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Twelve Painfully Obvious Facts Confirmed By Science

Have you ever stated a fact which you felt was painfully obvious only to have somebody ask what you're talking about or, even worse, dispute the validity of your claim?

These people clearly missed an important day of mental development if they think an obvious fact, like pigs love mud or cereal tastes better with milk, could possibly be disproven after all these years.

How are we supposed to deal with these infuriatingly ignorant people?

By letting members of the scientific community tell them what's what, because even deniers of the obvious can't ignore or dispute facts when they're presented by scientifical types.

So next time somebody argues high heels don't hurt our feet, guys don't stare at boobs or overeating doesn't make you fat, citing something they read on the internet as proof, you'll have the scientific proof to shut them up!

See 12 Obvious Things Confirmed By Science at mental_floss


Guy Secretly Grows Cannabis In Award Winning Town Gardens For Over 18 Years

Even though people are finally coming around to the idea of legalizing marijuana it is still highly illegal to possess or grow in many states and countries.

In the UK growing weed can get you five to fourteen years in prison, but for one British man, who legally changed his name to Free Cannabis in 1998, the reward is worth the risk.

He believes ganja is a medicinal herb that should be free for all, so he has been dropping seeds in the award winning public flower displays outside his shop "Hemp" in Glastonbury in Somerset for the last 18 years.

The plants have been watered by the city council and cultivated by Free for nearly two decades, which tells me two things- the city's law enforcement is obviously not very familiar with pot, and there obviously aren't any stoners in that town!

-Via Mirror


Determined Toddler Tries To Walk Stubborn Bulldog

Babies who love dogs are cute, but dogs who love and put up with babies are the cutest because they display a gentle side even when the little one is getting on their nerves.

Now take a stubborn baby lovin' bulldog and a toddler who's trying to be like mommy and daddy and take his four legged friend on a walk and you've got the makings of awwwww-dorability.

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It's not surprising the 11-month-old in the video had a hard time walking Bernie the bulldog , that meaty hunk of a dog weighs 80 pounds!

-Via Good Housekeeping


Disney Couples Who Probably Didn't Live Happily Ever After

Being part of a Disney couple looks like a whole new world of awesome, but we only get to see a small and triumphantly joyous part of their lives in the movies.

But things get real after the movie magic wears off and the main characters settle into their lives together, discovering they were caught up in the moment and may have made a horrible mistake.

Very few Disney couples seem like they're cut out for a long-term relationship if you really think about it, because they rarely have anything in common, culturally or otherwise.

But maybe they make it all work out because happily ever after? *shrug*

Paul Westover illustrated these childhood ruining moments that take place approximately six months to a year after the movie, moments that may be the perfect setup for a dramatic sequel.

See 5 Disney Couples that Probably Did Not Live Happily Ever After here (NSFW due to language)


Arnold Schwarzenegger's Son Recreates Terminator 2 Scene For Film's 25th Anniversary

The sequel Terminator 2: Judgement Day is a fan favorite that tends to outshine the original movie, and even though T2 came out 25 years ago it's still really fun to watch.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of T2 Arnie's son Joseph Baena starred in a video made by his friend Ben Hess which recreates an iconic scene from the film- the "Bad To The Bone" scene.

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You don't need a DNA test to tell Joseph is Arnie's son- there's no mistaking that jawline!

-Via Metro


New Hire Thoroughly Documents His First Week At Target

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Starting a new job at a big retail store like Target can be confusing, nerve wracking and scary in many ways, but there's also enough stuff going on that you'll never be bored for long.

And if working at Target is the worst job you've ever had then you're doing pretty good, because as new hire Tom aka Kimpossibooty showed us on his Tumblr page Target is like a retail wonderland.

20-year-old Tom Grennell found himself awestruck by his time spent toiling within the Target, and all the magical and horrifying moments that make working retail such a strange experience, so he chose to share his story for the good of us all.

Tom has yet to be fired from Target, and his Tales From The Checkout Line are so popular he has decided to keep journaling so we can continue to follow his heroic quest to survive his retail job.

See One Employee Documented His First Week Working At Target And It's Amazing here


A Pokémon Anatomy Series For The Ages

Pokémon creator Satoshi Tajiri says the series was inspired by his childhood hobby of insect collecting, and since the series needed hundreds of character designs Pokémon inevitably included animals too.

But Satoshi probably didn't spent nearly as much time thinking about the inner workings of Pokémon as illustrator Christopher Stoll, who is now sharing his anatomical findings with the world.

Christopher's series PokéNatomy reveals not only the stuff that lies beneath the skin of each Pokémon species but also includes information on their diets, mating habits, social structure and more.

See the entire PokéNatomy series by Christopher Stoll here

-Via Geek Universe


A Hilariously Relatable Comic Series About Long-Term Relationships

Casual dating can be fun, seeing people six months at a time can give you the boyfriend or girlfriend experience without moving in or thoughts of marriage, but there's really nothing like settling in for the long haul with someone.

A long-term relationship means having a partner there when you get out of bed, after you poop, shower and shave, when you get home from work, when you start falling asleep on the couch...

Being in a long-term relationship is an unique experience, and comic artist Sarah Graley isn't afraid to show all the strange stuff that goes on while living that LTR life.

Her comic series Our Super Adventure is autobiographical and relatable and extremely lovable, guaranteed to give you those good feels unless you're a hater of love...actually, you might like them too!

See 15 comics that totally nail what it's like to be in a long-term relationship here


Five Times Batman: The Animated Series Made Us Feel Too Much

Batman: The Animated Series isn't the greatest adaptation of the Batman comics because it's faithful to the source material or because the storylines were so compelling- it's the greatest because it made us feel stuff.

We laughed, cheered and cringed, and as you'll see in this video from Dorkly it also made us sad for poor lovesick Harley, showed us what an existential crisis feels like, and taught us vengeance leaves one feeling cold and hollow inside.

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-Via GeekTyrant


The Beard Cycle Continues

Shaving can be so tedious, and often causes razor bumps and burn, so I shave as little as possible because it's just so much easier to constantly sport a beard.

But then I wake up one day and hate how that overgrown beard looks on my face so off it goes, leaving my cheeks smooth as a baby's bottom...which sucks for different reasons.

As this For Lack Of A Better Comic strip shows guys who are frenemies with their beards can't stop the cycle of facial hair love and hate!

-Via Geeks Are Sexy


The Best Of The Worst Crappy Food Porn

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Well photographed food porn makes viewers salivate and leaves them feeling hungry, but dishes that both look and sound disgusting, aka sh$%#y food porn, makes people want to skip a meal.

And no matter how fancy the plating or perfect the photographic composition that food just comes out looking like crap on a plate, hence the name.

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A glazed weiner suspension with ketchup and mustard foam and cryogenic pickle relish julienne sounds like haute cuisine but photographs like some nasty meat jell-o dish your grandma used to make.

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Contributors to the sh$%#y food porn subreddit have made creating and photographing crappy dishes into an art form, bringing highbrow food porn aesthetics to lowbrow dishes like microwaved hot dogs in pickle buns or chicken checkers, whatever that is.

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See The Very Best of the Absolute WORST Crappy Food Porn here


Pet Groomer Caught Dancing With A Client's Dog

You know how you can tell a dog groomer loves their job? They literally dance through the work day, and if their canine client is agreeable they may even dance with the doggy.

Argentinian pet groomer Luis Antonio Caballero loves the business he's in, and while other 58-year-olds are thinking about retiring Luis is having too much fun with his furry clients to close up shop.

One day his wife Gabriela went off to make tea and came back to find Luis dancing to the B-52s with a cute little client, so she had to shoot a video and share the cuteness with the world.

Now their Buenos Aires-based business PetShop Perrito Feliz has tons of new clients who can't wait to have Luis dance with their dogs!

-Via The Dodo


Meowls Are Majestic Mutants Created By The Internet

Photoshoppers of the internet beware- all that digital power is starting to go to your heads, and if your creations ever come to life Weird Science style the human race is doomed!

Take these lovely Meowls you've designed for example- they're majestic and appear to be harmless enough, but combine a cat's love of the hunt with flight and an owl's talons and you'll discover appearances are deceiving.

But Meowls may be the hybrid animal this world needs, considering how few rodents would be left to invade our homes after that predator X 2 goes to work on their population.

They also look like they possess a magical ability or two, like the ability to stare straight into our souls and determine whether we're their rulers or their servants.

See "Meowls" Are a Gorgeous Cat/Owl Hybrid That the Mad Scientists of the Internet Have Created here


The Science Of Busting A Bottle With Your Bare Hands

Breaking a bottle with your bare hands isn't advisable, and even those who have experience breaking bottles with a punch or chop know it's an easy way to damage or permanently disfigure your hand.

But there's a tricky way to break a bottle with your bare hands that relies on science and an understanding of how bottles are made rather than martial arts training or hands of steel.

As Mark Rober and the Backyard Scientist demonstrate in this video all it takes is the right amount of liquid in the bottle and a precise palm strike to the bottle's lip.

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This trick is also a great way to make an Impossible Bottle if you manage to get the bottle's base disc to come out clean without cracking the body of the bottle.

All you have to do is remove the base, insert a baseball into the bottle body and reglue the base into place with epoxy and voila! You've got an Impossible baseball in a beer bottle, which will blow people's minds!

-Via Laughing Squid


Hermit Crabs With Garbage Homes

Hermit crabs are facing a bit of a housing crisis lately, as good shells become harder to find (arguably) because humans keep collecting shells and polluting the water.

But they're adapting to the situation by making use of the garbage we keep dumping in the sea, a survival technique being utilized by hermit crabs all over the world.

Okinawa-based photographer and nature lover Shawn M. Miller started shooting this series after he and his friends noticed a bunch of Blueberry hermit crabs walking around with trash "shells".

Shawn is hoping his photo series will raise awareness about the global plastic pollution problem by using the hermit crab as representative for the sea life affected by our wasteful ways.

Here's more from Shawn on his photo series:

It’s becoming more common to find crabs with beach trash homes. I have friends combing local beaches in search of more crabs for my series. While these are cute images, our trash is becoming a serious problem to the ocean and the animals that call the shoreline home. I often find hermit crabs using a variety of plastic caps from twist top pet bottles, laundry detergent containers, small propane tanks, sports water bottles and beauty supplies.

-Via Boing Boing


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