Univision experiences the best kind of videobomb during the live weather forecast. The weather guy doesn't even break stride! According to the YouTube page, several cats have made their home in the studio's parking lot. -via Uproxx
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This French ad for underwear may not have any facts, but it sure gets your attention! The description at YouTube, translated by Babelfish, says:
Discover finally what makes the Slipway French more extremely than all the other Slipways
Uh, don't try this at home. -via Everlasting Blort
This kitten has mad skills and will surely go far in the world of human athletics. -via Daily Picks and Flicks
Brusspup makes these two-dimensional artworks that are 3D illusions when viewed at just the right angle. Bonus: cat. -via Daily Picks and Flicks
It appears that someone set up a camera to get a time-lapse of the tree growing, but a caterpillar stole the show! He almost got the right idea once, but then got back on his usual path. -via Arbroath
Jennifer Fitzgerald, an unemployed single mother, has racked up over $105,000 in parking ticket fines for a car that she wasn't aware she owned that was left at O'Hare airport for three years. Fitzgerald says the car was purchased by her then-boyfriend, but he registered it in Fitzgerald's name without telling her. When they broke up in 2009, he left the car at the airport.
Now three years later, the car has received 687 parking tickets, equaling a hefty $105,761.81 fine. The Expired Meter reports that it's the highest ever fine in Chicago history, with second place only coming in at $65,000 and more than 400 tickets.
Fitzgerald claimed to The Expired Meter that she didn't know the car was parked in the airport. However, even if she did, Chicago law states that any car parked for more than 30 days in a city-owned lot is subject to an immediate tow to a city pound or authorized garage. She's arguing that the majority of the tickets would not have even been issued if the car had been towed.
Fitzgerald found out about the car when the first parking tickets arrived, and she asked for it to be towed away because she did not have the keys. She had the car's license plates revoked in 2010, but it was not towed until October of 2012 -and the tickets piled up all that time. Meanwhile, Fitzgerald has lost her driver's license because of the debt. Link -via Arbroath
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Enjoy a beautiful and contemplative tribute to the Mars Curiosity rover. The analogy is that of a child growing up and leaving home. The engineers who designed, built, and launched her are sad that she's gone, but proud that their baby is doing such a marvelous job so far away. -via Geeks Are Sexy
Bharata Natyam was about 18 months old when she entertained the crowd at this dance recital in 2001. No, her performance was not planned to be this long, but the crowd called for an encore. She really gets going at about the eight-minute mark. Adorable!
Amy L. Rawson makes a special Christmas Cthulhu art project every year. We've covered her work a few times before. And now it's time to unveil the 2012 Needle Felted Santa Cthulhu!
He's got a fireplace, stockings, a plate of cookies, a dead trout and a live moray eel to leave as stocking stuffers ... all needle felted from wool.
This one is a collaboration with artist Brian East, and is actually the project they started last year before Brian suffered a broken hand. Santa Chtulhu is for sale through Etsy. See lots more photos at Rawson's site. Link -Thanks, Amy!
See Rawson's Santa Cthulhus from previous years.
The Empire State Building has a new LED light system. They inaugurated it Monday night with a light show set to "Girl on Fire" and "Empire State of Mind" by Alicia Keys, who also got to throw the switch. The music was broadcast on several radio stations. This video was shot from Hoboken. Link -via The Daily What
Saying goodbye is hard. Jeff Wysaski honors the passing of his treasured possessions by constructing obituaries for them. There are eight in all, which you can see at Pleated-Jeans. Link
The Brazilian TV show Programa Silvio Santos pulls an elevator prank that would have lawsuits flying in the US. It's terrifying to watch, and even worse for the unsuspecting elevator riders. -via Uproxx
The satirical website The Onion announced that North Korean leader King Jong-un had been named the Sexiest Man Alive. The story was picked up and reported in earnest in China's largest newspaper, The People's Daily. It was also republished in The Korea Times. However, it was far from the first time that Onion stories were mistaken as fact. The Daily Beast runs down nine stories of the same thing happening to various politicians, ESPN, and even the New York Times. Link
In 1948, the Idaho Fish and Game Department hatched a scheme to relocate beavers by airdropping them into “generally inaccessible wilderness” areas. Before they could perform such a strange task, they had to test their methods and equipment to determine the optimum dropping altitude.
Satisfactory experiments with dummy weights having been completed, one old beaver, whom we fondly named “Geronimo,” was dropped again and again on the flying field. Each time he scrambled out of the box, someone was on hand to pick him up. Poor fellow. He finally became resigned, and as soon as we approached him, would crawl back into his box ready to go aloft again. You may be sure that “Geronimo” had a priority reservation on the first ship into the hinterland, and that three young females went with him. Even there he stayed in the box for a long time after his harem was busy inspecting the new surroundings. However, his colony was later reported as very well established.
Read the rest of the story at Smithsonian's Air & Space magazine. Link -via mental_floss
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