“Of course you want to make a profit, but it’s not about that. It’s about continuing something. It’s history. We’re messing with history here, and I don’t want to see it destroyed.” A guy who once worked as a dishwasher at Carnegie Deli just offered $5 million to buy it before it closes in December. (He should launch a crowdfunding campaign in the middle of the Yom Kippur fast…)

+ Mental Floss: The most distinctive last names by state.

+ Gary Johnson explains why it’s good not to know stuff about other countries. Following that, David Frum won Twitter.