Fun Links (quite a few of these links were obtained from metafilter.com)

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Advent calendars (What is advent? What is an advent calendar?)

You will find a selection on this page (see the entry for 01 December, 2011). Here is another, slightly more religious, selection. Also: here, here (from a British elementary school), and here (with Christmas singing).

Tell the chicken what to do by typing in a command. (This is part of a Burger King advertising campaign, but it is very cleverly done. Burger King can cook chicken in all sorts of ways, depending on how you like your chicken cooked. In the same way, the 'subservient' chicken will do whatever you like...) Click here to 'get chicken just the way you like it'

Can you find, and correct, the English-language mistakes made by the U.S. President? Click here to try!
(from about.com's English as 2nd Language)

From the same site as above, a guide to the language of textmessaging (sending e-mails using cellphones)

A Game A Day : a different English-Language game every day!

Optical Illusions from Sandlot Science.com; more optical illusions from the website of ISTVAN OROSZ, a Hungarian graphic artist 

English Heritage's View Finder site
This contains photographs/photo essays relating to English history from the 1840s onwards

Watch the movements of plants on a web site from the University of Indiana.

Art

Animals in Japanese Paintings and Prints from the Asia Pacific Museum (Los Angeles)

Contemporary Japanese art, 1970-2004 (The English version of a French site.)

Dreamlines I think this is art. It is also a visual representation of the nature of the Internet. Fascinating
 

Cartoons and Comics:
Cartoon America: A Library of Congress Exhibition 102 cartoons from the collection of James Arthur Wood, Jr.
Comics.com gives you links to a wide range of American comics, including Peanuts (Snoopy and co.), and Dilbert.
Li'l Abner, a famous cartoon(1934-1977). Both Li'l Abner, Dogspatch, his place of origin, and other aspects of his world, are part of the cultural background of Americans today.
Alex, a British cartoon about the world of stockbrokers
The incredible imaginary world of Don Goodsell's Mr Toast (an American cousin of Anpanman?)
Dinosaur Comics
Animation:
Try these short films by PES
Find a short Wallace and Gromit film here, along with more information and links of interest to Wallace and Gromit fans.