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The Shenley Wood Village Retirement Community has put together this amazing 2015 calendar that features recreated movie posters. The calendar can be purchased here, with all proceeds going to charity. [via distractify] Previously: 21 Heart-Warming Random Acts of Kindness  

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A 1906 issue of Scientific American examines motorized roller skates exhibited at that year's Paris Automobile Show. There were several models in development by different inventors at the time, including these by French inventor M. Constantini. They're basically tiny cars that he wore on his feet:

In view of the fact that each skate contains a gasoline motor, carbureter, battery, and spark coil, it will be seen that the whole has been reduced to a comparatively small size. The use of the rubber-tired wheels is found to give a very smooth-running movement. On the back of each skate will be observed the small sheet-iron box which contains the battery and the spark coil. From the box a pair of wires protected by rubber tubing passes up to the leather belt which the person wears, 'and upon the belt is placed the switch by which he is able to make or break the ignition circuit when he wishes to start or stop the motor or to regulate its speed. On the back part of the belt is fixed a small gasoline tank in the form of a flat and slightly curved sheet-iron box.

You can see patent drawings of other motorized skates at The Old Motor, a fun website about strange antique cars.

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When you gotta go, you gotta go, but where? More and more public restrooms are unisex, or gender-neutral, meaning anyone can use them. Another term is “family” restrooms, even if it’s a one-holer. Signs used to designate these restrooms can take on a real flair, as shown here. See 17 creative restroom signs for a new generation at Buzzfeed.

I can’t believe what you ladies have to put up with…the subreddit Creepy PMs is dedicated to documenting all those terrible conversations initiated by creepy dudes.

The quokka is an Australian animal that is regarded as one of the happiest looking in the world. Locals are enjoying taking selfies with the creature and it makes for some super sweet snaps.

 

Photography and design are the heart of the Internet. Graphics, GIF clips, and artistic photos are important parts of enhancing any experience. The world wide web is full of photographic content; any web search is sure to produce billions of images. While image searches pull up plenty of unique graphics, it is often difficult to find the right sized imagery for your particular need.

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Be careful what you wish for, because with great power comes great responsibility. These familiar adages go double for this video from College Humor. You may feel nostalgic for the ‘90s if it was your childhood (otherwise, I just don’t see it), but going back is not the funfest it might seem. Now, if time travel were possible, this scenario puts an entirely different spin on events that we still don’t understand. What if the most senseless events from history were an attempt to stop something even worse? This video contains NSFW language. -via Viral Viral Videos

Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen. Visit Eddie at his website or at Facebook.

George Herman “Babe" Ruth is, without a doubt, the most famous, beloved and mythical baseball player of all-time. Perhaps of all athletes, ever, only Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan have been more influential and as well-known.

The guy hit his legendary 714 home runs in 22 seasons (1914-1935), drove in over 2,200 runs and had a lifetime batting average of .342. Not only that, but he was also a star pitcher in his early days, compiling a lifetime record of 94 wins and 46 losses. Okay, let's take a look at 12 facts you may not have known about “The Sultan of Swat,” the one and only Babe Ruth.

1. He started out as a left-handed catcher.

Young George Ruth started playing baseball at St. Marys Industrial School for Boys in Baltimore. He began his career as a left-handed catcher, the rarest of all position players.

Ruth, top row center, at St. Marys Industrial School for Boys.

The school only had a catcher's mitt for a right-hander, so George would catch the ball with his left hand. If a runner on base tried to steal, he'd toss the glove aside, catch the ball in the air and throw it to second base with his left hand.

2. He became a pitcher because he ridiculed another pitcher.

Young George was sitting on the bench during one game and he watched a pitcher getting slaughtered on the mound. “Well George,” said his team coach, “If you think it's so funny, why don't you try pitching yourself?"

Although the intention was probably to embarrass George, he took the mound and pitched a great game. Thereafter, he began a career as an ace pitcher.

3. He wasn't a bad baserunner.

Although not that fast, Babe did steal over 50 bases in his first four seasons with the Yankees (1929-1923). Incredibly, he stole home 10 times in his career, which is more times than the all-time base-stealing leader, Ricky Henderson.

4. One of his favorite snacks was pickled eels and chocolate ice cream.

5. He slept in the raw and hated wearing underwear.

6. He played himself in The Pride of the Yankees (1942) a film biography of his old teammate Lou Gehrig.

Gary Cooper and Babe Ruth in The Pride of the Yankees.

Babe was so excited about the role, he went on a crash diet to lose weight and look good in the movie. He lost 47 pounds in 60 days and had to be rushed to the hospital because of the sudden weight loss.

6. While filming The Pride of the Yankees, he became so excited re-creating a world series victory scene, he punched his fist through a window and cut himself.

7. He was involved in a strange "perfect" game.

On June 23, 1917, Babe was pitching a game and walked a batter on four straight pitches. Furious at what he saw as bad calls by the umpire, he got into an argument with the ump and socked him in the nose.

After Ruth was tossed from the game, Ernie Shore came in to relieve him. The baserunner Shore inherited was caught stealing second. Then Shore proceeded to retire the next 26 batters in a row.

This "shared" no-hitter was one of the oddest ever pitched.

9. He liked to cool off with a cabbage leaf on his head.

On hot days, Babe liked to put a wet cabbage leaf under his cap while he played the outfield.

10. He liked his steaks uncooked and he loved lots of eggs for breakfast.

Babe's prodigious appetite is well-documented. He liked to eat his steaks uncooked and would eat two at a time, smothering the steaks with a whole bottle of chili sauce. He once ate four steaks at one sitting. For breakfast, he would reputedly eat 18-egg omelets.

11. He still holds the record for winning the longest complete game in world series history.

In 1916, Babe, while pitching for the Red Sox, beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-1 in a 14-inning complete game victory.

12. He is the only person to ever walk out on a movie premiere of his own life story.

On June 26, 1948, Babe and his wife, Claire, attended the premiere of The Babe Ruth Story. The movie was terrible, and Babe was very sick (he was to die less than two months later) and these two facts combined to force Babe and Claire to walk out on the premiere half way through.

Mainstream media is saturated with images of young and beautiful lovers – but what about the timeless and fathomless bonds shared between old couples who have shared each other’s love for more than 50 years? Photographer Lauren Fleishman set out to capture heartwarming, tender portraits of couples whose love for each other has survived half a century in a heartwarming photo series called “The Lovers.”

The photographer initially intended to shoot 50 couples, but the project quickly ballooned to almost 100. She found that simply asking the old couples to kiss seemed to make them more comfortable and remember their youthful love.

Fleishman was inspired to start the series when she read the love letters her grandfather had written to her grandmother during WWII. After he passed away, his diary connected the photographer to her grandparents’ marriage in a way that she couldn’t experience before.

More info: laurenfleishman.com | Instagram | schiltpublishing.com (h/t: time)

Yevgeniy and Lyubov Kissin

“We met each other at a dancing party. It was January 1938. My friend invited me to the party. He said there were a lot of beautiful young girls. Another cadet with high boots had approached her but she didn’t like high boots and so she said no to him. I was the second one to approach her, I had a different uniform, but I’m still not sure if it was my uniform or my face that attracted her to me.” 

Ykov and Mariya Shapirshteyn

“What is the secret to love? A secret is a secret and I don’t reveal my secrets!” 

Moses and Tessie Rubenstein

“Everyday my wife expresses her love for me. She says, “Did I tell you how much I love you today?” Everyday—everyday she says that.”

Leon and Harriett Bolotin

“I always knew it was going to be Harriett.”

John and Sherma Campbell

“When you start out, you think you love each other as much as you possibly can,but love grows—just like your inner self grows as time goes by and you have experiences.And now at this stage of the game, I love him even more. I can’t even imagine life without him.”

Joseph and Dorothy Bolotin

 “I never think of it in terms of years. I think of it in terms of good years. In love, hot romance doesn’t last forever. So I would say that yes, I think love changes. I would say we’re still in love. It’s focusing, doing little things. He’s an amazing man.”

Fred and Fran Futterman

“You have to remember the times were different. We met in the 1939 and we didn’t have money. So, our group of friends always met at our friend Betty’s basement. There weren’t things like dates and going out to dinner. We didn’t know those things because we didn’t have money. So, instead, we enjoyed each others’ company.”

Itig and Golda Pollac

“We knew each other before the war but we never spoke. He was with other girls because he was much, much older than me. You know—he was very nice looking! He was a tailor and he had a place where he made suits for men. 
When we came back from the war he had gone to my sister’s house. I was staying with her. In August of this year we will have been married 63 years. I would say love came little by little. Not right away. We were young and he was older but I liked him. He spoke to me in a very nice way.”

Jake and Mary Jacobs

“Jake said to me,’Would it ever be possible for me to marry you?’ And I said,’Possible but not probable!’ And that’s how it was. It wasn’t likely that I would ever marry him, and he knew that. So when he went home to Trinidad, my mother and father breathed a sigh of relief. But he used to write, and he said, ‘I’m thinking I might come back to England.”

Gino and Angie Terranova

“You really don’t think about getting older. First of all, you’re aging together and, when you see a person constantly, you don’t notice big changes. Like you don’t notice, oh you’re getting a little wrinkle here and tomorrow you say, oh it’s a little deeper. No those are things that just happen. You don’t pay attention to those things. You dont realize it—really. You don’t realize that you’re—I mean—I’m not thinking everyday—oh my husband’s 83 years old he’s gonna be 84. Oh my goodness, I’m married to an old man. And, I hope he feels that way too.” 

Jin Lin Chen and Lai Mei Chen

“We met when we lived in China. I was on vacation in another town and we only saw each other for three days. We lived very far apart and so, when I returned home, we sent letters. At that time we didn’t even have a telephone! We wrote letters each week but it took about 20 days for our letters to reach each other. We did this for five years.” 

Aldo de’Spagnolis and Maria Filiozzi de’Spagnolis

 “When I first saw her, she was 14 and I was 22.Was there a concern that she was too young for me? No! Even now I look like a young child! Yes, even now I’m still young.

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“Spending Christmas With a Yeti” and “Intensity”

“Sorcerer’s Duel” and “Voluspa-A Magical World”

“Tiger of Talmare” and “Reach for the Moon”

“Disbelief” and “Color Mage”

“The King’s Secret Service” and “Mega God”

“Can You Turn It Off?” and “Actual Funny Police Stories”

“ISIS: The Beauty Myth” and “Death in the Australian Outback”

“Save That Man” and “The Temptation of John Haynes”

“Bigfoot Bob” and “Bobby Massey and Team Bazzare”

“The Sons of Donigan” and “Love Laws”

“Taxicab to the Stars” and “Haunted”

“Signed Confessions” and “The Lost Journal of Robyn Hood”

“The Blood Between Us” and “The Queen’s Orb”

“Behind the Gem” and “Shield”

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The Sun loves us. It can't imagine living without us. And it won't.

Eventually, our star will age, expand into a red giant, and kill us. I'm not, strictly speaking, a "scientist," but I'm guessing that's scheduled for next month.

Why don’t we ever hear about crazy cat men? I don’t know, and neither does New York-Based photographer David Williams, which is why he says he set out on his strange but adorable “Men & Cats” photo series – to challenge that stereotype by photographing fellas together with their feline friends.

Some people tend the associate cats primarily with feminine friendship, but Williams (as well as yours truly, the happy male owner of an adorable kitty) insists it’s just not right – “I wanted to show that regardless of gender, many people have found the joy that cat companionship can bring” he told TimeOut New York.

Now, some readers may point out that the gentlemen in these photos don’t actually seem crazy, and that’s true. But we’re sure that they’re just crazy in love with their cats.

More info: davidwilliamsphotography.com (h/t: timeout, juxtapoz)

Jiggly salads? Groovy. | Image: Flickr/wanderingmagpie / Via Creative Commons
 
It's nothing short of mind boggling what dangerous, politically incorrect and otherwise unacceptable items used to pass muster in our lifetimes and those of our parents. Sometimes the ideas of cultural change and progress seem abstract; one way to see them immediately is to look back at old advertisements and media. Here is a collection of 1960s products, concepts and ideas that now seem inadvisable at best.  

Babies + Cellophane equaled advertisement material, man! | Image: collectorsweekly.com 

Sea Mine Turned Into A Fireplace

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Old Piano Turned Into Bookshelf

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Piano Turned Into An Aquarium

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Old Suitcase Turned Into A Medicine Cabinet

Crib Turned Into A Table

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Pipes Turned Into A Bookshelf

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Bottles Turned Into Hangers

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Old Piano Into Outdoor Fountain

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Old Bike Parts Turned Into Chandelier

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Old Boat Turned Into Hanging Bed

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Bicycle Into Sink Stand

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Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet Engine Turned Into Conference Table

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Old Trampoline Turned Into A Wigwam Swing

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Skateboard Turned Into Swings

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Old Cans And A Hanger Turned Into Candle Holders

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Suitcase Turned Into Cat Bed

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Coat Hangers Turned Into A Chair

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