A fox managed to get its head stuck in a car wheel. The animal peered inside a spare alloy wheel, and was unable to get its head out. The poor animal’s neck was swollen from trying to get out! Thankfully, the owners of the wheel called the RSPCA for help, and they were able to rescue the animal using special equipment to cut through the metal.
image via Metro UK
After rumoured leaks online, it has been confirmed that Toys for Bob is making a new Crash Bandicoot game. The new game to the franchise is Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time. A fitting title, no? It’s a brand-new game in the long-running Crash Bandicoot series, picking up after the events of Crash Bandicoot: Warped. Polygon has more details:
villains Neo Cortex, Dr. N. Tropy, and Uka Uka stranded on a far-off planet. In Crash 4, the antagonists escape and once again threaten to take over the multiverse; players will inhabit Crash or Coco, as well as Neo Cortex, who will have his own special levels along the way.
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time will be released on Oct. 2 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
image via Polygon
Everyone, meet the 'ravioli' starfish pic.twitter.com/EOSYr5aiyc
— Mashable (@mashable) June 22, 2020
The Plinthaster dentatus looks like a raviolo (I looked up the singular form of ravioli because I care about you, dear reader), but it's actually a starfish that lives in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It presumably goes well with marinara sauce and a good Moscato.
I imagine that a good chef has probably already looked at this video and reproduced the starfish in pasta form.
-via The Mary Sue
To recuperate from the losses brought by the pandemic, Fiji is now proposing a “travel bubble”. Fiji hopes to welcome visitors from virus-free countries to revive its economy. Due to the pandemic, thousands of Fijans were left without work, as Yahoo News details:
The Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association (FHTA) says even that figure underestimates the industry's influence, putting it closer to 60 percent once related jobs are factored in.
In many communities, tourism has provided a lifeline for decades, helping the economy survive coups, natural disasters and the decline of the sugar and garment sectors.
Hopes for a quick recovery now rest on the creation of a "travel bubble" that would bring holidaymakers from nearly virus-free Australia and New Zealand. Those two countries supply about 70 percent of traffic to Fiji, general manager of the Treasure Island resort Jim Saukuru told AFP.
"The tourism industry is zero," he said. "To make things viable for our industry, Australia and New Zealand need to open up."
Officials in Canberra and Wellington have already opened discussions on a quarantine-free bubble across the two countries, to capitalise on their success in containing the virus, with plans to eventually expand it to include Pacific island nations.
image via Yahoo News
Extreme height, flips, tricks, and even synchronized pogo -these guys are the best! It's a good thing the video is mostly slow-motion, or we'd miss half of what they do. I wouldn't recommend trying any of this stuff unless you've had quite a bit of experience with a pogo stick. -via Nag on the Lake
Filling my PC with Beans and Hiring a Repairman to Fix it pic.twitter.com/xFepzUDVvC
— RossCreations (@CreationsRoss) June 21, 2020
Twitter user Ross filled his desktop computer CPU with beans, then summoned a repairman to fix it. The technician was surprised (and so, obviously, was a novice in the profession) at what he found when he opened the case.
Ross's Twitter feed is filled with similarly wonderful pranks and inventions.
-via Super Punch
The reality we see isn’t something we directly perceive; it is a result of our brain making sense of the sensory signals we receive from our environment. Our experience of reality is not perfect. It’s somehow like a story created for us, as Vox explains:
“It’s really important to understand we’re not seeing reality,” says neuroscientist Patrick Cavanagh, a research professor at Dartmouth College and a senior fellow at Glendon College in Canada. “We’re seeing a story that’s being created for us.”
Most of the time, the story our brains generate matches the real, physical world — but not always. Our brains also unconsciously bend our perception of reality to meet our desires or expectations. And they fill in gaps using our past experiences.
All of this can bias us. Visual illusions present clear and interesting challenges for how we live: How do we know what’s real? And once we know the extent of our brain’s limits, how do we live with more humility — and think with greater care about our perceptions?
Rather than showing us how our brains are broken, illusions give us the chance to reveal how they work. And how do they work? Well, as the owner of a human brain, I have to say it’s making me a little uneasy.
image via Vox
The newly-released Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is Samsung’s second generation of foldable phones. The Z Flip might resemble the old flip phones, but the new phone model doesn’t resemble the old flip phone’s simplicity. Priced at $1,380, IGN details the full specs of the Galaxy Z Flip:
Display: 6.7-inch Foldable Dynamic AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Processor: Qualcomm SM8150 Snapdragon 855+
Internal Storage: 256GB
Memory: 8GB RAM
Battery capacity: 3300 mAh battery
OS: Android 10.0; One UI 2
Cameras: Dual rear camera setup with 12MP (Wide) + 12MP sensors; 10MP (wide) selfie camera
Ports: USB type C
Dimensions: Unfolded: 167.3 x 73.6 x 7.2 mm; Folded: 87.4 x 73.6 x 17.3 mm
Weight: 183 grams
image via IGN
For the first time in nine years, Japan finally secures the top spot for the world’s fastest supercomputer with their Fugaku System, which is developed by Fujitsu and the research institute RIKEN.
Installed at the RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R – CCS) in Kobe, Japan, the Fugaku System marks the successor to the K computer, which was previously crowned the world’s fastest back in 2011. As reported by TOP500, the new Fugaku scored a linpack (HPL) result of 415.5 petaflops, which is 2.8 times faster than the nearest competitor, Summit, that achieved 148.6 petaflops. powered by Fujitsu’s 48-core A64FX SoC, Fugaku has also become the first number one supercomputer to utilize ARM processors. furthermore, on HPCG (high performance conjugate gradient), fugaku reached 13,400 teraflops using 138,240 nodes, and on HPL-AI (the convergence of high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence), the system scored 1.421 exaflops, which is the first time a computer has even earned an exascale rating on any list, using 126,720 nodes (via RIKEN).
The supercomputer is stated to be fully operational by April of next year, but now it is already being used to help in current scientific issues by running simulations on how the coronavirus spreads.
(Image Credit: RIKEN/ DesignBoom)
It was TTirado’s final day at work at the Indianapolis Airport, and his handler, Keith Gray, knew just the perfect way to give him a proper send-off towards his retirement — by surprising him with his favorite toy: tennis balls, which are given to dogs as a reward for doing a job well done at the airport.
“It’s a coveted item during their career,” Keith Gray, TTirado’s handler, told The Dodo. “They know that they have to work for it to get it and that’s what keeps them going and keeps their motivation up.”
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To surprise the pup on his special day, Gray ordered 200 tennis balls online and set up a special final search for him.
“We had a couple of handlers that were behind the scenes ready to drop the balls when he showed up,” Gray said. “The handlers knew what to do when the dog alerts, which is basically him coming around the corner, sniffing that bag like he’s supposed to and dropping his butt to sit down.”
And when TTirado sat down after sniffing the bag, lo and behold, the tennis balls dropped from the sky, and he was very happy.
TTirado served faithfully at the airport for eight years.
(Image Credit: Mark Howell/ Twitter)
After more than 8 years of service @INDairport, @TSA explosive detection canine TTirado has officially retired. He was adopted by his handler Keith Gray and will spend retirement at home with his family. Check out this clip of his final bag search and reward! ❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/efRwPFrmDi
— Mark Howell (@TSAMedia_MarkH) June 17, 2020
On June 24, 1569, in the city of Florence in Italy, the cries of a baby can be heard in the house of Giovanni and Maria Auditore. The legendary Assassin, Ezio Auditore, has been born.
In 2009, the video game Assassin’s Creed 2 was released, and it received much praise for its gameplay, music, and animation. The new fictional character in the game series, Ezio, also received much love from the fans of the game, because of his fun personality.
The game is very memorable because of its compelling story, as well as its beautiful soundtrack.
Image via Ubisoft on Facebook
Want to get that good old sunshine while working but can’t because your laptop might get damaged? Consider getting the latest breakthrough in “Work From Home Technology” — The Cardboard Box. This product will protect your laptop from sun damage, so you won’t need to worry about your device while you work under the sun.
If you don’t have a cardboard box at your home, you could also opt for baskets and container boxes.
Check out the photos of people who had the same idea over at Bored Panda.
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Because there’s nothing more satisfying than seeing very precise trick shots, in this case, a coin passing through two billiard chalk cubes that are a few millimeters apart.
Now that’s precision to the next level!
Check out the short video on Reddit.
(Image Credit: ThatPaulaKid/ Reddit)
Cheers was a sitcom about a Boston bar that ran for eleven years, but (depending on your age) the most memorable and long-running dynamic was the five-year relationship between Sam Malone (Ted Danson) and Diane Chambers (Shelley Long). They were complete opposites, totally unsuited for a long-term relationship, yet endured through years of sexual tension, romance, fights, regret, misunderstanding, and an entire year of flirting with matrimony.
But while the nature of the fictional couple might be unique, their onscreen history has an arc as old as time. What began as an exciting take on social opposites, capturing the precise ways in which physical attraction and emotional intelligence are often at odds, ultimately curdled into a repetitive, occasionally mean-spirited cycle, born out of the writers’ boredom with the material as well as creative differences with talent. A compelling hook that secured a massive loyal audience became a narrative anchor from which Cheers would attempt to distance itself after Long’s departure from the series. However, for a few glorious years, Sam & Diane was as riveting as anything the medium has ever produced. More impressive was that it was entirely predicated on the explosive chemistry, and physical vulnerability, between two young actors on the brink of national stardom.
The A.V. Club takes a deep dive into the characters of Sam and Diane, why they worked, why they didn't, and why they sucked us into their lives for so long. The article contains plenty of nostalgic Cheers clips. -via Metafilter
