This video of an immense great white shark filmed by marine biologist Mauricio Hoyos Padilla is new footage of the famous "Deep Blue." The female shark is approximately 50 years old, 20 feet long and pregnant, according to Padilla. The information on the video claims that Blue is one of the biggest great whites ever caught on video. See Padilla's Facebook for more information.
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Brian Ashcraft of Kotaku tells us that on the Buddhist holiday of Obon in August, many Japanese people create figures out of eggplants and cucumbers in order to welcome visitation by the spirits of the dead. Cucumbers represent horses and eggplants represent cows. The spirits arrive quickly on cucumbers, but leave slowly on eggplants.
So it logically follows that twitter user @sativa_high would recreate the vehicles used by the War Boys in Mad Max: Fury Road with these two vegetables.
(Photo: Global Rescue)
Who do you call when an earthquake traps you on Mount Everest? You can Global Rescue. If you are their client, they will get you out . . .
. . . for a price.
This is the emerging world of private search and rescue operations. Global Rescue is one of several firms of ex-special forces and top-end medical professionals that will find you and bring you home alive. This service appeals to adventure travelers, who are willing to pay the several hundred dollar annual subscription fee. Wired reports on the industry and Global Rescue founder Dan Richards:
He saw a niche that needed filling. At the time, companies like International SOS provided risk assessments to big corporations sending employees overseas, while travel insurance companies allowed customers to file for reimbursement for services like evacuation or lost luggage. Groups like MedjetAssist, meanwhile, provided evacuation services from international hospitals. But there wasn’t a company with the capability to quickly dispatch both helicopters and security personnel to hard-to-reach places—something Richards realized while researching investment opportunities in the crisis-response industry. “When you call the cavalry, you expect the cavalry to show up,” he says.
Richards soon hired five paramedics with military experience, negotiated a partnership with the Johns Hopkins Department of Emergency Medicine to provide clients with remote medical consultations, and started reaching out to helicopter companies and current and former military personnel around the globe that he could hire on a contract basis. He began to sign up corporate clients that paid hefty annual fees for memberships that included evacuation privileges. The State Department, NASA, and Uber soon signed up for similar deals.
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The TV show Game of Thrones and Monty Python’s best movie have a lot in common: they both take place in medieval settings, they both feature people dying senselessly, and they’re both hilarious. So they belong together. That’s what BuzzFeed did by combining 18 famous selections of dialogue from Monty Python and the Holy Grail with scenes from Game of Thrones. In the one pictured above, Stannis Baratheon, the One True King of Westeros, arrived at the Wall to gain the fealty of Dennis the Peasant.
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Some things in life are universal, such as the love of sweet treats. It doesn't matter where one travels on Earth, finding a friend with whom you share a love of sweets is inevitable. Just as the cultures of man across the globe are diverse, so are their offerings of desserts. This article has a sampling of that vast array. Read it at the risk of craving sugary self-indulgence immediately afterward.
Japanese mochi
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State-owned Harbin Pharmaceutical Group is China's second-biggest drug maker. When the company posted these photos of their facility on their website, it sparked outrage in the country and beyond. The photos showed lavish architectural features and fixtures seemingly fit more for a palace than a pharma building: intricately carved wood corridors, gold foil inlays, triple-tiered crystal chandeliers and marble columns. Cost of the construction of the building was reportedly over 93 million yuan (15 million USD).
Residents of the neighborhood surrounding the company were incensed that just months prior to the photo revelation, Harbin was charged with illegally discharging wastewater, waste gas and industrial waste. Corporate response to the accusations was that they had no money to address the problems.
One user on the "Chinese Twitter" Sina Weibo wrote,
“It’s a palace which is built on the pain of millions of patients.”
Another posted:
“Now I finally know why Chinese people can’t afford to go to the doctor and buy medicines.”
See additional photos and read more on this story in this article.
Superhero deaths are about as permanent as chalk on a chalkboard, because as soon as it’s convenient to bring the beloved hero back from the dead the whole scene is wiped clean and covered up with a new storyline.
And yet virtually every time a superhero dies that “milestone” issue becomes a top seller, drawing in all kinds of collectors with the promise of a steady increase in value and something to talk about with their nerdy friends.
Whether you think superhero deaths are a good plot vehicle or simply a gimmick to sell more issues you'll enjoy WatchMojo's breakdown of the Top 10 Biggest Superhero Deaths.
It's chock full of spoilers, superfriends, so don't watch if you're still looking to be surprised when you read the comics!
-Via GeekTyrant
The 80s were a heyday for licensed toys, and kids were finally able to actually have some action with their action figures.
Toy series that featured some kind of fighting element were generally the most popular, so companies released many different kinds of combat-ready characters in order to cash in on the trend.
But one group of fighters failed to make kids hungry enough to collect them all- The Food Fighters, a delicious idea that kids just couldn’t stomach.
And then there were those brash toy lines that dared to come out without their own cartoon series, which caused kids to wonder "Who the heck does this Crystar, Crystal Warrior think he is, He-Man or sumpin'?!"
See 12 Toys From The 1980s That Didn't Take Off at mental_floss
Alf Solo and Friend by Alberto83aj
People are always debating whether Han shot first or not, but Han's only the star of the show because some sleazy Hutt wrote him into the story. The truth is there was more than one alien on the scene, and the wisecracking one with the perfect hair all over his body shot both first and last. His name was Gordon Shumway, and he was the original owner of the Millennium Falcon before Han came along and cheated him out of his ship and his nickname. Forced to live most of his life in the shadows during the War, Gordon soon found his way to a planet called Earth and started a new life in a nice family's garage...
Tell the untold tale of the galaxy's hairiest duo with this Alf Solo and Friend t-shirt by Alberto83aj, it's one hilarious way to show love for two beloved sci-fi franchises at once!
Visit Alberto83aj's Facebook fan page, Twitter and Tumblr, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more action packed designs:
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Lewis and Clark discovered all kinds of things on their journey across America- the giant Pacific Ocean that even the native people hadn’t noticed before, the very first McDonald’s location, and about $.75 in change that had fallen out of some guy’s pocket.
But they went on their Expedition to do more than discover stuff, and one of their most important jobs was to sketch the wildlife they saw along the way.
Now, for the first time possibly ever (but probably not the first time) the wildlife sketches Lewis and Clark drew during that fateful journey can be seen on an informational website called Clickhole.
It’s too bad the mighty butt chinned beaver is now extinct, but people needed stands for their cigars so it was bye bye beaver and hello butt chin cigar stands!
Lewis And Clark's Sketches Of The Animals They Encountered On Their Journey Will Blow You Away
Politics are rarely entertaining in a laugh out loud kind of way, but politicians who at least try to bring the funny are generally better received by the public.
The people behind the politicos know this, so they try to incorporate entertaining elements into their campaigns like fun slogans or, in Hillary Clinton’s case, selling a beer koozie with the slogan “More like Chillary Clinton, amirite?” printed on the side.
Sometimes these attempts to be humorous can backfire, but in the case of Canadian politician Wyatt Scott his comedic campaign video should result in a landslide victory, especially if his opponents are dragons.
-Via io9
I don't know about you guys, but I fell in love with Black Beauty (the Green Hornet's car, not the horse) the second I saw it. How could you not love a gorgeous black Chrysler adorned with weapons and gadgets? Of course, a Batmobile would also be pretty incredible as far as style and gadgetry are concerned.
Honestly, I'd pretty much love any of the amazing superhero vehicles on this great TopTenz list, but I'm curious, which one would you prefer?
If you build a dating site or app they will come, they meaning all the weird people who have been waiting for just such a place to share every bizarre and ridiculous thought that floats through their mind.
So it should come as no surprise that there are a bunch of weirdos posting strange stuff on Tinder, the dating app for those who don’t have time for true love or self respect.
If you’ve ever thought about joining Tinder and you’re wondering what you’ve been missing out on by not being a part of the community check out these Tinder Fails That Prove The Internet Is Full Of Weirdos and feel better about your applessness.
The Pulpy Brunch by Donovan Alex
Here's a story that's kinda gory, about a bunch of hoodlums looking for a score, they proved all's fair in love and fiction, and left us wanting more. Here's a story about a man named Jimmie who clearly has pulp where his brains should be, he helped Vincent and Jules dump a body and did so sarcastically. Here's the story of a guy named Butch who got caught up in some underworld affairs, he used a samurai sword to slice his way to freedom and became part of the Pulpy Brunch. That's the bloody, strange and scary way they all became the Pulpy Brunch!
Don't be a Gimp, bring home this The Pulpy Brunch t-shirt by Donovan Alex and let your cinematic side hang out!
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Many cats have bold, vibrant personalities, and just because a cat isn’t interested in playing or entertaining their humans doesn’t mean they don’t dish out cattitude on a daily basis.
But the internet generation demands classifications for everything, so see if you can sit your cat down in front of your computer and have them take a fun, interactive quiz.
The Intercative Experiment by Poopy Cat will help you determine whether your cat is a poser, a busy bee or a cuddle bug, thereby bringing you one step closer to answering that age old question- what the heck is my cat thinking?!
-Via Laughing Squid
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