After years of delays, the world’s largest commercial airplane took its first test flight Monday. The Boeing 747-8 will lift almost a million pounds fully loaded into the air when it goes into service, possibly by next year.
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How many times have looked in a mirror and saw someone you didn’t realize was there with you? Never? Well, it happens a LOT in the movies. (via Gorilla Mask)
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Movie posters and video game titles. They go together so well!
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An Intellectual History of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. It began in 1964, which makes it older than any of the models in this year’s edition.
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The sex scene from Back to the Future. It was cut from the final movie after it ripped the space-time continuum.
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The Best Neuroscience Study Guide Ever (Because It Has Cats). And a sparkly title and lots of sweet sugary cuteness along the synapses. (via Metafilter)
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VIII Random Facts About Henry VIII. Most of which have nothing to do with six wives or his new religion.