the story behind all those “Keep Calm and Carry On” posters. (BuzzFeed)

Behind the Music: An artist puts together human figures using only album artwork. David Bowie has never looked weirder. (Flavorwire)

Gender Wars: Are women people? Given a series of controversial news stories lately, one female writer isn’t so sure. (TIME Ideas)

Sex Ed Snafu: The Utah legislature quietly passed a bill yesterday that mandates abstinence-only sex education. (The Daily What)

Viral Video: A brilliant idea for a practical joke completely backfires — but not in the way you’d expect. (Reddit)

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