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Felicia Day is a geek goddess, a force for good who has helped nerd kind crawl out from behind their computers, comic books and consoles to be embraced by mainstream society.

Therefore she deserves a wardrobe befitting a woman of her lofty stature, something that is both regal and totally geeky, and that something is this amazing suit of 3D printed Dreamer Regalia armor.

The armor was created by New York based artist Melissa Ng of Lumecluster, who used 3D software to design the dress and had the whole thing printed up by Shapeways, which Felicia graciously modeled for photos by Eric Anderson.

Melissa's 3D printed armor is being called "the future of cosplay" with good reason- if cosplay artists are able to use 3D software to model elements of their costume, if not the entire costume, then print the whole thing out the future is now!

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There's an episode of the X-Files that is so disturbing Fox promised they'd never show it again, and yet this dark and dangerous episode actually has an interesting origin- Charlie Chaplin's My Autobiography.

The standalone episode is called "Home" and finds Mulder and Scully investigating the murder of an infant, which leads them to the home of three deformed brothers who are keeping a dark secret.

It's later revealed that their quadruple amputee mother, who supposedly died years ago, is alive and had given birth to the murdered infant, making an already dark episode even more cringe inducing.

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Co-writer of the episode Glen Morgan says the episode was inspired by a peculiar section of Charlie Chaplin's My Autobiography, in which Chaplin describes an incident that took place while staying at a miner's house in a British town called Ebbw Vale.

The miner invited him into the kitchen to see something spectacular, and to Chaplin's surprise a man with no legs crawled out of the cupboard where he'd been sleeping.

The miner then convinced the legless man to dance and do some tricks:

A half man with no legs, an oversized, blond, flat-shaped head, a sickening white face, a sunken nose, a large mouth and powerful muscular shoulders and arms, crawled from underneath the dresser … "Hey, Gilbert, jump!" said the father and the wretched man lowered himself slowly, then shot up by his arms almost to the height of my head.
"How do you think he’d fit in with a circus? The human frog!"
I was so horrified I could hardly answer. However, I suggested the names of several circuses that he might write to.

Read How Charlie Chaplin Influenced The Most Disturbing Episode Of 'The X-Files' here

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Archer the fox not only has a cool name for a fox, he also has the coolest and most hilarious laugh I've ever heard come out of a fox's maw.

And every time his human starts cracking up Archer literally hits the floor laughing his bushy little tail off, either that or he's got something caught in his throat.

On second thought, maybe Archer is laughing at how messy his humans are, clean up that room people!

-Via Cheezburger

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Around the same time as the folks at NASA were faking the moon landing with a little help from Stanley Kubrick (sarcasm) the mighty Led Zeppelin was becoming one of the world's most popular rock bands.

A few years later (1973 to be exact) Led Zeppelin started making a movie called The Song Remains The Same that supposedly contained live concert footage from the band's three night gig at Madison Square Gardens.

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Only that was a great big lie, because while the band did play three consecutive sold out shows at the Garden in July of 1973, and director Joe Massat was there filming the show, his footage turned out to be mostly unusable and he was fired.

New director Peter Clifton came on board and discovered Massat's footage couldn't be properly synced to sound or edited so he decided to reshoot the live footage, in the same running order, at Shepperton studio in Surrey, England.

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It's pretty easy to tell which parts were reshot when you watch the film armed with this knowledge, but Jimmy Page didn't actually reveal this secret reshoot until he was interviewed by Uncut magazine in 2008:

“I’m sort of miming at Shepperton to what I’d played at Madison Square Garden, but of course, although I’ve got a rough approximation of what I was playing from night to night, it’s not exact. So the film that came out in the ‘70s is a bit warts-and-all.”

Read Led Zeppelin Did Fake Playing Madison Square Garden, 1973 here

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We go through our lives wearing the personally chosen wardrobes we feel suit us best, but just because the individual garments in our wardrobes look good together doesn't mean they get along.

And while we're out wearing a few pieces the rest of our garments are back home having fantastic fabric adventures.

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"Shiny" was created by Daniel Cloud Campos and Spence Susser of Blue-Tongue Films, two guys who should really think about replacing all the hoodies in their wardrobes with pin striped suits!

-Via Fashionably Geek

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By the time superhero flicks became the box office smash hits they are today audiences had come to expect more from the costuming department than a simple spandex getup, and thus the updated supersuit was born.

Fawnia Soo Hoo of Fashionista spoke with veteran designer Alexandra Byrne, who created the super new looks you see in Guardians of the Galaxy and The Avengers, and Oscar nominated costume designer Michael Wilkinson, who created the updated styles seen in Man Of Steel and Batman V Superman, about what goes in to designing today's supersuit.

They were all too happy to discuss the process at length- from conceptual and research stages to materials they've used in the suit's construction and why to how many people it takes to get Ben Affleck in the new Batsuit (apparently it's a six handed operation).

Read How Superhero Costumes Are Made here

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Many people believe print media will soon become a thing of the past as books and magazines are replaced by tablets and smartphones, but most avid readers beg to differ.

There's really nothing like cracking open a book to read, the smell and texture of the pages like old familiar friends that are an integral part of the experience.

Those who appreciate the beauty of books don't want them to be replaced by cold, sterile screens, but skilled artisans who can restore and repair books are in short supply.

Japanese restoration master Okano Nobuo is a magician when it comes to bringing beloved books back from the brink of total destruction, using basic tools and time honored techniques to take a book from trashed to treasured:

See how this Japanese Master Restores Old Books here

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Gamers who enjoy the feel of dice, miniatures, boards and cards often become avid board gamers, and these days board games run the gamut from insanely difficult and time consuming to easy to learn and quick yet fun to play.

Many board game enthusiasts are akin to the eager little Puppy when they first get the gaming itch- they dig the whole scene and are eager to play again.

But when addiction has fully set in, and playing is no longer just about having fun, that's when a gamer's dark side comes out and playing a board game becomes a very serious affair.

Dorkly's Tony Wilson and Jake Young created this illustrated guide to board gamers a few years back, which helped me identify a few gamers in my group who might be hiding their sinister side from the rest of us...

See The 6 Types Of Board Gamers here (NSFW due to language)

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You can say a lot of bad things about Gordon Ramsay if you base your opinion solely on the way he acts on TV, but all that cursing and screaming is there for ratings sake and in real life Gordon is far more amiable.

He's also the kind of guy who enjoys showing people the ropes in the kitchen, and you'd be surprised how much you can learn from him when he's not screaming orders at you!

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Gordon has been posting cooking videos on his YouTube channel for about six years now, and this time he has blended five videos into one powerhouse lesson in mastering 5 basic cooking skills- finely chopping an onion, cooking rice, deboning a fish, sharpening a knife and cooking pasta.

-Via Laughing Squid

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Getting pierced is generally a lifetime commitment, because our faces, ears and various body parts are often left with a hole that won't close up by the piercing process.

But ever since the 90s people have been getting pierced all over the place without giving it a second thought, making themselves look like a walking psychological profile.

Where a person chooses to get pierced says a lot about them, and while most people hope their piercings make them look rebellious, dangerous, or trendsetting they really just make them look like a person with a future full of regrets.

See What You're Saying With Your Piercing here

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Some of the stuff posted online is meant to teach us a lesson, and these "educational" posts tend to make the poster sound egotistical and smug.

But Redditor Msmessyclean wasn't trying to stroke her own ego when she posted eight screenshots of texts she received from an overeager fellow after cancelling their date- she was trying to teach people what not to do when someone cancels a date.

Msmessyclean says she thought similar stories of crazy guys going too far were "rare and exaggerated", but when it happened to her she felt like sharing because "it's important that people are aware of this kind of behavior and go with their instinct if they sense something is wrong or off."

This guy seems like the living embodiment of "off"!

See why Dude's Texts Are Exactly What Not To Do When A Woman Cancels A Date here (contains NSFW language)

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Folks who don't have bears lurking around their neck of the woods might see a bear sighting as a good thing, but those who work in bear country know those furry behemoths can be quite unpredictable.

One minute they're sniffing around trying to find out what their human visitors are up to, the next they're lying in wait ready to leap out and scare the life out of someone.

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This hilarious prank video from America's Funniest Home Videos should have included the warning "make sure your buddy isn't packing heat before you try this prank at home".

-Via Laughing Squid

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Some people don't like to see behind the scenes shots from their favorite movies and TV shows because they feel like it ruins their viewing experience, leaving them unable to watch without picking apart each scene.

But for the rest of us the opportunity to see a scene before and after the special effects were added simply makes us appreciate the skilled artists working on the show even more.

And when you realize how much hard work and planning goes in to creating these effects it makes you appreciate the fact that digital artistry makes it possible for a badass raccoon to help guard the galaxy.

See dozens more Movie Scenes Before-And-After Special Effects here

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Photoshop is a powerful tool, and learning to use the software can make you feel mighty powerful when you start doing stuff like seamlessly swapping heads or cutting and pasting people in and out of pics with impunity.

Because of this feeling of power many Photoshoppers wind up using their skills for evil, trolling and sometimes even ruining lives by manipulating images for the Dark Side.

But 18th Level Photoshop Wizard James Fridman is different- he's using his trolling powers for good...and because people keep asking him to mess with their pics.

James' Photoshop skills are in such high demand that people keep sending him pics to digitally alter despite the fact that his trollish sense of humor often leaves the subjects looking a little silly.

See This Guy's Photoshop Skills Are In High Demand here

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If you can sift through all the dumb unboxing videos, reaction videos, sketch videos and all the other crappy "comedic" content posted online you can find a ton of really funny videos on YouTube.

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The beauty of YouTube is you don't have to have a huge budget, or even a budget at all, you just need some footage to edit (or re-edit) and the occasional voice over track to put viewers in the right head space.

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Cracked's John Cheese has done a pretty darn good job of sifting through the crappy comedy to find the giggle inducing gems in his ongoing series of comedy video listicles.

This goat thinks they're all hilarious, but maybe you should watch 'em all and decide for yourself.