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- 31 Rolls Of Film From World War II Finally Developed 70 Years Later
- What Is It Like to Have Your Period in Space?
- Versus Comic - The Spandex Supershorts That Started It All
- The Top Secret Military Base Hidden in Chernobyl's Irradiated Forest
- How to Scamble Eggs with a Curling Iron
- Summoning Cthulhu
- "My Substitute for LSD Was Indian Food"
- Architectural Concept Art For The Hurricane Proof Homes Of The Future
- What Men and Women Want from Marriage, 1939 vs. 2008
- How to Survive the Apocalypse, According to Hollywood
- Luxury Toilets That Are Works of Art
- Bowie vs. Prince Bike Event to be Retired After This Year
- Big Mac Egg Rolls
- Never Say Die - Boys And Girls Just Want To Have Fun...And Treasure
- 14 Epic Facts About <i>Gangs of New York</i>
- The History Of Pizza Told In Eight Slices
- This Start-Up Wants to Replace Your Address with 3 Random Words
- If Video Game Commercials Were Honest
- Horoscopes for Babies
- 10 Prisons That Rival The Accommodations of Most Hotels
- Drug Users In Pakistan Are Smoking Scorpions To Get High
- The Creepy-Crawly Collection
- Meet Finley, The Most Helpful Dog in the World
- Nature Goes to War
| 31 Rolls Of Film From World War II Finally Developed 70 Years Later Posted: 26 Apr 2016 04:00 AM PDT There are so many ways a roll of film can get ruined before (and sometimes while) being developed that shooting with film often felt like a gamble, especially when shooting historical moments in time. So it must take some kind of magical luck or divine intervention for 31 rolls of film to survive World War II in a soldier's bag and then manage to survive another 70 years intact before being developed by The Rescued Film Project. See the entire gallery of images uncovered by The Rescued Film Project here -Via mental_floss  | ||||||||
| What Is It Like to Have Your Period in Space? Posted: 26 Apr 2016 02:00 AM PDT
In the early days of spaceflight, doctors suspected that in microgravity, menstrual blood wouldn't flow out of the vagina, but remain inside and lead to infections. But the experiences of more than 50 women who have been to space prove that assumption completely untrue. The New York Times quotes astronaut Dr. Rhea Seddon:
There are, however, logistical difficulties with cleanliness, the management of menstrual blood, and the physical task of changing tampons in microgravity:
-via Glenn Reynolds | ||||||||
| Versus Comic - The Spandex Supershorts That Started It All Posted: 26 Apr 2016 12:00 AM PDT Versus Comic by Albertocubatas Ever since the Bat and Supes went head-to-head in a battle to prove they're the bravest and boldest superheroes on the planet fans have been wondering what started the fight. Well, it turns out the whole thing was Bruce's fault, because he decided to test the theory posited by Seinfeld that Superman has a super sense of humor to go along with all his powers. Man, were his eyes red when he saw the Bat strutting around in his red spandex undies! Root for your favorite comic book badass in the battle of the century with this Versus Comic t-shirt by Albertocubatas, it's super informative and super funny! Visit Albertocubatas's Facebook fan page and official website, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more mighty cool designs:
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 Top Secret Military Base Hidden in Chernobyl's Irradiated Forest Posted: 26 Apr 2016 12:00 AM PDT A Soviet military base in Ukraine was so secret that it was identified as a children’s camp on maps. That all changed on April 26, 1986, when the nearby Chernobyl nuclear reactor suffered a an explosion in reactor number four. The installation was immediately abandoned, and never used again. All that anyone knew about it before that was the mysterious radio signals known as the Woodpecker signal.
Luke Spencer ventured into the Exclusion Zone and found the Duga-3 radar base. Read about his adventure and see the pictures he took at Atlas Obscura. | ||||||||
| How to Scamble Eggs with a Curling Iron Posted: 25 Apr 2016 11:00 PM PDT
Carly Cardellino, the beauty editor of Cosmopolitan, recently learned that you can pop popcorn with a hair straightener. This inspired her to see what else one could make with hair care tools. So she heated a curling iron and used it to cook scrambled eggs! Cardellino says that the egg was both "edible and delicious." More importantly, we've all learned an essential survival skill that could mean the difference between life and death if we're ever besieged by zombies in a hair salon. -via Gizmodo | ||||||||
| Posted: 25 Apr 2016 10:00 PM PDT Cthulhu’s been asleep in teh depths of the abyss for eons, and when he’s summoned, what does he find? That his legacy’s been “mashed up.” It’s enough to make an elder god want to curl up and cry for his mommy. This is the latest from the comic Ninja & Pirate by Joe Flanders. -via Geeks Are Sexy | ||||||||
| "My Substitute for LSD Was Indian Food" Posted: 25 Apr 2016 09:00 PM PDT
Camille Paglia is a professor of the humanities at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and a leading public intellectual. Paglia was recently interviewed by Tyler Cowen, an economist and polymath. In that conversation, Cowen asked Paglia about a line she had written about her intellectual development during the 1970s. While other people had psychedelic experiences from LSD and other drugs, she was eating Indian food. Specifically, she ate lamb vindaloo to open her mind. She explains to Cowen:
Good Indian food will do that. You can read or watch the rest of their conversation here, which includes Paglia's thoughts on the movies Ben-Hur and Star Wars Episode III. | ||||||||
| Architectural Concept Art For The Hurricane Proof Homes Of The Future Posted: 25 Apr 2016 08:00 PM PDT Every time a major hurricane sweeps through a coastal region people are left homeless, their homes reduced to a pile of rubble by those incredibly strong winds. This is seen as an inevitable part of life in places where hurricanes are a constant threat , but Spanish designer Dionisio Gonzales thinks there may be a way to prevent destruction by rethinking the structure. Hopefully Dionisio's designs for the hurricane proof homes of the future will inspire architects and builders to stop accepting destruction and start building homes that can withstand the weather. -Via design you trust | ||||||||
| What Men and Women Want from Marriage, 1939 vs. 2008 Posted: 25 Apr 2016 07:00 PM PDT What's really important for women to look for when searching for a man to marry? The most popular and growing characteristics are mutual attraction, dependable character, and maturity. Chastity used to be important, but that's taken a nosedive since 1939, as did housekeeping skills and neatness. Max Roser, an economist, recently created a series of charts to illustrate a study published in 2008 about what men and women look for in a spouses, and how these values have changed over time. It's explored in depth at the Washington Post. We've looked at what women want. Let's check in with the men. The above chart shows that men increasingly search for mutual attraction. There were also sharp increases in the importance of good looks and sociability. The importance of chastity plummeted over the intervening 69 years. Emotional stability, though, is still very important. Do any of the results surprise you? -via Glenn Reynolds | ||||||||
| How to Survive the Apocalypse, According to Hollywood Posted: 25 Apr 2016 06:00 PM PDT Real disasters happen all the time, but rarely are they global. That doesn’t stop us from thinking about how we would deal with the end of the world, whether it come by zombies, disease, nuclear fallout, overpopulation, or war. And those disasters make for many a rip-roaring movie. Nandini Balial looks at some of the better-known apocalypse films to rate the actions of the survivors. Whether the things they do make any sense at all has little to do with how good the movie is.
If you can’t put away some good advice from the five movies analyzed, maybe at least you’ll find something you can watch and enjoy in this article at Pacific Standard. -via Digg | ||||||||
| Luxury Toilets That Are Works of Art Posted: 25 Apr 2016 05:00 PM PDT When you want the finest toilets in the world, you go to Japan. And now Japan is stepping up its game even further with Taikou Juden's line of artistic toilets available in a vast variety of colors, patterns, and images. For example, pictured above is a toilet made to resemble the famous wood block print The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai. I'm not sure about getting a camouflage toilet, though. When I need to go, I don't want to struggle to just find the toilet. -via Rocket News 24 | ||||||||
| Bowie vs. Prince Bike Event to be Retired After This Year Posted: 25 Apr 2016 04:00 PM PDT Every year since 2008, cyclists in Portland, Oregon, have taken part in a ride called Bowie vs. Prince. They sign up for either Team Bowie or Team Prince, and then dress like them for the ride. Founder Lillian Karabaic had considered changing the event in the wake of Bowie’s death.
Somehow, I think that this year’s event may be the biggest of all, even if it is the last one. -via Uproxx | ||||||||
| Posted: 25 Apr 2016 03:00 PM PDT This week, The Vulgar Chef made lovely and classy egg rolls using just the ingredients of McDonald's Big Mac hamburgers, cheese, and egg roll pastry dough. First, he placed shredded cheese between two layers of pastry dough. Then he added French fries, pickles, and sliced beef patty. It looks delicious! McDonald's should actually offer this dish. Content warning: foul language. | ||||||||
| Never Say Die - Boys And Girls Just Want To Have Fun...And Treasure Posted: 25 Apr 2016 02:00 PM PDT Life is all about the places you go and the adventures you go on, and when you've got a group of friends by your side who never say die you're living the dream! The Goonies never let their fears or weaknesses stop them from living like there's no tomorrow, and when they embark on a journey with pirates and treasure you know the cool kids just have to tag along. So doesn't that make the Goonies the coolest by proxy? Hey you guys! You're gonna love this Never Say Die t-shirt by Taylor Rose, but it's only to be worn by those most adventurous of souls worthy of being called a Goonie. Visit Taylor Rose's Facebook fan page, official website, Twitter and Tumblr, then head on over to her NeatoShop for more geek-tastic designs:
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! | ||||||||
| 14 Epic Facts About <i>Gangs of New York</i> Posted: 25 Apr 2016 02:00 PM PDT Martin Scorsese brought us a movie in 2002 about organized crime in New York City. That sounds like a lot of his films, but Gangs of New York was different because it was set in the 1860s. How authentic was it? That’s hard to tell, even when you know the source material.
Still, many of the roles were based on real people. Read about them, and who Scorsese envisioned in the roles for those three decades, plus trivia behind the production of Gangs of New York, all in a list at mental_floss. | ||||||||
| The History Of Pizza Told In Eight Slices Posted: 25 Apr 2016 01:00 PM PDT Tracing the history of pizza back to its earliest roots is virtually impossible, since ancient people often used bread as a plate and therefore probably ate something similar to the modern pizza. But when did the pizza pie we know and love come out of the oven, and how did that flat “plate” of dough covered in cheese and toppings become the single most popular food in the world? The PBS Idea Channel's Mike Rugnetta serves up the sizzling history of the pizza one slice of info at a time, and after your brain eats up all eight slices you'll feel full...of knowledge about the pie that conquered the world! -Via Nerdist | ||||||||
| This Start-Up Wants to Replace Your Address with 3 Random Words Posted: 25 Apr 2016 12:00 PM PDT
Imagine your address as not, say, 750 Bel Air Road, Bel Air, California, but instead block.horse.happy. It could be if the founders of the app what3words are successful. Their system divides the entire world into 57 trillion 9-square meter areas. It assigns 3 random words to each section. The sequences are unique for all 57 trillion sections. April Joyner describes it at The Week:
what3words co-founder Chris Sheldrick says that the system is already in use:
-via Joe Carter | ||||||||
| If Video Game Commercials Were Honest Posted: 25 Apr 2016 11:00 AM PDT You really can’t know what it’s like to play a game until you actually play it, which most of the time requires payment ahead of time. Maybe even before the game is ready for retail. And even if you like it, it will be obsolete by the time you master it -or pay it off. In the latest of their Honest Ads series, Cracked gives us the lowdown on video games and how they sell them to you. You have to wonder what the complete series will do to their ad revenue. -via Viral Viral Videos | ||||||||
| Posted: 25 Apr 2016 10:00 AM PDT What lies in your baby's future? He can't think beyond the present, so do your parental duty and read out his horoscope. Cartoonist Jim Benton has helpful scanned the stars and made mystical calculations for the next week. | ||||||||
| 10 Prisons That Rival The Accommodations of Most Hotels Posted: 25 Apr 2016 09:00 AM PDT There’s no universal rule that says prisons have to be horrible facilities. Some prisons place their focus squarely on rehabilitation, because the majority of inmates will re-enter the world sooner or later. And there’s a variety of ways to do this, as you’ll see in a roundup of innovative prisons from all over the world. Some them are even in the US.
While the facilities may be pretty nice, the inmates are still prisoners, and you won’t find anyone going to these places voluntarily. Some of these rehabilitation programs have research showing that convicts with better accommodations have a lower recidivism rate. See all ten prisons at Money Inc. | ||||||||
| Drug Users In Pakistan Are Smoking Scorpions To Get High Posted: 25 Apr 2016 08:00 AM PDT It has been proven time and again that strict drug laws lead to people doing whatever kind of strange drug they can get their hands on, typically something concocted in a home lab by an unscrupulous individual. In fact, outlawing drugs often leads to higher rates of consumption, or in the case of the Middle East finding strange new substances to get high on, like the dried out carcass of a poisonous scorpion. Drug users in Pakistan and Afghanistan are recreationally smoking scorpions, which causes a hallucinatory high that's stronger than most psychedelic drugs, and the addiction is harder to kick than opium and heroin combined. Medical experts say the worst part about smoking scorpions is the effect the venom has on the brain, where it can cause permanent delusion, and the nervous system, which is often permanently damaged by the "drug". -Via Dangerous Minds | ||||||||
| Posted: 25 Apr 2016 07:00 AM PDT The Insectarium in Montreal is the largest deliberate collection of bugs in North America, with over a quarter-million insects, from butterflies to cockroaches, from scarabs to centipedes. Some are dead and mounted for study, while others are alive and on display for observation. There are even hands-on exhibits! Mike Powell and Jeurgen Horn went on a cold weekend, when the Insectarium was full of children. Even so, they had a wonderful time.
To get up close and personal with these insects, you can visit the Insectarium in Montreal, or see pictures and video at For 91 Days. | ||||||||
| Meet Finley, The Most Helpful Dog in the World Posted: 25 Apr 2016 06:00 AM PDT Whenever Greg Baskwell needs a helping paw, he can count on Finley. Finley will do anything to contribute. Need to wash the car? Finley is there. Need a helicopter landing pad? Count on Finley. Need bail money? You're on your own. Sorry, but there are limits. -via Tastefully Offensive | ||||||||
| Posted: 25 Apr 2016 05:00 AM PDT
Most people think biological warfare is a modern phenomenon created by scientists in a laboratory, but it’s actually been in use for centuries. From ancient times, whenever humans needed help defeating their enemies, they drafted Mother Nature into their army. YOU CATCH MORE ENEMIES WITH HONEY SNEAKY TRICKS WITH SNAKES
Centuries later, the Vietcong also used scorpions against American troops during the Vietnam War. Because the North Vietnamese often operated out of a network of underground tunnels, any U.S. soldier unlucky enough to have found one of the tunnels might be surprised by trip wires and booby traps. If a tripwire was hit, a grenade might go off… or a box filled with stinging scorpions might fall on the soldier’s head. GERMY WARFARE What is believed to be history’s first use of a plague as a weapon took place in 1346 when Mongol emperor Janiberg Khan’s troops held the town of Kaffa (now Feodosiya, Ukraine) under siege. Bubonic plague had broken out among the emperor’s troops, so he had the corpses of his soldiers catapulted over the walls of Kaffa in an effort to spread the disease. It worked, and the locals got sick. But Khan wasn’t able to take advantage of Kaffa’s suffering: He had to retreat anyway because so many of his own men were dying. Once the Mongols were gone, the residents of Kaffa (many of whom were traders from Italy) tried to escape the contagion by fleeing back to Europe on flea-ridden, rat-infested ships. Some historians believe that Khan’s use of biological warfare launched the Black Death, the plague epidemic that hit Europe in the 14th century and killed about 25 million people. TROJAN HORSE, AMERICAN-STYLE SMOKING CAN BE DANGEROUS The Chinese had lots of recipes for cooking up military victories. In the fourth century BC, they used an ancient version of a poison gas to defend a fortress against a besieging enemy. When enemy soldiers tried to tunnel into a citadel, the Chinese defenders “smoked them out” by burning toxic substances like sulfur, which creates poisonous sulfur dioxide when burned. The Chinese soldiers directed the smoke into the tunnels with a long pipe and a bellows. Clouds of poisonous smoke and gases overwhelmed the enemy in the small underground space— they dropped where they were and died of asphyxiation. _______________________________
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