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• 8-Bit Five Nights - Jump Scared Back To The 80s
• The Provocations of Biking
• Fuzzy Baby Elephant Curious About Woman
• Helpful Tattoo: How to Use Chopsticks
• Squirrel Wants to Drive the Car
• Woman Spring Cleaning Her Closet Finds One Big, Many Little Surprises
• Realistic Body Painting Shows What Happens when You’re Pregnant
• X-34 Landspeeder Cake
• Before They Were Famous: Celebrities as Cheerleaders
• You Can Rent This Complete 2-Bedroom House That Floats along the Thames
• “Sweet Child O’ Mine” on Accordion
• The French Fry Burger
• Three Oozaru Moon - More Like A Shaggy Gorilla Story
• The Story Behind the "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke" Advertisement
• How Far Did Frodo and Sam Travel in The Lord of the Rings?
• It’s Raining Spiders in Australia
• Clothing Line Designed to Prevent Computer Slouch
• A Bump on the Head
• Cats Attacking Cursors
• Get Ready for the Crazy Foods of This Fair Season
• Whodunit: The Telltale Prints
• Celebrities Who Have Mastered The Art Of Photobombing
• Fan-made <i>Black Widow</i> Title Sequence
• This Woman Was Born, Married, and Buried on the Same Day of the Year, Each of Which Was a Monday
• Something Good, Something Bad, Something Majora - Legend Of Star Lord Link
• 7-note Fart Symphony
• Can You Even Handle the Cutest Critters of Instagram?
• How to Grow a "Bee Beard"

8-Bit Five Nights - Jump Scared Back To The 80s Posted: 19 May 2015 05:00 AM PDT 8-Bit Five Nights by 8-BitHero.Com The crew at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza are celebrating thirty years in the biz with this flashback tee featuring Freddy, Chica, Foxy and Bonnie in their original 8-bit forms, just as they appeared in the original video game adaptation Freddy's Pizza Attack! This shirt is the perfect way for fans to show they survived all five nights of fun the Freddy's way- by eating up all the pain and pizza they could handle before the restaurant was forced to shut down due to the disappearance of security personnel. Remember, if it's not Freddy's then it's just plain boring! Show the world you're an animatronic attack veteran with this 8-Bit Five Nights t-shirt by 8-BitHero.Com, it's the fun way to scare up some smiles from your fellow FNAF fans! Visit 8-BitHero.Com's Facebook fan page and official website, then head on over to their NeatoShop for more pixel-tastic designs: 8-Bit 80s Action Movies 8-Bit Infinity Gauntlet 8-Bit 80s Cartoon Heroes 8-Bit Guardians View more designs by 8-BitHero.Com | More Video Game 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!

The Provocations of Biking Posted: 19 May 2015 05:00 AM PDT The following is an article from The Annals of Improbable Research. Discoveries made possible by person-powered wheeled vehicles Compiled by D.L.N Travasco, AIR staff Bicycling presents both an opportunity and a source for insights into human anatomy, physiology and, in a variety of ways, psychology. Here are several published reports on what might be called bicycle science. Biking 1 “Bicyclist’s Vulva: Observational Study,” (link NSFW) Luc Baeyens, British Medical Journal, vol. 325, July 20, 2002, pp. 138-9. The author is at Brugmann University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium. Biking 2 “Bicyclist’s Nipples,” B. Powell, Journal of  the  American  Medical  Association, vol. 249, 1983, p. 2457. Biking 3 “Effects of Altering Cycling Technique on Gluteus Medius Syndrome,” B.N. Green, C.D. Johnson, and A. Maloney, Journal of Manipulative  and Physiological Therapeutics, vol. 22, no. 2, February 1999, pp. 108-13. The authors, who are at  the Palmer College of Chiropractic West, San Jose, California, report that: A  24-year-old  male amateur  cyclist  had numbness  and  tingling localized to a small region on the superior portion of the right buttock.... The cyclist had received chiropractic adjustments 2 days before the onset of the symptoms. One week earlier, the patient began riding a new bicycle with different gearing than his previous one.... Repetitive strain of the patient’s gluteus medius muscle as a result of poor cycling technique appeared to be the cause here. Biking 4 “Familial Idiopathic Priapism in a 48-Year-Old Man: Self-Treatment Through Bicycling,” F. Sommer, S.  Nazari, T. Klotz and U. Engelmann, BJU International, vol. 89, 2002, p. 791. (Thanks to Peter Melvoin for bringing this to our attention.) The authors are at University Medical Centre of Cologne, Germany. _____________________ This article is republished with permission from the September-October 2005 issue of the Annals of Improbable Research. You can purchase back issues of the magazine or subscribe to receive future issues, in printed or in ebook form. Or get a subscription for someone as a gift! Visit their website for more research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK.

Fuzzy Baby Elephant Curious About Woman Posted: 19 May 2015 04:00 AM PDT YouTube Link This older video is just now getting attention for the sweet, gentle gesture of this fuzzy Asian elephant calf who curiously explores with his trunk the anatomy and scent of a human woman. -Via Tastefully Offensive

Helpful Tattoo: How to Use Chopsticks Posted: 19 May 2015 03:00 AM PDT The restaurant doesn’t offer forks? Then just roll up your sleeve and follow the instructions. This prudent design is exactly why people should get tattoos. They’re notes and tips that you carry with you always. I suggest using yours for important pieces of information, like your appointments scheduled for next week. -via That’s Nerdalicious!

Squirrel Wants to Drive the Car Posted: 19 May 2015 02:00 AM PDT (YouTube link) The problem with taking your squirrel for a drive is that he might want to drive. And he doesn’t even have a license! This little guy is named Phineas Bean. My husband had a squirrel when he drove a big rig, and said he never had a problem with the squirrel wanting to drive, because he was more interested in sitting on the driver’s shoulder so he could look out the window. -via Daily Picks and Flicks

Woman Spring Cleaning Her Closet Finds One Big, Many Little Surprises Posted: 19 May 2015 01:00 AM PDT YouTube Link And now, from my "I'm so glad that happened to someone else" file, a Los Angeles woman was cleaning out her closet when she found a plastic bag full of surprises, one of them big, saw-toothy and hissing. I have to commend her for her bravery. I would have called a SWAT team or something of the sort.

Realistic Body Painting Shows What Happens when You’re Pregnant Posted: 19 May 2015 12:00 AM PDT Kristine Smits, the expectant mother in this photo, got more than a sonogram. Photographer Leonie Versantvoort and body painter Marieke Crone worked with her to compose an anatomically correct depiction of the child growing inside of her. This is a great idea that could be improved only by a time-lapse video showing the painting and child growing over time. You can see process photos here and here (warning: artistic nudity). -via Huffington Post

X-34 Landspeeder Cake Posted: 18 May 2015 11:00 PM PDT Believe it or not, this is a cake. The Tattooine background may throw you off, but there’s chocolate inside. Gilles Leblanc of Les Gâteaux de Gilles made this cake in the form of an X-34 Landspeeder from the Star Wars films for a Star Wars Day collaboration with other bakers. It’s chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream, and can go from zero to 250 km/h in one Standard Time Part. Or something like that. Anyway, you can see more pictures of the cake at Leblanc’s Facebook page.  -via Laughing Squid (Image credit: Les Gâteaux de Gilles)

Before They Were Famous: Celebrities as Cheerleaders Posted: 18 May 2015 10:00 PM PDT Cameron Diaz Cheerleading is often defended by proponents with a number of ways it enriches and educates young people of high school age. The National Cheerleading Association argues that it teaches teamwork, athletic ability and dedication. They go on to cite statistics: "Cheerleaders are athletes, scholars, and leaders. Ninety percent of cheerleaders are “B” students or better, 98.5% plan on going to college, and over half participate in other non athletic extra-curricular activities. Over half of all cheer teams participate in community charity events, 40% of cheerleaders participate in school sport outside of cheerleading, and many hold leadership positions in their class and in clubs at school." Given those considerations, it's likely that future actresses like Cameron Diaz, Sandra Bullock and Alicia Silverstone (shown here on cheerleading squads with twelve other future celebrities) had loftier goals with their involvement than simply dating a guy on the high school football team. Images Credit

You Can Rent This Complete 2-Bedroom House That Floats along the Thames Posted: 18 May 2015 09:00 PM PDT Airbnb is offering an increasingly unusual if not eccentric range of property rentals, including a Super Mario Bros.-themed apartment, a hotel room at the top of a ski jump, and a hotel room inside a cable car. Now add to those travel possibilities a fairly ordinary house. That happens to float down the main river of London. Yes, this is a house with a fully functional kitchen, bathroom, and 2 bedrooms. There’s a steering wheel in that kitchen, which is something that most household kitchens can’t boast of. It’s a lot more than a houseboat. There’s a backyard with a living apple tree, real grass, and a doghouse. Airbnb offers it for rent until May 22.

“Sweet Child O’ Mine” on Accordion Posted: 18 May 2015 08:00 PM PDT (YouTube link) You never ever thought you’d hear this song played on accordion, did you? This was recorded in Seattle during the book release party for Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan’s new book How to Be a Man: (and other illusions). Bassist Krist Novoselic of Nirvana took out his trusty accordion and jammed with McKagan.  -via Uproxx

The French Fry Burger Posted: 18 May 2015 07:00 PM PDT You want a burger and fries? The Vulgar Chef can make you own. They’re not separate but together in this ingenious combination (warning: foul language). It’s a simple but innovating concept that all major burger chains should follow. Place a hamburger patty between two slices of cheese, then wrap the whole thing in cooked French fries. Place the assembly in a deep fryer. The result is this divine concoction that needs only pickles and onions to be ready to eat. -via That’s Nerdalicious!

Three Oozaru Moon - More Like A Shaggy Gorilla Story Posted: 18 May 2015 06:00 PM PDT Three Oozaru Moon by DauntlessDS When you hear the Great Ape howling at the moon you know two things are about to happen- saiyans are about to battle it out, and things are about to get hairy for Goku. He only goes ape a couple of times a year, and usually it's because some jerk from planet Vegeta made fun of his tail or he feels his stash of dragon balls is in jeopardy, but when Goku transforms he fully embraces the ape form. One of his favorite things to do while going ape is join up with a few of his fellow kongs and howl at the moon, letting the universe know that it'll take more than a truckload of bananas to get this bad boy to return to his humanoid form. Add three times the animated fun to your geeky wardrobe with this Three Oozaru Moon t-shirt by DauntlessDS, it'll make your fellow DBZ fans howl with delight! Visit DauntlessDS's Facebook fan page, official website, Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more mighty geeky designs: Final Hero 7 Super Incandescent Bro The Winry Standard Such Amaterasu View more designs by DauntlessDS | 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!

The Story Behind the "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke" Advertisement Posted: 18 May 2015 06:00 PM PDT (YouTube link) The TV series Mad Men aired its final episode last night, and the 1971 Coca-Cola ad called "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke" featured prominently. While fans of the show are debating the meaning of how it was used, the man who actually came up with the ad tells us the story behind his inspiration. Bill Backer was the creative director at McCann at the time. See, my moment came out of truth and emergency. I had to come up with a commercial, we were getting sent to record in London and were stuck in Ireland. I had to come up with something. I was stuck in an airport. I had a studio rented and paid for, lots of actors and producers. I looked around people were sitting there together having a coke. So I wrote that on the back of a napkin: “I’ve got to teach the world to sing. I’d like to buy the world a coke and furnish it with love.” That’s what the product was doing at the time. It just felt like I heard a voice from somewhere saying, “I’d like to be able to do this for the whole world.” In the interview, Backer explains what his job was like in the ‘60s and how it differed from the Mad Men version. Be warned it contains a video of the final scene in the series, in case you are avoiding spoilers. -via Digg

How Far Did Frodo and Sam Travel in The Lord of the Rings? Posted: 18 May 2015 05:00 PM PDT From their homes in the Shire to Mount Doom where they destroyed the One Ring, Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee traveled about 1,350 miles. That's the same distance as from Austin, Texas to Los Angeles, California. Redditor Isai76 created a series of helpful maps that illustrate the distances in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. How far was the journey of the Fellowship from Rivendell to Moria? 175 miles, which is the same distance between London and Manchester. Isai76 has helpfully laid out each leg of the journey of the Fellowship. So start marching. -via io9

It’s Raining Spiders in Australia Posted: 18 May 2015 04:00 PM PDT (Photo: Keith Basterfield) Ah, Australia: where big spiders explode into hordes of little ones and cobwebs cover entire towns. It is the continent where, more than anywhere else, Nature is trying very hard to kill you in creative ways. For the residents of Goulburn, New South Wales, that means spiders. Millions of them appear to be raining down from the sky. Now you may argue, “John, that’s not how the water cycle works.” To which I will reply, “But: Australia.” And that reasoning will prevail. Scientist Martyn Robinson suggests that what’s happening is that baby spiders are engaging in the “ballooning” migration technique. They build streamers of silk which catch the air and carry them away—sometimes as high as 3 kilometers off the ground. Those silks cover buildings and fields in a phenomenon called “Angel Hair.” The Sydney Morning Herald quotes Robinson: "They can literally travel for kilometres … which is why every continent has spiders. Even in Antarctica they regularly turn up but just die," he said. "That's also why the first land animals to arrive on new islands formed by volcanic activity are usually spiders." In some years, the mass migration of baby spiders means "you can have entire fields and paddocks and trees festooned with this gossamer or Angel Hair, as some people call it," he said. Just be glad that Australia’s snake population doesn’t migrate this way (to the best of my knowledge). -via CGP Grey

Clothing Line Designed to Prevent Computer Slouch Posted: 18 May 2015 03:00 PM PDT Now that computers are part of everyday life, it's not unusual to be slouched over one. But, do you ever feel that your posture is suffering? Well, Dutch mechanical-engineer-turned-fashion-designer Jeffrey Heiligers has noticed and is doing something about it. He's created "Posture," a line of men's clothing that corrects poor posture caused by typing on a computer. How? He explains: "'Posture' offers a solution in the clothes that you wear: by repositioning the seams in such a way that they start to feel uncomfortable when stooping, you are stimulated to sit up straight. This tailor-made remedy corrects the poor postures of the digital generation, not by fixating the muscles, but by training them. The more it is used, the less it is needed."  He calls his line a "blueprint" which I think is code for "it's a concept." Love the thinking behind it, nonetheless. Check out more images of Heiligers' posture-correcting clothing at Dezeen.

A Bump on the Head Posted: 18 May 2015 02:00 PM PDT Aw, Moishe got a bump on the head! Of course, Dad wants to make everything better, but fathers sometimes do that a little differently from mothers. As illustrated by the latest shenanigans from Lunarbaboon.

Cats Attacking Cursors Posted: 18 May 2015 01:00 PM PDT (YouTube link) When I was a kid I noticed that cats and dogs don’t pay any attention to what’s on TV. But that was the old cathode-ray tubes. Flat screens are a completely different animal, as far as animals go. Now mum cats will sit and watch whatever we watch. They prefer nature shows, but haven’t yet learned to use the remote. Cats and computers can be hilarious, especially as a cat regards that flitting cursor to be the same as any insect on a wall. -via Tastefully Offensive

Get Ready for the Crazy Foods of This Fair Season Posted: 18 May 2015 12:00 PM PDT Fair season is almost upon us and if you're dying to see what's in store to fill your heart with cholesterol and your veins with sugar, then you'll be excited to hear that some of the new food selections at one of our favorite fairs, The San Diego County Fair, have been announced. Among this year's more interesting selections are: Chocolate-Covered Pork Rinds Pig Trough -three pounds of pig skins topped with pulled pork and cheese Wasabi Bacon Bombs –spicy pork with wasabi wrapped in dough and bacon and deep fried 10 feet of Bacon-on-a-Stick Deep-Fried Starbucks -whole Starbucks coffee beans and chocolate chips in sweet pastry dough, wrapped in bacon, deep fried, rolled in sugar and served with whipped cream Deep-Fried Slimfast Bar (presumably for the dieters) Deep-Fried Peanut Butter Pickle – a hollowed out pickle filled with peanut butter and then deep fried. Personally, I'm looking forward to some chocolate-coverd pork rinds this year. If you live in San Diego, you can stop by and enjoy these treats for yourself between June 5 and July 5, but if you aren't in the area, you can be sure a local fair will be swinging your way sometime this summer carry some of these strangely wonderful treats.

Whodunit: The Telltale Prints Posted: 18 May 2015 11:00 AM PDT The following is a Whodunit by Hy Conrad.  These mysteries are from The Little Giant® Book of Whodunits by Hy Conrad and Matt LaFleur. Can you solve the mystery before you read the solution? The homicide officers tromped through the morning mud to the main tent of the Big Top Circus. The ringmaster was waiting. He led them around to the rear and pointed to the stacked bags of elephant chow just outside the tent flaps. When the officers peered over the top, they saw Aeriel Cummings lying facedown in the mud. Aeriel was in her circus costume, loosely covered in a robe. Even from this distance, the officers could see the welts around her neck. The hand marks were clear on her pale skin, the outline of two thumbs pointing down toward her bare shoulders. "Strangled," the ringmaster explained needlessly. "It poured heavy last night, starting around 2 a.m. This morning I checked for rain damage. That's when I found her. Aeriel is our star acrobat. She does a balancing act with her partner, Rudolph." Before approaching the body, the officers checked the wet ground and saw prints of the ringmaster's pointy boots all around the body. The only other footprints were a huge set, at least a size 20, just outside the bags of elephant chow. "We'll need to talk to your clowns." It didn't take long to track the prints to Smiley Cummings, the head clown and Aeriel's sour, dry-eyed husband. "I kept telling her, 'You play with men the way you do and you're asking for trouble.' I guess someone finally took her flirting seriously." Aeriel's partner confirmed her reputation. 'As far as I know, it was all just flirting," Rudolph said kindly. "Aeriel was with me last night after the show, practicing a new trick. We finished up around midnight. Then I guess she went back to Smiley's trailer." But Smiley said she never arrived. "When she didn't come home, I put on the nearest pair of shoes, clown shoes, and I went out looking. I circled the tent, but I didn't see her. Of course, I wasn't looking for her on the ground hidden behind some bags." The senior officer returned to the rear flap, studying the corpse and the two sets of footprints. "It seems pretty clear who did it." Whodunit and how did he know? Show Answer The footprints aren't a vital clue. If Aeriel had been killed before the rain started at 2 A.M., anyone could have done it and not left prints. The significant prints are the ones on the acrobat's throat. The officer noted that the handprints around her neck were backwards and upside down. The killer had strangled Aeriel from above her head, as she was facing away. This is a nearly impossible position—unless you happen to be an acrobat. Rudolph, a jealous suitor, grabbed her around the throat just as they were practicing a new balancing trick for their act. The whodunit above was provided by American mystery fiction author Hy Conrad. In addition to his work in mystery and crime puzzles, Hy was also one of the original writers for the groundbreaking TV series Monk. Currently, Hy is working on mystery novel series "Abel Adventures" as well as the Monk series of novels, starting with Mr. Monk Helps Himself (published by Penguin, order from Amazon here) Check out Hy's official website and Facebook page - and stay tuned for more whodunits puzzlers on Neatorama from the master of whodunit mysteries himself!

Celebrities Who Have Mastered The Art Of Photobombing Posted: 18 May 2015 10:00 AM PDT (Image Link) Photobombs are a hilariously unpredictable part of our image obsessed lives, and even though some photobombers ruin a perfectly good pic most make that captured moment much more memorable. Photobombing began way before the camera phone, and celebs are so used to being photographed that it's only natural for them to want to photobomb their fellow famous folks (Image Link) Decades later the most underrated Beatle could still be seen carrying on the tradition of Mod photobombing by sticking it to the Bieb from behind his back...wait, that doesn't sound right?! (Image Link) Of course, most photobombers aren’t famous, despite their efforts to insert themselves into as many pictures as possible, but you don't have to be famous to feel like a million bucks (Image Link) You don't have to be an animate object/actor/musician to be a good photobomber, you just have to magically appear in the right place at the right time (Image Link) Meeting Ty Burrell, star of Modern Family, was probably a pretty epic moment for the young lady in the pic, but imagine her amazement when she noticed Bryan Cranston photobombed the scene! (Image Link) Celebrities have made photobombing into an art form, because they know the exact right moment to insert themselves into a selfie and make the whole thing come unchained (Image Link) Is Mike Tyson photobombing the scene in this shot, or was he supposed to be part of the group? Either way he looks a bit lost... (Image Link) Jimmy Fallon and John Hamm made it their mission to photobomb everyone who took a pic on Top Of The Rock (Rockefeller Center) in New York, resulting in these priceless photobombing moments (Image Link) This shot co-starring Fallon and Hamm playing Lady & The Tramp should be the cover photo for the New York Board of Tourism (Image Link) The duo had a ball helping to create some great memories for tourists with their hilariously creative photobombing, and eternally bummed out anybody who missed these amazing photo ops (Image Link) Some folks would feel mighty lucky to meet Donald Trump, but Odd Future founder Tyler, the Creator clearly doesn't give two f*&$%s about The Don! (Image Link) Leave it to Mythbusters mastermind Adam Savage to calculate the perfect angle for photobombing (Image Link) When you're the former President of the United States your photobombing pose looks like it should be printed on the five dollar bill (Image Link) But when you're the Prince of England your photobombing technique is a lot less dollar bill-y and a lot more Fonzarelli (Image Link) I wonder who Harry gets his love of photobombing from? (Image Link) Joshua Jackson couldn't resist clowning around behind the oh-so-serious Anne Hathaway at the 2013 Met Gala and now, unlike Anne, the devil wears a smile (Image Link) Sir Patrick Stewart doesn't need to make a scene to photobomb a pic, his doctor/professor powers naturally draw all eyes his way (Image Link) Reporters are often nervous while covering a star-studded event, and when A-listers like Joseph Gordon-Levitt start photobombing their broadcasts they don't know what to do with themselves! (Image Link) Paris Hilton was sort of famous once upon a time, right? Being sort of famous means you're unworthy of having an A-lister photobomb your pics, so Paris gets a pigman instead! (Image Link) Even though Conan O'Brien and Matthew Perry both have very large heads their mega-domes weren't big enough to obscure the bright light shining from Kevin Spacey's famous face (Image Link) Mad man John Hamm likes to keep his co-stars on their toes by photobombing their selfies in the creepiest possible way (Image Link) Apparently Hamm was just getting revenge on behalf of a bitter Barry Manilow, who was photobombed by a way too smiley January Jones as he tried to carry on a serious conversation (Image Link) Who, or what, is that creature lurking behind Rose McGowan and the guy in the ten gallon hat? A pro photobomber, that's what! (Image Link) Former SNL alumni John Lovitz is also a total photobombing pro, because he has mastered the art of photobombing while pretending not to stare lewdly at the pretty girls. Acting! (Image Link) Jake Gyllenhaal takes the "bomb" in photobombing very seriously, and wages pictorial war like a veteran (Image Link) Angelina Jolie thought reporters were laughing at her remarkable beauty, but they were actually cracking up because Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman were clowning around in the background. You totally p-bombed it guys! (Image Link) And who can resist chuckling when they see Tina Fey making one of her many funny faces? This one is called "constipated no more" (Image Link) Spider-Man's spider sense must be failing him, for a James made of Corden and an Emma made of Stone made photobombing on-screen webhead James Garfield's selfie look way too easy! (Image Link) Thanks for joining me on this in-depth analysis of the dark side of Hollywood selfies, and if you spot one of those image terrorists known as photobombers in the wild be sure to catch them while you can! (Image Link)

Fan-made <i>Black Widow</i> Title Sequence Posted: 18 May 2015 09:00 AM PDT For his final project in an After Effects class, Christopher Haley made a speculative title sequence for a Black Widow movie. I hope he got an A in the class. I love the way it evokes a James Bond spy film and separates Black Widow from the normal Marvel style to makes it something unique. The song is “Sour Times" by Portishead.   Cut off one head, two more shall take it's place. . . For this speculative title sequence of a Black Widow film I decided Black Widow's villain would be. . . Black Widow. Yelena Belova, to be specific. Belova believes herself to be the superior Black Widow, and in some ways she is right. Swift and ruthless, Belova is the most talented assassin to graduate from the Red Room--and now she is Hydra's most deadly weapon. At Belova's side is a super-soldier of her own, Alexi Shostakov--the Red Guardian, who also happens to be Natasha's former lover. When the new heads of Hydra make a play for the power of the infinity stones it is up to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s top agent to stop them. (YouTube link) Marvel has movies scheduled through 2020, but sadly, a Black Widow film is not among them. Maybe in a few years, Haley will be in a position to direct one. -via Daily of the Day

This Woman Was Born, Married, and Buried on the Same Day of the Year, Each of Which Was a Monday Posted: 18 May 2015 08:00 AM PDT This is the grave of Julia Nathalie Graham Forsythe. She rests in the Gillespie Evergreen Cemetery in Transylvania County, North Carolina. Three of the biggest events of her life occured on same day of the year--May 14--each of which was a Monday. I've verified this with an online date calculator. Well all have days like that. Photo: James Barr, Jr. -via reddit

Something Good, Something Bad, Something Majora - Legend Of Star Lord Link Posted: 18 May 2015 07:00 AM PDT Something Good, Something Bad, Something Majora by Dave Song The Mask of Majora bestows the wearer with plenty of power, but it doesn't make them a Star-Lord or give them the power to make an awesome mix tape. These oversights left Link looking for a much cooler mask to wear, something that people across the galaxy would recognize as too cool for school. He'd played the role of guardian for years, but something was missing... Add a touch of gaming crossover humor to your geeky wardrobe with this Something Good, Something Bad, Something Majora t-shirt by Dave Song, it'll put a grin on your fellow fans faces! Visit Dave Song's Facebook fan page, official website, Tumblr and Twitter, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more gamer-iffic designs: Go! Sweet Racer! REALLY Most Desperate Hour Oh, No! The Only...Hope? View more designs by Dave Song | More Video Game 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!

7-note Fart Symphony Posted: 18 May 2015 07:00 AM PDT Loz, of The Shonky Brothers, managed to record his own fart sound. And it wasn’t just any fart sound, but a magnificent multi-note series that he manipulated into a song. One that you can download as a ringtone, believe it or not. (YouTube link) The video has few images, but does feature a non-stop barrage of fart jokes in text to accompany the story of the one fart that finally gave them a viral video. -via Viral Viral Videos

Can You Even Handle the Cutest Critters of Instagram? Posted: 18 May 2015 06:00 AM PDT If there's one thing everyone on Instagram seems to love almost as much as pictures of food, it's pictures of precious pets. If you're just starting out on the site, you won't want to miss this great Oddee article highlighting 14 of the cutest cats, dogs and other critters on the site. Granted, we've already featured a few of the animals on the list -like Lil Bub and Sam, but there's a whole lot of cuteness on this list that's still new to us.

How to Grow a "Bee Beard" Posted: 18 May 2015 05:00 AM PDT The following is an article from the book Uncle John’s Perpetually Pleasing Bathroom Reader. (Image credit: Flickr user John Donges) Warning! Do not even THINK about doing this at home. HONEY, I’M HOME You’ve probably seen pictures of bee beards— brave and foolhardy people with their lower faces covered in insects, as if they’re auditioning for some kind of entomologist-only version of ZZ Top. It’s an old pastime among thrill-seeking bee fanciers. Ukrainian beekeeper Petro Prokopovych, the inventor of several beekeeping innovations still in use today, modeled the first bee beard in the 1830s. Demonstrating what he’d learned about bee-swarm behavior, Prokopovych placed a captive queen in a cage under his chin and released thousands of bees near his face. Sure enough, the bees went into their typical swarming behavior, bunching tightly around their queen, creating a “beard” that hung off his chin. Naturally, his stunt inspired imitators, and bee bearders soon became as popular in carnivals and freak shows as fat ladies, dog-faced boys, and wild men of Borneo. THE STING (Image credit: Flickr user Alfred Shum) Making a bee beard isn’t difficult, but it takes guts and a willingness to be stung a few times. Warning: This is NOT recommended for kids or anyone with an allergy or aversion to bee stings or any level of good sense… But, here’s how it’s done: • Select a hive with easy-going bees willing to put up with your outrageous shenanigans without exacting too much revenge. (You must be experienced with bees to be able to identify this kind of hive.) • Find the queen and lock her in a “queen cage”— a small wooden box with metal screening on one side that looks sort of like a homemade kazoo. • For a lush, full beard, you need about 12,000 bees (three pounds). Box them up with the captive queen the day before, keep them in the dark, and feed them well. Spritzing them with sugar water is said to work pretty well for this. The intent is to calm them. • When you’re ready for the beard, tie the queen cage (screen facing out, not against your skin) under your chin. Protect your eyes with swim goggles. Bees will crawl everywhere, so cover your hair, button and secure your shirt, tuck your pants into your socks, put cotton loosely in your nostrils and ears, and put vaseline around your mouth and eyes. • Remaining calm from this point on may seem counter-intuitive, but it is very, very important. Open the box and hold it against your chest so they can smell the queen. They will begin crawling up your neck to surround the queen’s cage, hanging in bee garlands from your skin and each other. • If all goes well, the worst that will happen is that you’ll have to get used to the slightly electric sensation of thousands of bees gripping your skin with their barbed feet. Pose triumphantly for photos. • While things are still going well, have your assistant untie the queen cage from your neck and place it inside the box you want the bees to return to. • Standing over the box, jump up into the air and land hard. Do this only once and do it well. This will dislodge most of the bees onto your feet and the ground around your feet. (Aren’t you glad you tucked your pants into your socks?) The befuddled bees will smell the queen and begin crawling toward and into the box. Any remaining bees can be gently brushed off with a bee brush. Eventually, all of them will make their way back to the box, ready to be transported home. (YouTube link)  Final note: Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. Odds are pretty good that you’ll get a sting or two, even if you do it right. Experienced bearders sometimes misjudge the bees, the weather, or their own calmness and get stung dozens of times. Be prepared for medical emergencies and the potential of bees attacking civilians. Although they dread having to use them, pros keep two emergency tools handy: a sprayer filled with soapy water that can kill masses of bees… and an industrial shop vacuum to dispose of the evidence. EXTREME BEARDING As if a three-pound beard isn’t impressive enough, there’s a new trend in competitive bee bearding, in which the beard covers the bearder’s entire body. World record: 87 pounds of bees (approximately 350,000 of them), set in 1998 by American Mark Biancaniello. _______________________________ The article above is reprinted with permission from Uncle John’s Perpetually Pleasing Bathroom Reader. The 26th annual edition of Uncle John’s wildly successful series is all-new and jam-packed with the BRI’s patented mix of fun and information. Since 1988, the Bathroom Reader Institute had published a series of popular books containing irresistible bits of trivia and obscure yet fascinating facts. If you like Neatorama, you'll love the Bathroom Reader Institute's books - go ahead and check 'em out!

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