The myth of the bloodsucking vampire has stalked humans from ancient Mesopotamia to 18th-century Eastern Europe, but it has differed in the terrifying details. So, how did we arrive at the popular image we know, love and fear today? And what truly makes a vampire…a vampire? Michael Molina digs up the science and the superstition. […]
http://youtu.be/SZ5gBXjd_gE We are all familiar with America’s most famous family, but hopefully you won’t have known these 10 amazing facts about the Simpsons. [AllTime10s]
So, officially, at least according to the U.N., there’ 193 official countries… but that answer is open to debate. [CGPGrey]
http://youtu.be/923jxZY2NPI I never get tired of listening to this. It never gets old. Live long and prosper my friends. [Reid Gower (The Sagan Series)]
A very complete real world travel guide to help you visit most destinations seen in the TV series. If you’re reading this from the front page of the site, the infographic is located after the “More” link since it’s so massive.
BOOM! POW! SMASH! It’s no Bat Dance, but Adam WarRock’s newest music video is full of Bat-family goodness! Backing up the Bat (err Night…wing, really it sounded better in my head) are the ladies behind Fashion Tips from Comic Strips: Betty Felon and her partner in crime Ali as Robin and Batgirl! WarRock’s new album, […]
A lot of people are going to feel a little insulted after looking at this map of what each country leads the world in according to the Doghouse Diaries (and plenty of other sources apparently). As far as I’m concerned, maple Syrup and Asteroid Impacts? Really? Nothing about lumberjacks, being overly polite, and mounted policemen? […]
Answers to why you get goosebumps, hiccups, eye twitches, ringing in your ears, and the feeling of the hair on your neck standing up. [Buzzfeed]
Drama professor and voice and dialect coach at the University of Alberta David Ley “offers a three-minute tutorial on how to speak with an upper class British accent. With Ley’s help, a hard candy and a little practice, you’ll be directing the sec-retree to the lav-retree in no time.” [UAlbertaAlumni | Via LS]
These drawings by Fernacular are meant to make you uncomfortable. 1) Make it so the first thing you think of when you look at them is sex, whether you want to or not. 2) Make it so that any male human who looks at this feels really uncomfortable. 3) Make it funny, because, well, it’s […]