John Tyler {wiki} was the tenth president of the United States, serving in office from 1841 to 1845. In 1853, at age 63, he fathered a son named Lyon Tyler. At age 75, Lyon Tyler fathered Harrison Tyler {wiki}, who was born in 1928. Therefore, the grandson of a US president born in 1790 is still alive today. Bob Peck contributed this fact to a presidential trivia contest at mental_floss and won a book about US presidents. See, sometimes it pays to know trivia! Link

Jo Rowell and Tony Cox of Hartlepool, England were married recently in style -1940s style!

A blackout marked the beginning of the ceremony and the silence was broken by the sounds of Neville Chamberlain announcing war on Germany.

The ceremony also included the sounds of sirens and Lancaster bombers flying overhead.

Spotlights lit up a trench scene in Normandy complete with a silhouette of an American soldier going over the top and glider planes above.

Jo then made an entrance to the sound of Glenn Miller's Moonlight Serenade and the touching ceremony went off without a hitch.

Link -via Look at This

Oystein Baadsvik plays tuba like you’ve never seen before. Click on the image or go to College Humor. Link to Baadsvik’s website. -via Gorilla Mask

If you have to wear a tie to work, you may as well have one that you can have fun with! This Dalek tie says, "You are an enemy of the Daleks. You must be destroyed. Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!" Just what you want to express to your co-workers. http://www.voga.co.uk/product-detail.php?id=697 -via Dump Trumpet

Artist Craig Robinson began making this type of illustration as advertising for a British music magazine years ago. He now exhibits a collection of them. See if you can guess the bands represented by these Lollipops. If you can’t, mouseover the images for the name. The Lollipops shown here should be pretty easy. Link -via the Presurfer

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients took part in a study that shows a daily dose of dark chocolate can help alleviate their symptoms. The results showed that chocolate with a high percentage of cocoa solids was more effective than regular milk chocolate. See, I KNEW chocolate is good for you! Link -via Reddit

Honus at Instructables has already finished two Ghostbuster costumes (and will possibly have a third). Then he posted instructions for making your own, complete with goggles and weapons. Link

An ATV disaster strikes, but no one gets hurt! Push play or go to Live Leak. -via Arbroath

Since Carl Zimmer at The Loom asked about people with science tattoos (reported previously on Neatorama), he has received over 70 submissions for his Flickr set. Especially worth noting is this tattoo of an intricately-detailed strand of DNA on Matthew MacDougall, a 4th year med student. Link

Authorities in Oak Lawn, Illinois are adding gag signs beneath regular stop signs to catch drivers’ attentions. The new signs say such things as:

STOP . . .
• *In the Naame of Love
• *And Smell the Roses
• *Really. You Gotta Stop.
• *Right There Pilgrim
• *Or We'll Hunt You Down
• *Hold it Right There Buster
• *Then You Can Go
• *Whoa Whoa Wait a Minute
• *Stop Stop Stop Stop Stop Pleeeease
• *Or the Police Will Yell at You
• *Not an Optional Sign
• *It's Really Self-Explanatory
• *Means That You Aren't Moving
• *Even When No One's Looking
• *Whoa
• *Billion Dollar Fine

But strangely, no mention of Hammertime. Link -via Bits and Pieces

Enter your zip code in the application ZIPskinny and find information from the 2000 census report. I found some odd facts about the people in my zip code. Only 3.5% are unemployed, yet 22.5% are below the poverty level. 13.3% percent have a college degree, and 60% are married, which puts me in the minority on both counts. http://zipskinny.com/ -via Big Shot Bob in Texas

Wine company Carlo Rossi is challenging its customers to make something out of its wine jugs. The Jug Simple Furniture Collection was used as examples. See a wine jug chandelier, speaker system, lamp, bookshelves, and this sofa at The World’s Best Ever. Link -via Dump Trumpet

Robotics engineers at the University of Tokyo have designed a robot that jumps like a frog. And looks like one! The robot, named Mowgli, can also kick a soccer ball. The point is a study of musculature and kinetics, but the end result is quite cool. Gizmodo has the video. Link

This is real sign for a real town in California. A town with a sense of humor! Link -via J-Walk Blog

A baby boy walrus was born at the New York Aquarium in June and was first shown to the public just yesterday. He weighed 115 pounds at birth, and is expected to weigh a ton when full grown. Link -via Fark