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Before he was a pullstring cowboy doll in the popular movie Toy Story, Woody was actually drawn as a ventriloquist's dummy.
But that's not everything surprising that we've recently learned about Woody. It turns out that the character has a last name: Pride.
Lee Unkrich, the director of Pixar's upcoming Toy Story 3, tweeted the revelation.
(Photo taken at The Science Behind Pixar exhibit at OMSI)
Woody's actual full name is "Woody Pride", and has been since the earliest days of developing the original Toy Story.
— Lee Unkrich (@leeunkrich) August 2, 2009
Biologist Sarah McAnulty tweeted about this unusual symbiosis between a species of Euplectella glass sponge known as the "Venus flower basket" and a species of crustacean that live entrapped inside it all their lives:
The most famous glass sponge is a species of Euplectella, known as the “Venus flower basket,” which builds its skeleton in a way that entraps a certain species of crustacean inside for life. This sponge often houses two small, shrimp-like Stenopodidea, a male and a female, who live out their lives inside the sponge. The crustaceans breed, and when their offspring are tiny, they escape to find a new Venus flower basket of their own. The pair inside the basket clean it and, in return, the basket provides food for the crustaceans through its waste. The animals eventually grow too large to escape the sponge, so they are forced to "stay put" for the rest of their lives.
The "till death do us part" eternal-love nature of the trapped crustaceans make it the perfect symbolic gift for a marriage in Japanese culture!
YO! There’s a “glass” sponge that has a little shrimp living in it, and the sponge grows around the little shrimp then the shrimp is trapped in there for LIFE.
— Sarah McAnulty (@SarahMackAttack) June 27, 2019
The Japanese used to give them as wedding presents bc the sponge and shrimp are “til death do us part” #AOtrips pic.twitter.com/f9q01ArJmM
(Top image: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research/NOAA Photo Library/wikimedia)
did you know belugas got squishy heads, because i didn't pic.twitter.com/5pK1SwvuM5
— i bless the rains down in castamere (@Chinchillazllla) June 25, 2019
It's. So. Squishy!
Did you know that the bulbous part of a beluga whale's head is called a melon? And that said melon is a squishy fat tissue that helps the whale in vocalization and echolocation?
Well, now you do.
The vet will not find me here,never🤣😂 pic.twitter.com/iqrthPNlWc
— Snezana🌷 (@BgSnezana) May 9, 2019
Poor cat.
It tried to hide from the vet, but somehow managed to put itself in the vet's inbox.
Tommy Siegel (who's doing "a cartoon every day for 500 days against all good judgment") captured the essence of artisanal (read: expensive) coffee shops in today's modern society.
"Payment plans starting at just $2,000/yr" - That's just 500 venti Caffe Latte. Probably a couple of month's of a newbie millennial's coffee habit.
These staircases at La Muralla Roja (Spanish for "the Red Wall"), an apartment complex in Calpe, Spain, look like it's the real life rendition of M.C. Escher's Relativity.
La Muralla Roja complex was designed by Spanish architecture Ricardo Bofill in 1968, fifteen years after the famous lithograph print of the Dutch artist was published.
Image: Gregori Civera / Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura - via Newsweek
Ohnyo? Onio? On-yawn? Onion?
Whatever you choose to call this vegetable, Chef Jean Pierre can dice it like a boss. In this YouTube clip, Chef Pierre explained the technique to properly dice an onion. Brilliant!
Zigzag Curveball
— Arthur Shapiro (@agshapiro2) June 17, 2019
Look directly at the ball and it falls straight down.
Look to the side and the ball zigzags down the screen.
Demo and comment: https://t.co/GWLoxO5lUl#Illusions #Illusion #PeripheralVisionIsCool pic.twitter.com/v5vDXX536N
Take a look at this Zigzag Curveball illusion - is the ball falling down straight or does it zigzag down the screen?
The answer depends on whether you're looking at it straight on, or to the side.
Arthur Shapiro explains:
The ZigZag demo has two types of motion: spinning motion (which is luminance-defined) and dropping motion (which is contrast-defined). Central vision processes are capable of keeping these types of motion separate from each other. Peripheral vision seems to lack these processes, and that is one reason why perception in peripheral vision can seem so strange.
Cartoonist Grant Snider of Incidental Comics drew this fantastic panel explaining a writer's routine.
I'm very well acquainted with P and X!
Winston Smith Illusion: The 70th anniversary of the publication of Orwell's 1984 is perhaps a good time to remember that according to Gestalt psychology, 2+2 doesn't always equal 4. (blog post with demo: https://t.co/IWYCl0UEEk) #Orwell #1984 #1984at70 #TipsForSurvivingRoom101 pic.twitter.com/Xa9V3nQX7t
— Arthur Shapiro (@agshapiro2) June 8, 2019
Professor of Psychology and Computer Science Arthur Shapiro of American University tweeted this illusion, named after Winston Smith, the protagonist of George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Since “post-truth” is the Oxford word of the year, let’s start off this new blog with an Orwellian twist. In 1984, the mathematical expression 2+2=4 is the centerpiece in a battle over Truth. After all, 2+2 obviously equals 4, and the Party’s final and most essential command is for Winston to reject the evidence of his eyes and ears. Winston therefore pleads in his journal, “[T]he obvious, the silly, and the true had got to be defended”; otherwise, the Party can control all of our thoughts.
I am not trying to soften your mind for Big Brother, but … is the mathematical statement 2+2=4 always true? Certainly, 2+2=4 is true for numbers and simple counting: 2 apples plus 2 apples equals 4 apples. However, not everything in the world follows the rules of simple arithmetic.
If you love Jeff Lee Johnson's Blue Plate Special (previously on Neatorama), then you'll love his next installment in the series: The Grand International Hotel (larger version here - you'll need it to fully appreciate Johnson's masterpiece).
See if you can find the gentleman with the goat hooves, the giant spider, and the giant rat.
Can't wait for the third installment!
Don't forget to visit Johnson's Deviant Art page for more neat artwork.
Yes, this is an ad for Budweiser - but set that aside for the moment.
Instead, focus on the message within on this Father's Day:
Stepfathers embark on a difficult journey when it comes to building a relationship with their stepchildren. Although there are often ups and downs, many stepchildren grow to consider their stepfather one of the most important people in their lives. So this Father’s Day, Budweiser is shining an unexpected light on fatherhood by toasting stepfathers who have risen to the occasion and owned their roles as fathers.
Thanks Tiffany!
Scott Dittman, 44, went to the Pittsburgh Pride Parade and wore a tank top with the words "Free Dad Hugs" emblazon on it. Little did he know that it had a huge impact on people attending the event:
"I turned around and she’s just standing there in front of me with tears in her eyes," said Dittman.
"She just threw her arms around me and just thanked me over and over and over again," he said.
The second big moment was the man on the left. He told Dittman he was abandoned by his parents when he came out at 19.
"He just sobbed and sobbed and thanked us," said Dittman. "He just melted. It was an honor to be involved in that, but it was terrible at the same time." [...]
"You could tell they hadn’t had something as simple as a hug from their dad in a long time," he said. "That broke my heart."
Read the rest of the story over at BuzzFeed News
Image: Scott Dittman
Meet the Underground Boys of Tana, a troupe of young boys who sing on the streets Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. They entertain passers-by so they can earn a living and support their family.
The boys - Jimmy (age 16), Francois (14), Tojo (14), Rija (13), Njato (12), Rivo (12), Andria (10), and Thierry (10) - was discovered when a video clip of them singing harmonies went viral. They've since been invited to sing professionally (as "Zaza Kanto") - and best of all, their newfound fame and success had allowed the young singers to go back to school.
via Talent Revelator
More clips are available at the Underground Boys of Tana's YouTube page.
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