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Neither of these bits would have merited a post on their own, but they made a nice pair. And I love Louis CK.

• Louis CK interviewed about that Conan clip (LBed here).
• Louis CK on a comedian’s Letterman set he liked, and the art of the talk show set.

(via BF and @darrenhoyt, respectively)

Want to send visitors straight to the incessant song in Charlie the Unicorn 2? Now you can:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFCSXr6qnv4#t=3m33s

(via BF)

I enjoyed this remarkably complete — Super Mario Soda, anyone? — compilation of the varieties of branded sodas no longer being produced.

(via BuzzFeed)

A conservation site for nearly dead words. You can do your part by pledging to start using a few in normal conversation.

(via BF)

This took up at least 90 minutes of my day. It’s deceptively simple. And according to a BuzzFeed commenter, a ripoff of Galcon.

(via kottke)

Discover adds a veneer of science to this skyporn so you don’t have to feel bad about enjoying it.

(via Buzzfeed)

First, sorry for the title.

Second, the chart attached to this article answers a question I’ve been meaning to ask a knowledgable person for a while: different kinds of meat really are different in the amount of carbon dioxide their raising produces. While chicken produce relatively little CO₂ per pound, beef makes quite a bit. Pork, shrimp, and salmon all fall between those two. All of those are (obviously) much less efficient than grains and other plants.

Also interesting: cheese is actually roughly as efficient, in CO₂ per pound terms, as shrimp.

(via Buzzfeed)

An important resource. (via BuzzFeed)

Though this story would undoubtedly fall into the one-off category, I feel compelled — by how utterly disturbing it is — to share it. If you’re squirmy about the darkest side of humanity, please don’t read this.

A cannibal cult mother who tortured her son in a locked cellar while relatives skinned him and forced him to eat his own flesh has been jailed for nine years.

(via BuzzFeed)

I link to this primarily because it made me think of Louis CK — who isn’t afraid to use profanity when expressing his disdain for his wife and children — and Louis CK makes me laugh.

(via Buzzfeed, which is apparently letting us know what we missed in June)

Though you may find it depressing, this BuzzFeed post has amassed a very impressive collection of interesting charts about suicide (mostly in the United States).

Spoke the BuzzFeed:

Colonel Sanders’ secret handwritten recipe for fried chicken was relocated to a temporary location today. Security details included a locked box being handcuffed to a security guard who boarded an armored car under police escort. Apparently, it’s so important that only two executives have access to it, making this paper one of the most closely guarded corporate secrets.

My only question is: was this operation financed by their marketing department?

If I were ever to get serious about getting into shape, I’d probably start with this BuzzFeed page.

I must have seen this at least three times today before I registered how amazing it is. It wasn’t until I saw John Redmond’s BuzzFeed post that this sunk in:

The Barbados threadsnake is the smallest snake in the world. The recently discovered species is as thin as a spaghetti noodle and measures just 3.9 inches long. Because of its small size, it is susceptible to attacks from anything ranging from centipedes to spiders…not to mention it’s blind. I think I’d be hard-pressed to come up with an animal that’s more defenseless than this one.

UPDATE (08/08/08): Highlighting the danger of “discovering” anything in this globalized world: an AP story on the Barbidian backlash.

Ryan and Leo were born on the same day to the same parents. But one looks “black” while the other looks  “white.”

(via BuzzFeed)

In 1969, 14-year-old Jerry Levitan got to ask John Lennon a few questions. This year, he made an awesome animation of that event, and put it up on YouTube. (Would we get to see things like this without YouTube?)

(via BuzzFeed)

This game looks decidedly “meh.” Mostly it’s just that I can’t resist an opportunity to reiterate the point that The Princess Bride may well be the greatest movie ever.

(via BuzzFeed)

I’ve never been a fan or Mr. Rooney, but in small doses he’s decidedly more tolerable. As BuzzFeed explains the thing:

Cutting down Andy Rooney’s 60 Minutes monologues — keeping only his first and last sentences — changes them from windy rants to haiku-like gems. It’s got the same bizarre impact as Garfield Minus Garfield.

Your daily dose of “crazy/awesome” comes via Buzzfeed:

Instructions: stand still in front of a camera. 3…2…1…SHAKE YOUR FACE! Now take a picture! Icky meme or awesome party game? Your call.

Also from Buzzfeed, the charming photos of Fencing for Old People.

A surprisingly entertaining selections of photos from parties that the blog’s author did not attend. This one’s been getting a lot of attention.

(via BuzzFeed)