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The first still image of ‘Dumb and Dumber To‘. Lloyd and Harry are back. #DumbTo

This 1963 American Cities Educational documentary shows the history of San Francisco, from the early days of gold miners, farmers, merchants, loggers, and cattlemen to the large modern city which is now a center of wealth, culture, and beauty.

periodic table of storytelling tropes

All these tropes and 20,000 more are detailed on probably my favorite site on the web ever.

Check out the interactive version of this masterpiece on Design Through Storytelling. Interfaced with TV Tropes.

Astronomers have discovered the largest known gas cloud in the Universe. The mammoth nebula may be the first imaged filament of a spidery arrangement of galaxies, gas and dark matter that traces the large-scale structure of the cosmos. The team used a brilliant quasar, seen as it appeared when the Universe was less than 3 billion years old, to illuminate the faint gas in the beacon’s neighbourhood.

Full story at nature.com

The parking lot fist fight scene with Brad Pitt removed. I’d love to see the whole movie like this.

(via Richard Trammell)

radio shack iphone app 1991

A Radio Shack advertisement from 1991. They didn’t have apps for those.

More here.

apple mac lisa steve jobs

In 1983, Apple debuted its first model, the Apple Lisa. The computer took more than three years to make, and around $50 million to develop. Named after Steve Jobs’ daughter, the computer was quite pricey, clicking in at nearly $10,000 (about $25,000 by today’s standards). The high price tag repelled most consumers, and the computer sold poorly. Though not technically a Mac, the Lisa nonetheless influenced the first Macintosh, which Jobs debuted on Jan. 24, 1984.

The Apple Macintosh turns 30 on January 24. View a gallery of its evolution here.

With spoken-word artist and about-to-be groom Rich Ferguson. It was a medieval-gothic-themed wedding in Hollywood on 01/18/2014 at this location.

His dad looks on:

M and I attended a couple friends’ wedding just a few blocks from our home. The facility includes a gym which served as the filming location for Back to the Future.

From the movie:

A striated caracara, intrigued by a camouflaged spy egg-cam, flies off with camera and grabs aerial footage of a rockhopper penguin colony.

(via The Verge)

animals you didn't know existed

9. The markhor is a large species of wild goat that is found in northeastern Afghanistan and Pakistan. The species is classed by the IUCN as Endangered, as there are fewer than 2,500 mature individuals. The markhor is the national animal of Pakistan. While chewing the cud, a foam-like substance comes out of its mouth which drops on the ground and dries. This foam-like substance is sought after by the local people, who believe it is useful in extracting snake poison from snake bitten wounds.

See all 22 animals you didn’t know existed at Viral Nova.