When you're trying to add some imaginative elements to your home by painting a mural on the wall it doesn't hurt to paint in a few visual surprises, some hidden elements that delight the viewer upon discovery.

And if you really want to transport visitors and residents alike to a world of wonder you should take a note from artist Giorgi Makharashvili and add some black light reactive paint to the piece.

Giorgi was recruited to paint a transforming mural on friend Keti Sidamonidze's bedroom wall, and he delivered a piece that goes from sitting cat and simple landscape in the light to fierce tiger face and magical moonlight dreamscape under the black light.

See more pics of the painting process and finished piece at Nerd Approved

Gorillas are extremely intelligent animals and therefore likely to get bored sitting around a zoo enclosure all day, and there are days when they're both bored and tired of being simply stared at by humans.

They see us staring at small screens all day long and wonder what's so interesting about those shiny objects, because gorillas have never had a friend like this guy

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This lucky gorilla calls the Louisville Zoo's award winning 4-acre gorilla sanctuary home, but he has never seen anything as amazing as the gorilla pics this guy's got saved on his smartphone.

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A lot of bad things can happen in an Apple store, like spending your life savings to buy a brand new laptop or an Apple genius telling you that your device cannot be repaired nor precious files retrieved.

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But lots of fun things happen in Apple stores too, hilarious and uplifting things that almost make you forget Apple is hell bent on sucking your wallet dry

Sometimes these magical moments happen because a tiny horse walks in off the street

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Other times the magic is made to order by a prankster who shares face time with her fellow shoppers by setting this pretty, pretty portrait as the background on every iPad in the store

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See 21 Of The Best Things That Ever Happened In An Apple Store here

Defining what is or isn't "punk" is a very subjective matter, with people throwing in opinions ranging from "who gives a crap?" to "mohawks and hair spray and studded leather, oh my!" or "punk is punk, eff off!"

But you know what absolutely is not, and will never be, punk?

Posing for a series of stock photos dressed up like prototypical “punkers”, that's what, which is why these stock photos of "punks" and "punkers" are so darn funny.

They are visually crafted to scream PUNK! loud and clear, whether you're looking for an image of punks hanging around in a board room discussing punk business type stuff:

Or when you need a pic of a young punk couple enjoying a night out the Sid and Nancy way. Whatever the punk pic need there's a stock photo available that will prove you're hep to that punker jive!

See Nothing Says Anarchy Like These Hilarious Stock Photos of 'Punkers' at Dangerous Minds

Hippies often claimed they were out to change the world, to live differently and do their best to help the planet and its people. But many hippies were really just in it to be part of a scene, digging the music and the endless parties until they decided to go square and raise a family in the suburbs.

But those flower children who actually embodied the hippie dream had some really far out stuff going on, from the fabulous freakout estates of Ken Kesey to the Haight-Ashbury urban communal art and music scene.

And then there was that Taylor Camp bunch who decided life looked looked a whole lot better when viewed from a house in the trees.

Those who called Taylor Camp home were living the dream- they had no rules, no need for money, people came and went as they pleased, and nobody was ever forced to wear clothes.

Hawaii-based photographer John Wehrheim captured the Taylor camp scene from the inside, sharing images both intimate and journalistic that show us how the estate of Howard Taylor came to embody the hippie ideal.

See A Look At Life Inside A 1969 Hippie Tree House Village In Hawaii here (contains NSFW imagery)

Adam Savage generally has a good idea of what the outcome will be when he tests fictional science concepts with real world science, and he loves taking a major part of a pop culture franchise and putting it to the test.

This time around he's tackling the issue of blasters in Star Wars, which he says people have been wrongly referring to as "laser blasters" for decades.

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Star Wars fans know the blasters actually fire particle beam energy which is referred to as a "bolt", but others assume these colorful bolts are lasers, which spurred Adam to prove once and for all that they can't be lasers.

He also proves something rather unexpected during the test- those blaster bolts were mighty slow,  no wonder the Stormtroopers can't hit the broad side of a Star Destroyer!

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Pop culture themed cereals are still around today, but the 80s and 90s were truly the heyday for geeky cereals, when the cereal aisle was full of sugary bits in boxes sporting our favorite characters.

These cereals were created to appeal to pop culture obsessed kids and give the Saturday morning cartoon crowd a way to link breakfast to the shows and movies they were watching and the games they were playing.

Knowing these cereals will probably never come back gives me a wistful feeling, but articles created by geeks like me let me relive those sugary sweet days of devouring pop culture by the bowlful.

GeekTyrant's 21 Awesome Cereals From The 80s And 90s That Our Kids Will Never Enjoy will make you feel like a kid again one bowl at a time, and every entry includes the original TV commercial!

Want to know how far Burning Man has come from its bizarro underground roots? Katy Perry attended Burning Man this year, and a video of her falling off her Segway went viral.

But that doesn't mean all the celebrity related stuff that happened at Burning Man 2015 was cheesy, this year Susan Sarandon honored her departed friend Timothy Leary by carrying and burning his ashes in an elaborate ceremony.

Sarandon had this to say about the Leary memorial:

When I went to Burning Man last time, that's when I thought I'd bring him back here...I think he'd be so happy. I think he would have loved the chaos (of Burning Man). He would have loved it, and all these people honoring him with LSD.

Even though the festival has become a bit more trendy and celeb friendly over the years Burning Man is still home to some of the most amazing art cars, sculptures and temporary structures with tons of artistic flair.

And if you want to get a good look at the artistic side of Burning Man you've gotta check out Andrew Miller's AwesomePhotography, because he's been capturing the event for years and really knows how to show an artistic construct's good side.

Burning Man may have been reduced to ashes, but he'll continue to rise each year like a freaky phoenix, as the festival continues to evolve into something more indescribable in the desert.

The Death Star may have been constructed for nefarious purposes but that doesn't mean it wasn't a masterfully crafted work of militaristic architecture, that is, except for that gaping exhaust port.

How was the architect to know the Rebels would have a farm boy turned magic space wizard flying for them?

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Dorkly created this hilarious lo-rez look at what the Death Star's architect had to say about the exhaust port fiasco, and to his credit he certainly seems to know how an exhaust port works!

The Mario Bros. have proven they deserve a place in the pop culture pantheon by transforming from little moustachied plumbers to larger than life heroes.

Their exploits are legendary, and they embody many of the attributes found in a mythological hero, making them the perfect spokesplumbers for the thoroughly modern mythology created by video games.

Japanese artist Taro Yamamoto is paying homage to those video game icons in a medium worthy of their lofty status- by creating a traditional Japanese screen painting featuring the Bros as gods.

Mario is depicted as Raijin, god of thunder and storms, while Luigi is depicted as Fujin, god of wind, two deities who get their power from their hair, which is why they're not wearing their signature hats.

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The screens will be put on display in Kyoto this fall, and hopefully the screen will inspire some game designers at Nintendo to create a game with this mythological theme because it would be super!

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In Soviet Russia arcade games feed you quarters and play you! Okay, with that obligatory Yakov Smirnoff joke out of the way let's talk about arcade games.

They stole our money and captured our hearts, and each new cabinet brought a new world of video game amusement so we “vidiots” were always looking for new gaming experiences.

That's why the Museum Of Soviet Arcade Machines in St. Petersburg seems truly captivating for an arcade lovin' “vidiot”- you get to play a bunch of games you've never seen or heard of before. And then you read a little bit more about the games and discover there is:

“no Pac-Man...no fantasies...Fantasy and role-playing games featuring treasure-hunting, princesses, and invented creatures had no home in the USSR. “

Okay, I was a little less intrigued with Soviet arcade gaming until I read this tidbit about how the games were made:

Once it was determined which games would be produced, the blueprints were allegedly sent to military factories that primarily made electronics used in nuclear testing and weapons.

In a curious twist of fate, however, it meant that the instruction manuals were also produced in the factories, and therefore were considered classified government documents. Because of this, the manuals are thought to have all been destroyed.

So figuring out how to fix the game cabinet could be considered an act of treason, well played Soviet Russia!

Read more about The Alternate Universe Of Soviet Arcade Games at io9

There are certain phrases used by English speaking people all over the world on a regular basis, phrases which have gone beyond the realm of idiom or cliché and become an inherent part of the English language.

But no matter how common the phrase there are people who will misuse, mangle and mix up the words in that phrase, defending their version with confidence.

How many times have you heard someone say “one in the same” “hunger pains” or “I could care less” when they really mean “one and the same” “hunger pangs” and “I couldn't care less”?

It may seem like a small and insignificant difference, but if people are going to use these phrases so often they might as well be saying them correctly!

See 17 Common Phrases You've Been Saying Wrong Your Whole Life here

A celebrity's last words become a major part of their legend after they pass on, and sometimes even overshadows the celebrity's career.

But there's one guy who wasn't overshadowed by his last words, partly because people can't decide what his last words actually were. That guy is Walt Disney, and his last words have been the subject of many arguments over the years.

When Kurt Russell went on Jimmy Kimmel Live back in 2007 and declared his name was the last thing Walt Disney ever said he got some Disney historians riled up, including one who went to great lengths to disprove the myth.

Leading Disney historian Jim Korkis did an exhaustive amount of research to uncover what Walt actually “said” before he died, words written on paper since Walt was dying of lung cancer and couldn't speak, and the list surprisingly includes the words “Kirt (sp) Russell”.

Read Walt's Last Words: NOT Kurt Russell at Mouseplanet

Don't let that painted on smile fool ya- working as a birthday clown is a really tough job, and many clowns go home feeling rather blue after a gig.

Between the people who are terrified of you, those who get turned on by your makeup at a party full of kids, and those who assume you're a sicko because they read about a sicko clown once, those who don the clown white for a living can't seem to get any love.

Well, aside from the fetishizers that is, and when you read the 5 Realities Of Being A Birthday Clown you'll agree- the smile is painted on for a reason!

Read I Am A Clown: 5 Truths You'll Wish I Didn't Tell You at Cracked (Contains NSFW language)

Many phobias interfere with life, making people afraid to go outside, enter rooms crowded with people, and so forth, but a fear of heights is (arguably) one of the less debilitating phobias.

When you have a fear of heights you can't get certain jobs or behold the breathtaking view from atop a skyscraper, but let's face it- you weren't going to become part of Big Ben's cleaning crew anyway, were you?

And then there are those people who have absolutely no problem working up high, people who don't seem to have an ounce of fear in 'em when it comes to heights.

They are the daredevils, the cool customers who work where only eagles dare, the brave rescuers and bold entertainers who walk the line to our earthbound amazement.

See more Photos From Up High Of People Who Literally Live On The Edge here