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A 12 minute short depicting the origin of "The Bat-Man" and introducing his amazing skills and abilities... Bob Kane and Bill Finger drew on a lot of silent films to create Batman, and I've always wanted to give the story a try using silent film techniques. What with that whole copyright/waste of time thing, you'll have to settle for this collage. Here are the original influences re-arranged to tell Bruce Wayne's story and his crusade against crime.

A quick two day collage by Andre Perkowski. Drone music by Palker & Perkowski, an outtake from "The Vampire's Tomb" sessions.

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If you've ever wondered how old your favorite internet sensation is, or more importantly, how it got started, here's a fun interactive timeline deigned by BK Gupta. Zoom in with the + flags at the bottom to expand the timeline. Each meme listed has links and/or video to explain its history. Some links NSFW. Link -via Digg

Far above the madding crowd, those who can afford it have private green space to get away from it all. Flickr user jwilly has a set of photos featuring rich people's rooftops in New York City. Link -via the Presurfer

Today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss tests your knowledge of Native American logos. Can you match the logo or mascot with the company, school, or product it is linked to? I knew two of them, and gave up on the rest. Maybe you will do better. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17251

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The 23rd century is gonna be funky! -via Mookie

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This public service announcement features Jeremy Call, who rides a bike embedded with suction cups. Too cool! -via Unique Daily

In the 1920s, a "Dr. Lawson" offered a gadget you could rub on your body to erase fat. How about tapeworms you ingest on purpose to lose weight? And I'm not even going to describe what the Prostate Gland Warmer is like. These are part of the list of the 12 worst fitness inventions of all time at Men's Fitness. Pictured is the Battle Creek Vibratory Chair. Link -via Digg

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24-year-old Darren McWalters married his bride Katie Hodgson while flying over the English countryside on top of separate biplanes! The minister, 67-year-old George Bringham conducted the rites while standing on a third biplane. They communicated by wireless, and the vows were transmitted to witnesses on the ground over a loudspeaker. Link -via Arbroath

The US flag has 13 stripes, to represent the original 13 colonies. The United States Postal Service always has stamps that depict the flag, although the design changes occasionally. On April 18, a new set of stamps were released, featuring four paintings of flags at different times of the day. The set is called "Flags 24/7". But wait! How many stripes does the fourth flag image have?

In the magnified view of the stamp image, there are 6 more stripes visible, before the image is clipped off. The small area located in the lower-left corner of the design is clearly white. By counting the stripes below the blue canton, starting with the white stripe (number 8) it is very evident that there is a 14th stripe and it is white.

This raises an even further design issue ... if the flag was bounded by red stripes as the top-most and bottom-most stripes, which every flag issued by the United States since the founding of the country in 1776 has been, it would leave one to think that the flag on the stamp, if it followed the usual red stripe convention, would actually have had 15 stripes!

If the Postal Service is forced to change the design, these stamps may become collectors items. Link -via the Presurfer

The New York Times has an interactive timeline/map/infographic that shows the medal count of each country for all of the Modern Games since 1896. At the link, select a year, then click on each country's circle to see the medal count. Link -via Digg

A farmer in Hooper, Utah built a fence out of old cars! Homeowners in a new subdivision were complaining about farming activities and the smell, but the neighbor who adjoins his property wouldn't help pay for a fence, so he built one from the material he had.

Creator Rhett Davis calls it his "Redneck Stonehenge." It's not that he doesn't like his neighbors, he's just not sure they understand him and his kind.

What used to be farmland is now filling up with subdivisions. "The unique community coming in, I don't think they're used to the farm life," Davis said. "I think the residential is starting to overpower the farmer."

A neighbor in one house complained about flies and smells and dust. The neighbor wouldn't pay half the cost of a fence, Davis says, so he built one himself with a Ford and two Toyotas stuck grill-first into the dirt.

"I kinda like them. I thought about putting Christmas lights on them," he said.

Link (with video) -via Unique Daily

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We've featured the documentary clip of the amazing lyrebird before, but Waverly Films made the footage with Sir David Attenborough even better! -via Unique Daily

A sportswriter lists the most memorable Olympic performances of the modern Games. Sure, you've heard of Nadia Comaneci, Mark Spitz, and Jesse Owens, but are you familiar with Abebe Bikila, Emil Zatopek, and the other past Olympic stars? What other Olympic performances would you add to the list? http://www.sportingo.com/olympic-games/a9858_top-ten-greatest-olympic-moments -via Digg

Griffin attempted to replicate, and even improve upon, a Super Aussie Burger.

I bought half a kilo of bacon, half a kilo of cheese, six eggs, lettuce, 3 tomatoes, an onion, beetroot, sesame seeds, mustard and ketchup, from Coles, the 4kg of mince from Fine Freddys' Meats again, and flavourings from my own kitchen. Total cost of the items bought was about $58.

It's the second project of the Giant Burger Project. Link -via Unique Daily

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Before the era of mass entertainment, we watched kittens playing to amuse ourselves. Then came the cinema, radio, TV, and the internet. Now we use the internet to watch kittens play -and they are still entertaining! -via Arbroath