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• Anchovy Alley - Heroes In A Half Shell With A Poor Sense Of Smell
• Meet PuiPui, The Most Fashionable Rabbit in the World
• Audubon Made Up At Least 28 Fake Species To Prank A Rival
• An Extremely Satisfying Instant Karma Video Compilation
• Man Drives 870 Miles to Buy His Wife Kentucky Fried Chicken
• Pet 'Possum
• Custom Prosthetic Lets Ballet Dancer Do en Pointe Again
• Riots, Guns, Bribes: Teddy Roosevelt’s Contested Convention
• Speedy Delivery: F-16 Delivers Essential Medical Equipment
• Fan Uncovers <i>Better Call Saul</i> Title Puzzle, Wows Show Creators
• Potential New Names for an Elementary School
• Unkar's Ration Packs - They're Edible...And That's About It
• This 3-Year Old Saved a Birthday Cupcake for Her Favorite Garbage Man
• What Will Happen to Jon Snow?
• Kittens vs. Thugs
• The IKEA-Inspired Manuals On How To Handle A Breakup

Anchovy Alley - Heroes In A Half Shell With A Poor Sense Of Smell Posted: 25 Apr 2016 04:00 AM PDT Anchovy Alley by Djkopet The Ninja Turtles had been patrolling the city so long they started nicknaming locations where they like to hang during their nights out on the town. Their favorite spot was located right behind Krang's Pizza Rocket, a location they dubbed "anchovy alley" because the dumpsters always smelled of dead fish. Even though the boss-creature didn't want Pizza Rocket employees talking to those teenage mutants the workers didn't care- the TMNT were making the city great again, and you've gotta keep heroes well fed, right? Hang with your favorite mutant ninjas every time you slip on this Anchovy Alley t-shirt by Djkopet, it looks fresher than a sizzling pizza pie and won't smell like fish so long as you wash it once in a while! Visit Djkopet's Facebook fan page, official website, Twitter and Instagram, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more delightfully geeky designs: Logan's Motorcycle Repair Scientific Paradox Goes Boink The Light Side New Adventures Awaken View more designs by Djkopet | More Comic 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!

Meet PuiPui, The Most Fashionable Rabbit in the World Posted: 25 Apr 2016 04:00 AM PDT This is PuiPui, a Holland Lop and celebrity in the rabbit world. He's a fashion model without equal, dressing in only the most perfecty designed and crafted outfits. Whatever PuiPui wears is guaranteed to be the new look, so pay close attention. -via Rocket News 24

Audubon Made Up At Least 28 Fake Species To Prank A Rival Posted: 25 Apr 2016 02:00 AM PDT Naturalist John James Audubon combined his science interests with his talent for art, and left a legacy of knowledge contained in his book The Birds of America. He had identified 25 new species and documented thousands more. Recently it came to light that he left behind a massive prank as well. Smithsonian curator Neal Woodman has been studying the notes of French naturalist Constantine Rafinesque, and found how much he had been influenced by his time spent with Audubon on a riverboat trip in 1818. Rafinesque was an extremely enthusiastic namer of species: during his career as a naturalist, he named 2,700 plant genera and 6,700 species, approximately. He was self-taught, and the letter of introduction he handed to Audubon described him as “an odd fish.” When they met, Audubon noted, Rafinesque was wearing a “long loose coat...stained all over with the juice of plants,” a waistcoat “with enormous pockets” and a very long beard. Rafinesque was not known for his social graces; as John Jeremiah Sullivan writes, Audubon is the "only person on record" as actually liked him. During their visit, though, Audubon fed Rafinesque descriptions of American creatures, including 11 species of fish that never really existed. Rafinesque duly jotted them down in his notebook and later proffered those descriptions as evidence of new species. For 50 or so years, those 11 fish remained in the scientific record as real species, despite their very unusual features, including bulletproof (!) scales. You might say Rafinesque was taken hook, line, and sinker. But fish were just the beginning. Woodman has uncovered birds, plants, and mammals that Rafinesque detailed, all from information Audubon fed him two centuries ago. Read about those “species” and see pictures at Atlas Obscura.   (Image credit: Smithsonian Institution Archives/SIA2012-6095)

An Extremely Satisfying Instant Karma Video Compilation Posted: 25 Apr 2016 12:00 AM PDT There's very little you can witness that is more satisfying than a dose of instant karma served up to someone who truly deserves it. Whether the recipient is being rewarded for their goodness or punished for acting like an a-hole, it used to be extremely rare to witness instant karma being handed down from on high. But thanks to smartphone and GoPro cameras we have documented video proof that karma exists, and the moral of this particular video lesson is "don't be a jerk or karma will get you". (Contains NSFWish material and terrible music, viewer discretion is advised) (YouTube Link)

Man Drives 870 Miles to Buy His Wife Kentucky Fried Chicken Posted: 24 Apr 2016 10:00 PM PDT (Photo: Mike Mozart) Fifteen years ago, when Mike and Angela Hovak Johnson of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada got married, they ate food from Kentucky Fried Chicken. Since that time, they've always celebrated their anniversary by eating at KFC. Then the local Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant shut down. Mike Johnson didn't see that a a problem. He and his son drove to the nearest KFC in High Level, Alberta, ordered 15 buckets of chicken, then drove back. The trip was 870 miles long. That's a long way, but it's how the couple keeps their relationship fresh and crispy. CBC News reports: "This year was the most difficult one to plan," said Angela. "But my husband didn't hesitate. He wanted to drive all the way to… "High Level," said Mike, finishing her sentence. "So during March break, me and my son got up early one morning, drove 700 kilometres, picked up 15 buckets of KFC and drove 700 kilometres back — in one day." According to Mike, his unusual to-go order got him a bit of a weird look in High Level, Alta. "When I ordered 15 buckets, they said: 'uh, it might take a little while,'" he said. "I said: 'no problem,' so they cooked it up right away." -via Dave Barry

Pet 'Possum Posted: 24 Apr 2016 08:00 PM PDT That is one fat ‘possum. Redditor P_bryant562 has a friend who works at a pet store and had to snap this customer. If it wasn’t a marsupial, you’d call this a Rodent Of Unusual Size. She’s obviously raised this opossum from a very young age, or else it would be skinny, bitey, and would not be wearing a tutu. In the discussion under this picture, there are many tales of more common, yet funny, encounters with yard vermin.

Custom Prosthetic Lets Ballet Dancer Do en Pointe Again Posted: 24 Apr 2016 06:00 PM PDT (Photo: Gabi Shull) When she was 9 years old, Gabi Shull was diagnosed with cancer in her right knee. So doctors amputated her leg, removed the knee, then re-attached the rest of the leg backwards.  (Video Link) This surgery reduced her ability to enjoy dancing. She couldn't dance en pointe--that is, on tip toes--until she got a custom prosthetic leg. This prosthetic slips over her right leg. When she flexes her ankle, it acts as her knee. Now 14, Gabi is back dancing, cheerleading, and inspiring others to overcome their challenges. -via The Soul Is Bone

Riots, Guns, Bribes: Teddy Roosevelt’s Contested Convention Posted: 24 Apr 2016 04:00 PM PDT Some are expecting a free-for-all at the Republican National Convention this July in Cleveland. Honestly, that may seem unusual to younger people, but party nominations used to be much more public fights. Even in my lifetime, there have been political conventions in which we had no idea who the eventual nominee would be as they began. Yes, little kids watched the conventions because 1) we wanted to find out what happened and 2) there wasn’t anything else on TV. But even those were tame compared to the 1912 Republican convention. Former president Teddy Roosevelt challenged incumbent president Howard Taft for the nomination. Two presidents fighting for a nomination? No party would allow that to happen today. When Donald Trump told CNN, “I think you’d have riots,” if the Republican Party’s leaders denied him the nomination, people were understandably disturbed. But on the eve of the 1912 convention, Roosevelt told his nephew that his supporters were prepared to “use roughhouse tactics” to “terrorize” the party’s leaders if they denied him the nomination. His delegates included men who were used to barroom brawls, including several who had been with his Rough Rider brigade in the Spanish American War. When the proceedings started, Roosevelt’s managers flooded the Chicago Convention Center bleachers with rugged supporters who were prepared to use their voices and even their fists to fight for their demand that Roosevelt be selected. The plans for taking over the convention were even messier than what really happened. You know that Roosevelt went on to run on the Bull Moose ticket and both he and Taft lost to Woodrow Wilson. But you might not know about the extremely contentious 1912 Republican National Convention, which you can learn about at the Atlantic. -via Digg

Speedy Delivery: F-16 Delivers Essential Medical Equipment Posted: 24 Apr 2016 02:00 PM PDT (Photo: Allied Joint Command Brussun) When your package has to get to someone immediately, call the Royal Norwegian Air Force. The patient in the town of Bodø was dying. Doctors needed to perform a specialized procedure to save his life, yet they didn't have the necessary equipment to do it. But a hospital in Trondheim, 280 miles away, did have that equipment. Hospital officials in Trodheim went to the nearby Air Force base. The Guardian reports that the officers there didn't hesitate and immediately fired up an F-16 fighter jet: “They didn’t ask any questions, except for what size the machine was,” Anders Wetting Carlsen, chief doctor at Trondheim’s Saint Olaf hospital, told AFP. In a further stroke of good luck, one of the fighter jets was equipped with an external hold that allowed it to transport equipment. The machine was loaded on to the aircraft, which made for Bodø at top speed. The trip normally takes 35 minutes. But the pilot pushed hard and got there in just 25 minutes. This quick delivery saved the patient's life. -via Glenn Reynolds

Fan Uncovers <i>Better Call Saul</i> Title Puzzle, Wows Show Creators Posted: 24 Apr 2016 12:00 PM PDT Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould like to include Easter Eggs in their shows for observant fans to find, and viewers enjoyed finding secret stuff on Breaking Bad so much Vince and Peter decided to keep the Eggs rolling in Better Call Saul. (Spoiler-ish material ahead) For the second season of Saul they decided to go beyond the visual and play with words by including an anagram in the episode titles, so they put the puzzle in place and didn't give it a second thought. But a fan named Shaquita discovered the Easter Egg faster than a tweeker on Blue Sky, posting her findings on Twitter with the caption “on vacation this week, and have nothing but time lol". @BetterTalkSaul on vacation this week, and have nothing but time lol pic.twitter.com/KvHF8WY4JV — Shaquita (@sirena6783) March 28, 2016 The creators confirmed Shaquita's findings and were blown away by how fast she found it: “We had this—to us—this very bright idea of encoding the words “Fring’s Back” in the episode titles,” Gould told Vanity Fair. “And we thought we’d be revealing it maybe sometime over the summer. I guess we really underestimated the genius and hard work of our fans.” “And their attention to detail, and God bless them for it,” Gilligan chimed in. Gould concluded: “It’s hard to complain about people paying attention to every aspect of the show. It certainly reminds us again that we better keep all our i’s dotted and our t’s crossed in every aspect of the show.” -Via Independent

Potential New Names for an Elementary School Posted: 24 Apr 2016 10:54 AM PDT (Photo via Jenny Pancakes) Robert E. Lee Elementary School in Austin, Texas is named after the famous Confederate general with that name. As the Confederate States of America was founded for the explicit purpose of preserving slavery, many people think that it is inappropriate to keep Lee Elementary's name. The school board has voted to rename the school and has asked the public for suggestions. Among the potential new names are Donald J. Trump Elementary, Harper Lee Elementary, and Schoolie McSchoolface--a reference to the British ship that was to be named Boaty McBoatface. -via David Burge

Unkar's Ration Packs - They're Edible...And That's About It Posted: 24 Apr 2016 10:00 AM PDT Unkar's Ration Packs by Stationjack Sustenance is in short supply on Jakku, so those scavengers who need energy to bring in the next big haul should stock up on Unkar's ration packs, with the taste humanoids feel indifferent about! Unkar's packs are made of moderate quality veg-meat and polystarch from a few wars back, so you know they're not terrible and they're edible so quit complaining and eat your rations. Unless young Rey is such a big star now that she can't appreciate the packets of "food" that made her the rebel she is today... Advertise for the junkboss with this Unkar's Ration Packs t-shirt by Stationjack, it's guaranteed to earn you some smiles from your fellow Force Awakens fans and absolutely nothing from Unkar! Visit Stationjack's Facebook fan page, official website, Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more deliciously geeky designs: How I Roll Electric Thunder BB-9 Ball Strike Team View more designs by Stationjack | More Movie 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!

This 3-Year Old Saved a Birthday Cupcake for Her Favorite Garbage Man Posted: 24 Apr 2016 10:00 AM PDT (Photo: Traci Andracke) Brooklyn Andracke gets very excited when the garbage truck rolls through her neighborhood. It's a chance to meet the driver and her friend, Delvar Dopson. They wave at each other and Dopson honks the powerful horn on his truck. So when Brooklyn had her third birthday party, she saved a cupcake for Dopson. Brooklyn's mother writes on Facebook: Brooklyn and I wrapped up one of her birthday cupcakes and waited for him. When he came down our street, she ran to the corner. We were waving like usual and I motioned for him to come over by us. He pulled over, got out and gave us his BIG smile. Brooklyn was instantly speechless as she handed him the cupcake. I explained to him that he makes our day every Thursday, and we really appreciate the honking and waving, and how special of a day it is for us. Then... (melt my heart)... he explained that he looks forward to seeing us every Thursday as well. He said that he has a meeting every Thursday morning and always tries to get out of there in a hurry so that he can make sure to see us every week. He said he doesn't have any kids of his own, but he mentors several children and just loves them. I can't believe that I never got his name, so for now he will continue to be "our favorite awesome smiley garbage man". -via BuzzFeed

What Will Happen to Jon Snow? Posted: 24 Apr 2016 08:00 AM PDT The season six premiere of Game of Thrones is tonight on HBO. Jon Snow is dead, but we know he won’t stay that way. Bringing someone back someone from the dead isn’t as unbelievable in Game of Thrones as it would be in other shows because there’s plenty of supernatural stuff going on in the series. Meaning, it won’t be as stupid as having the last season be a dream. While everyone associated with the show has confirmed that Jon Snow is really, really dead, George RR Martin has been quoted everywhere: “If there’s one thing we know in A Song of Ice and Fire is that death is not necessarily permanent.” So what will happen in season six? Fans are not ready to say goodbye to Jon Snow, but are speculating on how he will be resurrected. If you're reading this from the front page, scroll past the poll and hit "continue reading" to take a look into some of the theories, and then make your prediction. Possible spoilers, but only if you’re not current on the show and the news stories about it. The books are no help at this point.   1. Melisandre saves Jon Snow. She’s got supernatural powers and she’s right there, so that was the earliest and easiest theory to latch onto.   2. Jon Snow will warg into his direwolf Ghost. Other members of the Stark family are supposed to have the ability to warg, or inject their consciousness into another being. Specifically Bran, who inhabited Hodor on occasion -and is predicted to fly at some point, so we expect that’s how he will do it. Jon Snow being related, it’s possible his consciousness could escape his body for a time. But can they resurrect his body? Without a body, they wouldn’t need actor Kit Harington. Then again, he might inhabit another body that comes to look like Kit Harington. 3. Jon Snow's brother Bran saves him. Bran is the Stark who sees things at a distance and has the documented ability to warg. And it’s his face we see at the end of the season six teaser. He could have other powers we haven't been shown yet. (YouTube link) 4. A little further afield, one theory has Jon being saved by Theon Greyjoy’s death, arranged by Bran. 5. A new Red Priestress saves Jon Snow. There’s not a lot to go on, except that a there will be such a character in season six. 6. Jon Snow will become a White Walker. Or even the leader of the White Walkers. That will make it hard for him to win the Iron Throne, but weirder things have happened. 7. Jon Snow will be resurrected by fire. Rumor says that he is a Targaryen as well as a Stark, and cannot be killed by fire. Is it possible that he could be resurrected by his funeral pyre? That would be odd, but not past the realm of possibility for this show. And another possibility -although this is horrible- the season six premiere episode tonight might not resolve the issue at all. HBO wouldn’t do that, would they?   POLL: How will Jon Snow live? Melisandre saves Jon Snow. Jon Snow will warg into Ghost. Bran saves Jon Snow. Jon lives because Reek dies. A new Red Priestress saves Jon Snow. Jon Snow becomes a White Walker. Jon Snow will be resurrected by fire. I have no idea, show me the answers!

Kittens vs. Thugs Posted: 24 Apr 2016 07:00 AM PDT (Video Link) Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele of the famous comedy duo Key & Peele bring us this promotional video for their new movie Keanu. The roughest, toughest, most muscle-bound and tatted thugs face off against the cutest kittens in a staring contest. Who will prevail? -via Tastefully Offensive

The IKEA-Inspired Manuals On How To Handle A Breakup Posted: 24 Apr 2016 06:00 AM PDT When you're going through a difficult breakup you'll have people telling you cliché things like “it's okay to cry” and “there's no instruction manual on how to handle someone leaving you”, and those people are wrong. Well, they're right about the crying part, I guess, so long as you're not blubbering in bed for days like a baby. But the bit about there being no manual is false, because designer Caisa Nilaseca has created a whole series of easy to follow manuals inspired by the instruction sheets that come with IKEA furniture. Caisa's minimalist manuals are far easier to understand than the IKEA versions, and instead of handing out the same old sad and tired advice her funny little manuals keep it 100% real. See IKEA-Inspired Manuals Will Teach You How To Get Over A Breakup here

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