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The Common basilisk {wiki} is a lizard found in Central and South American rainforests near rivers and streams. This clip from National Geographic shows why this lizard has such an unusual nickname.

Japanese professor of architecture Terunobu Fujimori built this his boyhood dream in his father’s garden in 2004. It’s a teahouse on stilts! See more pictures at Materialicious. Link -via Unique Daily

Take a visit to the smallest island in the world, the most remote, the island that the Bounty mutineers’ descendents still inhabit, and more! http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/28/7-island-wonders-of-the-world-most-amazing-mysterious-remotest-and-more/ -via Dark Roasted Blend

Have you ever wondered what happens after you die? Thanatorama is a French flash documentary that explains the process. You may select English subtitles. During the presentation, click on the upper left to navigate the chapters. Link -via Metafilter

Movember (the month formally known as November) is a moustache growing charity event held during November each year.
At the start of Movember guys register with a clean shaven face. The Movember participants known as Mo Bros then have the remainder of the month to grow and groom their moustache and along the way raise as much money and awareness about male health issues, in particular prostate cancer as possible.

You can register or find out more at The Republic of Movember. Link -via the Presurfer

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Sifaka lemurs of Madagascar get around by leaping. This clip from the BBC show "Weird Nature: Marvelous Motion" compares their movement to ballet, but it’s also reminiscent of a martial arts movie. -via Arbroath

There is a site where you can learn everything you ever wanted to know about the song "Louie Louie."

The LOUIE LOUIE Advocacy and Music Appreciation Society (LLAMAS) was formed in early 2007 by a group of musicians, fans and collectors with a particular (and in some cases obsessive) interest in the song LOUIE LOUIE.

LLAMAS has a blog about the song Louie Louie. There’s a lot more material than you may think! Link -via Metafilter

This awesome photo, taken from the space station MIR in 1999, shows the shadow of the moon on earth during a lunar solar eclipse! It’s part of a collection of pictures taken from satellites or space flights that capture weather effects, geographical changes, or other phenomema. http://deputy-dog.com/2007/11/01/11-phenomenal-images-of-earth/

This list only deals with fictional computers. I’m not familiar with all of them, but I recall having nightmares as a child after seeing Nomad in the Star Trek episode The Changeling. Of course, more evil computers are suggested in the comments. Link -via Cynical-C

Anne Gemkow of Chicago won a new Jeep in a Sweetest Day contest in Cleveland by licking a chocolate-covered Jeep grill clean! Seven Jeeps were covered in chocolate, and the first two contestants who licked their grills clean had to shuffle through a Jeep filled with candy to find the key. No word on how they removed the rest of the chocolate from the vehicles. Link -via Unique Daily

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In 1947, this was how they disposed of hazardous materials. 20,000 pounds of sodium were dumped into Lake Lenore in Washington State. You may remember tossing small amounts of sodium into water in high school chemistry class, so you can guess what happens. -via Metafilter and Fully Geek

Now that Halloween is over, it’s time to think about what you will serve for Thanksgiving dinner. Instructables shows you how to make your pumpkin pie into a pumpkin pi! http://www.instructables.com/id/pumpkin-pi/

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He can see the fish, but he can’t reach them under the ice! -via Arbroath

Imagine being the operator who had to climb out of this! Dark Roasted Blend has a collection of photos from incidents where heavy machinery goes wrong. Link

Google often changes their logo for special occasions, and Halloween is no exception. But Google isn’t the only one! You may have noticed the skeletal Neatorama title today. YesButNoButYes is posting Halloween logos spotted all over the internet, and asking you to submit more. Bonus: there’s also a rundown of the last seven years of Google Halloween logos. Link