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1. Photography – The baby pygmy hippo who’s barely bigger than a lettuce leaf (Daily Mail).
2. Nostalgia – Pete and Pete: Where Are They Now? (Manolith).
3. History – The evolution of caltrops (TYWKIWDBI).
4. History – A Historic Killing in the Capitol Building (NPR).
5. History – George Metesky, New York’s Mad Bomber (truTV).
6. Interesting – Whatever Happened To…5 Viral Video Stars (BuzzFeed).
7. Interesting – A single ostrich egg can blow up a microwave (Your Daily Media).
8. Interesting – New York hen lays monstrous 5 ounce egg (Telegraph.co.uk).
9. WTF – Money to bury Detroit’s poor has dried up, forcing struggling families to abandon their loved ones in the morgue freezer (CNN).
10. Wiki – Telectroscope, the first concept of a television (Wikipedia). The designer went insane (YouTube).

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The prize for most awesome dad goes to Tom Rhoads of Lemoore, California. He built this 18-foot “life-sized” replica of Bumblebee out of an actual VW Beetle for his son.

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I’m sure that everyone in their mid-20s has that one game that defined their childhood and still carries a strong emotional significance.  I’ve known people that were moved to tears by Final Fantasy VII and one of my best friends made it through his parents divorcing by playing Sonic & Knuckles repeatedly.  Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge was one of my favorite games and I owe Ron Gilbert a beer if I ever run into him for providing me with the memory of beating it for the first time. Read the rest of this entry »