The Hauntening: Some poltergeists are more competent than others.
Can you believe it’s been 20 years since Disney released
The Rocketeer? In honor of the occasion, here’s
a fanfilm version that resembles a Pixar animation. (via
io9)
I don't know what these guys were
trying to accomplish here, but it apparently did not go the way they planned. May be painful for males to watch. (via
Breakfast links)
In which J-Walk only meant to
pass along a classic old joke but then the comment section became a long string of barber, sardine, and banjo jokes.
Mellow Brick Road is Pogo’s remix of the sounds from The Wizard of Oz. The sweet silhouette animation by Reed Gauthier won a contest to illustrate the song.
Improv Everywhere went to Bryant Park and staged
a horse race on the carousel. The eventual winner was pleased, as he wasn’t even competing!
If you make your own slip-n-slide, you
may as well go all out. Get yourself a mountainside and a firefighting crew!
Last week, we heard the Miss USA Pageant contestants grapple with the question of whether evolution should be taught in schools. In a new video, they contemplate
whether math should be taught in schools.
A Cirque du Soleil performer shows us how the first pitch at a baseball game should be thrown. Not that anyone else
can do it like this…Just when I thought I was getting tired of supercuts, Harry Hanrahan strung together the
greatest exploding bridge scenes in cinema history. The satisfyingly appropriate soundtrack, synched just right, was the cherry on top.
We see fossil reconstructions or illustrations of species that have come and gone and we sometimes say, “Come on now, that can’t be real!” Or maybe you don’t, but I have, because these creatures look like they came from a horror film or a child’s most frightening nightmares. Meet eight of them in this list I posted at mental_floss.
Georgia's new law HB-87 has driven so many illegal immigrants out of the state that no one is left willing to pick the crops. Millions of dollars in fruit and vegetables may rot as the farmers cannot afford to offer decent wages. (via Boing Boing)
The Hauntening: Some poltergeists are more competent than others.
Animals who steal are referred to as kleptomaniacs, or in the case of cats, “cat burglars,” but they most likely just think of themselves as collectors -they find something they like and take it, with no consideration of the ethics involved. Cats are particularly successful collectors, as they have the combination of curiosity, stealth, and agility necessary for a successful career in petty larceny. Meet seven of these feline felons in an article I posted at mental_floss.
Harrowing, Heartbreaking Tales of Overworked Americans. Is it worth it to work faster, harder, and longer for a paycheck just because there are fewer jobs? (via Metafilter)
"Chicken in Black" by Johnny Cash.
Why your city’s signature food is dumb. In all honesty, you don’t have to eat and enjoy the made-up local dish just because you love the city.
Flow charts are wonderful for mapping processes for machines, as they lay out a sequence of binary decisions, meaning yes or no. When you think about it, most of what we do in life is also based on yes/no decisions -you just have to break the problem down into small pieces to see that clearly. In these ten flow charts I posted at mental_floss, we see how life choices can be broken down into a set of binary decisions taken to a ridiculous degree.
How did your pet fish die? He was hit by a car!
The Search for Cleopatra. She was the world’s first celebrity, but we still don’t know where she was buried.
Hollywood loves gorillas. They are mysterious and scary, yet close enough to human for an actor to play one. Many actors and special effects pros have portrayed gorillas at one time or another in movies such as Gorillas in the Mist or the Planet of the Apes series, but some became particularly known for being “the guy in the gorilla suit.” At first, the only requirement for a star gorilla was that one own a gorilla suit. As the competition heated up, these guys had to bring something special to their roles. Read about ten of them in this article I wrote for mental_floss.
Summer Solstice Celebrations. What are you going to do to mark this first day of summer?
The Surprisingly Cool History of Ice.
