Good day, bad day: August 22, 2012

GOOD DAY FOR:

Getting to know our national treasures

Beer enthusiasts launch a petition on the White House website asking for the recipe for the official White House Honey Ale. [Death & Taxes]

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Prurient Anglophiles

Photos leak online of a naked Prince Harry engaging in a not particularly regal game of strip billiards in Las Vegas. [HyperVocal]

Geeks uniting

A comedy site successfully raises hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy a New York property that was inventor Nikola Tesla's last laboratory, with plans to turn it into a museum. [The Daily What]

BAD DAY FOR:

Getting a high-profile "Like"

The "iGrill" app gets so much traffic after winning an endorsement from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg that its servers crash for two hours. [Business Insider]

Civics teachers

A poll finds that two-thirds of Americans can't name a single Supreme Court justice. [Newser]

Arts & crafts

An elderly woman unintentionally destroys a 19th century Spanish fresco when she decides to "restore" the painting herself. [GlobalPost]

For more winners and losers see: Good day, bad day: August 21, 2012