Tis six days before my favorite holiday and I can hardly contain my excitement! Here are a handful of Friday Fun Links to pass the time until turkey day.

Here’s a rather curious video of “astronauts falling on the moon.” I can’t say I ever imagined an astronaut losing his or her balance while skipping along the moon’s surface until I watched this collection of follies. It is pretty funny watching them lose their balance in an environment without gravity – an almost slow-motion capture of the inevitable.

Jung von Matt/next is a German advertising agency who created The Museum of Obsolete Objects to “house and exhibit those fading memories, not only, to jog our aging brains but to also show future generations the lost technological marvels of the 20th century.” The museum is rather fascinating and includes objects like the rotary telephone, floppy disk, light bulb and computer mouse, complete with stylish retro videos detailing the product’s invention and obsolescence.

Forbes released its list of America’s Top 20 Healthiest Cities. Each city is ranked on “everything from the availability of farmers markets and various types of recreation facilities to the percentage of people who smoke, suffer from diabetes and cardiovascular disease, or are obese compared with those numbers in other cities.” Those measurements are then compiled to form each city’s American Fitness Index. This might be surprising to some people because of the snow this metropolitan area accumulates, but the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul slot in at #1.

Finally, if you’re looking to be a little adventurous with your Thanksgiving stuffing, perhaps you want to consider this recipe:

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A proud graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, Josh is the Editor-in-Chief of this blog and regularly contributes Friday Fun Links, RJS news and interesting technology notes. Prior to joining RJS, Josh worked at the Ronald McDonald House in Minneapolis. Outside of work, Josh enjoys the outdoors, fantasy football, classic movies, baseball and wine.