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Documentary about the rise and fall of Tower records I loved Tower Records. Not for the records (though I bought a lot of them there), but for the tremendous book and zine section. Read the rest... What's in the box? Pain. Read the rest... Save 69% OnThe Invisible iPhone 6 Case & Colossal Lightning Cable Bundle This ultra-slim, hard-shell, crystal-clear case is just what you need to keep your iPhone 6 safe, and sporting its design as Apple intended. Read the rest... How to take quality man selfies Aanand Prasad knows how to take a decent selfie, and helped me take a better one too! Selfies have been a positive force in my life ever since I came across the wonderful #dudetime and its gently radical flipping of the default male gaze. Read the rest... Our favorite photos of Vladimir Putin cuddling adorable soft fuzzy animals The authoritarian leader of Russia sure knows how to look good cuddling adorable soft fuzzy animals. Here is proof. Should you require more, there's a Tumblr. Read the rest... Titan Loop MFi-Certified Lightning Cable Too long? Too short? Try the perfect charging cord length. This keychain cable is long enough to extend to your power source, but short enough to fold in half and attach to your keychain or belt loop. Read the rest... Watch: Add butane to a bottle of Coke, get a totally unsafe high-powered bottle rocket It's always the Russians, beating us in the never-ending arms race of Totally Unsafe Things That Are Fun to Watch. [Link] Read the rest... Possibly drunk or high bear tries to scratch back on tree, misses repeatedly, is hilarious We'll have what he's having. Read the rest... Three-ounce silicone bottles to hold your goops when you travel This set of three 3-ounce travel bottles lets you transfer your favorite shampoo, lotion, and unguent into TSA-compliant squeezable tubes. The also have a suction cup so you can stick them to the shower wall in your hotel room and forget to pack them when you check-out. Read the rest... "1 Hour of Binaural Nut Sack ASMR," by Ephemeral Rift It's actually very fun to listen to, ball jokes aside. Read the rest... Find out when your name was popular with Baby Name Explorer app It's not super scientifically perfect but it's a fun tool. Read the rest... USDA will no longer refer to small raisins as "midgets," after Little People petition They prefer to be called Little Raisins. Read the rest... 5 videos that prove helium makes opera singing more fun to listen to No, really. Christina Elizabeth's helium-assisted rendition of "Deh Vieni Non Tardar" from Le Nozze Di Figaro. Due to a shortage of pre-pubescent boys, King's College Choir now uses helium. Read the rest... China TV news confuses Fleshlight sex toy for rare edible mushroom A classic example of global news lulz from 2012. Explains Jeremy Ko: I translated the video myself and added it in using FCP. Read the rest... New trend in US: naming your baby after a weapon or act of violence US parents are weaponizing their babies, christening them with names associated with killing and maiming. Here's a sample of baby names, many of which are on the rise: Danger, Arrow, Rebel, Pistol, Arson, Gunner, Cannon, Trigger, Shooter, Caliber, Magnum, Pistol, Mace, Blade, Saw, Dagger, Archer, Arrow, Chaos, Rambo. Read the rest... Miss New Jersey performs magic tricks Lindsey Giannini became Miss New Jersey in June and will soon compete in the Miss America competition against 51 other women. Read the rest... How Google's latest redesign shrank its logo from 2,145 bytes to only 305 Bit conservation! The redesign makes more sense now. Nitin Kumar: The old logo uses a complicated serif font which can only be created using bezier curves. Read the rest... [UPDATED] Cop says photo of him saluting at KKK rally was "taken out of context" [Update: According to this Vice article, Mott was working as an informant against the KKK, and was fired for fighting against police corruption.] Lake Arthur, Louisiana police officer Raymond Mott doesn't deny that he went to a KKK rally and giving a salute next to a KKK member wearing a hooded robe, but he is planning to sue the city for firing him. Read the rest... This is how blue the skies were when Beijing banned 2.5 million cars for two weeks In Beijing, China banned 2.5 million cars from driving for 2 weeks to get this beautiful blue sky for a World War II commemorative parade. Read the rest... Gorgeous minimalist drone music from Bitchin Bajas/Natural Information Society Chicago experimentalists Natural Information Society trance out with Bitchin Bajas for Automaginary, a stunning new LP that will launch you into the droney, pulsing minimalism pioneered by the likes of Terry Riley and Steve Reich but with a Krautrock edge. Read the rest... Minions soap bottle appears to be crying tears of blood Oh dear. That's definitely not canon. Read the rest... Woman has a meltdown over kebabs "My kids don't eat green things," says the angry mom who ordered red peppers on her takeaway kebabs. She lectures the restaurant workers about using English, then leaves in a huff, running smack into the door. Read the rest... Scary Swedish bedtime stories for awful children The creators of the game Year Walk have prepared a special treat for us: a free e-book of Swedish scary stories to tell in the dark. Read the rest... Watch this insane video of burning bourbon turn into a fire tornado The Weather Channel posted this incredible video of a "firenado" that erupted from a pond coated in 800,000 gallons of bourbon after lightning struck a Jim Beam warehouse in Bardstown, Kentucky in 2003. Read the rest... Follow us online:   forward to a friend   unsubscribe from this list

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