Rick and Morty is a brilliant show with some very intelligent minds behind it, and when it comes to storytelling these beautifully twisted minds don't miss a beat.

Aside from intelligently geeky writing they've also made an unwavering commitment to preserve continuity, so those fans who have watched every episode can get some extra laughs out of those "inside" jokes.

Ever notice that Rick never wears a seat belt? That actually symbolizes more than you think (SPOILERS):

You can see it almost every time the two of them get into a vehicles -- Morty straps into a seatbelt, while Rick remains unrestrained. It's a small detail, but one that's been consistent throughout the show's three seasons, no matter who's in the cockpit and who's driving.

The show doesn't slip up. When Rick does wear a seatbelt, it's for a reason.

In season three's "Rest and Ricklaxation," Rick is split into two distinct personalities. All of what Rick would be considered to be "toxic" aspects of himself are sent to a boogery hellworld, where the rottenness congeals into Toxic Rick. Meanwhile, Clean Rick and Clean Morty are left behind to have pleasant if slightly off-center adventures. Since the "toxic" parts of Rick are no longer present, Clean Rick puts on his seatbelt. This is a Rick that has something to live for, and has left his death wish behind. 

Rick is only seen wearing a seatbelt in his normal state one time: Just after he transforms back from Pickle Rick.

This is significant because it takes place not long after Rick has a breakthrough in family therapy. Up until that moment, he had avoided the scheduled session by turning himself into a pickle (it really helps if you're caught up on the show). After facing his personal demons head-on, Rick becomes resigned to the idea that he should probably look after himself if he's going to look after his family.

See 10 Times Rick and Morty Paid Incredible Attention to Continuity here

If you want to go deep into metaphysics on a lazy Sunday afternoon, consider the line between free will and an exact simulation of that free will. Will artificial intelligence ever reach this point? It's highly unlikely, as first off, there is no logical reason to create a perfect simulation of an imperfect human. Sure, there are illogical reasons, which can be downright creepy. And could a simulation of an imperfect (but existing) human ever be termed as "perfect?" Oh dear, that's another rabbit hole we really don't want to go down on a lazy Sunday afternoon. This comic is from Zach Weinersmith at Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. 

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Some people have started to use their bicycles more often than their cars, especially if they live in a big city where it's cheaper and easier to get around on a bike, which seems like a great idea.

At the same time bicycles have some major limitations, most notably in terms of towing and carrying capacity, so bikes won't be replacing cars anytime soon.

But if you're a fan of the great outdoors and love to ride your bike then you're one step closer to ditching your car thanks to this lightweight micro camper made by Wide Path Camper of Denmark.

This innovative micro camper folds up for easy transport and unfolds in just a few minutes, it measures 9 feet in length and weighs just 88 lbs., and yet it provides cozy accomodations for two with a dining table that converts into a bed.

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Since I'm not all that sure what the exact statute of limitations is on Star Wars spoilers, I'll be a little cryptic about a Twitter thread that's proved to be extremely popular. Twitter user @rachlikesbands took the only substantial lightsaber fight scene in The Last Jedi and set it to popular songs. Lots of them. The first three are full songs, but then they got shorter and more numerous because of the time involved. Then other people started contributing more songs! They range from Britney Spears to Led Zeppelin to Hamilton to Cardi B to the Duck Tales theme. You can see dozens of them in this ever-growing thread at Twitter, or a roundup of a few at The Daily Dot. Continue reading to see a couple of examples. You'll need to toggle the volume.

Photographers who focus on an urban landmark for a photo series usually choose a landmark that either changes over time or is a hub for human activity, so they don't end up with a bunch of static photos of inanimate objects.

That's one of the reasons why Ukrainian photographer Yevhen Kotenko chose to photograph a nearby park bench for 10 years, well, that and the bench was easy to see and photograph from his kitchen window.

Yevhen began the series as a way to document his neighborhood but ended up learning many things about his neighbors and himself:

“I didn’t give myself any time limits or goals, I just went to the kitchen and looked out the window,” Kotenko told RFE/RL. “Usually there was something to see.” Although Kotenko claimed he has fond memories of the neighborhood he grew up in, “there were a lot of bad things, too, that are better not to think about.”

“The worst thing was seeing people I went to school with drinking on this bench, then crawling home like reptiles. I was scared that if I went outside, I’d become one of them.” Kotenko said the subjects he captured were oblivious of his camera.

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Sleepy Skunk, who gives us awesome year-end movie supercuts, made a tribute to this year's Oscar Nominees for Cineplex.  

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Maybe one of these days, I'll get around to watching these films But probably not. The 90th Academy Awards ceremony will be presented on March 4. -via Tastefully Offensive

That'll show you to attempt any life improvements! Man, this comic hits home. As a person who works at home and no longer has to run kids around, I tend to stay home. I also tend to not look in the mirror very often. Since I cut my hair very short a few months ago, there have been many times I've run to the store or something with a terrible case of bedhead that was not apparent until after the fact. It does make you want to curl up in a little ball and never leave the house again. This comic is from Chris Hallbeck at Maximumble.

Genius at work by Coconutman 

Cat's don't sit on our computer keyboards because they're trying to interrupt our work, they lounge on the keys because that's how they get their work done! And what, you may ask, is a cat's job? Their job is to be as lazy, playful and unproductive as possible, and they get a great big bonus when they keep their humans from being unproductive because unproductivity is the key to the kitteh's plan to take over the world!

Throw on this Genius At Work t-shirt by Coconutman and people will purr with delight everywhere you go!

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Take a trip back to the 1980s, when video rental stores were on every block, and Friday night meant picking up two or three movies for the weekend before someone else got them. Special effects designer Andrew Glazebrook, aka Morbid Decay, built a video rental store in miniature complete with videotape boxes smaller than postage stamps with accurate cover art. The store is definitely set in Britain, as you can tell by the "Mind the Step" sign and a few other details. See a bunch of enlargeable images of the miniature store, as well as a video, at io9. We don't see a mysterious door labeled "18 and over," but you can't have everything.

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Adult Swim UK gives us a compilation of some Sesame Street parodies that Robot Chicken has done over the years: The residents of Sesame Street deal with a flu epidemic, Oscar the Grouch makes a new friend, and Cookie Monster craves cookies. Contains NSFW language.

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While Sesame Street brought children's TV much closer to real life than anything before it, it was never this realistic. And that's a good thing. -via Geeks Are Sexy

Something tells me these aren't real Rolexes. The utility meters on a very plain wall in a Salona Court alley in Long Beach, California, got an upgrade when New York artist Tom Bob was commissioned to make it more interesting. Now it's a classic street vendor in a trench coat! The city boasts quite a few street murals, which you can check out during their monthly art walks, or any time if you know where to find them.  -via reddit

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When you have a lot of room, why don't people just spread out over the countryside? Owning, or at least being surrounded by land, would seem to make sense in a civilization that relies on agriculture. Yet cities keep growing, as they have for thousands of years. The explanation of this seemingly dry subject is made intriguing by the fact that it's from Wendover Productions, which is always fascinating.

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The simple answer is that people like to live near other people when it's possible, because there are a lot of benefits to living in groups, like jobs, services, and culture. The story of cities is really the story of agriculture, which is the story of civilization. The video goes into quite a bit more detail. -via Digg

Hong Kong has been the most expensive city in the world to buy a house in for the last seven years, so architects like James Law have gone small with their designs, creating micro-homes to maximize land use.

But James' micro-homes aren't like the tiny houses that were all the rage a few years back, because he uses concrete water pipes to make his cylindrical homes.

His architecture firm James Law Cybertecture has created this prototype of the OPod "tube home", which measures 8.2 feet in diameter, has 100 square feet of interior space and costs $15k, which is cheap when you consider a 600-square-foot unit in Hong Kong can cost $1.8 million.

But the ultimate selling point of the OPod tube homes is the fact that they can be moved easily and stacked on top of each other, so they can be set up where needed:

Law sees his tube homes as one temporary solution to Hong Kong's housing shortage. The pods could stack in unused urban space like shipyards, between buildings or even under highways. Since the pipes weigh nearly 22 tons, they don't need bolts to stay together when stacked.

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In humans, there's a certain length that hair will grow before it reaches the end of its life cycle and falls out, to be replaced by new growth. That limit varies widely, and most people cut their hair before its terminal length is achieved, but there are always outliers. One such outlier was Hans Steininger, who was the mayor of the Austrian town Braunau am Inn in the 16th century. He had a beard that was over four and half feet long! Sadly, Steininger's pride and joy ended up being the cause of his death in 1567. But it wasn't the end of his beard. The town kept it when they buried their mayor.   

The full-body illustration at the church shows Steininger’s beard bifurcated into two scraggly strands, stretching down past his feet. And tucked away in the local district museum is the town’s most hirsute artifact: the 450-year-old beard of Steininger.

After his death, Steininger was honored with the aforementioned epitaph, but that’s not all. Lest the years of work it must have taken for him to grow his beard be lost, the long length of facial hair was cut off and preserved separately, becoming an important town heirloom.

There's a good reason the town of Braunau am Inn wants to be known for Hans Steininger's beard. Read the story of the man killed by his own beard at Atlas Obscura.

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Animals with backbones are generally considered much scarier than invertebrates, because savage spined beasts such as big cats, sharks and bears tear into their prey and make a bloody mess.

But invertebrates like the Japanese spider crab, Amazonian giant centipede and giant huntsman spider are terrifying in their own right, and their creepy-crawly nature sends shivers down our spine at the mere sight of them.

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The Amazonian giant centipede has some mighty powerful venom, grows to a foot long and has been known to be aggressive towards humans, so you wouldn't want to encounter one in the wild.

Nor would you want a giant huntsman spider setting its sights on you, because those huge, hairy suckers are aggressive, have a 1-foot legspan, and charges at its prey rather than trapping them in webs.

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And the Japanese spider crab may be the least aggressive of the bunch, but with a 12-foot legspan and weighing up to 44 pounds seeing a Japanese spider crab coming towards me would definitely fill me with fright!

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See 10 Giant Invertebrates You Don't Want To Meet at Toptenz