Someone needs to explain the purpose of emojis to Professor Nincom and Dr. Bloop. Not sure how the ability to add a flatworm emoji to a conversation adds any communication value, emotional or otherwise.
Happy to see Gun Crazy on this list. It's a cool movie with a great single scene long take that rarely gets mentioned. You can read more about the movie and see the long take here:
I did not know the origin of 'Xmas' and I found it really interesting considering "You're crossing Christ out of Christmas when you say Xmas" was drilled into me by Catholic Nuns (old ones too) back in the 60s. . . .
dailydot.com wanted me to update software before I could read the article. I got around that but wasn't happy about it. Anyway, I've found the best source to learn about meme origins is Know Your Meme.
I watch a lot of foreign stuff and always go for subtitles over dubbing. Yes because of the poor lip movements, but mostly because there seems to be a very small international crew who do the dubbing (using Netflix as an example). Not only do the voices not match the character, if you watch enough stuff you soon recognize them. As for subtitles (and sometimes dubbing), as it was pointed out in the video, characters say Americanized phrases that make no sense or are out of context. Sometimes, I'd rather just hear/read what was really said. And if you have a Roku, your best friend is the button that lets you go back 10 seconds.
How bats carry deadly diseases without dying. Ok. Some. Bats rarely get sick? Uhh.. No. No in a big way. There's this disease called White Nose Syndrome that over the past several years has wiped out close to 90% of the brown bat population in the Northeast. It can kill up to 100% of a colony in hibernation. I had a nice little colony in a small patch of woods next to my house. Summer nights at sunset was great to sit on the porch and watch them come out. They'd fly all around the house taking out mosquitoes. That ended a long time ago.
Happy Thanksgiving!