NatGeo shows you how easily rats can swim up through your toilet

Afraid to go into the ocean after the first time you watched Jaws? This could have a similar effect, although it's largely an urban phenomenon. National Geographic shows just how easy it is for sewer rats to swim up through a toilet bowl. Their ribs are hinged at the spine, which makes it easy for them to travel through pipes and plumbing. Rats are also expert swimmers, they can hold their breath underwater for up to three minutes and can tread water for three days in a row.

via Laughing Squid

The History Of Aliens In Film

Via Digg, a chronological supercut of movie aliens:

From their earliest cinematic appearance in Georges Méliès's "A Trip to the Moon" in 1902, our conception of life beyond Earth has changed to reflect our hopes and fears, the technology we've mastered, and our growing knowledge of the universe. Watch our depictions of extraterrestrial life change over nearly 100 

Full list of films:

(1902) A Trip to the Moon

(1922) Himmelskibet

(1924) Aelita

(1940) Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

(1951) The Day the Earth Stood Still

(1951) The Thing From Another World

(1953) The War of the Worlds

(1953) Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

(1956) Forbidden Planet

(1956) Invasion of the Body Snatchers

(1956) Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

(1957) 20 Million Miles To Earth

(1958) Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

(1959) The Angry Red Planet

(1967) Quatermass and the Pit

(1968) 2001: A Space Odyssey

(1968) Barbarella

(1968) Gamera vs Viras

(1971) The Andromeda Strain

(1972) Solaris

(1973) Fantastic Planet

(1976) The Man Who Fell to Earth

(1977) Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

(1977) Close Encounters of the Third Kind

(1978) Superman

(1978) Invasion of the Body Snatchers

(1979) Alien

(1979) Star Trek: The Motion Picture

(1980) Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

(1981) Heavy Metal

(1982) E.T. the Extra-Terrestria

(1982) The Thing

(1982) Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan

(1983) Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

(1984) Starman

(1984) 2010

(1984) The Last Starfighter

(1984) Dune

(1985) Cocoon

(1985) Enemy Mine

(1986) Flight of the Navigators

(1986) Critters

(1987) Amazon Women on the Moon

(1987) Predator

(1987) Spaceballs

(1988) Alien Nation

(1988) They Live

(1988) The Blob

(1989) The Abyss

(1990) Total Recall

(1993) Coneheads

(1194) Godzilla vs SpaceGodzilla

(1994) Stargate

(1995) Species

(1996) The Arrival

(1996) Independence Day

(1996) Space Jam

(1996) Mars Attacks

(1997) Starship Troopers

(1997) Men in Black

(1997) The Fifth Element

(1997) Contact

(1998) The X Files

(1998) The Faculty

(1998) Dark City

(1998) Lost in Space

(1998) The Shadow Men

(1999) Galaxy Quest

(1999) Muppets from Space

(2000) Pitch Black

(2000) Mission to Mars

(2001) K-PAX

(2002) Signs

(2002) Men in Black 2

(2003) Dreamcatcher

(2004) The Chronicles of Riddick

(2005) War of the Worlds

(2005) Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

(2005) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

(2006) Slither

(2007) The Mist

(2007) Transformers

(2007) Spider-Man 3

(2008) Cloverfield

(2009) Avatar

(2009) Star Trek

(2009) District 9

(2009) Monsters vs. Aliens

(2011) Super 8

(2011) Cowboys and Aliens

(2011) Paul

(2011) Battle: Los Angeles

(2011) Attack the Block

(2012) Prometheus

(2013) Star Trek Into Darkness

(2013) Pacific Rim

(2014) Edge of Tomorrow

(2014) Guardians of the Galaxy

Meet the villains - a supercut of movie villains

NSFW language



Order of appearance.

Tuesday links

Today is the anniversary of the death of Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongolian Empire, prolific spreader of DNA, and climate change hero.

The real housewives of ancient Egypt: an eight foot long prenup.

Lewis And Clark’s Sketches Of The Animals They Encountered On Their Journey.

Glee, the sumo version - check out the dancing sumo wrestlers.

15 Centuries-Old Board Games.

Simpsons-Inspired Heavy Metal Band “Okilly Dokilly” Consists Of 5 Neds.

ICYMI, Friday's links are here, and include the Japanese surrender that ended World War II, Churchillian insults, sneaky dogs, drunk history, and Yelp reviews of newborn babies.

Dude! Glee, the sumo version: check out the dancing sumo wrestlers

Here's a gif, but see the whole video below.

via Kotaku:

Taiwan’s Lin Yu-chun, famous-ish on Japanese TV, apparently, for his rendition of “I Will Always Love You”, is starring in a new Japanese drama for streaming service dTV. Called Dosu-koi Musical, the show is like Glee meets sumo wrestling. According to Pouch, Lin plays a Taiwanese exchange student who is bullied because of his weight and decides to join the university sumo team.