Neil Armstrong’s astronaut application arrived a week past the deadline.

mentalflossr:

A friend slipped the tardy form into the pile with the others.

On this date in 1955, Doc Brown hit his head on the edge of his sink and invented time travel.

mentalflossr:

buzzfeed:

gabedelahaye:

Hahahahaha.

MMMMMM.

Yeah, I admit I play with my food like this too…

buzzfeed:

Meet Harbor, the dog with the world’s largest ears.

[The Dog With The World’s Longest Ears]

officialssay:

No longer smiling: Tunisia’s Ali, Yemen’s Saleh, Libya’s Gaddafi, and Egypt’s Mubarak, at last year’s Arab-Africa summit. (via @pourmecoffee).   

mentalflossr:

More kids age 2-to-5 can operate a smartphone application (19%) than tie their shoelaces (9%).

[Via The Week]

In Canada, Santa’s postal code is H0H 0H0.

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Because of the long hours he spent studying during law school at Duke, Richard Nixon’s nickname was Iron Butt.

And his nicknames got worse from there…

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buzzfeed:

Remember when there wasn’t even a Newsfeed?

[Every Facebook Change In A Nutshell]

buzzfeed:

[Analysis Of Time Spent Using Tupperware]

Spell Check

mentalflossr:

In 2009, ABC News found 112 different spellings of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi’s name.