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Long-distance runner Rosie Swale-Pope is a resident of Great Britain who is on a mission to raise awareness about cancer and to inspire people to live their lives to the fullest. She is currently making her way across America on her own two feet, running and pulling a trailer that serves as her shelter while on the road. The trailer, which she's nicknamed the Icebird, can weigh up to 300 pounds when fully stocked. Swale-Pope was prompted to begin her journey after she lost her husband to cancer. She explained,

“By the time my husband and I realized, it was too late to save him, and after he died in my arms, I felt if I stayed at home just crying and talking, who would listen to me? And I decided to run around the world.”

Swale-Pope has experience with journeys that require physical endurance. The physically fit 68-year-old has run 27 marathons and guesses that she’s run about 50,000 miles in total. 

Read more and see additional pictures of this amazing lady here. 

Judging whether someone is attractive or not used to be thought of as wholly subjective, but scientists have discovered that there is a particular facial feature layout which people across the globe find most attractive.

That’s not to say there isn’t any subjectivity involved in judging someone attractive or ugly, because sometimes factors like personality, voice and personal hygiene habits can throw textbook attractiveness in the trash.

Speaking of trash- who do you think of as the most attractive character in video game history? If you said Pac-Man you might need glasses, but if you said the rad mutant Gob from Fallout 3 then chances are you meet a lot of your dates in or around dumpsters!

The nerds at Dorkly used a facial attractiveness analysis tool called Anaface to rank 10 different video game characters from +10 to -999 Charisma, and you’ll never guess which character ended up on top!

See 10 Video Game Characters Get Their Beauty Ranked By Science here

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A frightened raccoon in a hollow tree trunk slowly and cautiously reaches with both paws to grab the little treat offered to him. -Via Tastefully Offensive

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An Australian fisherman has a marlin on the end of his fishing line and is reeling it in when he gets a surprise at the end. (Warning, profane word at the end, though slightly cut off.)

Comic book artist Stjepan Sejic is a great resource for comic book readers. He frequently explains why certain tropes in comic books take place even though they don’t make sense. For example, last year, he explained why women’s body armor can be so skimpy, yet totally effective.

In another short comic, he explains how Batman seems like a biologically normal human, but appears to have superhuman abilities. The answer: he’s a Time Lord from Doctor Who! Read the whole thing. It’s funny and totally makes sense.

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In the early Fifth Century, the Romans left Britain permanently. This left the Britons vulnerable, so the Anglo-Saxon tribes invaded. The somewhat Romanized British peoples fought back, giving birth to the legend of King Arthur. But they were ultimately defeated and much of Great Britain fell under the rule of these Germanic nations.

Then, in 1066, the Normans came and gradually ended Anglo-Saxon independence. It’s been almost a millennium since William the Bastard landed on the beach near Hastings. But according to genetic researchers at Oxford University, many of the British peoples remained in place. They took DNA samples of 2,039 people whose grandparents were born within 80 kilometers of each other. When compared, the researchers found that genetic clusters form around the same general areas of the old Anglo-Saxon and Celtic kingdoms. Sarah Knapton writes for the Daily Telegraph:

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A hummingbird can hover in place in a strong wind, remaining stationary even when the wind speed constantly varies as much as 15%. In contrast, the typical aerial drone can stay steady only when the wind speed varies up to 7%.

Researchers at Harvard and RMIT University in Melbourne wanted to understand why in order to improve drone design. So they placed hummingbirds in a wind tunnel. They found that hummingbirds, which beat their wings 40 times a second, can vary the angle and position of their wings and tails to a wide degree and implement these changes within a single wingbeat. You can read more about this study at the New York Times (warning: auto-start video).

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Aladdin was not the genie’s first master. It’s unlikely that the movie shows the first time that he suggested that a master set him free. He must have had a previous master who refused. This master is never mentioned anywhere, but Andrew Bridgman and Paul Westover of Dorkly have inferred that he must exist. He’s one of 5 Disney characters that necessarily exist, including the clam that forms Ariel’s bra and the fashion expert who suggested that Cruella de Vil get a dog-skin coat.

Professional sports and pain go together like ball and glove, and when mishaps involve flying bats and hardballs those painful moments become hilariously cringeworthy.

If you’re going to watch your favorite MLB teams slug it out live this summer you should come prepared for battle, because watching baseball can be hazardous to your health!

Kinda gives a new meaning to the phrase "sitting in the nosebleed section", now doesn't it?

Pro athletes learn to play through the pain, but even those who juice can’t hide how bad it hurts when you get beaned with a ball!

See 24 Photos of People Flinching When Baseballs And Bats Attack here

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At Sweden's Stockholm Arlanda Airport and Göteborg Landvetter Airport, people waiting to board flights or pick up their bags can pass their time by playing popular arcade games such as Pac-Man and Space Invaders to benefit the Red Cross. The idea is for travelers to deposit their leftover foreign currency in support of a good cause. -Via Design Taxi


 

Specialty children's bed makers Fable Bedworks created the ultimate bed for mini-astronauts to dream of their future planetary conquests. The "Deepspace Defender" bed features a counter balanced twin bed that raises and lowers with a control switch, built-in lights controlled by an electronic membrane keypad and hidden shelving on either side of the bed. At a price of $14,300, the bed is expensive enough to prepare parents for the cost of space camp and the necessary education in preparation for astronaut training.

See a gallery of photos of the Deepspace Defender here, and visit Fable Bedworks to see their other beds, The Dragonslayer Stronghold, Penny's Palace, The Ol' Chuckwagon and more. 

Chris Barnes, formerly an Australian tour guide, once saw a dead female kangaroo at the side of the road. While the body was in the first stages of decomposition, there was a joey in her pouch barely alive, that had been left for dead. Barnes took the helpless joey, whom he named Palau, and decided to raise her. A year later, Palau was healthy and able to be released. 

Barnes missed his friend, and realized that there was no sanctuary in Australia to handle the situation he had with Palau. He also recognized the need to educate the public about orphaned joeys in similar circumstances. Intent on making a difference in the lives of these animals, Barnes began to work two jobs to cover the cost of helping orphaned Joeys. Eventually, an uncle of his passed on and left Barnes the money to build a sanctuary and continue his passion. Since then, Barnes has acted as parent to more than 200 joeys in need. 

See many more adorable shots, a video, and read the full story of Barnes' commitment here, and visit and donate to his Kangaroo Sanctuary.

Bacon and Eggs by SOULTHROW

They say eating fried bacon and eggs for breakfast everyday will kill you quick, but if that's true then I can't think of a more delicious way to go out! It's important to start your day with something tasty, but if you're trying to eat healthy then you may want to wear your love of breakfast food on your chest instead of shoving delicious strips of savory bacon and gobs of fried eggs down your gullet! Whether you're a breakfast fiend who doesn't count calories, or you're someone who fondly remembers the days of munching down on bacon n eggs before you began your day with bran cereal, there's no denying this shirt will make you feel jolly!

Spread smiles wherever you go with this Bacon and Eggs t-shirt by SOULTHROW, you'll be the tastiest food pirate in town!

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The famous Lucky the Leprechaun now sits atop the Marshmallow Throne. But he never rests easy. It was by no means guaranteed that he would forever be the public face of Lucky Charms cereal. In 1975, General Mills experimented with a different mascot: Waldo the Wizard. He was a cheerful, absent-minded wizard who liked children.

Test audiences responded favorably to Waldo--they even liked him better than Lucky. Monte Olmstead writes for the General Mills blog:

“Waldo’s endearing quality was his forgetfulness linked with wordplay. Kids like to see human qualities in characters,” says Alan Snedeker, who created Waldo while working for New York ad agency Dancer Fitzgerald Sample from 1964 to 1985.

While Lucky’s catchphrase was, “They’re magically delicious,” Waldo called Lucky Charms “ibbledebibbledelicious.”

And in every commercial, Waldo lost his box of Lucky Charms and had to find it.

In market tests in New England, Waldo and another one of his creations beat Lucky hands down. Lucky was vulnerable. “My work beat Lucky twice in tests,” Snedeker says.

In 1975, the two Lucky Charms cereal mascots coexisted – Waldo in New England and Lucky in the rest of the U.S. In some of the television spots, Snedeker says he made Lucky “more friendly,” which may have led to Waldo’s demise.

“In making Lucky nicer, I probably killed Waldo,” he admits.

After less than a year, Lucky returned. Goodbye, Waldo.

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Adventures Of Super Baron by Hartzack

Baron Von Mario had been busy telling everyone at the table about his latest exploits when the one they call Toad snickered in derision. Upon inquiring about the snickering the Baron discovered that nobody at the table truly believed what he was saying, and they all felt his legendary exploits were just that- a make believe legend. Riding through the sky on Bullet Bills, fighting giant fire breathing dragons with spiked turtle shells on their back and rescuing princesses named after fruit did sound a bit hard to believe, but what they didn't know is Von Mario had a secret, one involving extra lives and magic mushrooms...

Bring some fantastic adventure to your geeky wardrobe with this Adventures Of Super Baron t-shirt by Hartzack, and spread the word about Mario's super powered adventures!

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