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There are a Lot of Reasons That So Many Cartoon Characters are Yellow

Why are so many iconic animated characters yellow? The answer lies in random personal choices, scientific and marketing theory, as well as the color of the sky.

Thank you, Sploid, for writing an article about our yellow characters video! We appreciate the love! Also, great choice of thumbnail!

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Make an adult drink milk on the screen, and everything becomes deeply unsettling. [x]

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Can You See All 12 Black Dots At Once?

Ninio’s extinction illusion

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Giraffe Soup

animation by  Anatola Howard

Chinese restaurants can be really fun and lively places, where family and friends gather around giant banquet tables to talk, drink, and laugh together—all while eating food that’s constantly being spun around a Lazy Susan. Anatola Howard’s short animation Giraffe Soup captures the essence of eating Chinese food at a Chinese restaurant perfectly.

It’s also really great because it tells the story from the perspective of a kid, which translates perfectly to any outsider who’s looked at the dishes on the table and wondered what in the heck they were about to eat.

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Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome!

Welcome to tumblr!

Welcome to the post.

Welcome to Wayne’s World, Goodburger, Fight Club, Hogwarts, Earth, Jurassic Park, the real world.

Welcome to LA, the Daily Bugle, the jungle, high school, and another edition of Thunderdome

Welcome to the concept of semantic satiation, where your sleepwalking brain will soon turn the words “welcome to” into meaningless noises.

Welcome to an incredibly thorough compilation by Burger Fiction.

A Supercut of Movies Welcoming You to the Movie You’re Watching

SPLOID Burger Fiction

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To cap off their freshman year at the Naval Academy, hundreds of plebes try to scale the greased down Herndon Monument to replace the hat on top of the 21-foot tall obelisk. It’s a fun tradition that teaches teamwork and caps off a hard year—but it looks oh so ridiculous to see so many shirtless human bodies recklessly piled on top of each other, like some sort of zombie horde trying to jump a barrier.

The moment when the hat is placed on top of the obelisk is the best.

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How to Send an Email in 1984.

Personal computing has changed a lot in the last 30 years, as this episode segment from 80s tech show Database will no doubt prove. 

Datbase (1984 - ) (UK) was an early series for computer addicts, this actually broadcast live software which could be recorded onto your machine over the end credits.

On Friday March 11th Bryan Menegus from sploid (gizmodo) shared this incredible piece of vintage content. What the heck is the Micronet indeed? 

Electronic message writing down the phone line. First shown on Thames TV's computer programme 'Database' in 1984

WATCH HERE

Internet shopping - Database - 1984. Watch here. 

More from FMarchive: youtube.com/user/ThamesTv. 

Photo credit: sploid/fremantlemedia. 

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Every original Star Wars trilogy vehicle to scale

Behold every single vehicle in the original Star Wars trilogy drawn to scale! Each and every one of the 48 spaceships, animals, and land vehicles, from the E...

Wow. The Sploid Star Wars video just passed a million views! I don’t think I’ve ever had a million of anything before. Neat.