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• Ten Odd Jobs Held by Future United States Presidents
• X-Dwarves - Heigh Ho Mutants Away!
• 20 Things You Didn't Know about Cinderella
• North Korea’s New Propaganda Slogans
• Parrot Imitates Bickering Couple
• Man Hand Carves Design of Engagement Ring for His Girlfriend
• YouTube is Ten Years Old Today
• Breathtaking Photos from Inside a Glacier
• Capybara Hot Tub: The Video
• Which Book Have You Read the Most Times?
• The Snow-loving Cat
• One Seriously Dreamy Bookstore
• Lincoln - Hipstory - He Wore His Stovepipe Hat Ironically
• Customer Support
• Every Day for the Past 30 Years, This Man Has Written a Love Letter to His Wife

Ten Odd Jobs Held by Future United States Presidents Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST President Jimmy Carter was brought up on a peanut farm, which is fairly common knowledge. Yet the young Carter was also an incredibly enterprising young man. Prior to leaving home to be educated at Annapolis and the Naval Academy, Carter gained much experience in the way of business and investing.  After saving money from various ventures such as transporting produce, selling hamburgers and hotdogs and collecting scrap iron, young Carter took his father's advice about investing his savings in bales of cotton. He waited four years to sell his purchase of five bales, which made him such a profit that he was able to purchase five rental properties. The real estate investment not only made money for Carter well into WWII, but it also made him a landlord at only 13 years of age.   Read about the odd jobs of nine other presidents — from executioner to janitor — here.

X-Dwarves - Heigh Ho Mutants Away! Posted: 15 Feb 2015 02:00 AM PST X-Dwarves by Tom Bancroft The evil Queen had nearly killed poor Snow, so it was off to work they'd go until they found a way to finish the Queen off for good. They discovered a radioactive mineral buried deep under the ground and when they brought it home strange things began to happen to their diminutive bodies. They began to change into something more than mere dwarves, and infused with the power of the X mineral they felt ready to face that apple poisoning monster... Put a big ol' X through the forces of boring fashion with this X-Dwarves t-shirt by Tom Bancroft, and power up your geeky wardrobe in style! Visit Tom Bancroft's Facebook fan page, official website, Twitter and Tumblr, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more uncanny designs: Comic Universe Bunny Toots Rockin' A Griffin Kitty, Intergalactic Telemarketer View more designs by Tom Bancroft | More Funny T-shirts | New T-Shirts Are you a professional illustrator or T-shirt designer? Let's chat! Sell your designs on the NeatoShop and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama!

20 Things You Didn't Know about Cinderella Posted: 15 Feb 2015 02:00 AM PST 1. The scene in which Cinderella's ragged dress transforms into a ballgown was Walt Disney's favorite work of animation. 2. The Prince is often referred to as "Prince Charming," but this is never stated in the movie. (Video Link) 3. In 1922, 38 years before the movie Cinderella was released, Walt Disney produced this silent, animated short telling the story. In this version, Cinderella doesn't wear a ballgown, but a flapper dress. These are only 3 of 20 facts about the classic animated movie Cinderella rounded up by Flavorwire. You can read the rest here.

North Korea’s New Propaganda Slogans Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:00 AM PST North Korea’s public relations team has been busy. A new set of 310 patriotic slogans have been released, many of them encouraging food production, and it is assumed that citizens will start memorizing them immediately. Some of the weirder ones: Let this socialist country resound with Song of Big Fish Haul and be permeated with the fragrant smell of fish and other seafoods! Let us turn ours into a country of mushrooms by making mushroom cultivation scientific, intensive and industrialised! Make fruits cascade down and their sweet aroma fill the air on the sea of apple trees at the foot of Chol Pass! Our Party's new line of simultaneously promoting the two fronts is a permanent strategic line that we must pursue as long as there exists the threat of aggression by the imperialists. More stylish school uniforms and quality school things for our dear children! Let the strong wind of fish farming blow across the country! Personally, I could do without the strong wind of fish farming, but more stylish school uniforms would be nice. Read the entire list at BBC News. -via Boing Boing (Image credit: KCNA)

Parrot Imitates Bickering Couple Posted: 14 Feb 2015 10:00 PM PST (Video Link) Peaches is a Moluccan cockatoo. Her first owners were a couple who eventually divorced. It must have been an acrimonious separation because ever since, she's been having outbursts that sound like a couple angrily arguing. It's been 23 years since Peaches left that home, but she still remembers. Her current owners, Elaine and Don Sigmon of Maiden, North Carolina, report that she's an otherwise happy parrot: "A few days after coming into our home, she began her show and we all laughed hysterically. We cannot make out what she is saying when doing this arguing," Sigmon said. "Hearing her is one thing, but to watch her movements with her head as if pointing aggressively at my husband is hilarious," she added. However, Peaches is known to have a softer side; her repertoire also includes friendly phrases such as "I love you," "What you doing" and "Hello." "Even during her episodes, I can go to her and she will get on my hand or arm and begin to cuddle. Many people have asked us if she was in a happy environment and yes, she is," Sigmon said. -via Jonah Goldberg

Man Hand Carves Design of Engagement Ring for His Girlfriend Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:00 PM PST Bored Panda editor Dovas put in an incredible amount of effort to propose to his girlfriend Elena, whom he refers to as "the love of his life." The gold and green tourmaline ring shown in photos above and below was cast from his own hand-carved design. He even made the box with which he presented the ring to Elena during a walk in the woods.  See photos and descriptions of each step in this labor of love and read about Elena's reaction to the proposal at Bored Panda. See more of Dovas' work on his Facebook page.

YouTube is Ten Years Old Today Posted: 14 Feb 2015 06:00 PM PST Although it seems like it’s been around forever, YouTube is now ten years old. The domain www.youtube.com was registered on Valentines Day in 2005. Founders Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim (who met when they all worked at PayPal) thought it might fill a niche in making video sharing on the internet easier. And it certainly did. YouTube became a juggernaut, and was bought by Google in 2006. In honor of the occasion, mental-floss has posted the top YouTube video of each year since then.

Breathtaking Photos from Inside a Glacier Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:00 PM PST Iceland, a land abounding in natural wonders, is a favorite for nature photographers. The glaciers in particular are places where they can find the full magnitude of what natural forces can create. Nicolas Brousse, a photographer from Malmö, Sweden, journeyed there to witness ice melting off Breiðamerkurjökull, a glacier on that island. He explored an ice cave that formed beneath the glacier and snapped incredible shots of it. You can see more photos in the series here. -via The Presurfer

Capybara Hot Tub: The Video Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:00 PM PST YouTube Link Sure, capybara hot tubs (or as one Neatorama reader calls them, "Rat Soup") have been documented on Neatorama in the past, but not on video (although one can be seen on video hot showering). Thus, this footage filmed at Saitama Children's Zoo in Higashi-Matsuyama City, Japan is really pushing the boundaries in terms of cabybara leisure activity. What's next, Capybara Hot Tub Time Machine? Who knows where this will end? -Via Tastefully Offensive

Which Book Have You Read the Most Times? Posted: 14 Feb 2015 12:00 PM PST (Image: Amazon) Stephen Marche, a columnist with The Guardian, advocates what he calls "centireading"--the practice of reading one book 100 times. He has done this with two texts: William Shakespeare's Hamlet and P.G. Wodehouse's The Inimitable Jeeves. The former he did for his doctorate and the latter just for fun. The practice has had an effect on him: The main effect of reading Hamlet a 100 times was, counter-intuitively, that it lost its sense of cliche. “To be or not to be” is the Stairway to Heaven of theatre; it settles over the crowd like a slightly funky blanket knitted by a favorite aunt. Eventually, if you read Hamlet often enough, every soliloquy takes on that same familiarity. And so “To be or not to be” resumes its natural place in the play, as just another speech. Which renders its power and its beauty of a piece with the rest of the work. […] The psychology of my love for The Inimitable Jeeves isn’t exactly hard to understand. As we rolled through that strange country, laughing at the English with the English, the family was both inside and outside. My associations with The Inimitable Jeeves are as powerful as they could possibly be, a fused sense of family unity and childhood adventure. The book is so much more than just a happy childhood memory. In such ways, books pick us, rather than the other way around. I have never read one book a hundred times, but I've read Richard Adams's Shardik about a dozen times. It is not truly great literature like Hamlet, but with each re-reading, I saw elements of the text that I had not noticed before. Reading the author's biography contributed to this deeper understanding. And absorbing the text has added phrases, expressions, and symbols (e.g. fire, water, the bear) to my own internal language. The story has become part of me. On Thursday, Ria Misra of io9 asked her readers a great question: Which book have you read the most number of times? And furthermore: what impact has reading and re-reading that book had on you? -via Marginal Revolution

The Snow-loving Cat Posted: 14 Feb 2015 10:00 AM PST (YouTube link) Nala the cat lives in Norway. A Maine Coon/Norwegian Forest Cat mix, she is well-adapted to cold weather because she wears a thick fur coat -and she loves snow! Watch her beg to go outside, run through snow, dig in snow, catch snowballs, chase snowballs, and even eat snow. Alexander Fredriksen says that when she pops up in the window, it's not because she wants in, but because she wants someone to come out and play with her. There are also some non-snow clips of Nala, who is altogether an attractive cat. -via reddit

One Seriously Dreamy Bookstore Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:00 AM PST This is Cărtureşti Carusel (“The Carousel of Light”), located on a trendy street in Bucharest, Romania. The city of Bucharest is sometimes referred to as "Little Paris" due to the elegance of its architecture, and this lovely renovated building is a great example.  The store, which houses more than 10,000 books as well as 5,000 albums and DVDs, boasts six floors. It features a bistro, multimedia space and modern art gallery, and will be a location in which cultural events are hosted.  See more beautiful pictures here and at the store's Facebook page.

Lincoln - Hipstory - He Wore His Stovepipe Hat Ironically Posted: 14 Feb 2015 07:00 AM PST Lincoln - Hipstory by Amit Shimoni Illustration You may think you know all there is to know about Lincoln- the stovepipe hat, log cabin and that Emancipation Proclamation thang, but did you know that Lincoln was one of the hippest American Presidents ever? He was the first to use reclaimed barge wood when building log cabins, the first to add a tamborine to his bluegrass band, and his artesinal pickles and fresh brewed ciders were the talk of his small town. Lincoln will forever be remembered as the guy who freed the slaves, the guy who got shot while watching a play, but he should really be remembered as the original hipster! Share your own unique take on history with this Lincoln - Hipstory t-shirt by Amit Shimoni Illustration, and show the world you were hip to history before it was cool. Visit Amit Shimoni Illustration's Facebook fan page and official website, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more delightful designs: Gandhi - Hipstory Che - Hipstory Kennedy - Hipstory Mao - Hipstory View more designs by Amit Shimoni Illustration | More Funny T-shirts | New T-Shirts Are you a professional illustrator or T-shirt designer? Let's chat! Sell your designs on the NeatoShop and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama!

Customer Support Posted: 14 Feb 2015 07:00 AM PST If you’re calling for help, you may as well ask for everything you need help with. Customer support is there for you. Just follow the simple instructions to achieve the zen of acceptance. Or maybe the geek on the other end of the line just wants to have fun with you. This is the latest comic from Alex Culang at Buttersafe.

Every Day for the Past 30 Years, This Man Has Written a Love Letter to His Wife Posted: 14 Feb 2015 06:00 AM PST (Video Link) Preventative maintenance is one of the keys to a healthy marriage. Bill Bresnan of Toms River, New Jersey understands this. He loves his wife, Kirsten, dearly. That's not just an involuntary emotion, but a deliberate decision. Bill loves her and shows his love by writing a romantic note to her every day. He's done this for more than 30 years.  Kirsten keeps her husband's romantic notes. She's organized them so that they can always go through them and reflect on their past times together. He describes the practice in the Asbury Park Press (warning: auto-start video): We read my compliments to Kris on something special she may have cooked one night, see what the weather may have been that day, etc. One thing that holds true throughout every sentiment — every single card is an expression of my deep love for Kris by being signed, "I love you madly++, my Darling," followed by the infinity sign. This is only one of the practices they consciously maintain in order to nurture their relationship: We eat by candlelight every night with romantic music playing in the background; every good night kiss is followed by I love you, the morning ones, too. There is no TV in our bedroom and never has been. I fully agree with a sentiment that Bresnan explains in this video: love is act that you can consciously practice and a relationship is something that you can grow and build intentionally.

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