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Not necessarily related, but I thought these were cool:

http://www.mentalfloss.com/article/49834/14-words-are-their-own-opposites

http://mentalfloss.com/article/49952/11-more-words-are-their-own-opposites

Put a cellphone next to a speaker and you'll get that sound occasionally as the cellphone communicates with the tower. So yeah, electromagnetic interference. More info:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/17586/why-cell-phones-make-speakers-go-blip-blip-blip-buzz

My unrequited curiosity is making me second this question.>> ^xxovercastxx:

>> ^Fusionaut:
It's too bad that the actual Easter Island statues actually had bodies underneath the ground...
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/106129

Why is that "too bad"?

>> ^Fusionaut:

It's too bad that the actual Easter Island statues actually had bodies underneath the ground...
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/106129


Why is that "too bad"?

>> ^Fusionaut:

It's too bad that the actual Easter Island statues actually had bodies underneath the ground...
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/106129


But surely this is just a smaller scale proof of concept of what you could do with a lot more people.

>> ^Fusionaut:

It's too bad that the actual Easter Island statues actually had bodies underneath the ground...
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/106129


You just blew my mind. I never knew about this.

It's too bad that the actual Easter Island statues actually had bodies underneath the ground...

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/106129

I'm pretty sure if it was a real experiment. It is listed at number four here:

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/75068
>> ^Nebosuke:

I can't tell if this is sarcastic or imaginative or a simplification of reality. Anyone find any information about this experiment? Some quick Googling didn't yield anything for me.

The source I got this from is here: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/124084

The video itself, I may be wrong, but looks like one of the VH1 Classic Album shows. It just has the same look and feel as the other Classic Album shows.

>> ^therealblankman:

@critical_d What's this from?! I must see more- please provide links!

Why, yes it is... link switched out, thanks!

In reply to this comment by blankfist:
Is this the link you meant to post? http://www.mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?q=884

I scored: 87% (13 out of 15)

Lorne Michaels and Kristin Davis. I don't know who the latter is. I wasn't sure about Lorne. Not too bad for someone who doesn't know shit about Canada.

Is this the link you meant to post? http://www.mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?q=884

I scored: 87% (13 out of 15)

Lorne Michaels and Kristin Davis. I don't know who the latter is. I wasn't sure about Lorne. Not too bad for someone who doesn't know shit about Canada.

I just can't get over the face dubya is making in that photo...

http://www.mentalfloss.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/turkeypardoning.jpg