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• 10 Genius Acts of Awesomeness
• Typographic Graffiti Shifts during the Day
• The Weirdest Ways Paleontologists Have Found Fossils
• How to Be a Canadian
• 130 People Using a Single Pair of Skis Simultaneously
• The <i>Enterprise</i> Studio Model, Restored and on Display
• A Brother's Love
• Name That Art
• Awesome First Grade Teacher Lets Her Students Draw on Her Dress
• The First American Hero - He's Got Your Back
• Jeff Goldblum Reads a Children's Book Version of <i>Independence Day</i>
• Yearbook Photos Of The 2016 Presidential Election Candidates
• Prankster Leaves Funny Signs at the Zoo
• Kite Surfer Rescued by Batman and Robin
• A Music Video Made Using Snapchat Filters
• Selective Memory
• Jupiter's Northern Lights
• Shark Sonogram
• The Creep Catcher Network Is Using Vigilante Justice To Catch Child Molesters
• How Reality TV Gets Real Estate Completely Wrong
• Actors And Directors Who Famously Turned Against Their Own Movies
• The Kitten’s Great Escape
• A Matter Of Time - Sanity Is A Relative Concept
• Slave Leia Psylocke

10 Genius Acts of Awesomeness Posted: 01 Jul 2016 05:00 AM PDT Making the world a better place can be tough. But as these tenaciously altruistic moves prove, sometimes all you need is a great idea. (Image credit: Acción Visual/Diana Arias) 1. THE WORLD’S MOST HUGGABLE LIBRARY In 1990, a teacher in rural Colombia named Luis Soriano noticed two things: First, many of the local children were illiterate; second, he happened to own two donkeys. So he did the logical thing, and created a “biblioburro,” or a library donkey. At dawn, Soriano loads up the donkey’s saddlebags with more than 100 books. Then, he travels to remote villages where he picks up kids, gives them rides to school, and encourages them to read while they commute. This has been going on for two decades, despite the fact that Soriano has a full-time job and was once attacked by bandits on his route. (When the robbers saw he had no money—only a donkey laden with books—they tied him to a tree and left.) Since the project began, the biblioburro has served 15 villages and more than 4,000 kids. 2. BEN FRANKLIN’S FUTURE GAMBLE It started as something of a joke. In 1785, a French mathematician named Charles-Joseph Mathon de la Cour wrote a satire of Benjamin Franklin’s (famously optimistic) Poor Richard’s Almanack called Last Will and Testament of Fortunate Richard. This version involved a character so bullish about the future that, in his will, he bequeaths money that can’t be touched for 500 years. Franklin said he was “particularly charmed” with the idea—so charmed that he actually ran with it. When he died in 1790, he left £2,000 (about $8,800) to the cities of Boston and Philadelphia on one condition: They couldn’t touch the bulk of it for 100 years, at which point they could make a partial withdrawal. Then they had to wait another 100 years before getting the rest. The cities obeyed. Fast-forward 200 years, and the Franklin Fund is worth $6.5 million. 3. THE MAN WHO SAVED AFGHANISTAN’S ART In the mountains of Afghanistan, two giant statues of Buddha—the largest in the world—survived for 1,500 years. Then, in 2001, the Taliban blew them up with dynamite. It was part of the regime’s out-lawing and destruction of artwork they considered “idolatrous,” which included all music, films, and paintings depicting living creatures. Realizing that museums would likely be targeted next, Dr. Muhammad Yousef Asefi, an artist and physician, came up with a plan, and he struck back. Knowing that he risked imprisonment and likely worse, he quietly took more than 100 oil paintings (including his own work) from museums in Kabul. Using watercolors, he defaced the paintings, covering the figures with bright flowers and other inanimate objects. Seeing that their work had been done for them, the Taliban left the paintings alone. After the regime fell, Asefi used a sponge and water to restore the work back to its original condition. Today those paintings are back in their respective museums. 4. DUMPSTER DIVING FOR NEW HOMES (Image credit: Gregory Kloehn at Facebook) Oakland, California–based sculptor Gregory Kloehn has always spent his mornings digging through mounds of illegally dumped trash, scavenging for materials. But ever since a homeless couple came to his house and asked for a spare tarp, he’s trained his focus on pallets, refrigerators, bed posts, washing machine doors, and slabs of plywood. With the scraps, which never cost more than $100, he cobbles together beautiful, whimsical homes, each about the size of a minivan. But the sky blue and cotton-candy pink shelters aren’t just pretty—they’re functional. He adds wheels to make them mobile, then donates them to the city’s homeless. 5. CHISELING A NEW PATH In 1960, a field worker named Dashrath Manjhi was living in the hills of Bihar, India. A small mountain stood between his village and the nearest town, which meant that it took a roundabout 43-mile-long trip to reach the nearest hospital. When his wife fell and injured herself trekking through the hills, Manjhi decided enough was enough: He sold his three goats and bought a hammer, a chisel, and a crowbar. Then he started digging. By day, he plowed the fields; by night, he chipped away at the mountain. His neighbors said he was crazy. No one helped. He worked for days, which grew into weeks, and then months. He didn’t stop until he’d carved a corridor 30 feet wide and 25 feet high. Now the villagers have a direct path to the hospital—and it only took 22 years. 6. THE MIRACLE AT TERMINAL 4 (YouTube link) For one night in December, children find joy and wonder in the unlikeliest of places: JFK airport. In 2010, about 100 kids from the Garden of Dreams Foundation—which has multiple causes ranging from leukemia to poverty—were put on a plane by Delta employees and told by the pilot that they were going to the North Pole. As the kids shut their windows and sang songs, the plane taxied to a nearby hangar filled with fake snow, elves, polar bears, Santa Claus, Knicks City Dancers, and famous athletes. The kids were overjoyed, and word has spread: The program has been reprised every year, and now the North Pole can also be found (seasonally) at airports from Detroit to LAX. 7. LOVE IS IN THE AIR(WAVES) The radio was a chilling instrument of the 1994 Rwanda genocide—the Hutu majority used it to encourage listeners to kill their Tutsi neighbors. As a result, private radio was banned for a decade afterward. Then, in 2004, the soap opera Musekeweya, or “New Dawn,” reclaimed the radio to inspire peace. Every Wednesday, an estimated 80 percent of Rwandans listen to a binge-worthy drama featuring two fictional villages, Bumanzi and Muhumuro, where two young lovers—à la Romeo and Juliet—try to unite the towns and prevent violence. The plot is carefully constructed in collaboration with psychologists and Rwanda’s Ministry of Justice, designed to stress a message of empathy, healing, and hope. It’s been more than a decade, and the story is still going strong. 8. THE GIFT OF THE LONG VIEW (Image credit: Brian Clift) John D. Rockefeller Jr., the son of America’s first billionaire, thought long and hard about how to put his fortune to the public good. In 1914, he visited a private collection of medieval antiques, the “cloister museum,” which the owner called a “poem to Americans who never can or will see Europe.” Rockefeller was intrigued by the stash—chunks of old Gothic monasteries, Romanesque arches—and so was the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Rockefeller gave $10 million so the Met could buy the collection, move it to a sprawling location in northern Manhattan, and build a garden-speckled space that had a breathtaking view of the Hudson River and the cliffs of the Palisades, located just across the water. But it didn’t stop there. Given his father’s role in economic growth and industrialization, Rockefeller knew better than anyone that, eventually, new buildings on the Palisades would blot the perfect view. So he bought up that land and gave it to the Met, too. 9. MAKE BOATS, NOT WAR The U.S. conducted more than 5 million air raids during the war with Vietnam. Those jets used external fuel tanks, which allowed them to refuel mid-flight. The tanks were heavy and cumbersome, so when they were empty, the pilots simply dropped them to the ground. They still mar the landscape, a painful reminder of a terrible time. But recently, Vietnamese farmers started giving the fuel tanks a more constructive second life. The hollow tanks, when split in two, are canoe-shaped. They also float. And they’re sturdier than the farmers’ old wooden boats, long relied upon for carrying goods from village to village. Other people have used artillery shells, broken wings, even non-detonated bombs to make pots, pans, and farming spades. While war is never a pretty story, these tales of resilience and innovation are remarkable. 10. A HAPPY RACKET (Image credit: Baker City Grass Courts) Don McClure isn’t a tennis player. He’s a former auto mechanic who runs a jewelry business in Baker City, Oregon. In 2007, however, he bought a house on a large property with four grass tennis courts. He planned to scorch the courts—until he learned the whole neighborhood played on them. “When 70- and 80-year-olds had tears in their eyes saying how much they loved playing on those courts, my heart softened,” he says. “I had to keep them open.” He did more than that, devoting 30 to 40 hours a week to mowing, grooming, watering, and improving the courts. He painted the clubhouse, bought a new fridge and freezer, and regularly hosts tennis tournaments, popularly known as WimbleDON. He says he’s never made a dime, and he never swings a racquet. __________________________ The above article by Jeff Wilser is reprinted with permission from the July-August 2015 issue of mental_floss magazine. Don't forget to feed your brain by subscribing to the magazine and visiting mental_floss' extremely entertaining website and blog today for more!

Typographic Graffiti Shifts during the Day Posted: 01 Jul 2016 04:00 AM PDT The artist Daku created this unique mural in New Delhi. The front of this building is covered in letter forms perpendicular to the wall. As the sun moves across the sky, the letters slant. By this, Daku expresses that time constantly changes all things, including the values and priorities on the wall. Chaos, perception, faith, fear, ego--these are just a few of the features of human experience that shift as people grow. You can see more photos at Design Boom. -via Booooooom

The Weirdest Ways Paleontologists Have Found Fossils Posted: 01 Jul 2016 02:00 AM PDT (Unrelated photo by Wilson Hui) How did the Urinator montanus get its name? The paleontologist Jason Poole was on a dig in Montana in 1999. He need to relieve his bladder, so he found a secluded spot and got down to business. When he looked down at his target, he realized that it was a fossil. It was an Allosaurus, which he knicknamed Urinator montanus after his method of discovery. It was a stroke of sheer luck, so don't try to replicate Poole's research. But other scientists have also found fossils through unusual encounters. Smithsonian magazine describes several, such as the Haley O'Brien's pre-menstrual meeting: While digging at some fossil mammal sites in eastern Africa, O’Brien says, “I was lady-hormone-ing real bad one day and decided the best option was to quietly remove myself from the quarry under the guise of prospecting so I could go nuclear by myself.” This is a part of fieldwork that’s not often talked about. “Your body doesn’t exactly stop functioning when you’re in the field, hormones included,” she says. So O’Brien decided to disappear along a winding riverbed leading away from the excavation. The local geology was perfect for stress relief. “I followed my way around a river bend to an outcrop that hadn’t produced any fossils for years and started picking up half dollar-sized concretions out of the wall for stress relief,” O’Brien says. Just minutes into this exercise, she plucked out an intact rodent skull, which meant that she would have to call the crew over. O’Brien continued to wander, “trying to put off lady-Def Con 10”, but more plucking and chucking stones only revealed more fossils, some of which became type specimens—or the emblematic representatives—of their species. “It was like a Groundhog Day best-worst fossil-finding PMS-fueled nightmare,” O’Brien says. -via American Digest

How to Be a Canadian Posted: 01 Jul 2016 12:00 AM PDT Happy Canada Day! To help you know Canadian culture better, the comedy group IFHT explains what it means to be Canadian, from poutine to toques. (YouTube link) I think it’s pretty comprehensive. Even more so than “Canadian, Please.” -via Tastefully Offensive

130 People Using a Single Pair of Skis Simultaneously Posted: 30 Jun 2016 11:00 PM PDT (Image: Guinness World Records) As a teambuilding exercise, the Finnish energy firm St1 had 130 employees wear and use one pair of skis. The custom-built skis (yeah, you can't find these in sporting goods stores) were 140 meters long. The workers strapped themselves into the skis at a track in the city of Lahti, then skied together for 130 meters without a single foot slipping its bindings. This earned St1 a Guinness World Record for the largest number of people attached to a single pair of skis.

The <i>Enterprise</i> Studio Model, Restored and on Display Posted: 30 Jun 2016 09:59 PM PDT The original starship USS Enterprise from the 1966-68 series Star Trek has been sitting neglected at the Smithsonian Institution for years. Now it’s on display in the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall in the National Air and Space Museum, after a painstaking restoration job.   The final stages of the conservation treatment came together in the last few months. In April 2016, the Enterprise model, in pieces, was in the large artifact booth in the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar. Special Advisory Committee member Gary Kerr was dubbed our “oracle,” double-checking his notes and diagrams before any detail went onto the model. (There are 952 holes in the faux grill inside the starboard nacelle. He counted.) And Bill George and John Goodson, both of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), worked with Kim Smith of Pulse Evolution to carry out the physical detailing. Together, they were consummate professionals, bringing their expertise into an ongoing conversation with the Museum staff. More than once, the whole team stopped work to discuss the choices being made, assuring that everyone agreed before proceeding. (YouTube link) Looks good, doesn’t it? You can see more pictures of the restoration at the National Air and Space Museum site. -via Gamma Squad (Image credit: National Air and Space Museum)

A Brother's Love Posted: 30 Jun 2016 09:00 PM PDT (Lunarbaboon) Big brother and little sister will always have a special, loving relationship--until the cash changes hands. He loves her because he's invested a lot in the relationship. So join in the fun and keep in mind her resale value.

Name That Art Posted: 30 Jun 2016 07:59 PM PDT Soul Pancake staged a game. A young child, in this case, 5-year-old Alexa, describes famous works of art. Two art experts try to guess what piece she’s describing. If you want to play along, you should move the video out of your line of sight and just listen to the audio. (YouTube link) In another video, 7-year-old Chris describes three other masterpieces. This is harder, because he’s starts out with abstract art.    (YouTube link) A good time was had by all. -via Digg

Awesome First Grade Teacher Lets Her Students Draw on Her Dress Posted: 30 Jun 2016 07:00 PM PDT (Photo: Chris-ShaRee Castlebury) Chris-ShaRee Castlebury has a special gift for her "precious Picassos." She's a first grade teacher at Pat Henry Elementary School in Lawton, Oklahoma. Toward the end of the school year, she asks her students to draw on a dress with fabric markers, which she wears on the last day. Castlebury calls it her "memory dress." It's her unique way to remember the children that she taught that year. She tells the Today show: "It is a memory dress because I don't want to lose the beauty of the kids as they have to grow up and move on from me," Castlebury told TODAY in an email interview from South Korea, where her husband is stationed in the U.S. Army. "It is a wonderful thing, but so sad each year to fall in love with these kids and then have to say 'see ya later.' -via Geekologie

The First American Hero - He's Got Your Back Posted: 30 Jun 2016 06:00 PM PDT The First American Hero by DeepFriedArt In the 80s we met the Greatest American Hero, but that guy ain't got nothin' on the First American Hero, our old pal Cap. Both had similarly scrawny backstories, and both were given super powers by a substance, but only Cap proved himself worthy of wearing the stars and stripes like a true patriotic icon. Besides, Cap came this close to punching Adolf Hitler in the face, can that other guy say that? Show some love for our country's greatest superheroic asset with this The First American Hero t-shirt by DeepFriedArt, it's a classic design that will make people want to salute you wherever you go! Visit DeepFriedArt's Facebook fan page and Twitter, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more mighty geeky designs: Never Give Up! Killer Skills Wonka Boat Tours The Wakanda Panther View more designs by DeepFriedArt | 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!

Jeff Goldblum Reads a Children's Book Version of <i>Independence Day</i> Posted: 30 Jun 2016 06:00 PM PDT (Video Link) 20 years ago, actors Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith defeated an alien invasion as described in the 1996 documentary Independence Day. To promote the sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence, Goldblum composed a children's book recounting those famous events. This will help children who weren't born at the time to learn about the tumultuous invasion and resistence.  Jesse Usher, who appears in Resurgence, was only 4 years old at the time. Watch Goldblum mesmerize him with his storytelling. Content warning: foul language. -via Laughing Squid

Yearbook Photos Of The 2016 Presidential Election Candidates Posted: 30 Jun 2016 05:00 PM PDT The 2016 Presidential election has such a diverse and odd cast of characters it almost seems like America is being trolled by a hidden camera show. But as far as we can tell they're all human beings with average Earthling backstories, which means they all attended high school at some point. Bernie Sanders (above) must have attended high school a really, really long time ago because his photo is fading out of existence with age. Once upon a time Donald Trump actually had normal hair and a normal, non-orange skin tone. And Ted Cruz didn't look anything like the Zodiac Killer or the lead singer of Stryper when he was in high school, so his creepy looks must have come with age. Hillary was once an adorable straight A student with that same great smile, but apparently had yet to discover those stiff jackets and pantsuits she loves so much these days. See These Yearbook Photos Of 2016 Presidential Candidates Will Take You (Way) Back here

Prankster Leaves Funny Signs at the Zoo Posted: 30 Jun 2016 04:00 PM PDT Obvious Plant is Jeff Wysaski's ongoing project to leave funny but fake signs in public places to confuse and amuse people. Most recently, he left official-looking signs at the Los Angeles Zoo that educate visitors about the animals that they see. They describe meerkat psionics, why the Southern Crested Screamer screams, and koala deceptions. Yes, we know about Phillip. So do Edna and Edna's divorce attorney.

Kite Surfer Rescued by Batman and Robin Posted: 30 Jun 2016 03:00 PM PDT Friends Derren Guile and David Schneider were out kayaking last Sunday off the coast of Sussex. They were dressed as Batman and Robin because they were participating in the Superhero Paddle at Shoreham Beach. The cosplay event turned into an opportunity for real heroism when the two saw a kite surfer struggling in the distance. David, aka Robin, said: “We were out in the water having a bit of fun and I noticed this kite surfer had got into a bit of trouble. “His kite was in the water and he was being dragged across the beach. “I probably watched him for about ten minutes and thought ‘he’s not getting that back up’, so I paddled over, obviously dressed as Robin and called my comrade to help me. “He was gobsmacked when we turned up. He just looked round and said ‘oh no’. “I said ‘it’s not every day Batman and Robin come to save you is it?’.” The kayakers helped the surfer to shore, and then went back out to retrieve his surfboard. The surfer didn’t stick around long, as “he was a bit embarrassed.” The news site compared the caper to a famous scene from a BBC TV special in which two guys inadvertently fight crime as they travel to a fancy dress ball. You can see that video at the Bognor Regis Observer. -via Arbroath

A Music Video Made Using Snapchat Filters Posted: 30 Jun 2016 02:00 PM PDT People who aren't fond of new tech claim you can't do anything good with smartphones or the apps contained within, but those luddites are applying limitations to this technology that simply aren't there. The beauty of using apps to do something other than post to social media is you wind up discovering capabilities the designers didn't even think about when they created the app. Snapchat lenses automate a bunch of different video effects, such as face warping, overlays and color changes, so you can apply fun filters to your images in an instant. (YouTube Link) And, as singer Ingrid Michaelson discovered while making the wonderfully weird music video for her song “Hell No”, Snapchat lets you easily turn simple video footage into total madness. -Via Mashable

Selective Memory Posted: 30 Jun 2016 12:59 PM PDT This curious slogan takes up the entire back of a Chevy truck in Oregon. After marveling at the creative spelling and kerning, you have to wonder at the motivation behind it. Various redditors offered their explanations as to the identity of Perl Horber. Perl Horber is the town's sole Uber driver. The sign was supposed to read "a limo", but Perl lost her train of thought when placing the order. -catharticbullets I'm guessing Perl Horber was this persons childhood neighbor. Growing up they were the best of friends, always going on adventures and getting into trouble. Until one fateful day they decided to go swimming at the pond near their friend Ali Mo's house. Perl tragically drowned and I dont think this person was ever able to get over that, and still in some way holds Ali responsible. It consumes them so much that it affects almost every aspect of their everyday life, including knowing how to park in a space correctly. Its sad really. -joy4874 "Hold the Bear, Alimo!" "Hold the bear!" "Hold the bear!" "Hor thebear!" "Hor thebor!" "Horthebor!" "Hordebor!" "Horbor!" "HORBOR" HORBOR -JesusDeSaad The truck has been spotted more than once, so we know it isn’t Photoshop. It was a bloodbath. Coders killing coders. A literal hackathon. Perl Harbor: never forget. pic.twitter.com/VGc4vT2D2w — Brandi (@ItsTheBrandi) March 28, 2015 -via reddit

Jupiter's Northern Lights Posted: 30 Jun 2016 12:00 PM PDT (Composite image by NASA/European Space Agency) Have you ever seen the aurora borealis or the aurora australis? They're wonders to behold, but auroras are not limited to Earth. Jupiter has them, too. NASA and the European Space Agency has recently been training the far-seeing Hubble Space Telescope on nearby Jupiter. It reveals ultraviolet auroras larger than the Earth itself. The Juno space probe, which will enter Jovian orbit on July 4, will study them in detail. PBS NewsHour describes the auroras: This light display is even more spectacular during a solar storm. Scientists based in London recently discovered that Jupiter’s X-ray auroras become “eight times brighter than normal and hundreds of times more energetic than Earth’s aurora borealis” during a solar storm. […] Aside from emitting UV and X-ray light, the northern lights of Jupiter also paint the air in red, green and purple. The planet’s strong magnetic field — at times 20,000 times stronger than Earth’s — attracts charged particles not only from solar wind, but from those spewed by supervolcanic explosions on Io, its moon. The eruptions brighten the blue auroras on Jupiter, and the Hubble and Juno partnership aims to look deeper into the phenomenon. -via Nag on the Lake

Shark Sonogram Posted: 30 Jun 2016 11:00 AM PDT They caught a pregnant tiger shark. Very pregnant. Luckily for her, these are not fishermen looking for shark steaks, but a crew from the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week. So what do you do with a pregnant shark? Give her a sonogram! (YouTube link) The images of the shark pups inside are pretty cool. They recorded her, tagged her, and let her go, thinking that maybe they’ll find out where she will go to give birth. -via Metafilter

The Creep Catcher Network Is Using Vigilante Justice To Catch Child Molesters Posted: 30 Jun 2016 10:00 AM PDT Child molesters are generally thought of as the lowest form of human life, and even the drug dealers and murderers in prison see them as total scumbags. So it comes as no surprise that people often work together to flush out and get rid of any sex offenders who may be lurking around their neighborhoods. But one organization in Canada has taken the act of catching child molesters to a whole new level of effectiveness. They call themselves the Creep Catcher Network, and so far they've caught dozens of would-be abusers in their online web of vigilante justice. (Image Link) First they gather evidence against the molesters by posing as underage chatters online, then they film the pervs who show up to meet the "child" they were chatting with online. The videos and chat logs are posted on the Creep Catcher site, complete with the offender's name and contact info, to publically shame them and make them think twice before attempting to abuse a child again. (Image Link) Canadian police departments are understandably upset about the actions being taken by CCN, saying they're interfering with investigations and acting illegally by going after these men. But the Network is gaining supporters and new members every day, and even a few of the alleged abusers have made videos in support of their work, sayinggetting caught has "changed their life". Read These Vigilante "Creep Catchers" Bait And Trap Alleged Child Molesters here (contains NSFW language)

How Reality TV Gets Real Estate Completely Wrong Posted: 30 Jun 2016 09:00 AM PDT When I catch a glimpse of someone in my family watching a house buying show on TV, the thing that impresses me the most is how fairly young people have such a huge amount of money to spend on a house. But that’s far from the most unbelievable or inaccurate part of such shows. The process of finding a home to buy is never simple enough to fit into a 30-minute format, and you should not expect your experience to be anything like that. Another thing is how picky the buyers are -they never begin the search with an open mind. Reality TV shows about real estate put too much emphasis on finding the perfect home, which is a serious mistake for would-be home buyers because the perfect is the enemy of the good. In other words, while would-be home buyers should make sure that the properties under consideration should match all of their most critical criteria and as many of the rest as possible, they should not let over-strict adherence to their criteria cause them to miss out on promising buys. There are plenty of other ways that reality TV does not reflect a home buying experience. Read about them at Housely.

Actors And Directors Who Famously Turned Against Their Own Movies Posted: 30 Jun 2016 07:59 AM PDT When a filmmaker loses faith in the movie they're making, or an actor feels like the movie they're starring in is pure chipmunk poo, they understandably get upset and turn against their own film. Director Peter Bogdanovich was on top of the world in the 1970s, making great films like Paper Moon and The Last Picture Show. But then he made a musical called At Long Last Love, starring Burt Reynolds and Cybill Shepherd, which really broke his heart. The reviews were so bad, and Burt was such a terrible singer in the film, that Peter felt he needed to write a nationwide apology: It's rare for a director to turn against their own film, but actors often regret the roles they've chosen to play, especially when they get stuck in a multi-picture contract. Nic Cage is famously hot and cold in terms of roles, so he's the last guy you'd expect to turn against a film for being pure drek, but apparently Dying Of The Light was just that bad. However, Nic and the rest of the cast had signed a non-disparagement agreement, so they protested the film in a clever way- by wearing t-shirts with text from the agreement then posting selfies online. Comedian David Cross wasn't so clever when he talked trash about The Chipmunks trilogy, in which he plays the main villain, calling the last film Chipwrecked"the most unpleasant experience I've ever had." The disparaging remarks he made against the cast and crew who'd worked on an admittedly awful movie series left people feeling burned, so David was forced to issue a public apology. Sometimes the truth hurts, Hollywood... Read 5 Famous People Who Were Way Too Honest About Their Movies here

The Kitten’s Great Escape Posted: 30 Jun 2016 07:00 AM PDT A kitten finds a way to escape his enclosure at JoLinn Pet House, a pet shop in Taiwan. But then what? Where does he go? Straight into another enclosure, this one with a puppy! (YouTube link) The puppy is exceedingly happy with the company. The kitten might have some regrets about the caper. -via Viral Viral Videos

A Matter Of Time - Sanity Is A Relative Concept Posted: 30 Jun 2016 06:00 AM PDT A Matter Of Time by IdeasConPatatas  To understand how normal earthly things like time work in Wonderland we must study the works of famous surrealists like Salvador Dali, because they were able to see into that extraordinary dimension where no other humans ever could. Their paintings and artwork can therefore be seen as clues to solving the puzzle, however, most people who pursue this line of inquiry end up losing their minds. Just ask Alice... Blow minds wherever you go with this A Matter Of Time t-shirt by IdeasConPatatas, it's so wonderfully surreal people will feel like they're looking through a window into Wonderland! Visit IdeaConPatatas's Facebook fan page, Instagram and Twitter, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more geek-tastic designs: The End Is Near Fire Red Evolution Ideas Con Patatas Logo The Force Awakens View more designs by IdeasConPatatas | More Cartoon 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!

Slave Leia Psylocke Posted: 30 Jun 2016 06:00 AM PDT (Photo: @free_range_geek) The savage and sultry Psylocke didn't stay in Jabba's palace for long. Within seconds of being given her costume, she drove a katana into his skull. But she kept the outfit, as displayed by cosplayer @naturesenvy.

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