Guy obviously lost his s**t – not a rare event in prisons (or even in the NFL these days). Here are some fun headlines:
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The Hickory Horned Devil is the largest caterpillar in North America (except for this one).
Watch this first.
Now watch that next [via].
Ondes Martenot was a precursor to the Ondioline which was a precursor to the Moog synthesizer.
Early electronic music pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey released an EP entitled “Mister Ondioline” in 1960.
1. Parade Des Soldats De Bois – 0:00.
2. La Gavotte Des Vers Luisants – 3:04.
3. Le Siffleur Et Son Chien – 5:42.
4. Nola – 8:01.
Here’s my favorite version of “Nola.” Jonathan Edwards was brilliant.
It holds the record for the smallest brain-to-body weight ratio of all vertebrates, and the latin name of Acanthonus Armatus translates into “Bony-Eared Ass Fish” according to this site. (Any chance that some wag tunneled under the fact-checkers at Wikipedia? Nope. Never happens.) On the other hand, the Bony-Eared Ass Fish is real.
Amateur photography: A collection of people who snapped.
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Unfocus your eyes a bit. Still can’t see them? Click here.
Everybody wants to talk with Pee-Wee! Here’s your chance!
Choose a name for your game. Choose wisely, as it can’t be changed later.
Spiral-cut pinapple demonstration vid is pretty cool [via].
Fun Facts To Know And Tell: Take a regular deck of playing cards, shuffle them, and spread them out face up. IIRC, the odds of getting that particular sequence is calculated by factorial:
n! = 52! = (1 x 2 x 3 … x 52) = 8.065817517 E+67, or 1 in
80,658,175,170,943,878,571,660,636,856,403,766,975,289,505,440,883,277,824,000,000,000,000, and you just nailed it. The ex post probability of getting that particular sequence is always 100%.
Hypershock vs. Warrior Clan is amusing. The winner took out the other Battlebots with brute force… and a rake.
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THIS is just wrong.
There’s a bronze statue of Lt. Frank Columbo (Peter Falk) with a bronze beagle in Budapest. TRUE.
Tower Records was awesome. We’d spend hours in their Buena Park store combing through their vinyl, but the L.A. store was huge. I never knew the history until now [via].
Always order the largest pizza. Here’s why.
What do you need to know to become a Citizen of the United States? Here’s a practice test.
Guy moves massive concrete blocks by himself using only gravity and leverage [via].
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Tacky Raccoons 