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Catfishing: The Wikipedia Guessing Game. More fun and challenging than it has any right to be. (via Metafilter) 

24 Movies That Critics and Audiences Can't Seem To Agree On. 

The Dark Real-Life Inspirations Behind Lord of the Flies. 

An Ancient Roman Artifact’s Weird Properties Point to Evidence of 1600-Year-Old Nanotechnology, Scientists Say. (via Strange Company) 

It's been 20 years since Guy Goma was mistakenly interviewed live on air because he has the same first name as the expert they booked. He became an internet legend for faking his way through it. (via Boing Boing) 

Babies imitating their parents, or grandparents. 

People who are blind from birth never develop schizophrenia – what this tells us about the psychiatric condition.  (via Damn Interesting) 

Hundreds of teachers weigh in on how to raise a literate child. 

A Blast from the Past (2008): The Coldest Places on Earth. 

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Simon's Cat Meets a Crow

In one of the goofiest Simon's Cat videos yet, the cat encounters a crow. Crows are smart, and this one gets a real kick out of tormenting the cat for laughs. The cat isn't going to take that lying down. There's a bit of back and forth to determine who will have the last laugh. (via Tastefully Offensive)

Trick Chickens

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Controlling a Volcano's Lava Flow

Trying to contain or control the flow of lava from an erupting volcano seems like a fool's errand. It would be much better to avoid building communities anywhere near a volcano. But volcanos can go millions of years between eruptions, and people don't mind living near what they figure is an extinct volcano. They often have rich soil for crops. So we are occasionally surprised by an eruption, which can be devastating. 

Despite what you've seen in the movies, defending against an erupting volcano is difficult. People have attempted several different methods for controlling lava flow, including bombs, water, and dikes (although I'm not sure that would be the right term, since it's lava instead of water), with varying results. Oh yeah, and sacrifices, which isn't addressed in this video at all. It turns out that one method seems to work best, but only when the community is prepared way ahead of time. That's not much help when an "extinct" volcano decides to resurrect itself, but it's better than nothing.   

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A Letter from King Charles

Sir David Attenborough celebrated his 100th birthday on Friday. King Charles wrote him a nice greeting, but he needed some help getting it delivered. By the time this video ends, you'll be all verklempt. 

Mom Knows Best

(via She Who Seeks)

A Few Drinks After Work

Matt Damon hosted Saturday Night Live last night, and they couldn't resist bringing back his portrayal of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Having him meet SecDef Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost) and FBI Director Kash Patel (Aziz Ansari) in a Washington bar was just too easy. 

Happy Mother's Day!

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Richard

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An Honest Mother's Day Message from Twentysomethings

Well they were twentysomethings when this video was made. Yes, we understand completely. More than you know.

Charitable Cat

From 1921. (via Undine)

Journey to the Center of the Earth

The 1959 movie Journey to the Center of the Earth is one of the first films I recall watching, on TV when I was a kid. I didn't know it was in color, because we didn't have a color TV. The scene when they return to the surface stayed with me. The movie was well-received and was nominated for three Oscars. Some other tidbits from Wikipedia: Arlene Dahl passed out doing the whirlpool scene, and it took a half-hour to wake her up, and Pat Boone didn't want to do the movie until they put in some songs for him to sing. (Thanks, WTM!)  

The Avengers, '90s Version

When did we get this many Avengers? (via reddit)

Ad Placement

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100-Pound Deaf Dog Becomes The Perfect Nanny

Jasmyne is a big dog, and a permanent resident at Elli's foster home. Butter the beagle was rescued from a breeding facility with seven puppies. Jasmyne took them all in, mother and pups, and showed them what a normal dog's life is about. 

How to Ruin Mother's Day

Motherhood is hard, and it's nice to be appreciated. Mother's Day is an official attempt to ritualize that appreciation, and some mothers have learned to weaponize it. Well, to be honest, these are the mothers who have mastered the guilt trip and use it all the time. Guilt trips may be successful on the surface, but they do nothing to build real relationships within the family. 

In this situation illustrated by Kristen Marie (she plays all the parts), grandma is used to being large and in charge, while her daughter-in-law was looking forward to quietly celebrating her first Mother's Day after giving birth, and her daughter is struggling with becoming a mother. No good can come of her complete obliviousness. 

Motivation

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How the US Government Kept Oak Ridge Secret

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was founded as a secret nuclear research facility for the Manhattan Project. My mother's family lived in East Tennessee already, and my grandfather got a job as a day laborer in Oak Ridge. He didn't ask questions, because people who asked a lot of questions didn't last long there. (via Digg)

If you're interested in the history of Oak Ridge, you might want to read the story of John Hendrix, a mystic from East Tennessee who died in 1915. The story is not quite as believable as the video above, but it is interesting.