Breakfast Buffet: Friday, 11/28

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By OWEN MORRIS

This may not sound cool but it is. In many countries they sharpen knives by using converted stationary bikes. Here’s a list of twelve of the cooler knife bikes. [OObject]

This post goes live about 9 a.m. About half an hour later, it will be year’s busiest moment of online shopping. [Biz Journal]

This is going to be a shock, but quack weight-loss products are ineffective and buying them is a waste of money. [Scientific Blogging]

This article asks a sacrilegious question that may just have a kernel of truth to it as well: Is French cuisine dead? [Intelligent Life]