Friday links

Chinese restaurant menu of the day (and a few extras).

That Time When You Could Save Yourself From Being Executed by Beating the Executioner in a Foot Race.

Where Do Dogs Come From? Related: Dog picture of the day - Cornered.

The National Archives Released A Free Coloring Book Of Weird Patents.

The 2016 Oscar Best Picture Nominees Recapped in 4 Minutes.

Russians Built A Turbojet Train In The 1960s.

ICYMI, Wednesday's links are here, and include pawn shop economics, why we yell Geronimo when we jump out of planes, the grid system (that never happened) for London after the Great Fire, the c. 1275 miraculous transplantation of a leg, and pizza that can last 3 years.

The 2016 Oscar Best Picture Nominees Recapped in 4 Minutes

Warning - Spoilers and NSFW language:

Digg put this together, saving you from wasting hours of your life watching these (mostly) crap sandwiches:

There are eight films up for Best Picture this year, and realistically, who has time to watch all these things? Our cheeky summary will help you pretend to know what these movies were about.

The films:

Bridge of Spies

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant

Spotlight

The Martian

The Big Short

Room

Brooklyn

Here's last year's version: 2015 Year’s Best Picture #Oscar Nominees, In Under 4 Minutes

2015 Best Picture Oscar Nominees, Reenacted By Kids

The movies:

* American Sniper

* Birdman

* Boyhood

* The Grand Budapest Hotel

* The Imitation Game

* Selma

* The Theory of Everything

* Whiplash

This Year’s Best Picture #Oscar Nominees, In Under 4 Minutes

Now you can have an opinion on the nominees 982 minutes faster than watching the actual films.

* American Sniper

* Birdman

* Boyhood

* The Grand Budapest Hotel

* The Imitation Game

* Selma

* The Theory of Everything

* Whiplash

via Digg

Supercut of Early Acting Roles by 2014 Oscar Nominees

Related:

2014 Best Picture Oscar Nominees, Reenacted By Kids

Compilation of the Oscar winners for Best Visual Effects, 1977-2012 is a real trip down memory lane
via flavorwire.