Long before he gave the world "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas," "Horton Hears a Who," and "The Cat in the Hat", Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss , worked with decidedly more adult subject matter as a political cartoonist. During World War II, he drew in his unmistakable trademark style  for the left-wing New York newspaper PM. Oddly, while he railed against fascism and anti-Semitism, he also came up with some horribly racist caricatures of the Japanese. Hitler, however, is instantly recognizable in the cartoons by the son of German immigrants.

Glow-in-the-dark Porkers

Scientists from National Taiwan University have announced that they've made fully fluorescent green animals by injecting genetic material from jellyfish into pig embryos. Apparently, there have been partially green pigs before, but the creators proudly claim these are the only ones green inside and out. "Even their hearts and internal organs are green," Professor Wu Shinn-Chih told the Reuters news agency. That will certainly please fans of the Dr. Seuss classic "Green Eggs and Ham"  but they're not the only fluorescent animals out there. Does anyone remember the glowing fish  or glowing bunny? 

Lost in Translation

Berlin is doing all sorts of strange things to prepare for the World Cup this summer. It's offering courses to teach grumpy German service workers how to smile , it is offering English lessons to public transportation workers. Some local bloggers are also starting their own initiatives. One blogger lends a helping hand and a healthy dose of humor to visitors by offering an English translation of the city's U-Bahn map for those attempting to navigate the city's subway network.

The results are downright bizarre, as literal translation can sometimes be. "Unter den Linden" becomes "Under the Limes," "Anhalter Bahnhof" is transformed into "Hitchhiker Station" and, most confusing of all, "Klosterstrasse" is turned into "Abbey Road." Click on "die englische Netzspinne" on the left-hand side of the page to download the map .