Friday links

A Thanksgiving miscellany: Mark Twain, science, WKRP, Cicero, the best turkey fryer PSA ever, and more.

Crazy Russian Hacker has some kitchen tips to help you out with Thanksgiving festivities. The cupcake tin full of appetizers is my favorite.

A Depression-Era Zoo Housed Wolves and Three Species of Bears Together. It Didn’t End Well.

Are your animals home alone all day? Here's a free archive of entertaining videos for cats and dogs, with bonus cat and dog links for humans. Semi-related: The Long and Glorious History of Cat Ladies.

Who gets the royalties for Hitler's Mein Kampf?

Mortimer Mouse? The Original Names of 10 Cartoon Characters.

ICYMI, Thursday's links are here, and include President James Garfield's birthday (when he was shot, Alexander Graham Bell showed up with a metal detector to try to locate the bullet),  the Gettysburg Address and a Pennsylvania newspaper's retraction for an 1863 article calling Gettysburg Address "silly remarks", a woman who won the right to wear a spaghetti strainer on her head for her driver's licence photo, history of people mailing themselves in boxes, a defenestration supercut, and a father who borrowed a Go-Pro, held it backwards and recorded his entire vacation as one long selfie.

A free archive of entertaining videos for cats and dogs, with bonus cat and dog links for humans

There are lots of cat and dog videos around, but generally they're made for humans to watch. These purport to entertain your animals - I don't personally find them all that fascinating, but per youtube comments on Paul Dinning's channel, lots of dogs and cats do. I guess if you leave your pets home alone it would be nice to leave the TV on for them.

Per OpenCulture:

Over the past 6 years, Paul Dinning has created a YouTube channel packed with over 400 videos featuring the wildlife of Cornwall, England. And, from that footage, he has cobbled together playlists designed to delight all cats and dogs with access to the internet. And, apparently cats and dogs are watching. 

Here's Squirrel and Bird Fun:

And The Ultimate Videos of Birds for Cats To Watch:

Previous posts, about animals but for humans:

Terrible pictures of men with cats, bonus Nazis with cats.

Explosives manual from 1530 offers images of rockets strapped to cats.

Slow Motion Flipping Cat Physics, with bonus Buttered Toast/Cat Paradox video.

Animals From History: Portraits of Historical Figures as Cats and Dogs.

Awwww... Cats and dogs meeting babies for the first time.

10 things dogs hate about humans

This compilation video of sneaky dogs raiding the kitchen is a hoot.

Video: Dogs Train Their Human Friends to Keep Petting Them.

It’s Okay To Be Smart on explains how dogs interpret human language.

Science video: Why Do Dogs Smell Each Other's Butts?

Video compilation: Dogs That Forgot How To Fetch.

Dogs vs physics: dogs trying to get big sticks through doors and dogs confused by glass tables.

Dog lovers, start your day with a smile: Compilation Video of Puppies Chasing Laser Pointers.

Dogs Terrified Of Walking Past Cats

More doggy science.

Thursday links

Today is President James Garfield's birthday. When he was shot, Alexander Graham Bell showed up with a metal detector to try to locate the bullet. Related, The Gettysburg Address was seven score and twelve years ago, and Pennsylvania newspaper prints retraction (written in the style of the Gettysburg Address) for 1863 article calling Gettysburg address "silly remarks".

Why Reese’s Are Usually Taxed But Kit Kats Aren’t.

Father borrows Go-Pro, holds it backwards and Accidentally Records Entire Vacation the Wrong Way as One Long Selfie.

Defenestration supercut: movie characters driving, falling, jumping and being thrown through glass windows.

The Strangely Successful History of People Mailing Themselves in Boxes.

Woman wins fight to wear spaghetti strainer on her head for driving licence photo.

ICYMI, Monday's links are here, and include a 1968 memo to Gene Roddenberry about William Shatner's disappearing wigs from the Star Trek set (plus a Monty Python/Star Trek mashup), photos of the Rolling Stones as kids, and a boat trip through the Paris Sewer.

Defenestration supercut: movie characters driving, falling, jumping and being thrown through glass windows

List of movies included in this supercut are below.

via

0:00-0:30

Wizard of Oz
The Matrix
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Halloween 2
Alien
Die Hard
Minority Report
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Superman
The Bourne Ultimatum
Beverly Hills Cop
Spawn

0:30-1:03

Transformers
Bridget Jones Diary
The Towering Inferno
Fright Night
Last Action Hero
Robocop
X-Men 3
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Friday 13th Part 4
The Toxic Avenger
Popeye
Help!
Undercover Brother
Batman
Lethal Weapon
Terminator 2
Wanted
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Robocop (0:56 - 1:03)

1:03-1:33

Scream
Silent Night: Deadly Night
Top Secret!
Terminator
The Dark Knight
Transformers 3
The Mummy Returns
The Dark Knight
Looper
Terminator
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Ajeossi (The Man form Nowhere)
Robocop 2
Police Story (1:21 - 1:33)

1:33-2:00

Friday 13th Part 4
Men in Black
Friday 13th part 2
Wanted
The Long Kiss Goodbye
Airplane!
Help!
Terminator 2
Die Another Day
Total Recall
Watchmen
Blade Runner

2:00-2:24

Collateral
The Exorcist
Loaded Weapon
Mission Impossible
Friday 13th part 4
The Great Muppet Caper
Resident Evil: Resurrection
Terminator 2
The Fly
Scott Pilgrim vs The World

Florida Woman Battered Ex-Husband Over Sex Position Dispute in Storage Unit, plus lots of other Florida Woman links

Read the whole thing: Florida Woman Battered Ex-Husband Over Sex Position Dispute in Storage Unit. Excerpt:

According to cops, Luper and Michael Vaccaro--who were married for 12 years--drove together to retrieve some of his belongings from their storage unit in Bradenton.

While parked in the rear of the facility, “Luper got undressed, and asked Vaccaro if he wanted to have sexual intercourse,” police reported. “Vaccaro agreed, and told Luper to lay down.”

But Luper, a court filing notes, “did not want to have sexual intercourse in that position and stated no.” It is unclear where the pair was planning to tryst, or the position that was rejected by Luper

During a subsequent argument, Luper allegedly struck Vaccaro in the head with a thrown object. As Vaccaro sought to remove some of his belongings from the car’s rear seat, Luper allegedly accelerated the auto “with Vaccaro still half way inside the vehicle.” As Vaccaro “pulled out of the vehicle,” Luper drove over his right foot.

h/t Dave Barry

A few more links to Florida Woman exploits:

My personal favorite:

Florida Woman Killed by Crack in Vagina.

Florida Woman Poops Pants During Field Sobriety Test

Florida Woman Tells Police She Knew Truck Was Stolen, But She Didn’t Know It Was “That Stolen”

Florida Woman Drowns Puppy in Airport Toilet So She Can Board Plane.

Police Arrest 3-Breasted Florida Woman for DUI.

Breast Implant Leak Delays Florida Congressman's Wife's Bigamy Trial.

Florida Woman Assaults Twin Sister During Argument Over Vibrator.

Florida Woman Caught Trying to Leave Walmart With Stolen Xanax in Her Butt.

Florida Woman Accidentally Superglues Eye Shut.

And last, but definitely not least: 

Police Probe “Decapitated Dildos” After Florida Black Lesbian Couple Fight.

Some of the above from @_Flor1daWoman

Monday links

This 1968 memo to Gene Roddenberry about William Shatner's disappearing wigs from the Star Trek set is a hoot, plus bonus Monty Python/Star Trek mashup.

15 Non-Sex Uses For Condoms.

Photos Of Boys Who Became The Rolling Stones

The Suez Canal opened on November 17, 1869.

A Boat Trip through the Paris Sewer.

A Cockroach Can Bite With a Force 50 Times Its Body Weight.

ICYMI, Friday's links are here, and include lots of paraskavedekatriaphobia (fear of Friday the 13th) information, living next door to Area 51, an 133 MPH lawnmower, the physics of TIE fighter formations, and the (unfortunately defunct) 1950s U.S. Army program that put price tags on equipment.