This vintage picture has been making the rounds of the internet in the past couple of days, but it was first posted three years ago by redditor jordanofthehill. His grandfather raised the animals from infancy and as they never had to catch their own food, it never occurred to the lion and the bear that lunch was walking between them. As a further example, here is a picture of jordanofthehill's father as a young boy. Link
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The a cappella group Pentatonix gives us examples of popular music through the ages. As you'd expect, there are more examples from each time period as they get closer to the present. These guys are pretty good! (via Tastefully Offensive)
The Norwegian comedy group (and TV show) Kollektivet, which brought us ÆØÅ (Size Matters), are back. The premise here is that they are fighting a fascist government cultural ministry by creating a new pop song. To do that, they pull out all the sure-fire tropes that go into a hit song, with the result being a very generic but catchy tune that cannot help but become a smash hit. Contains NSFW language. -via Viral Viral Videos
Would you be able to pass this test? CRAPCHA is an acronym for Completely Ridiculous And Phony Captcha that Hassles for Amusement. It is a parody of the annoying CAPTCHA codes that try to verify that you are not a bot. As the bots became more sophisticated, so did the CAPTCHAs, until some of them are impossible for humans to decipher. CRAPCHA takes this to the next level, with characters that are impossible to reproduce. You can embed the application on your website, if you really want to make readers angry. Like this:
Link -via Laughing Squid
Ben Marks of Collectors Weekly talked with Francis Boyd, who makes and repairs swords and teaches his craft to others. His shop has swords that are thousands of years old, and each has a story to tell -not necessarily a good story.
“When I got this sword, it was completely covered in blood rust.” Sword maker Francis Boyd is showing me yet another weapon pulled from yet another safe in the heavily fortified workshop behind his northern California home.
“You can tell it’s blood,” he says matter-of-factly, “because ordinary rust turns the grinding water brown. If it’s blood rust it bleeds, it looks like blood in the water. Even 2,000 years old, it bleeds. And it smells like a steak cooking, like cooked meat. I’ve encountered this before with Japanese swords from World War II. If there’s blood on the sword and you start polishing it, the sword bleeds. It comes with the territory.”
Blood rust: I hadn’t thought of that. I guess it would turn water red, but the steak comment is kind of creeping me out, as is the growing realization that if these swords could talk, I couldn’t stomach half the tales they’d have to tell.
Boyd has the lowdown on how such ancient swords were made, and how the process has changed over time. It's a great read, whether you into weaponry or not, because of his extensive knowledge and care for the historical artifacts. Link
This fascinating flowchart by Mr. Dalliard contains many time travel movies sorted by plot twists and temporal philosophy, color coded by genre, and has spoilers that you probably won't understand if you haven't seen the movie anyway. Remakes and originals are labeled by year. You can enlarge the chart by clicking on it at the site. Link -via Buzzfeed
While you're watching a life-and-death moment on a police drama, suddenly they'll announce some clue found on FaceUnion, which breaks your suspension of disbelief and makes you giggle. Slackstory, which constantly cranks out supercuts, recently did one on fake websites on TV. However, there is one TV series that racked up more fake internet sites than all of the others. Law & Oder: SVU dramatizes stories of sex crimes and child abuse, which often involve evidence gleaned from the internet. It and its sibling shows under the Law & Order umbrella have named so many fake websites that Slackstory made a supercut of fake websites dedicated to those shows alone. -Thanks, Nick!
Thirty freestyle athletes hold hands, ski, and do a backflip, mostly at the same time. How this happened without anyone breaking something, I can't understand. The friends pulled this off yesterday at Mont Saint-Sauveur in Quebec. See more pictures of the stunt at imgur. Read more about it at reddit. Link -Thanks, Terrence!
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The person who made it had no use for it; the person who bought it didn't want it; and the one who finally ended up with it, never even knew about it. What was it?
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(Image credit: Flickr user Eddy Van 3000)
You have to get to the hospital. At a fork in the road, you meet Joe and Moe, a pair of identical twin boys. You can't tell them apart, but you know that Joe always tells the truth and Moe always lies. You can ask one of them only one question. What question will guarantee that you take the correct fork …and which twin do you ask?
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(Image credit: Flickr user Mark Herpel)
I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. Sooner or later, everyone needs my help, yet many people are afraid to let me help them. Who am I?
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(Image credit: Flickr user Voxphoto)
You're at a cocktail party with your date. Strangely enough, there's something in the room that everyone can touch -and so can you, but only with your left hand. What is it?
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(Image credit: The French consulate of New York)
Two French diplomats who have never seen each other met at the French consulate in New York and decide to have a drink together in a nearby bar. Incidentally, one is the father of the other one's son. How is this possible?
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(Image: Playing Card Plate available at the NeatoShop)
During a high-stakes bridge tournament preceded by a sit-down dinner, Jay, Jennifer, Jeff, and John played together. At the end of the night, all four had more cash than when they had arrived. In other words, none of them lost, although they were playing for money. How could this be?
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Marvel is making its way into Disney theme parks, as expected. Disneyland has opened a new exhibit called Iron Man Tech Presented by Stark Industries. Every version of the Iron Man suit featured in the movies is represented, even partial experiments -including suits from Iron Man 3. You can even try on a suit via virtual reality magic! Get a sneak peek with a gallery of images brought back by one of its earliest visitors at Unreality. Link
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