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Yesterday was X-Ray Day, which few people know means anyone in the world can get unlimited free X-rays all day (that is a lie, sadly, nobody celebrates X-Ray Day). The X-ray was first discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen on November 8, 1895, though he likely never suspected the comic and bizarre applications his invention might [...]

Today, November 3rd, is National Sandwich Day, because it’s the birthday of the man who created the food item, John Montagu (1718-1792), the Fourth Earl of Sandwich (seriously). Supposedly, Montagu invented the food during a marathon 24-hour gambling session during which he wanted to be able to eat with only one hand. The solution he [...]

Today, for some reason we can’t quite figure out, is National Play-Doh Day. Our only hunch is that today may be the 54th anniversary of the invention of the product by Joseph McVicker, although we’ve had a hard time pinning down an exact date. Regardless, in its time on the market it’s become a staple [...]

We’ve long been fond of embarrassing pet costumes, although we’re starting to suspect that this interest says more about us than it does about the nutty owners who dress their domestic animals as other things. Nevertheless, the Web’s fondness for all things unicorn seemed to present the perfect foil to our love of pet costumes, [...]

70 years ago (give or take a few days) that more-than-a-little hallucinatory musical journey from the Midwest into a fairytale, The Wizard of Oz, first opened on the big screen.Funny story: the film actually premiered in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, where most of the pre-drug trip pre-tornado scenes were filmed. Because we can never quite get enough [...]

We recently passed along some pictures of dogs who were maxing and relaxing in truly chill style. Little did we know we would be revisiting the subject so soon with Urlesque’s listicle of 6 Videos of Dogs on Swings. These are some really relaxed dogs, and watching them swing back and forth is oddly calming, [...]

In principle we disapprove of eating domestic animals. In fact, until our confused cow Chester died when we were eight, we refused to eat beef. Dogs, horses and turtles, meanwhile, are still very much off-limits. However, on occasion we come across an adorable little cutie who’s so sweet  we just want to eat her or [...]

We’re starting to think that we just don’t have what it takes to chill. The fact that we have to try to begin with is pretty telling, but even so, most of our attempts fail. Lying in the park seems like a great time to chill, but we could be reading! Sitting at home watching [...]

A video of a dolphin rapping (well, okay, a person in a dolphin suit rapping, but you’ll need to suspend that disbelief from here on out) came to our attention earlier this week. We quickly realized that over the years we’ve seen many videos of animals more-or-less-rapping on the Web, and that there certainly must [...]

Our ongoing obsession with short animated films takes up more of our time on a daily basis then we’ll admit here, but on balance we think it’s worth it. Not unlike the relationship between short stories and novels, short films offer a no less wide open field of possibilities on which creators have limitless possibilities [...]