Also: Possum-throwing contest; Ig Nobel inventions.
From CBS News:
Texas' State Board of Education - following a long history of throwing itself into "culture war" issues - is set to vote Friday on a resolution calling on textbook publishers to limit what they print about Islam in world history books.
The resolution cites world history books no longer used in Texas schools that it says devoted more lines of text to Islamic beliefs and practices than Christian beliefs and practices.
» Read the full story: Texas Board of Ed: Textbooks are anti-Christian [CBS News]
» Texas religious leaders denounce textbook pro-Islamic bias resolution [Fort Worth Star-Telegram]
» Here are some library books that are truly terrible
Also:
» Meet Marijuana Pepsi Sawyer [Buzzfeed]
» New Zealand school hosts possum-throwing contest [The Sydney Morning Herald]
» The bra that could save your life and other fantastically weird Ig Nobel inventions [The Independent]
» Man impaled by flying canoe [AAP]
... now go and eat your lunch: