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• Canadian Tire Store Stalls When Every Item Scans as Mr. Potato Head
• Attending Professional Auctioneer School
• A British Man Encounters American Summers
• The Long Prank
• The Ways <i>Star Wars</i> Is Way Crazier Than You Realize
• Ewoks Trailer
• Whale Sharks Have Eyeballs Covered in Tiny Teeth

Canadian Tire Store Stalls When Every Item Scans as Mr. Potato Head Posted: 01 Jul 2020 10:19 PM PDT You want a set of new whitewalls? That'll come up as four Mr. Potato Heads. This was the experience of customers at five Canadian Tire stores in Ontario this week. Every time an employee scanned a product--any product in the store--the computers said it was a Mr. Potato Head toy. My Kawartha reports: Five stores in Lindsay and Whitby were impacted in the bizarre computer system fritz that started around 7 a.m. Monday (June 29). A staff member from Lindsay Canadian Tire who wished to remain anonymous said any item the team scanned showed the same product number and information as the popular toy. Cathy Kurzbock, manager of external communications for the Canadian Tire Corporation, clarified the glitch only made the names of products appear the same, not the prices or the item numbers. She said the anomaly didn't effect stores outside of Lindsay or Whitby.  -via Dave Barry | Photo: Google Maps

Attending Professional Auctioneer School Posted: 01 Jul 2020 01:31 PM PDT Do you have what it takes to excite buyers without scaring them off while communicating clearly and following complex regulations? Then you might have the chops to make it as an auctioneer. Mike "McGravel" Jones of America's Auctioneer Academy in Dallas, Texas teaches week-long class in the vocal techniques -- known as "the chant" -- and the procedures of a successful auctioneer. Katy Vine of Texas Monthly attended the course. She writes: Live bid-calling is like a series of contracts, and when an auctioneer says "Sold," accepting the bid, the highest bidder is on the hook. Therefore, each part of the chant is crucial. "A chant is made of three components: a statement, a question, and a suggestion," Jones began. The jumbles of syllables between the numbers are called filler words. The class scribbled. The basic chant Jones proposed—the one we would employ for the remainder of the class and that would provide a soundtrack for all our dreams and nightmares—was "One dollar bid, now two, now two, will you give me two?" -via Marginal Revolution | Photo: Drew Anthony Smith

A British Man Encounters American Summers Posted: 01 Jul 2020 12:20 PM PDT Hot enough for ya? Laurence Brown moved from Britain to the US and found out what summer heat really is. He explains the difference between the two nations in his series Lost in the Pond. The US is very hot in the summer. Or at least most of it is. Where I live, it's not only ferociously hot, but also humid as any swamp. In other words, British heat waves ain't got nothing on America. In this video, he tells how he discovered the things Americans use to cool down. Europeans think they are crazy, but when you actually encounter the summer heat, they are lifesavers.

The Long Prank Posted: 01 Jul 2020 12:20 PM PDT BugsyShort is renovating his home. He said he "decided to put this in the wall before its boarded up so I can give the next person who renovates the house a heart attack." The two main reactions were suggestions for what the skeleton's t-shirt should say, and laments about the wasted space. BugsyShort was ready with an explanation.   And that, my friends, is how you internet.

The Ways <i>Star Wars</i> Is Way Crazier Than You Realize Posted: 01 Jul 2020 12:20 PM PDT I dunno, maybe if you saw the original Star Wars trilogy as a child, you could be surprised to learn in this century that there's no internal consistency in the Skywalker saga. Those of us who were adults in 1977 were already used to space movies that made no sense at all, but we went nuts for the humor and special effects anyway. Suspension of disbelief and all that. However, most of the pictofacts in this list at Cracked have to do with even weirder facts from the Expanded Universe of novels and comic books. After reading them, you'll no longer be puzzled at Disney's decision to declare all that alternate media non-canon.

Ewoks Trailer Posted: 01 Jul 2020 08:08 AM PDT First off, I'm a big fan of your site. To say that I'm addicted is an understatement.  A few years ago John Farrier posted a link to my Empire Strikes Back Trailer. I'm reaching out because I have crafted another trailer. This time I've chosen to update "Ewoks: The Battle for Endor". It's a lot more tongue-in-cheek than my last trailer. The Ewok movies have become strangely relevant recently with their mention on "Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian" and with the Lauren Lapkus / Nicole Byer podcast "Newcomers" devoting an entire episode to them.  Anyway I hope you enjoy the link above and MTFBWY! A Big Fan, -Dan Flesher

Whale Sharks Have Eyeballs Covered in Tiny Teeth Posted: 01 Jul 2020 08:07 AM PDT Whale sharks are fish that can grow as long as 59 feet (18 meters), so there's not much in the ocean that's going to mess with them. However, they are vulnerable in their own ways, and have developed adaptations to protect themselves from the friction of swimming, namely, teeth that grow all over their bodies, including their eyeballs! These modified teeth are called dermal denticles.    Whale sharks, unlike some other shark species, don't have eyelids. Also, their tiny eyes are located at the corners of their square heads, exposing their peepers to potential damage. That's where the protective eye denticles come in. Sharks have dermal denticles elsewhere on their bodies. These marine animals don't have scales like other fish, but they do have placoid scales, which are made of dermal denticles. These modified teeth, with their hard enamel, provide sharks with armor-like protection, but they also work to reduce friction in the water, helping sharks swim with speed and stealth. A study of whale sharks from Japanese aquariums, both living and dead specimens, show the denticles comes in all sorts of shapes. One shark eyeball had nearly 3,000 denticles! Read more about this research at Gizmodo. (Image credit: istolethetv)

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