Insect Uses "Superpropulsion" for Urination

Wouldn't it be cool to be granted a super power? But then you find out that power of "superpropulsion" is the ability to fling drops of urine at high speeds. The glassy-winged sharpshooter is a kind of leafhopper and an agricultural pest. It sucks fluids out of plants. Since the sap is 95% water, they drink a lot to get the nutrients they need, and have to expel a lot of water. Lucky for them, they have an anal catapult that expels a drop of water, and when it reaches a certain size, flings it away with a lot of force for a tiny insect. The physics and fluid dynamics of this pee-shooter are explained at Ars Technica. (via Fark) https://www.fark.com/comments/12770526/Too-cute-for-words-this-anally-catapulting-pee-bubble-glassy-winged-sharpshooter-is

Coach

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Bald Eagles in the Snow

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has a live webcam trained on an eagle's nest. Last week, a blanket of snow several inches thick descended overnight, and the mother woke up in an "eagle-loo" as some call it. The snow is good at keeping cold wind off the nest, but the mother needs some air and a chance to get something to eat. The eagle father seems to have kept on eye on the nest, as he shows up just in time to take his turn warming the eggs. If everything goes as planned, the eggs should hatch about a month from now. Bookmark the 2023 Nongame Wildlife EagleCam to stay in the loop.  

The Components of a Romantic Comedy

There's a reason you suspect that all rom-coms are the same. But why call it a comedy when it's really just a romance movie? The only comedy is the wacky best friend, and that person is only there so they can call it a comedy. Oh yeah, the "twist" (wrong assumption) that gives these movies a veneer of drama is sometimes meant to be comedic, but it mostly just makes us slap our heads and think, "There would be no problem here if y'all just communicated with each other!" This comic is from John Atkinson at Wrong Hands. 

Hydration

This reminds me of the women who put yogurt in a small mayonnaise jar to take to work for lunch. No one stole her lunch, but watching her eat might make you lose yours. (via Bits and Pieces)

How White Castle Built Their Slyder Kingdom

The first White Castle hamburger shop debuted in Wichita in 1921. That was 27 years before the McDonald brothers opened their hamburger stand that was the template for McDonald's! For more than 100 years now, White Castle has been ahead of the curve, with innovations in recipe development, efficiency, take out, grocery access, branding, and advertising. And the chain is still owned by the same family. You can make fun of White Castle sliders all you want, but you can't argue with success.

Miss Cellania's Links

Dave Grohl Cooks World Class Barbecue for LA Homeless Shelter.

4 People Who Were Buried Alive (And How They Got Out).

The Case For Shunning. People like Scott Adams claim they're being silenced. But what they actually seem to object to is being understood.(via Metafilter)

Their Hotel Room Came with a Surprise Cat.

Forget the Scenic Route, Take a Detour Down a Corpse Road. 

The Many Ways Bees Can Make Green Honey.

So, you’re in an inflationship…  Desperate young couples moving in together in order to cut costs  are playing with fire. (via Digg) 

This Florida House is a Technicolor Dream. Or a nightmare, depending on your point of view.

An old standup routine from John Oliver has a punch line that made me guffaw here alone at my desk.

Hangover

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Undersea Timelapse in Glorious Color

The short film called ...meanwhile... is taken from Italian filmmaker Sandro Bocci’s feature film Porgrave. See slow-living corals, starfish, and other sea creatures in time-lapse mode beautifully photographed in their natural habitat. It’s practically psychedelic! Bocci says,

"This is an infinitesimal part of the wonderful world in which we live and of which we should take better care," Bocci wrote in a description of the project. It's "a trip through a different perspective that would encourage reflection on the consequences of our actions on each scale of space and time."

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Tweet of the Day

I have NOT behaved
NOT one single day in my life 😎🐈‍⬛🤣

volume up pic.twitter.com/Azgfb0XjXe

— Il Gatto Nero 🐈‍⬛ (@gattocciao) February 14, 2023

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Public Schools

Why? To avoid headline gore like this. (via Bad Newspaper)

Your Immune System is More Dangerous than You Think

When our immune system goes to war against an infection, it gets trained to better battle re-infection. But that comes with a cost, as a robust immune response will also attack healthy cells. That's the scary part. But vaccines are a way to import an immune response without all the damage. Watching this video from Kurzgesagt explain how vaccines make your journey to immunity much easier, it reminded me of an adage I used to tell my kids, "You learn from your mistakes, but it's much easier on you to learn from other people's mistakes."

This video is only nine minutes long; the rest is  promotional.   

Snowman Relaxing

Winter is not over yet! (via Daily Picks and Flicks)

True Facts: Mussels That Catch Fish

Yeah, nature is metal. Some species of mussels snatch up a fish for their offspring to parasitize, while others arrange their eggs and/or larva into a sort of pod that's shaped like something a fish would want to eat, which achieves the same purpose. There's no one better to explain this weirdness than Ze Frank in his True Facts series. I mean, admit it, you wouldn't be exploring the reproductive habits of a mussel if it were from any other source. This video has a one-minute embedded ad at 4:30.

Overlap

Take any two things in this world, and you will find some commonality if you look hard enough. When you find the commonalities between four kinds of people, that's clever, and demands a Venn diagram to explain it to us. This diagram was created by Matt Shirley.

African Restaurant Preferences

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Playdough Surgery

The Beakfasteur is a doctor and a mother. She makes anatomical models out of Playdough and other materials to show her little boy (and the rest of us) how surgery is done. In the video above, she does a Lichtenstein tension-free mesh repair on an inguinal hernia. No bleeding and no stitches, because it's Playdough! If you'd rather see a cochlear implant, thyroidectomy, cesarian section, gallbladder removal, or coronary artery bypass, she has those videos, too. In fact, you can find a very wide range of the Breakasteur's Playdough surgeries at both YouTube and Instagram. The lumpectomy video shows a Playdough breast, but if you aren't at work, it's worth watching for the child's comments at the beginning. (via Metafilter)

Friends

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Excusez-moi

Here we have a compilation of funny cat clips with no other theme, so just enjoy it. It’s all set to the song “Excusez-moi” by the Triciclo Circus Band. (via Tastefully Offensive)

Tweet of the Day

when racing’s in your blood but not in your brain pic.twitter.com/nTz9QJxGVS

— 𝕿𝖆𝖙𝖘 𝕿𝖍𝖆𝖙’𝖑𝖑 𝕭𝖊𝖆𝖙 𝖄𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝕬𝖘𝖘 (@tatsthatgohard) February 26, 2023

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