Bacon

(via Fark)

The Monster (Simon’s Cat Halloween Special)

Simon’s Cat encounters a horrifying monster! A cat’s ultimate nemesis. The most terrifying thing in a house cat’s life. But we all know Simon’s Cat can be particularly brave when he’s angry. (via Laughing Squid)

Tweet of the Day

Charlie Brown adopted Snoopy exactly 74 years ago today. This is the moment they met.

Get out the tissues...

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— Goodable (@Goodable) October 4, 2024

(via Nag on the Lake)

Science Breakthrough

(via Bad Newspaper)

Pumpkin Spice

(via reddit)

Who is to Blame?

Let's not go jumping to conclusions. This comic is from Dan Wheeler at Big Fat Comics.

What Happens When Predators Disappear?

If the earth had no predators, then the rest of the animals would live without fear, and flourish in their own ways, right? It's happened in real life, with an accidental experiment in Venezuela. Lost predators mess with every layer of the ecosystem underneath them, including plants and insects, in what is called a "trophic cascade." Venezuela is not the only place where this lesson has been learned. Another real-world experiment revealed the massive effects only after predators were re-introduced, when wolves were returned to Yellowstone National Park. The effects become more notable the longer the experiment continues. (via Geeks Are Sexy)

Shoes

(Thanks, WTM!)

Loyalty

(via Bored Panda)

We Will Rock You

This is not the version you learned by listening to the radio, but Queen often did it like this in concert. Read more about it at Uproxx.

Tweet of the Day

🍉🍉😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/w6Yxvj1TTt

— The World Of Funny (@TheWorldOfFunny) October 2, 2024

Oh yeah, they're talking about him.

The Most Dangerous Criminals That You Never Heard About

Some crimes, and the criminals that made them happen, become globally famous, like Charles Manson, the Menendez Brothers, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Jeffrey Dahmer. But even if you follow true crime novels, movies, and websites, there are plenty of other big crimes that didn't get such publicity.

It's true that those who commit horrific crimes do not deserve to be famous, which is why you can't name any of the mass shooters from the past couple of decades (besides there being too many to keep up with). But you might want to learn about some of the lesser-publicized crimes from the historical record in this video from Weird History. They include not only murder, but fraud, counterfeiting, arms dealing, sexual abuse, and more.

Coffee Houses

From 1786. (via Undine)

House Rules

Found in a vacation house. (via reddit)

The Genius Design of Mount Rushmore

Sculptor Gutzon Borglum designed the 60-foot-tall heads of four presidents on the side of Mount Rushmore and supervised their construction from 1927 to 1941. Everyone who sees it asks "How'd they do that?" Let's take a look at the process of pulling those president's faces out of the sheer rock cliff face. It was far from easy. There was the problem of access, meaning they had to build roads to the site, and even harder, get power to the hydraulic tools used to carve the faces. And imagine the guys who had to spend eight hours a day hanging over the side of a cliff using jackhammers. An ingenious system had to be designed to tell the workers where and how deep to carve. The sculpture on Rushmore was never completely finished, but what was accomplished was a marvel of old-fashioned know-how. There's a 60-second skippable ad at 4:00, and the last half-minute is promotional. (via Laughing Squid)

Marker

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The Vice-Presidential Debate

In last night's opening skit on Saturday Night Live, Bowen Yang and Jim Gaffigan made the debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance a lot more entertaining than the real thing.  

Doorbells

(via Fark)

Stray Cat Interrupts Turkish Newscast

A stray cat secretly enters local studio, pops up on TV show in Denizli province, surprising the presenter, audiencehttps://t.co/7IOd1Q6gT7 pic.twitter.com/Wwe9QbyV22

— DAILY SABAH (@DailySabah) October 18, 2016

Kudret Celebioglu kept his cool when a cat jumped up on the news desk as he was live on air. The cat even sat down on the computer keyboard like he owned the place. Celebioglu finished the story he was doing, then announced that it was getting colder outside, and people should take in the stray cats that roam the streets. Afterward, the TV station adopted this cat. (via Buzzfeed)

Tweet of the Day

I think I know what Cousin James was planning to do with that pop-gun. pic.twitter.com/b8804RjPbj

— Undine (@HorribleSanity) September 29, 2024