The DVD release of the TV series Little House on the Prairie will be flagged "for adults only" in Finland! Universal Pictures did not want to pay for the Finnish government to inspect each episode to see if they are suitable for children.

Finnish authorities charge 2 euros ($2.57) per minute for assessing the correct age limit on films and television series. Distributors who forego this can only sell their shows with a sticker saying "Banned for under-18s."

"Long series can get quite expensive to check, and some use this exemption in the law to their advantage," said Matti Paloheimo, Director at the Finnish Board of Film Classification.

"Such unchecked material should not be shown to children publicly," he added

Although I loved the books as a child, I think someone would have to pay me, too, to watch all the TV shows. Link -Thanks, CheeseDuck!

Marty made this Bender costume and won the Boston Pizza Halloween Costume contest with it. Then he posted the story of how he did it. Link -Thanks, Marty!

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Corey Vidal is a professional YouTube producer. He's also a singer, but he didn't sing all the parts in this tribute to the music of John Williams. That honor goes to Moosebutter, a comedic barbershop quartet. Vidal lip-syncs to all four parts. Link -Thanks, AJ!

DarylIF of the forum MiceChat built a huge display of Disneyland scenes made of Lego bricks! Go see pictures of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, Its A Small World, Main Street, Splash Mountain, and more. Link -via Unique Daily

You've seen pictures of pelicans eating extraordinary things on the internet. But a pelican eating a dog? That's what it looks like, but Petri the pelican was just angry that the dog stole her chicken snack. Roland Adam, owner of the exotic bird farm in Germany where Petri lives, explains.

"I was preparing foods for the birds in our outdoor kitchen, when I noticed Petri at my side looking for a snack," explained the 38-year-old. "I decided to feed her one of the chicks I had been preparing when Katijina raced in, caught the frozen bird mid-air and gobbled up Petri's dinner."

Confused and slightly irritated by missing out on the proffered snack, Petri decided to scour every inch of the Rhodesian ridgeback - named Katijina - for the discarded chick.

The dog was unharmed. Link -via Arbroath

Kids helping each other out on Halloween can put a chalk mark at the bottom of the driveway to let later trick-or-treaters know what to expect. The pictured symbols mean "Dentist", "Werther's Originals", and "Reeces Pieces"! I'm afraid I'll go from "miserly portions" to "out of candy, now giving out sauce packets from Taco Bell." Link -via a comment at YesButNoButYes

How much candy can you get in a pillowcase? The short answer is: almost 48 pounds. This post also explains the measurement, and lays out a strategy for actually getting that much candy during trick-or-treat. According to the conclusions, everyone who reads this article will be showing up at my house Friday evening. Link -Thanks, ebez!

I love to see ever narrower and narrower examples of niche blogging. Here is a timely one: Sweet Candy Corn, a blog about nothing but the Halloween candy everyone either loves or hates. Remember, National Candy Corn Day is October 30th! Link -Thanks, Rob Williams!

In a post about the ten longest limousines in the world, we find this:

The last limousine is actually the longest super stretch limousine in the world. Total length is 100 feet (more than 30 meters). It has 26 tires, room for a lot of passengers, a heated Jacuzzi, sun deck, swimming pool, a few beds and… a helipad!

http://www.limohead.co.uk/top-10-longest-super-stretch-limousines-in-the-world-ever/ -Thanks, Peter Jensen!

Kevin is making a Megaman costume for his son. He started with the Megabuster for the arms, lights and all, and chronicled the process in pictures. This will be an awesomely authentic costume! Link -Thanks, Jon Jason!

He explains the rest of the costume, too. Link

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Animator and illustrator Mark Gervais created this window display for Halloween in 2007. If I saw something like this in my neighborhood, I'd probably faint, then I would watch it over and over! You can buy this display on DVD for your haunted house. Link -via Ursi's Blog

People see faces when they look at the fronts of cars. What they see can influence what they buy. A consulting group arranged a research study to find out what personality traits cars appear to have, and which ones people would prefer on the car they drive.

Study participants assessed cars based on a system known as geometric morphometrics (GM), which allowed the men and women to rate certain traits on a sliding scale (such as "infancy" to "adulthood"). The traits represented maturity, sex, attitudes, emotions, and personality — all things that people infer from human faces at a single glance.

After rating car traits, participants then answered the question of whether they saw a human face, animal face or no face at all on the cars. They drew facial features such as eyes, nose and mouth on the car images whenever they did see faces.

Lastly, the study participants answered whether they liked a car or not. The study restricted car choices to passenger cars, because hulking SUVs would have skewed the results.

People overwhelmingly preferred cars that rated highest on "power" traits." High "power" cars like the BMW 5 Series tended to be lower or wider, and have slit-like or angled headlights with a wider air intake.

Link -Thanks, Geekazoid!

Your friends will do a double take when they see this upside-down bookshelf. And then they will freak out again when you pull a book out! No books were damaged in the making of this bookshelf. Instructables will show you how it's done, and how you can make one of your own. Link -Thanks, Ed!

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Jason at Hack A Day details an experiment using thermite to destroy a hard disk while still in a computer case. He also explains what thermite is and warns you not to try this. Link -Thanks, Jason!

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This video is a bit disturbing. The cat seems to never move, but it gets closer and closer. This may give me nightmares. I'm glad my cats aren't that sneaky. -via reddit