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Welp, it's time to pack and move to Japan. Actually, there's no need to pack because the only thing that you truly need is already there. Rocket News 24 reports that McDonald's restaurants in Japan will offer to customers French fries as Nature intended: covered with chocolate sauce.
They're called McChocolate Potatoes. Servings go on sale on January 26 for about $2.75 or your first born child. They come dripped with both regular chocolate, white chocolate, and love.
In the final round of Jeopardy yesterday, the three contestants went in with winnings ranging from $13,800 to $6,000. In the category of state capitals, the answer was:
A 1957 event led to the creation of a national historic site in this city, signed into law by a president whose library is now there too.
The correct question was "What is Little Rock, Arkansas?" That's where the William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum is located.
All three contestants answered wrong. All three wagered all of their money. So all three lost.
Alex Trebek handled the unusual result with perfect aplomb. He explained that the next day's show would begin with three new contestants.
-via Adam Baldwin
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He plays a hero on the screen and, now, in real life. Action star Jamie Foxx was on the scene when a man in Newbury Park, California crashed, rolling his truck several times before it came to a stop. It then caught on fire. The driver, who is named Brett Kyle, was unable to escape.
Foxx and another bystander called 911, then pulled Kyle from the burning vehicle and dragged him to safety.
After rescue workers arrived, Foxx left and went about the rest of his day. He didn't mention it on social media or to the press. The entire incident might have escaped widespread public attention if the Facebook group Safety for Citizens hadn't reported on it. NBC News quotes the police report:
"It struck a drainage pipe and concrete casing causing the vehicle to roll over multiple times," the report read. "The vehicle came to rest on its passenger side, and became engulfed in flames with Mr. Kyle trapped inside his vehicle."
That's when two men "ran to the burning, overturned truck in an attempt to free the driver," according to the report.
"One of the witnesses retrieved a rescue tool from his vehicle allowing the two citizens to break the window, cut the seat belt, and extricate the driver," the report stated.
-via Huffington Post
1966 saw the premier and demise of Raumpatrouille--Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion. In English, that's Space Patrol--The Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion.
This short-lived science fiction TV show has been called the "German Star Trek." For that era, Space Patrol was a remarkably high production value series with richly developed characters.
One scene shows a group of people dancing. As you can see, the choreographers predicted how we would be dancing now in 2016 with amazingly precise prescience. It's like looking into any modern nightclub.
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For the past few years, I've been teaching myself carpentry and related crafts in order to prepare myself for the practical skills of home ownership, as well as be creative. Among less colorful pieces of usable furniture, I've made a My Little Pony cabinet, a Ninja High School lamp, and a One Week Friends light. My latest DIY project is a lamp inspired by Macross II: Lovers Again, one of my favorite animes.
The lamp consists of 3 lights inside a box cabinet with a figure of Ishtar, one of the main characters of the series, rotating on a disco ball motor.
According to a redditor with an unrepeatable username, this photo shows a hotel's policy for letting dogs stay in guest rooms.
Dogs can cause problems, but human problems in hotels are always much, much worse. Like barking all night. I hate it when people in hotels do that.
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It's not just any trash can. It's an authentic, imported trash can designed for the elite West Village of New York City. See the rust? That's completely real--not imitation coloring.
Anthropologie is a website that sells only the trendiest, most luxurious goods for people of refined tastes. It's now offering a classic metal trash can--like the kind used by Oscar the Grouch of Sesame Street for a home--on sale for $99.95. That's marked down from the original price of $145. So get this hot item before it ends up on someone else's porch. Be a part of the decorating trend that Megan Garber of The Atlantic calls "shabby chic."
You want dents? Those cost extra.
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Let there be much wailing and gnashing of teeth, for I have discovered this brilliant invention only after Christmas is long over. Otherwise, I would have given these toilets to everyone in my family.
I am, alas, unable to find out any information about this brilliant invention. It's like the previously mentioned Bumper Dumper, which attaches to a trailer hitch. Unlike the Bumper Dumper, though, you do have to stop traveling to use this potty.
This is the ideal solution for people who are camping or are having trouble finding a public restroom. Just carry this portable toilet seat with you. When you need to to go, find a car and get to work.
-via Pleated Jeans
"Can you hear me now?"
Artist Sarah Sitkin of Los Angeles specializes in realistic and unsettling sculptures of human body parts. She recently made this cell phone case for Josh, an embroidery artist in Melbourne, Australia. It looks and feels just like a human ear, which is probably handy if you're trying to make a phone call without anyone seeing you.
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We can't stop looking at Will Forte's half-shaved beard and head: https://t.co/Q0ubFDCHI3 pic.twitter.com/vaArQWFW1h
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) January 16, 2016
Will Forte is an actor on the TV show The Last Man on Earth. He recently showed up at celebrity parties in Los Angeles in a dashing new look. It looks like the right side of his body is shaved (we see only his head, but I'm extrapolating from extant data. That's called science).
The sharp contrast between Forte's character's shaggy look on the post-apocalyptic show set in the future and the carefully managed and bounded world of the pre-apocalyptic present is a thoughtful commentary on the fragility of what we refer to as civilization, as well as cool-looking.
VTM News in Belgium caught this funny scene. The baby elephant decided to take a nap while he was still standing upright. He promptly went for a tumble.
A heartwarming note comes immediately after the baby's fall: all of the grown-ups rush over to make sure that he's okay.
-via Tastefully Offensive
The 6-year old son of redditor Otto303 asked his father for a $20 advance on his allowance. Essentially, he asked for a loan using expected future revenues as collateral.
The father drafted a professional bank letter in response, rejecting the request and explaining why the Dad Savings & Loan (tagline: "Because Apparently I Look Like I'm Made of Money") regarded the child as a poor loan risk. The child has the option of appealing to the loan dispute manager, who is also known as Mom.
You can see a larger photo of the letter here.
-via Lost at E Minor
Actor Alan Rickman's recent death caused an outpouring of grief as fans fondly remembered his performances in Galaxy Quest, Harry Potter, and Die Hard. His final role, though, may soon rival those.
Before he died, Rickman recorded a voice-over describing a tortoise eating a strawberry. This was a promotional ad for the charities Save the Children and the Refugee Council. For every view of the video on YouTube, those charities receive a small payment.
It's a fundraising system called OneClickGiving. ABC News describes how the college students who created it were able to recruit Rickman:
Through a connection, they were able to get Rickman onboard and steal an hour of his time for the viral project.
Oliver Phillips, OneClickGiving founder, told the BBC Rickman was kind and generous.
"He could not have been more kind and generous, letting us in, welcoming us, asking us how university was going, he was really great throughout," Mr Phillips said.
-via Twisted Sifter
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