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How Ernest Hemingway’s Love of Boxing Changed the Salad Dressing Industry Forever. (via Damn Interesting) 

In nine experiments involving 1,800 participants, researchers found that people consistently underestimated how interesting and enjoyable conversations about boring topics would be. (via kottke) 

As a Ukrainian journalist, I’ve covered the US for 20 years. I find it increasingly shocking. (via Metafilter) 

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson disagreed about the American Revolution’s meaning even as they lay dying. 

Cats with toys. 

My Mother Died Hiding An Enormous Secret. Years Later, A DNA Test Exposed The Truth. (via Fark) 

Customer Loyalty Was Once Measured in Green Stamps. And the More You Shopped, the Bigger the Rewards. 

13 Non-Actors Who Walked Onto a Set and Cooked. 

A Blast from the Past (2016): The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster. 

Strategy

(via Fark)

Les Chats Ninjas

How do you make a funny cat compilation even better? Narrate it in French! (via Buzzfeed)

Work Stress

(via Bad Newspaper)

Two Ships

In this beautiful animation, a couple works opposite shifts, so the only time they get to spend together is on the weekend. That's a treat, but it's sad they can't connect every day. (via Nag on the Lake) 

Graduation Gift

(via reddit)

Loud Cats

You know how a lion roars, but what sounds do other large cats make? You might be surprised. (via Fark)  

Bird Personalities

(via Bits and Pieces)

The Ingenious Design of the Screwdriver Handle

The most mundane things can have a way more interesting history than you know. Consider the lowly screwdriver. They come in all shapes and sizes, but the one you grab the most has a handle that comfortable and just plain works. And that's no accident. Its design has more features than you've ever considered, and its development goes back over a hundred years. Every part of it has a purpose. Along the way, fancier ideas have been proposed as improvements, but they've never really been able to beat the shape you've come to know. 

Woodworker Rex Krueger knows tools. In this video, you'll learn about not only screwdrivers, but other tools that factor into the story, plus you'll learn how to use the features of a screwdriver to get tasks done more efficiently. (via kottke) 

A Look Inside

(via I Can Has Cheezburger)

Dog Sings the Blues

They should call this dog Howlin' Woof! (via Everlasting Blort)

Burglar

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From 1908. (via Undine)

Simon's Cat in Double Trouble

 

Simon's Cat and the Kitten are at odds over... everything. I had to laugh at one point., maybe you'll laugh, too. 

Powerful Chicken

(via Things That Cannot Save You)

Cookie Loaf

Have you ever bought a roll of cookie dough and wondered what would happen if you just baked the whole thing at once? Casual Cooking tried it out so you don't have to. The YouTube page specified that this dough is safe to eat raw. The takeaway if that you need to cook it for much longer than sliced cookies. But if you are told to limit yoursself only one cookie, this is the way to do it.  

Ridiculous

From Married to the Sea.

How the Nuclear Football Works

The "nuclear football" is a nickname for a briefcase that enables to US president to destroy the world. It contains instructions for destroying the world and the nuclear codes. It goes everywhere the president goes. Supposedly, once the codes are sent to the Pentagon and are confirmed and authorized, no one can rescind the orders to destroy the world. Yet in the real world, any link along the chain of command can decide maybe to not destroy the world. At least we can hope. This video is shorter than it look because the last 90 seconds is an ad.     

Hollywood LOLcats

Here's another collection of cat images that take us to the movies. Continue reading for eight of them. The movies should be obvious, but in case one stumps you, I'll have the titles in the comments.

Mating Rituals of Humans in Their Natural Habitat

The format of a nature documentary works pretty well with the wildest creature in the world -the human. In a video from Viva Dirt League, the goal is made perfectly clear with narration by a David Attenborough soundalike. However, not all mating rituals are successful, especially when the participants are inexperienced and awkward. The survival of the species depends on whether they learn from their mistakes. (via Laughing Squid)

The Contiguous 41 States

Randall Munroe posted this map at xkcd a few years ago, but this is the first time I've seen it. Alaska and Hawaii are missing, but there are seven other states missing, too! Can you identify them? I could, but it took a while. Once you give up, the answer key is here. (via kottke)