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During last night’s Super Bowl, Coke unveiled this cinematic-looking, patriotic, one-minute commercial that celebrated the country’s natural beauty and embrace of diversity by showing people of various backgrounds singing “America the Beautiful” in their own languages. Evidently, because the Internet is full of people who think Americans should only speak “American”, this led to threats of a boycott. Though the hashtag “boycottcoke” initially led to comments like “America the Beautiful was meant to be sung in our accepted language” and “You can’t sing an American song in another language!”, it was soon overtaken by Twitter users explaining how ridiculous the complaints were. Only in America could a harmless soda ad lead to heated online arguments about race, patriotism and diversity ...

Congratulations to football legend Joe Namath and his amazing Ikea monkey-inspired fur coat (as pictured below by Storify). Even though they only made a brief appearance during the pregame coin flip, they still managed to be the evening’s Most Valuable Player. At least, according to the Internet ...

Google has partnered with Lego for a new interactive tool called “Build with Chrome” that lets users create Lego structures within Google Maps. The feature’s only useful application is being awesome. The video below shows how it works. Say goodbye to any productivity you were hoping to muster up this afternoon ...

OK, first of all, this: there are four million songs on Spotify that nobody has ever listened to. That is a pretty crazy number, and it's about 20 percent of Spotify's entire library. It's also a hipster's Candyland. Just think of it. Millions of obscure songs from unheard bands, just waiting for you find them before they're cool. And Spotify just made it a lot easier by releasing an app called "Forgotify." It creates a randomly sorted playlist of Spotify's unloved songs, and you can comb through them to your heart's content. Obviously, a lot of it could be garbage but, who knows, you might just get credited with discovering 2014's breakout artist. But if you do, best to keep it to yourself. No sense in bringing a cool band to the mainstream ...

Now you can wear Google Glass without looking like a nerdy cyborg! Google has unveiled four new styles of frames (with five color options) that actually make the wearable technology look relatively fashionable (considering you’ve got a computer connected to your face). The frames will be available for lens prescriptions and include the option of detachable sunglasses, so you’ll be able to wear your Internet-connected Terminator eye wherever you go. Google hopes to make Glass available to consumers later this year ...

You may remember when a member of the band The Knocks got in some trouble for posting this picture of Daft Punk unmasked at Sony Records a few months. Or, you may have seen this image of two maskless men that look very similar leaving LAX recently. The music site SPINR noticed that two gentlemen seated next to the robots during Sunday’s Grammy ceremony—who also congratulated Pharrell Williams for the Record of the Year win—look almost identical. Could the actual Daft Punk duo have been seated next to the robots the whole time? It appears we’ve all been Daft Punk’d ...

You may want to look closely at your credit card bill. Since the massive breach of Target’s customer credit card information database, the Better Business Bureau has seen scores of consumers report mysterious charges to their cards. The one thing they all have in common? They’re all for $9.84. The charges are usually for some sort of ambiguous “customer support” fee, but are actually fraudsters using the relatively small amount to hopefully go undetected. According to this report from CBS News, if you see one of the mysterious charges, “Call the card issuer. It’s likely that your card or card number is in the hands of a crook. You need a new card and to place a fraud alert on your credit file” ...

In-flight safety videos are generally pretty boring. We get it, fasten the seat belt securely, in the event of an emergency help yourself first, don’t smoke in the bathroom blah, blah, blah. But this retro version from Delta is one that flyers may actually want to watch instead of thumbing through an old issue of Sky Mall. With cameos from Teddy Ruxpin and Alf, a sweet synth beat and dozens of ‘80s pop culture references, we have no problem sitting back, relaxing and enjoying this brief safety video ...

Chipotle is getting into the TV business—with a series about exploding cows. Back in September, the burrito chain released a stirring short animated film called The Scarecrow that showed a bleak dystopian world created by fast food production industry. (The casual dining chain that prides itself on fresh ingredients evidently really hates fast food.) Now, Chipotle is producing a four-episode satirical series called Farmed and Dangerous, about a creepy pistol-wielding, food industry executive whose new method of meat production also causes cows to explode. Literally, the show features exploding cows.

Ray Wise, of Twin Peaks and Tim and Eric fame plays the “Animoil” executive who will stop at nothing—even sacrificing the integrity of his own daughter—to keep his evil beef company in business. Subtle, huh? You can go here to watch a trailer. (Just a heads up, it contains some mild language and images of cows exploding.) A producer on the series told The New York Times that Chipotle’s vision is to communicate a message about the values of fresh food, not advertise for their own restaurant. “Farmed and Dangerous is meant to strike large emotional chords—it’s not about selling burritos” ...

Rob Lowe may be saying goodbye to Parks and Rec, but don’t fear. NBC has literally ordered a sitcom pilot, which, according to Variety, is “set in a tennis and golf club, where Lowe’s character [an ex-tennis pro] and his former partner reunite after a public feud.” The Pro is being written by two sitcom vets whose credits include The Larry Sanders Show and Frasier, so who knows, it might actually be pretty good. Literally ...

On MSNBC yesterday, the news outlet was broadcasting an interview with Congresswoman Jane Harman, all the way from the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, when an earth-shattering, breaking news update caused the anchor to abruptly cut off the elected leader. What could be more important than a discussion with a Washington official about the NSA and new recommendations to protect the public’s privacy? Justin Bieber was appearing in court for a bunch of stuff that doesn’t really matter. Welcome to the modern age of cable news journalism. Meanwhile on Fox News, they were actually doing the job of real journalists, and reporting on some SUPER important stuff ...

The American Bible Society has released their latest list of the most (and least) Bible-minded cities in the country, and for the second straight year, the title went to a city in Tennessee. According to their research, conducted in partnership with Barna Group—which involved interviews with 10s of thousands of people about their personal Bible-reading habits and beliefs about scripture’s accuracy—Chattanooga is the most Bible-minded place in the country. Last year’s title-holder, Knoxville, fell to No. 10. Notably, every city on the top 10 list (which included areas like Birmingham, Ala., Charlotte, N.C., Little Rock, Ark. and Shreveport, La.) were all in the south. As for the “least Bible-Minded city”, that prestigious designation goes to Providence, R.I./New Bedford, Mass. Also notable, is the fact that out of the 10 least Bible-minded cities, two are in New York and five are in New England ...

Well, this is interesting. Researchers have found that living in an area with a large concentration of conservative Protestants increases your chances for divorce—even if you, yourself, are not a Christian at all. According to researchers, “Conservative Protestant community norms and the institutions they create seem to increase divorce risk," suggesting that the high value of marriage among Protestants may make those with struggling relationships less likely to seek help. While they can only hazard guesses a to why, they say that the data indicates that if the proportion of Christians in the average American county were to move from 0% to 100%, the local divorce rate would double ...

Your favorite breakfast cereal is nothing but one, big lie. The crushers of childhood dreams over at Foodbeast.com recently conducted a blind taste test to determine if consumers could distinguish the difference between the brightly-colored rings of sweet goodness found in Froot Loops (note: most likely for legal reasons, they can not be referred to as “fruit” loops), and found that each color was actually the same flavor. Not content on just ruining Froot Loops for generations to come, they also used the same methodology to discredit the disguising colors behind Trix and Fruity Pebbles. All of those glorious blues, eye-catching greens and bright-like-the-rising-sun reds are nothing but sugary lies ...

There is a mugger on the loose in Texas' Lamar County but, never fear, the local police department is on the case. By interviewing the two women who've been held up by this crook, a sketch artist has put together the below drawing in hopes that the public will be able to spot him and turn him over to justice. As you can see, the perp appears to have a face, presumably right in the middle of a distinctively Charlie Brown-like head. Thusly armed, time is surely almost up for the Lamar County Bandit. You can run, sir, but you cannot hide ...

Start your Tuesday off the right way: With new music. Right now on RELEVANT’s The Drop, the incredible new album from indie darlings Kye Kye, Fantasize, is streaming for free. And, if you’re a fan of atmospheric stylings from artists like Sigur Ros and Coldplay, you’ll want to be sure to check out this stripped down Kye Kye performance video for their single “Honest Affection”, also playing right now on RELEVANT TV ...

A France-based ad agency was tasked with coming up with a campaign to promote the international non-profit Innocence en Danger, a group that works to stop the sexual abuse of children on the Internet. For the “Who’s really chatting online with your child?” campaign, the agency took playful Emoji icons, and made them into chilling, real-life monsters, to showcase the danger of interacting with strangers online ...

Your Cinco de Mayo just got a whole lot more intense. Fox has announced that a special two-hour premiere of the new 12-hour season of 24 (being dubbed “Live Another Day”) will finally air on May 5. The real-time espionage show featuring the exploits of covert agent Jack Bauer ended after eight season back in 2010, but when talks of a 24 feature film were put on hold (the movie is still a possibility, but isn’t currently moving forward), Fox decided to revive the primetime favorite. The new season will still take place over a 24-hour period, with episodes playing out in real time, but because of the shorten season length, not all the hours of the day will be shown (presumably skipping the period of time a major character finds themselves ensnared in a bear trap). The network also announced that Australian actress Yvonne Strahovski, known for her role in Chuck, will be joining the cast in the new episodes that take place in London ...

Those familiar with the work of director Wes Anderson know that every shot he frames is basically the equivalent of a moving painting. The filmmaker behind favorites including The Royal Tenenbaums and Moonrise Kingdom is famously obsessed with minor details, down to specific colors, wardrobes and lighting, so it’s no wonder that each of these stills from the upcoming The Grand Budapest Hotel look like National Geographic-quality portraits. The film hits theaters in March ...

Author, actor and infamous “PC guy” John Hodgman is headed to Parks and Recreation. According to Entertainment Weekly, the bookish humorist will be (perfectly) cast as an snooty NPR host from Pawnee’s rival town Eagleton, who begins a feud with fellow local public radio personality Derry Murbles in an upcoming episode. Murbles, you may remember, hosts Pawnee’s version of an NPR interview program, Thoughts for Your Thoughts. Ironically, Hodgman is also an occasional contributor to NPR staple This American Life, so at least he has a good sense of humor about the whole geeky NPR thing ...

Former NPR and NBC News executive Vivian Schiller was recently named Twitter’s “head of news,” and this Wednesday was her first day on the job. She Tweeted this picture of a fire safety sign found at her new office, that—as anyone who uses Twitter probably knows—is most likely not ironic. Be safe out there Twitter users, and heed the advice should you ever find yourself in a burning building ...

A group of Satanists has unveiled the design for a monument to the devil that they are planning on erecting at the Oklahoma State Capitol—the same building where a statue of the Ten Commandments was placed in 2012. It appears that the Satanists took the subtle, less-is-more approach to design: The 7-foot-tall stone monument features a terrifying, goat-headed Satan, with massive horns and wings, seated on a throne talking to children. It is the stuff of nightmares. In a statement, Satanic Temple spokesman Lucien Greaves described the usefulness of the hellish design: "The statue will also have a functional purpose as a chair where people of all ages may sit on the lap of Satan for inspiration and contemplation." See, it’s also versatile. Currently, a local chapter of the ACLU is pursuing a lawsuit to have the Ten Commandments monument removed—a move that would also likely prevent other religious statues from also being placed at the capitol. Obviously, some non-Satanist legislators have taken issue with the massive throne of Lucifer that may soon adorn their place of work. Rep. Don Armes told CBS News, “I think we need to be tolerant of people who think different than us, but this is Oklahoma, and that's not going to fly here" ...

What could possibly be better than a refreshing, sugar-infused can of Mountain Dew paired with a cheddary, neon-orange bag of Cheetos? Until now, almost nothing. The mad snack scientists at Frito-Lay have just unveiled this unwholesome alchemy of flavor fusion, that combines the two addictive vending machine staples into one irresistible consumption experience. Unfortunately, it’s currently only available in Japan, though clearly, the $3.50 snack is worth the trip ...