The .Gif Friday Post No. 638 – Gunsnort, Smokeheads & No Prisoners

[Found here, here and here.]

I’m in the mood for a little KFC.

[Found here.]

Wooooodpecker

[Found here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 637 – The Karma Lesson, Slo-Mo Gravity & Head Banger [Plus Bonus!]

[Found here, here and here.]


Here’s a bonus protest .gif found on Twitter – with audio! Go full screen! We’re on your side!

 

Barberella

[Found here.]

Slightly Thaumatropical Hot Links

Ken Nordine – Flibberty Jib – 1957

Matches.

Tesla Valve.

The Buffalo Song [ht/ JW].

Very cool interactive photos of WWII [h/t B&P].

Tesla Valve demonstration… using propane [h/t Phil].

Fun Facts To Know And Tell:

A new kind of spider was discovered in 2012. It has a velvet body and lives underground, hence the genus name LouReedia.

“After hearing the Guinness Book of World Records planned to name him the most litigious man, one federal prisoner did what he does best — he sued.” Story here.

Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation reports that sea turtles need to watch their backs, because bottle-nosed dolphins enjoy having sex with them (as well as with sharks and eels). [Source]

[Top image: On 16 May 2020, the USS Portland disabled a UAV with a laser. Story & video here.]


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The .Gif Friday Post No.636 – Slappin’ The Turtle, The Cat in the Mat & Clear Glass

[Found here, here and here.]

The Portal.

[Top image & concept found here.]

Swiss Fish Ladder

[Image found here. Every google hit for fish ladder Switzerland Pichoux Gorge has the exact same comment so I won’t repost it here.]

Taeniacidal Hot Links

Danny Dell & The Trends- Froggy Went A Courting, 1960

This takes guts.

The Peak and more.

The Best Tuna Melt Sandwich.

In the medical business? Gomerpedia is kinda cool.
It even lists a Karen.

It’s open mic poetry night at Honky Joe’s Beat Bar.

Jökla-mýs = Glacier mice.
They move around and nobody knows how [h/t Bunkarina].

Speak Appalachian? Here’s a quiz. Pretty easy – I got 100%.
[h/t Busted Knuckles.]

THIS JUST IN:
A new proof has confirmed the Schinzel-Zassenhaus conjecture, which predicts that the smallest roots of a non-cyclotomic polynomial effectively repel the largest roots, like magnets pushing each other away.

[Top image & story here. More here. Video here.]


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