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Infographic Reveals The Secrets Of Happy Couples

It's impossible to tell whether two people will make a good couple, and once you add in all the psychological and environmental factors that contribute to our mindset it's incredible that couples ever get together at all.

One thing we can do to ensure we're with someone who will actually make us happy is to observe what the happiest couples we know are doing to stay so content in their coupling.

But since this won't actually work in real life, since many couples who aren't happy together claim they are, you should check out this infographic put together by Happify to see The Science Behind A Happy Relationship

According to their research happy couples talk more, make time for intimacy, share experiences together, celebrate each other's good news and try not to tear each other down when fighting. Who knew?!

See full sized infographic here

-Via Lifehacker


Dwayne Johnson Stars In Home Alone, Goodfellas, Napoleon Dynamite And More

Now that Dwayne Johnson is a huge movie star he doesn't have to take every role he's offered, and since he's a rough and tumble kinda guy he likes to star in action films, although he was amazing as Maui in Moana.

But, as this GQ comedy video shows, Dwayne should definitely stick to starring in films that are mostly action, because he's better off playing a larger-than-life hero than a Napoleon Dynamite type.

However, if Scorsese ever considers making a Goodfellas 2 he'd better cast Dwayne as Tommy DeVito's illegitimate son because he's perfect for the role! (NSFW language)

(YouTube Link)

-Via Slash Film


The Massive Sea Monster Mystery In Indonesia Has Been Solved

Sailors and people who live in coastal towns were constantly reporting sea monster sightings back in the day, but ever since the camera came along and made it easy to prove what you saw those sightings have dwindled.

So now we have sea monster mysteries that last but a few days, because people post clear photos online that make it possible for the internet community to help solve the mystery.

Recently a massive "sea monster" washed ashore in Indonesia and people went crazy for a few days trying to solve the mystery.

The Indonesian military felt sure it was a giant squid carcass, while people online theorized it was an elephant, a Spawn of Cthulhu or some sort of genetic experiment gone horribly wrong.

But thanks to the internet community the mystery was solved and the "sea monster" was revealed to be the corpse of a Baleen whale in a horrible state of decomposition.

(YouTube Link)

So why did it wash up on shore?:

The question now becomes what specific kind of Baleen whale it is, and what the exact cause of death was. The latter question is key, as whale carcasses generally sink, becoming food for a wide variety of deep sea life.

Werth says two possible causes of death that would cause a Baleen whale to float to land are an internal baterical infection, which would produce large amounts of internal gas and a collision with a ship or vessel that resulted in an injury which prevented internal gasses from escaping.

“That’s yet another reason you don’t want to be close to these things, not because it’s a scary, spooky creature, but [because] it would just be releasing some pretty foul, noxious gases,” Werth said.

-Via Global News


Artist Lost His Virginity To An Alien, Now He Paints About The Experience

Most people remember the day they lost their virginity, and since that day introduced them to the joy of sex it's usually seen as one of the best days of their lives.

But 72-year-old painter David Huggins didn't remember the day he lost his virginity until he started remembering suppressed memories- and realized he'd lost his virginity to an alien.

According to David he lost his virginity at seventeen to an "alien hybrid" named Crescent, with whom he has sired "over fifty hybrid-alien children":

As he tells it, he was walking through a forest in Georgia towards a lake. He saw her sitting next to a tree. Crescent had a perfectly normal human appearance except for her head—her pale, pointed face had large black eyes and she was wearing a wig. They both disrobed and he soon lost his virginity.

As the memories of this strange sexual encounter returned David started to use his painting skills to capture the scenes he once thought of as dreams but now believes are true events his mind has repressed.

David is the subject of an upcoming documentary by Brad Abrahams called Love and Saucers, here's the trailer:

Love and Saucers: Trailer from Brad Abrahams on Vimeo.

Read Artist Loses His Virginity To Alien. Now He Paints About It here (NSFW-ish)


Chef Shows How A $1 Knife Can Be Sharpened To Rival More Expensive Knives

Having a really sharp knife available in the kitchen cuts down on your prep time and therefore makes your cooking experience much more pleasant.

But great kitchen knives cost a bundle, right?

According to this video by Kohaku the cat's personal chef Jun Yoshizuki of Jun's Kitchen (previously at Neatorama) you don't have to spend that much on a quality kitchen knife- you just have to sharpen it right:

So I got a lot of requests to make a video about knives and, like, asked me for my recommendations and stuff. But what I can recommend you is going to depend on your budget, what shapes you want your knives to be, which steel you want your knives to be made of, brand, design, there’s just so many things that you need to think about before getting one. But one thing I can say for sure is that, no matter how much you’re going to spend on your knives, they eventually get dull, and you need to sharpen them.

(YouTube Link)

-Via Laughing Squid


Rowan Atkinson Plays The Doctor In This 1999 Doctor Who Red Nose Day Special

For some reason the writers, directors and producers behind Doctor Who never even considered casting Rowan Atkinson as The Doctor when they rebooted the series, which was a big mistake.

Now if you only know Rowan as Mr. Bean then you probably don't see how he would work as The Doctor, but if you look at all the drastically different roles he's played you can see he was born to play a Time Lord!

Steven Moffat certainly thought so when he cast Rowan as The Doctor in this special episode he wrote for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day back in 1999, six years before the Doctor Who reboot took the world by storm.

(YouTube Link)

-Via GeekTyrant


Can You See What's Wrong With This Package Of Caramel M&Ms?

The internet community gets a kick out of some pretty dumb stuff, and I can't count the number of times an image has gone viral simply because a few people found it funny so the rest felt they had to LOL as well.

But this silly and "totally controversial" viral story made me laugh so I thought I'd share- it involves something sinister happening on a package of Caramel M&Ms.

Can you see the problem with the package? Here's a close-up to make it a bit more obvious:

That's right- Red and Yellow are savagely tearing their new buddy in half to show the world what he's made of, his sweet guts spelling out the word "caramel".

Why are Red and Yellow bisecting a fellow candy person like total creeps? The answer may lie in this promo:

(YouTube Link)

-Via Good Housekeeping


1997 Was A Very Good Year For Video Games

The 80s introduced us to console gaming, which created generations of lifelong gamers , but most of the games from the 80s would be seen as retro oddities and pure nostalgia by the 21st century.

However, many of the games that came out in the 90s are still revered and eagerly played by gamers to this day, and 1997 in particular was a great year to be a gamer.

97 is the year Final Fantasy VII, Fallout and GoldenEye 007 came out, three games that had such a massive impact on gaming they're still being talked about and worshipped by gamers to this day.

But let's not forget about a little game called Parappa The Rapper that came out in 97 too, as well as the incredibly captivating PC game The Curse Of Monkey Island, which is still inspiring makers of point-and-click adventure games to this day.

Read These Were The Hottest Games Of 1997 at GameSpot


Bored Hotel Guest Creates Funny "Challenges" For Housekeepers

When people go out of town on business trips they often end up stuck in their hotel rooms for hours if not days on end, and when they run out of movies to watch and minibar bottles to drink they get bored.

But rather than wandering down to the lobby and getting stuck at the bar with his coworkers a business traveler in Azerbaijan started leaving strange "gifts" on the bed for the housekeepers- and they loved it.

The challenger continued to leave silly sculptures in the room to amuse the housekeepers and after ten days of creating challenging sculptures out of stuff he found around his hotel room the challenger left on a high note.

See A Hotel Guest Started A VERY Creative Competition With The Housekeepers here


Honest Slogans About College Majors

It would help if college students could consult a course catalog full of honest slogans when they're considering which major to choose and what classes to take, so they don't end up wasting their time and money.

Sadly, most students enter their university years with a head full of BS about which majors are best, and they're pushed to take a path towards a career they're guaranteed to hate.

But if they could see in advance where their choices will lead them after they've graduated from college the schools would be full of music majors!

See 18 College Majors And Their Honest Slogans here


Former Correspondents Reunite For A Skit About Stephen Colbert's Last Day On The Daily Show

So many funny folks made it big after appearing on The Daily Show that it's now seen as a great place to launch comedy careers, and thanks to The Daily Show John Oliver, Samantha Bee and Stephen Colbert now have their own shows.

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart also helped launch the careers of totally crushworthy Steve Carell, Ed Helms and Rob Corddry, and somehow this motley comedy crew has managed to stay friends despite becoming super famous. 

These former  correspondents reunited on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for a flashback skit about Stephen's last day at The Daily Show back in 2005, with John Oliver as The Steve.

(YouTube Link)

-Via Laughing Squid


Craftsman Creates Amazing Hardwood Floor Art From Random Wood Pieces

Hardwood floors are hard to plan out when the house has straight walls and you're using boards with perfectly square edges, so I can't imagine how craftsman Alexey Steshak even begins to map out his amazing mosaic style floors.

I can see from the photos above that he starts out with some sort of gameplan, but after his initial path is set down he starts going crazy, cutting each random piece of wood on the fly to fit in with his flow.

And while his process photos may look like home renovation madness and utter chaos the end result of Alexey's hard work is a hardwood floor like no other I've ever seen.

And the coolest part- Alexey creates custom baseboards and small tree sculptures that make it look like arboreal shapes from the floor are flowing right up the wall.

See more from This Craftsman Creates Stunning Floor Art From Random Wood Pieces here


Custom Food Orders That Were Hilariously Misunderstood

If you eat at a restaurant with an actual chef in the kitchen you can ask for a custom order and they'll try to get it right, but people who go out to fast food restaurants and ask for custom orders are asking for trouble.

That's because the folks preparing your food don't take kindly to custom orders, and they show it by going the extra mile in the wrong direction.

Ask for extra mayo at some places and you'll get a sandwich that's drowned in the stuff, ask for "sour cream on the side" and that's literally what you'll get.

See Food Orders That Were Totally And Hilariously Misunderstood here


Minimalistic Animal Logos Created Using Circular Geometry And Line Forms

I've always admired illustrators who can turn simple forms into something spectacular, since the proper use of basic shapes is the foundation to a good drawing, but most artists try to hide their drawing's underlying frame.

However, California-based Art Director Anuja Kanani doesn't mind letting the world see the framework for her drawings, and she creates simply wonderful animal logos out of circles and simple lines.

Her series Wild Lines: Animal Logos Vol. 1 is inspirational anda good example of how less can be more when it comes to effective logo design:

“I have finally done it! A series of animal forms designed using circle geometry. Animals have elegant structure and form, and this design experiment was something I have wanted to do for a very long time. I sketched out a basic structure guided by circles, and then defined the animal using just line forms. Being an animal lover myself, this was definitely a fun journey!”

See more Minimalistic Animal Logos Created Using Circular Geometry And Line Forms here


Before Basquiat And Banksy There Was Shadowman

Jean-Michel Basquiat is considered the first commercially successful graffiti artist, and his transition from tagger to art gallery darling led the way for people like Banksy to make a bundle with their street art.

But before the name Basquiat became synonymous with NYC street art there was another artist with a dark disposition who left his mark on the city- the Shadowman.

Vancouver-born street artist Richard Hambleton is a classically trained painter who made his way across the USA in the 70s, and when he arrived in NYC in 1978 he quickly became part of the thriving street art scene:

A classically trained painter, Hambleton was known throughout the 80s for works that played on Lower Manhattan's seedy and dangerous reputation, as well as its DIY energy. First came his chalk outlines (which also appeared in other cities), then came mysterious "shadow paintings" depicting a Shadowman lurking in the city's darker corridors.

As Shadowman details, the Vancouver-born artist, working on a grant from the city, took his "murder mystery" chalk outline paintings on an American West Coast tour of Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. He then worked his way across the United States, arriving in New York City in 1978, right as the Lower East Side's music and arts scenes were heating up. His murder mysterious, staged in TriBeCa and elsewhere, with its blood red paint splashed across white outlines, immediately unnerved everyone, including the NYPD. This brought Hambleton much media attention, and made him something of an art world star.

Read Before Banksy and Basquiat, There Was Shadowman here


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