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Metal fans are petitioning to have late GWAR singer Dave Brockie immortalized as a playable character in Mortal Kombat X.

Pictured below as his on-stage character, Oderus Urungus, he sort of looks like a mixture of Shao Kahn and Baraka. The petition has nearly 3,700 signatures, and its creator, "Boston Brand," is aiming for 5,000. From the petition page:

"People who are familiar with GWAR know Oderus Urungus, (played by Dave Brockie) the former singer of the band, unfortunately passed away last March. Oderus was as hilarious as he was viscous, and also one of the most colorful and creative characters not only in rock history, but also history in general. Though his music will live on, what better way would there be to further immortalize (toasty) Oderus Urungus then to have him be a playable character on Mortal Kombat X."

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Apple on Tuesday announced its best quarter ever — and the most profitable quarter for any company in history. But that was because of the iPhone. Growth of the iPad, meanwhile, has hit a wall. In fact, the iPad was the only negative aspect of Apple's earnings report.

Based on company data charted for us by BI Intelligence, Apple sold 21.5 million iPad units, which fell below Wall Street expectations and was down 17% year-over-year. Just looking at the chart, it looks like iPad's sales growth peaked in last December, the same quarter Apple launched the iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display. Apple CEO Tim Cook says there's some cannibalization going on — the iPhone on one side and the Mac on the other — but he also hinted at the iPad having room for growth, particularly in the workplace. "The real opportunity is to bring mobility into the enterprises and change how people work," Cook said on Tuesday's call.

Apple just launched its partnership with IBM last quarter, and the company is expected to launch its first 12-inch iPad, which may offer more features for advanced productivity.

SEE ALSO: The iPhone Helped Apple Make History This Quarter

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"Watch cute dog Maymo react as he is approached by a veritable army of robots. Using his signature ninja agility skills and combat strategy, Maymo knocks off each robot, until the enemy is vanquished."

A blazer and jeans is just about the official uniform for stand-up comics with a modicum of success, and to guarantee you keep bringing down the house once you've made it, the folks at Adafruit have put together a tutorial showing you how to make a jacket with a built-in laugh track (and other useful sound effects).

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Jeff Bridges has recorded an ambient album designed to help listeners fall asleep.

The Jeff Bridges Sleeping Tapes is a double album featuring The Dude's gravelly voice against a backdrop of soft piano and other ambient sounds.

Jeff Bridges as The Dude in The Big Lebowski

Bridges recorded the album with composer Keefus Ciancia, who has written music for True Detective and Nashville.

"While working on the Sleeping Tapes album we put in some long hours," Bridges told Fact. "Listening back to our day’s work, I’d often drift off. I’d wake up and smile saying, 'This stuff works.'"

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If you're one of the people who thinks that the Super Bowl ads are the best part about watching the game, you might not even have to tune in live this year: More than 115 Super Bowl ads or teasers have already been posted to YouTube so far.

That's up 80% from the same time last year, and the posted videos had more than triple the watchtime than posted videos did in 2014.

Here are the most popular, in ascending order:

10. This Newcastle ad with Aubrey Plaza has more than 2 million views:

9. This adorable "Dear Kitten" commercial — a BuzzFeed / Friskies collaboration — already has 2.8 million views:

8. This Snickers teaser, with 2.9 million views, shows that the candy bar company plans to riff on the recent popularity of "The Brady Bunch":

7. This Mercedes-Benz racing commercial has reeled in 3.2 million:

6. This BMW shows has some hilarious vintage footage of Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel. It has more than 6 million views:

5. Burger company Carl's Jr has raked in 6.1 million views for its super sexual ad:

4. Kim Kardashian has 8.8 million views for her self-satirizing #SaveTheData T-Mobile commercial:

3. This Bud Light commercial about a man playing a game of real-life PacMan has 10.9 million views as of now:

2. Budweiser's follow-up to it super popular puppy ad last year has an astounding 12.5 million views already:

1. But the top-watched is Nissan, with the "Crazy Plastic Ball PRANK!!" which it made as a collaboration with YouTube star Roman Atwood. The video has already generated an impressive 20.6 million views:

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