Most people wish they were taller, but few people think that there might be any drawbacks to living in a world that was made to accommodate people a foot shorter than you. Here's a bunch of tall people cramped into small spaces, leering over bathroom dividers, hitting their heads on stuff, and generally being what seems like inappropriately tall. For some instructions for the tall, here's memes about how to talk to short people.
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Warm up your eyes and get ready to be puzzled. We've got giant cats, people with horses for faces, things that look like other things and loads of other junk. Anyway, get ready for confusion and "aha" moments. For more optical illusions, check out these eye-crumbling images of crazy perspective
Apparently, that loveably stupid character was supposed to get more screen time, but it just didn't pan out. Between marketing and production of the movie, the creators realized they'd have to make a change. Hey, I'm still happy with their work. Also God bless Alan Tudyk, aka Wash aka Pirate Steve. For somefunny and cool knowledge about the original Jurassic Park, check this out.
Writing your nickname on a train car is one thing but turning an electrical box into a self portrait is some cool and unexpected artwork. Here are interesting uses of urban environments that were transformed through clever and interesting painting. For more of these, check out these pieces of cool graffiti that reinvented urban environments.
Well never understand what makes a person swerve around a railroad barrier to try to beat a train. And while we'll never understand it, we will certainly watch these idiots do exactly that every single time. For more gifs of insane crap, here's some godlike times people defied the odds and stuck the landing.
Behold, what was once an obstructive pipe is now a saxophone! Here's public graffiti that either made a statement or just cleverly tried to make the best out of a less-than-pretty concrete landscape. For more art finding its way into everyday life, here are some brilliantly vandalized school textbooks.
Depending on what country you live in, "just go to the doctor" is a sentence that's much more complicated and expensive than it sounds. Apparently, for author Mary Robinette Kowal, the experience in Iceland was surprisingly simple. Like, holy crap, same day tests?
You are NOT ready for this feels trip. Plain and simple. Just look at the judges as their jaws hit the floor when the young and wildly talented Kodi Lee starts singing, while playing the piano. This guy has a beautiful gift, and the world's lucky he's sharing it with them.
After a crazy freak accident, this man was able to pull himself out of his destroyed car and walk away. Holy crap that thing is wrecked. And holy crap is he lucky to be alive. If you wanna see more unlikely and mostly uplifting coincidences, then check these out.
It's what we've always wanted to do when we see someone hoarding a perfectly good parking spot. This person just happened to have the energy, time, and dedication to really make it happen. Hats off to these acts of somewhat petty but always satisfying displays of street justice.
Whether it's a lie promoted from a government in wartime, or a company trying to to sell more product, there are some falsehoods people live with that are a direct result of very persuasive marketing. But hey, it's good to learn why we think the things we think. On a lighter note, here are fake facts people believed for WAY too long.
Charlotte said "My father had not seen his Army buddy, Ken, in 58 years and our family arranged a surprise visit. Incidentally, Dad's nickname in the Army was "Tex" and no one else has ever called him that."
That's some pretty powerful stuff right there.
Here's Tumblr going in on the wondrous life of Gotz von Berlichingen. If only we could all be so lucky to live a life as fruitful as the drunken warrior poet with an iron hand. The people of Tumblr know their weird history and are jazzed about letting other people know, hence this awesome tumblr thread about messed up history facts.
When visiting another country, or even a museum, most people know to be respectful. But that's most people. There are some idiots out there who try to mess with wild animals, steal stuff, and be generally stupid. Some are even worse, like this obnoxious group of British Tourists who actually received national attention for how bad they were.
If you've ever found yourself "accidentally" doing something illegal, it's easy to get paranoid and imagine there could be an authority figure behind any tree, corner, or about to pop out of a storm drain. Now imagine you're fishing illegally and you find yourself reeling in a fish and game warden, like a goddamn cartoon. On the other side of the spectrum, here are stories of 17 police officers encounters with criminal masterminds.
Tumblr, being it's own weird-ass self, went on a anthropological news search for preserved food that could result in the ingredients for a well aged grilled cheese. It's a stupid experiment, but hey, why else do we have the internet? Tumblr has done some amazing work, like the time they ran the math on the exact day of Ice Cube's "Good Day"
