While the baffling flaws in SF technology one was fun, I think for me the real win in it was the link at the end to another article: 5 real historical death stars, complete with baffling flaws (http://www.cracked.com/article_18679_5-real-historical-death-stars-complete-with-baffling-flaws.html). I don't think I knew about any of them, and all were fascinating.