The Golden Girls went off the air in 1992 after seven seasons. The last of our for favorite ladies departed for that great lanai in the sky just over two years ago. But the fanbase for the show remains profoundly strong, perhaps because each of the four women spoke from a core facet of the human experience.

There is now even a murder mystery novel set in The Golden Girls universe. Rachel Ekstrom Courage, a seasoned YA author, wrote Murder by Cheesecake. In it, Dorothy goes on a date with a man, who promptly ends up dead. She and her three friends must find the killer.

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The influencer appropriately named Kate Will Try Anything is willing to try any sort of daring culinary experiment. Think of her as the Galileo Galilei of food research.

In this video, Kate shows us how to ensure that we have enough Easter eggs for this weekend. A toilet bowl has sufficient size for the batch that the kids will need. She adds boiled eggs, vinegar, dye, and baking soda. Then she scrubs the toilet clean so that it's ready for its regular use.

It may be a good idea to similarly clean the unit prior to dying your eggs, too.

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Rebecca Gardner is a professional event planner, interior designer, and fashion mogul who operates at a high level. Her elite parties and luxurious accessories are highly esteemed by our social betters.

Gardner's shop includes unique items, such as hats that look like Easter baskets, a carrot that dangles on the end of a stick just in case you need that sort of thing, and candles that look like banana splits.

What rivted Messy Nessy Chic's attention is this adorable hat that looks like a radish. Elite milliner Maor Sabar made this ravishing chapeau. Wearing it this Easter will cost you a mere $898.

Dyer County in western Tennessee experienced severe flooding recently. WREG 3 News reports that at least one hundred people in the town of Bogota alone have been evacuated as tributaries that feed into the Mississippi River have spilled their banks.

But not this family. Aerial video recorded by Randy Gerald Moore revealed an estate protected by its own levees that appear to be just high enough to keep out the floodwaters. The Weather Channel reports that the family has been working on this project for years. Their patient preparation has definitely paid off. I'll bet that the levees would also help during a zombie apocalypse.

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Yes, scientists could develop flying cars or genetically engineered slaves that would eventually conquer us. But who really needs those developments? We would be content if we could use urinals without getting pee on ourselves from the splashback.

The brightest minds in physics have labored in this field for years. Now, Popular Science reports, they have developed two ideal urinals. Researchers in Canada designed the two urinals named the Cornucopia and the Nautilus. The researchers use advanced computer modeling of fluid mechanics to provide for a cleaner urinary experience.

Their inspiration came from dogs. The researchers found that dogs pee against objects at particular angles that reduce splash. They measured the impact of urine at different angles to find the ideal solution to the "isogonal curve problem." The result is less splashing.

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Being a soldier for France in the Légion Étrangère can be rough. The training and discipline are famously brutal. But the Legion takes care of its own. A 2021 article in France Today reports that the institution possesses over 100 acres of wine grapes in Provence that are worked by disabled and elderly veterans.

The vineyard, named Domaine Capitaine Danjou after the Legion's most famous hero, produces 230,000 bottles a year. This income provides 40% of the budget of the Institute for the Invalids of the Foreign Legion. Much of the production is available for purchase at the organization's online store.

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In 1777, John Brand, an English folklorist, published Observations on Popular Antiquities. In it, he described the customs of the people of England that might not be known among the upper classes of that nation.

In one passage, he wrote about a custom in which a newborn child is passed through a hole cut in the center of a wheel of cheese on the day of the child's christening. In some villages, the cheese is then cut and distributed to women as an aphrodisiac.

As with previous viral stories about history, my librarian spidey senses alerted to a potential fraud. I can say that Brand may have been incorrect, but he did actually describe this custom in his book.

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TikTok user xx..rayray..xx has trained her face into a tool that creates incredibly vivid expressions. Her eyes, eyebrows, cheeks, and mouth dance with precise and cartoonishly funny motions. Her timing is perfect, especially when lip synching Robin Williams.

It's quite hypnotic and addictive and thus ideal TikTok content.

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Suggestion: watch with audio turned off.

NEW: San Francisco has erected a statue of a woman with no clothes on which will be greeting visitors in front of the Ferry Building.

The 45-foot-tall statue was installed to "jazz up downtown" according to CBS News.

One worker was seen doing a "surgical procedure" on the… pic.twitter.com/QjxhbiYEpn

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Marco Cochrane is an American artist most famous for his enormous metal sculptures of nude women. He recently installed a 45-foot tall piece in San Francisco titled "R-Evolution." It represents "feminine strength and liberation." An access port at the base of the torso allows access to the interior.

Online humor creators Jess & Quinn illustrate in a few seconds why Microsoft Word can be so frustrating.

I use Word every day. It's not actually this bad if you understand how a page is structured. But it's not MS Publisher and is clunky if you're trying to use it that way. Anyway, leave the furniture alone unless your house is equipped with an undo button.

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The appropriately named shop Irregular Choice provides unusual shoes and accessories for people that want to stand out in a crowd. One of its dominant themes is the Monopoly board game. Perhaps the flashiest of all of its Monopoly shoes is this pair that resembles the squares with six-sided dice as the heels and single dollar bills as bows.

This pair is currently out of stock, but there are other Monopoly items available, including handbags and boots. Although they are pricey, buying them is how you show that you are a high-rolling tycoon on his way to breaking your competition by building hotels in Boardwalk.

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Dubois & Fils of Le Locle, Switzerland crafted an automaton watch around the year 1810.pic.twitter.com/lLSnJlUMwE

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Sotheby's auction house once offered this amazing watch and automaton for sale. Dating back to 1810, the carefully preserved antique depicts an acrobat balancing on a tightrope while a woman plays a lute and a man plays a lyre. An internal cylinder plays a sequence of 33 notes.

It also tells the time.

DuBois et Fils (DuBois and Sons), a Swiss luxury watchmaker, produced the treasure. That firm is still in business. This watch is one of several similar devices that it made.

STS 3D is a robotics and software design firm that, as a modern Prometheus, is advancing everyday technologies beyond the finite imaginations of other product designers. Its crew most recently teamed up with YouTuber Plumber John (John Ward) to design and build a dishwasher that is far more powerful and faster than any other dishwasher available in the home.

My dishwasher's long cycle is almost four hours long. This massively overpowered dishwasher, in contrast, will transform your dishes within a handful of seconds. You won't even recognize your dishes after a single brief cycle through the most vigorous dishwasher ever assembled.

Do you remember ice tennis? It's tennis placed on skates on an ice rink. Ice football is similar in that it is American football* except played on an ice rink. No, the players aren't wearing skates. They're wearing shoes instead of skates and hockey gear in addition to football helmets.

A 2024 article in the Huron Daily Tribune describes this innovative sport that is popular in Germany. The gameplay is thrilling as the athletes battle on the frozen gridiron, but also comical as they fall and slide on the ice easily.

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*Maybe in Europe they call it soccer. I don't know.

Starting in the 1960s, Richard Scarry set a standard for the adult world in his Busytown books. These manuals taught children what to expect when they became independent, working adults in the world outside of their homes.

We thus grew up anticipating that animals would transport themselves across town in vehicles befitting their habits and interests, such as the cheese car (really a cheese passenger van due to the number of mice that could fit within it).

It is only now, though, that the cheese car is a reality. Illustrator Jess Fink produced this lifesize toy vehicle that provides local mice with their transportation needs.

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