On October 5, 1962, a 45rpm single was released called "Love Me Do," with "P.S. I Love You" on the B-side. It was the very first Beatles single, and it peaked at #17 on the British pop charts. The song went to #1 in the U.S. two years later. The song, written by teenagers John Lennon and Paul McCartney years earlier, was pretty nondescript compared to their later music, but it marked the beginning of a decade-long phenomenon in pop music. The Beatles reached unprecedented popularity in the music industry and are to this day the best-selling band in history. Link -via Metafilter

To celebrate this milestone, we present some of the many posts we've done on the Beatles for your edification and entertainment.

Neatorama presents Beatlemania Week

The Day John Lennon Met Paul McCartney

The Origin of the Beatles Haircut

The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show

The Beatles' Troublesome Butcher Album Cover

The Embarrassing Magical Mystery Tour Party

The Cover Art of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Meet the Beatles Covers

The Beatles' Final Film: Let It Be

How the Beatles Officially Ended -at Disney World

Beatles Items in the NeatoShop

..and a look into the future: Beatles 3000

PSY staged a free concert in the streets of Seoul Thursday night, near the City Hall complex. Officials estimate the crowd at about 80,000 people, although from the looks of it, there could easily have been a lot more. You can see a video clip of the concert (the sound is poor, but the crowd is jumping). Link -via reddit

In this case, the fingers are food -these are really hot dogs! This spooky bento box is perfect for putting hungry people in the mood for Halloween. But it's only one of a collection of neat Halloween bento creations you'll see at the Neatorama Halloween blog. Link

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Now, if Steven Spielberg had been able to get his shark to jump completely out of the water like this one, he may have had a hit movie on his hands! Enjoy a scene from the action-packed Bollywood version of Jaws. The top YouTube comment says it all: "We're gonna need a bigger budget." -via Cynical-C

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Take a Rube Goldberg contraption and replacec some moving parts with free runners. Parkour power! The result is awesome to watch, but you have to wonder if these guys will ever develop a healthy fear of dying. -via The Daily What Geek

FoldsFive became known around the internet for the pixel .gif versions of all the Star Wars films (well, the three good ones, at least). Now they've put together an animated .gif version of Raiders of the Lost Ark. The whole movie, right here. Enjoy! See the sequels, too, at PixelMash. Link -via Blame It On The Voices

Grant Snider of Incidental Comics is marking Banned Books Week with a comic about censorship. Link -via Nag on the Lake

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Honestly, I'm only posting about one in every fifteen "Gangnam Style" videos I see …but this is good. Well, Navy fans might take exception. West Point cadets give a U.S. military flavor to every scene of PSY's video. -via Viral Viral Videos

The black mamba snake is a very fast and dangerous snake that can strike before you ever know what hit you. Its venom can be deadly, but scientists have found it also has a surprisingly beneficial painkiller in it, which might turn out to be a new miracle drug.

The researchers looked at venom from 50 species before they found the black mamba's pain-killing proteins - called mambalgins.

Dr Eric Lingueglia, from the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology near Nice, told the BBC: "When it was tested in mice, the analgesia was as strong as morphine, but you don't have most of the side-effects."

Morphine acts on the opioid pathway in the brain. It can cut pain, but it is also addictive and causes headaches, difficulty thinking, vomiting and muscle twitching. The researchers say mambalgins tackle pain through a completely different route, which should produce few side-effects.

He said the way pain worked was very similar in mice and people, so he hoped to develop painkillers that could be used in the clinic. Tests on human cells in the laboratory have also showed the mambalgins have similar chemical effects in people.

The testing his in its earliest phase, so don't look for mambalgins at your pharmacy any time soon. Link  -via Breakfast Links

Remember the jacket that hugged you with plush hands? This vest by MIT's Melissa Kit Chow, along with Andy Payne and Phil Seaton, is the hi-tech version. It gives you a squeeze when you receive a Facebook like!

Like-A-Hug is a wearable social media vest that allows for hugs to be given via Facebook, bringing us closer despite physical distance. The vest inflates when friends 'Like' a photo, video, or status update on the wearer's wall, thereby allowing us to feel the warmth, encouragement, support, or love that we feel when we receive hugs. Hugs can also be sent back to the original sender by squeezing the vest and deflating it.

Although as an art installation, it probably has some deeper meaning, like how shallow our sense of self becomes when we are that dependent on social media. Or not. Link -via The Daily What Geek

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You know why they make you change shoes at a bowling alley? It's not because they want to protect the floors. It's not because they need the extra $2 from every player. It's because those slick shoes make every bowler a potential bit of entertainment for the staff. -via Buzzfeed

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Animator Simon Tofield posted a video about his cat in October and named it Springtime. It will make sense after you watch it. -via Irene's Internet

Previously: More videos featuring Simon's Cat.

Any list that declares one character portrayal better than the next will surely draw differing opinions, but it's nice to stroll through Hollywood history and revisit the different interpretations of Dracula. I was a little disappointed that the 1922 and 1979 versions of the Count in Nosferatu were only allotted one "Dracula" slot, but was happy to see Carlos Villarías from the 1931 Spanish Dracula included. Read up on all ten at Unreality. Which is your favorite? Link

Artist Marta Altés uses her imagination to design and draw cute illustrations using pencil shavings! See the entire series (so far) at her website. Link  -via Laughing Squid

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The spot where three continents converge is the most-disputed (and some say most valuable) real estate on Earth. Nine Paley is working on a full project (called Seder-Masochism) on the history of the Holy Land (Israel/Canaan/Palestine/the Levant), and this clip is envisioned as the final scene. See a list of who kills who at her website. Link -via Boing Boing

Previously: Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley