BAMF of the Day: A Mexican flight instructor and his student co-pilot successfully land a Cessna 172B after its propeller detaches. (Starts @ 1:10.)
“I’ve never felt death so near,” one of the female passengers says after touchdown, but you really don’t need to speak any language whatsoever to understand the exhilaration of being alive.
[gizmodo.]
So This Happened of the Day: Ellen challenges First Lady Michelle Obama to a push-up off.
[ellen.]
Onion News Network Special Report of the Day: Brain-Dead Teen, Only Capable Of Rolling Eyes And Texting, To Be Euthanized.
[onion.]
Early Groundhog Special: Feel like you’re trapped in a loop of endless Groundhog Days but you still don’t get it? Allow C.G.P. Grey to explicate.
Oh, and by the way, Punxsutawney Phil has spoken, and it’s six more week of winter. Just as it was yesterday, and the day before that, and the day before that.
Lights Out: Fungus amongus. (Aspergillus fumigatus, Botrytis, Mucor, Trichoderma, and Cladosporium, to be exact.)
[b3ta.]
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ICWUDT of the Day: You are now thinking of a street name to write down the next time you’re filling out a form.
[reddit.]
Animated Shakespeare Summary of the Day: Freelance animator Grant Kolton sums up Romeo and Juliet in 30 seconds for McDonald’s “bite-sized video project.”
First books instead of Happy Meal toys and now abbreviated renditions of Shakespeare classics? What’s next — a literary collaboration with Dave Eggers? WAIT A MINUTE.
[thanks devin!]
Man Vs Wild of the Day: Mess with the elephant, you get the trunk.
[thanks matthew!]
