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Who delivers presents to baby sharks? Santa Jaws.

Fozzie the Bear, A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008)

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laughingsquid:

Miniature Tire Swing

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OK, wuuuuuttttt????

Orca tries to communicate with humans by imitating their boat’s motor.

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Dr. Seuss Died 20 Years Ago Today

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mentalflossr:

We lost Dr. Seuss on September 24, 1991. Stacy Conradt remembers the man and his work: 10 Stories Behind Dr. Seuss Stories.

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Amazing NASA Video of Aurora Australis as Seen From Space

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matthen:

Chaos Theory is a very important area of mathematics which can explain a lot of what we see in the real world.  A pendulum with one mass is relatively easy to explain mathematically, and it behaves nicely. However if you put another mass in there, it behaves chaotically. Technically, this means that if you change the starting positions only slightly, the state of the system a short time later can change drastically.  The weather is chaotic- a small error in measuring it today could be the difference between rain and no rain in a weeks days time. Watch these two pendulum systems quickly diverge, though they both start off with nearly the same settings. [more] [code]

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Barry Manilow's hit “I Write the Songs” was not written by Barry Manilow.

[hman]

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hman:

Q2: Why aren’t all flavors in every bag?

Sometimes, due to wrapper changes, one or more of the flavors may not be included for a period of time.

Q3: What are Mystery Flavor™ Dum Dums?

The Mystery Flavor™ is a secret. We can only reveal that the Mystery Flavor continuously changes and is not limited to current Dum Dums flavors. It’s up to Dum Dums fans to guess the flavor of these mysterious pops.

Q5: How many flavors of Dum Dums do you have?

We have many flavors but usually about 16 flavors + the Mystery Flavor™ are produced at one time for the current assortment.

Q6: Why isn’t there more of my favorite flavor in the bag?

We try to maintain a roughly equal proportion of flavors in the bags. Sometimes, due to wrapper changes, one or more flavors may have a higher (or lower) number of pops in the bag.

(dumdumpops.com)

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huffpostcomedy:

Michele Bachmann’s Amazon reviews

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beingblog:

Yes. Most definitely. Long live Fresh Air on Tumblr:

some music for your monday: npr music is streaming the new wilco album ‘the whole love’ in its entirety. enjoy!

~reblogged by Trent Gilliss, senior editor

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rollingstone:

Yesterday marked the 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and as family, friends and colleagues paid their respects to those lost at Ground Zero, Paul Simon performed a touching rendition of the Simon & Garfunkel classic “Sound of Silence.”

To watch the memorable moment - as well as James Taylor’s performance of “You Can Close Your Eyes”  - head over to RollingStone.com.

—Keegan Prosser

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beingblog:

Tuesday Evening Melody: “Hallo” by DRC Music

by Chris Heagle, technical director

Cool new music and a good cause. Hard to argue with that.

This weeks’ track comes from a new project put together by Damon Albarn of Gorillaz fame. In July, he traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with a group of 11 producers to record an album in 5 days… and film the whole process. The result is a remarkable collaboration across cultures called Kinshasa One Two. This song “Hallo” appears to be the early hit from the album. All proceeds from the record will go to Oxfam, which is providing aid to those affected by the deepening humanitarian crisis in the DRC.

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flavorpill:

Mazzy Star

While we’re on lushly beautiful, let’s also revisit the work of Mazzy Star. Hope Sandoval and David Roback haven’t played together since 2003, with the former having since founded a new band called the Warm Inventions and the latter having decamped to Norway. But seeing as they’ve apparently never officially broken up (Sandoval hinted in 2009 that a new album may arrive one day), we’re not calling this a lost cause just yet. Either way, you can hear Mazzy Star’s influence in the work of artists like Widowspeak and Trespassers William, and we’re sure a reunion would be welcomed by pretty much anyone with ears.

11 ’90s Bands We’d Love to See Reunite

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VH1 Classic To Televise A Never-Before-Seen 1991 Nirvana Concert