This Day In History of the Day: To mark the 165th anniversary of Thomas Edison’s birth, the Internet’s other explainer of things, Jeremiah Warren (previously), put together a quick and frank animated profile of the controversial inventor who was eulogized by his disgruntled former employee Nikola Tesla as man who “lived in utter disregard of the most elementary rules of hygiene.”
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Related: Edison’s Two Cats In A Boxing Match.
Crazyass Japanese Thing of the Day: Zookeepers and security guards at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo conducted their annual escaped-Rhino drill this week.
As always, it was incredibly Japanese.
Movie Trailer of the Day: First official trailer for Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist screenwriter Lorene Scafaria’s apocalyptic romcom Seeking a Friend for the End of the World.
Steve Carell plays a man whose wife leaves him days before Earth is due to be destroyed by an asteroid. Teaming up with a neighbor (Keira Knightley), he heads out in search of his high school sweetheart.
The film also stars T.J. Miller, Melanie Lynskey, Amy Schumer, Adam Brody, Gillian Jacobs, Rob Corddry, Rob Huebel, Connie Britton, and Patton Oswalt.
A release date has been set for June 22nd.
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Can I just say, that Friends makes NYC look like the whitest city in the USA. This is clearly not true.
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Accent theme by Handsome Code
