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The amazing cover line from the U.K. edition of the Economist.

And the story.

“Looking good men, looking good… Johnson! Where’s my herring”

thedailywhat:

Fun Fact of the Day: “Colonel-in-Chief Sir Nils Olav is a King Penguin living in Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland. He is the mascot and Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King’s Guard…On August 18, 2005, he was promoted to Colonel-in-Chief and on 15 August 2008 he was awarded a knighthood.

He is the first penguin to receive such an honour in the Norwegian army.”

[h/t: reddit.]

(Source: thedailywhat)

nationalpost:

Lunch wars in the National Post newsroom: The culprit is revealed!

This was my favourite show when I was a kid. Can’t tell a lie.

gq:

Have you ever wondered in how many different episodes MacGyver has made an arc welder (answer: 3 times in episodes 6, 52, and 87)? Or perhaps you forgot about your favorite episode (season 1, episode 12) when Mac escapes via a casket that transforms into a jetski. And how many times has Mac made a diversion? In order to placate all of your MacGyver-related curiosities, we offer you MacRecipes.

We assembled data from MacGyverOnline and IMDB, and using Processing and Processing.js we produced the ultimate MacGyver recipe book. Click on any of the recipes below to see information about the ingredients as well as information about the episode. Further investigate the ubiquity of simple recipe ingredients and products by clicking on words listed under “Similar Recipes.” What’s your favorite recipe?

You need this exhaustive, time-sucking MacGyver recipe guide. What else are you doing with the rest of your month?

(via @harvilla)

(via Beyond the Known - The Morning News)

Beautiful composite images of the planets and a nice interview with the artist Michael Benson as well.

Good job! Human!

towerofsleep:

standardgrey:

“Can’t not reblog” Caturday brofist edition

‘Sup, cat?

In case you missed this… really big dog takes care of little, eensy, weensy chicks.

nationalpost:

Marmaduke sure gets along with those chicks, 30 of them in fact
A British Columbia dog has become a mother hen after adopting a flock of 30 chicks. Sue Paull, owner of Eco Turf Farms in Kelowna, B.C., said that when the weather forced her to incubate 30 chicks inside, the family’s 16-month-old Great Dane kept watch over the eggs and began licking the hatchlings.

Now, fully bonded with the baby chicks, Marmaduke oversees their activities, keeps a close eye on anyone who dares pick one up, and even sleeps next to them. “When the chicks were hatching, there was a window in front of the incubator.

He watched them all hatch and he was so curious. When we put them in the box, he just took one out and started cleaning them,” said Ms. Paull. “Every time you go near the box, he has to be there. (Photo: Sue Paull/Eco Turf Farms)

What the hell? If Layton starts talking in that gruff Christian Bale voice he’s lost my  vote.

(Source: fuckyeahtoronto)