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Baby Bats

A shelter in Australia takes care of the world's cutest baby fruit bats during tick paralysis season. http://www.uniquedaily.com/baby-bat-caring-center/ (embedded YouTube video)

I just love the way the announcer says "bebes"!

Hairless Cat Loves Hair


(YouTube link)

Maybe there is a little envy in this cat, but he sure is affectionate. The laughter from the spectators is a bonus. -via Buzzfeed

Ancient Well Found, Complete with Skeleton

Archaeologists have unearthed a well in Cyprus that is believed to be between 9,000 and 10,500 years old, making one of the earth's oldest water wells. Debris at the bottom of the well includes the skeleton of a woman.
Pavlos Flourentzos, the nation's top antiquities official, said the 16-foot deep cylindrical shaft was found last month at a construction site in Kissonerga, a village near the Mediterranean island nation's southwestern coast.

After the well dried up it apparently was used to dispose trash, and the items found in it included the poorly preserved skeleton of the young woman, animal bone fragments, worked flints, stone beads and pendants from the island's early Neolithic period, Flourentzos said.

Link -via Digg

(image credit: Cyprus Antiquites Department/AP)

Name That Pontiac


As of 2010, the Pontiac brand name will no longer be used. Over the last 50 years, there have been almost 30 Pontiac models sold in the US. How many can you name in ten minutes? Anything over ten is considered a winning score. Let's just say I barely won. Link

Misconceptions About Neanderthals


Thanks to movies and a series of insurance ads, we tend to think of the extinct hominids known as Neanderthals as hairy, stooped, club-wielding caveman. Modern science knows a lot more about Neanderthals now, but the old stereotypes persist. You may be surprised at how like us the Neanderthals really were. Link -via Unique Daily

(image credit: Reconstruction by Kennis & Kennis/Photograph by Joe McNally, National Geographic)

World's Smallest Man-to-be

Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal is waiting for his chance at a world record. Magar is only two feet tall and weights ten pounds! But he can't be classified as the world's smallest man until he officially becomes an adult.
Excitedly awaiting his 18th birthday in October of this year, Khagendra and his family are in contact with Guinness to take the official crown from 2ft 5in He Ping Ping of China.

Weighing only 10lbs, Khagendra has become something of a celebrity in his native Nepal, where politicians have joined the clamour to see him recognised as the smallest man in the world and villagers have dubbed him 'little Buddha'.

Doctors believe Magar's size is due to a malfunctioning pituitary gland, but no definitive diagnosis has been reached. Link -via Buzzfeed

Soviet Russian Album Covers


English Russia has a collection of record album covers from the 70s and 80s. Looking through these, I get the feeling that I've seen these before, just with different faces and a language I understand. Link -via Metafilter

Mac Dock Icon Spelling


Mike Giepert noticed that Mac dock icons are often letters, and you can line them up to spell words. So he posted one and asked his readers to send in others. There are 14 screenshots of various words posted so far. I don't have a lot of programs on my dock right now, but I will look through my applications to see what I can "line up" when I get some free time. Like that will ever happen. Link (via Buzzfeed)

The Terrible Thing of Alpha Nine!


(Cartoon Brew link)

Space explorers go to Alpha Nine to check out the monster, which turns out to be what you've secretly thought space aliens were really all about. This animation was Jake Armstrong's thesis film at the School of Visual Arts. -via Dark Roasted Blend

Military Uniforms of World War II


Captain's uniforms of every military branch of the various countries that served in World War II, modeled by the same guy!
"My hobby deals strictly with World War II militaria & insignia.

However, rather than collecting the actual items, I collect and use high resolution photos of them to create Photoshop images that show myself in the uniform of a Captain (or equivalent rank) in whichever armed force and branch of service those insignia were worn by.

Link -via Metafilter

Girl with 56 Stars Admits Lying

In an update on last week's story, 18-year-old Kimberley Vlaminck, the girl with 56 stars tattooed on her face, has recanted her story. She had blamed the tattoo artist, Rouslan Toumaniantz, for overdoing the three small stars she requested and said she fell asleep during the procedure.
But the 18-year-old has finally confessed she did not fall asleep, that she wanted all the stars and was "fully aware" of what Mr Toumaniantz was doing.

Ms Vlaminck told a Dutch TV crew: "I asked for 56 stars and initially adored them. But when my father saw them, he was furious. So I said I fell asleep and the that the tattooist mad made a mistake."

Toumaniantz says he will now get written consent from clients before inking any tattoos. Link -via Arbroath

Extreme Life Thrives Everywhere on Earth

At one time, scientists were surprised to discover microbes living in places that were thought to be uninhabitable. That doesn't happen anymore, because scientists know life can thrive almost anywhere on earth.
After 3 billion years of evolution, life has flowed into every last nook and cranny, from the bottom of the sea to the upper edge of the stratosphere. From blazing heat and freezing cold to pure acidity and atomic bomb-caliber radiation, there’s seemingly no stress so great that some bug can’t handle it.

This gallery highlights a few particularly tough species of bacteria and archaea, a lesser-appreciated but equally-vast branch of the organismal tree. Until the late 1970s, archaea was lumped in with bacteria, a confusion that speaks to the embryonic state of human microbial knowledge. Less than 1 percent of Earth’s microorganisms have been identified, and most of those won’t even grow in a lab.

Shown is Ferroplasma acidophilum, which can survive in an environment with a ph of zero, meaning it thrives in toxic waste. Link

Zero Gravity Wedding

Erin Finnegan and Noah Fulmor of New York City said their wedding vows in a memorable way: in zero gravity! The ceremony took place Saturday inside a specially equipped aircraft flying in parabolic arcs to simulate the effects of space. This kind of ride is sometimes called "the vomit comet", and is used for astronaut training.
Mr Fulmor, whose tuxedo tails were specially stiffened so they would not float out of control, admitted he had trouble lining up his lips for the all-important wedding kiss.

"The physics of the first kiss were off. I could feel where I was going, I knew where I needed to be, but it was hard to reconcile the differences," he said.

"Noah knocked into my nose and I thought it would bleed," Ms Finnegan said.

Link -via Digg

The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation


We've featured adorable subatomic particles from The Particle Zoo previously at Neatorama. Now they have a new item called the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation. This cuddly plush toy represents the residual radiation from the Big Bang. The perfect gift for someone who understands what that is -or someone who doesn't! http://www.particlezoo.net/individual_pages/shop_cmbr.html -via Bad Astronomy Blog

TV Homes


Today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental floss will test your memory of classic TV homes. Can you match the exterior shot of the characters' home with the name of the show? I only scored 40%, so you will have to do better! http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26703

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