This bar in Gruyere, Switzerland was designed by H.R. Giger, the artist who designed the alien in the movie Alien. Spooky! Link -via Bad Astronomy Blog
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This bar in Gruyere, Switzerland was designed by H.R. Giger, the artist who designed the alien in the movie Alien. Spooky! Link -via Bad Astronomy Blog
Today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss deals with a subject I’m not at all familiar with, but you might be.
It’s still early in the Major League Baseball season, but some teams have already been ravaged by injuries. Before fans of the Brewers or Yankees start to feel sorry for themselves, though, remember an even more star-crossed team: Mr. Burns’ collection of all-star ringers brought in to play for the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant’s softball nine. Do you remember what ultimately sidelined each player?
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15111
Guess what: they’re all in Europe (unless you want to argue about the location of Georgia). Some of them run a mile or more deep into the earth, although to actually go a mile deep, you’d have to trek or rappel for miles and miles. The world’s deepest cave for now is 7188 feet (2191 m) deep, although with research, that record can always be broken by those who feel the need to explore the “bottomless pits” of the world. Link -via Geek Like Me
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Nearly 3,000 people, including US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, were in attendance as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performed last night in Tel Aviv. The star of the show was a cat who snuck in to enjoy the festivities. ddhttp://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=82730&refresh=true -via Arbroath
Brandon Pinto spills the beans on what it’s like to portray Captain Jack Sparrow at Disneyland. They told him no flirting, no mentioning alcohol, and no facial hair. Huh?
The women were the most excited about seeing Captain Jack, and some were potential problems. Working for Disney isn’t easy, but hey, it’s show business! Link -via reddit
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It took over an hour to get Disney’s suit on. In the dressing room there is one long makeup table and a wall with a long mirror. I think over 100 character actors were there. You had face characters like Jack, Aladdin, the Mad Hatter, and you had fuzzies, the characters in costumes. The face characters and the fuzzies dressed apart. There was a ranking system in the dressing room: If you were a princess, you pretty much got that long mirror wall. For some reason the Jacks always ended up in the back corner.
As Jack, I had four hour-long sets a day. We worked in New Orleans Square. I would find a place I liked, and the hosts would set up my line. A host is someone who helps run the line of people that forms to meet you. They’re basically your security. When we started, Disney thought they wouldn’t give us a host. They thought we’d mingle. I laughed at that. I said, “I don’t mean to be the guy that knows it all, but from Renaissance Faires I can guarantee you this character will have the park’s longest line.” Disney had invented a Jack Sparrow autograph the three of us learned, and immediately the line for autographs was gigantic. The Jacks ultimately got two hosts.
The women were the most excited about seeing Captain Jack, and some were potential problems. Working for Disney isn’t easy, but hey, it’s show business! Link -via reddit
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Have you ever seen a starfish move? I haven’t either. This time-lapse video shows they don’t quite walk on their arms they way you’d expect! Note: The first scene shows barnacles and tiny snails. -via Ursi’s Blog
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An orangutan looks for work in the entertainment industry, but things are tough all over. This is a viral for Levi Strauss from Benzo Theodore, who also did the “jumping into your jeans” video. -via Dropkick Monkey
There’s an instruction guide for every human activity imaginable. Some are quite unnecessary, others are written in fun. And some people even buy them! See the list of The 10 Craziest How-To Books You Never Knew Existed. http://www.listanity.com/the-10-craziest-how-to-books-you-never-knew-existed/ -via the Presurfer
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Accident or malicious prank? Someone tied a rope in the wrong place, or failed to untie it, or something. Oops. -via Arbroath
How well do you remember the guests on Sesame Street? Today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss asks you which news anchors and reporters made a guest appearance on the PBS kid’s show. I didn’t even finish the quiz, since I was already... let’s just say I was already in school when Sesame Street premiered in 1969. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15050
Robert Maddox sells jet engines. He attached a 50 pound pulsejet engine to a bicycle, and now it can go 75 mph! It makes a LOT of noise, and might not be all that safe. Gizmodo has the video. Link
Tim posted a tutorial on how to cast molded polyurethane. He included a couple of his own projects as examples, including these LED cube lights, made in an ice cube tray. Even more interesting is the next set of lights he tried, which didn’t turn out at all as planned, but still ended up looking pretty cool! Link -via Dark Roasted Blend
Robert Garside was the first man to run all the way round the world.
Garside’s story is just one of 18 Of The Most Insane Journeys In Recent History. You’ll also see the guy who swam the Atlantic, the woman who walked for 30 years to promote peace, and the 19th century woman who rode around the world on a bicycle! Link
With almost no money to his name, he started running. His adventures during the trek included being shot at in South Africa, almost shot in Panama, imprisoned in China and nearly mugged in Mexico. On the plus side, he met his wife in Venezuela. The run took him five years but he did manage to do it and got a Guinness World Record title for his efforts.
Garside’s story is just one of 18 Of The Most Insane Journeys In Recent History. You’ll also see the guy who swam the Atlantic, the woman who walked for 30 years to promote peace, and the 19th century woman who rode around the world on a bicycle! Link
On May 19, 1780 the skies grew dark at midday in New England. There had been reports of smoky skies for a few days already, but then it became so dark that animals returned to their sleeping quarters.
It was darkest in northeastern Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire and southwestern Maine, but it got dusky through most of New England and as far away as New York. At Morristown, New Jersey, Gen. George Washington noted it in his diary.
In the darkest area, people had to take their midday meals by candlelight. A Massachusetts resident noted, "In some places, the darkness was so great that persons could not see to read common print in the open air." In New Hampshire, wrote one person, "A sheet of white paper held within a few inches of the eyes was equally invisible with the blackest velvet."
At Hartford, Col. Abraham Davenport opposed adjourning the Connecticut legislature, thus: "The day of judgment is either approaching, or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause of an adjournment; if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty."
The source of the blackout was a mystery, although there was always speculation that it came from a faraway forest fire. The definitive answer came only in 2007. Read the entire story at Wired. http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/05/dayintech_0519
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