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“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.]

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)

This is for my friend Mats!

thedailywhat:

Lost Sign of the Day: I truly have an endless love for this sign that’s louder than words.

Make your own!

[fcoti / duckie.]

(via thedailywhat)

Well. You don’t see that everyday.

laphamsquarterly:

Marilyn Monroe goes shopping in New York City, 1957.