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global headtags -- adtag init -- Earn NeatoPoints! Hello, ! ( logout ) sign up | login ≡ ← Home Upcoming Submit NEW FEATURE: VOTE & EARN NEATOPOINTS! Submit your own post and vote for others' posts to earn NeatoPoints that you can redeem for T-shirts, hoodies and more over at the NeatoShop! 8 The Real Reason He-Man’s Battle Cat was So Big Miss Cellania • 4 hours ago the explanation for why he-man has a tiger is one of the funniest things i've ever seen in my life and i have to share the whole clip pic.twitter.com/1pgtQglG0M — Bobby Schroeder (@ponettplus) May 21, 2019 The Netflix series The Toys That Made Us looked into the origins of He-Man and She-Ra , and found that, like many cartoons of the era, the two TV series were conceived solely to sell action figures. The clip above (which contains NSFW language) explains why He-Man had a gigantic tiger for a sidekick. While the relative size of the tiger varied in the TV series (Cringer the pet was half the size of the transformed Battle Cat), it was huge in the toy line. We can assume that the reason the cat was green was to signify that it was a different species and could not be compared with a normal, everyday tiger. -via Boing Boing 1 6 Isotopia: an Atomic Pantomime Miss Cellania • 4 hours ago Muriel Howorth founded the Atomic Gardening Society in 1959. Years before that in 1950, the atomic energy enthusiast staged a ballet/pantomime production based on atoms . A review from Time magazine said, Last week in Aldwych's Waldorf Hotel, Mrs. Howorth's high-minded Atomic Energy Association of Great Britain (membership: 300) celebrated its second anniversary with an atomic pantomime called Isotopia. Before a select audience of 250 rapt ladies and a dozen faintly bored gentlemen, some 13 bosomy A.E. Associates in flowing evening gowns gyrated gracefully about a stage in earnest imitation of atomic forces at work. An ample electron in black lace wound her way around two matrons labeled "proton" and "neutron" while an elderly ginger-haired Geiger counter clicked out their radioactive effect on a pretty girl named Agriculture. At a climactic moment, a Mrs. Monica Davial raced across the stage in spirited representation of a rat eating radioactive cheese. You can read the script for the show at Atomic Gardens . If the idea of combining dance and science sounds familiar to you, it’s because people still do it. The winners of the annual Dance Your Ph.D. competition were announced just a few weeks ago. (Image credit: Jacobo37 ) 0 7 Reanimating Frozen Hamsters with a Microwave Miss Cellania • 4 hours ago Tom Scott titled his latest video “I promise this story about microwaves is interesting.” But I went ahead and took a shortcut with a spoiler title. However, those hamsters are only one of the many interesting things you’ll learn about microwaves in just a few minutes. -via reddit 0 7 Hidden Worlds on the Hand of Golsa Goldchini John Farrier • 4 hours ago Golsa Goldchini , an artist born in Tehran and now living in Milan, depicts miniature, watery worlds on ordinary objects , such as discarded pieces of cardboard or a mound of acrylic paint. I'm especially delighted by her works executed on her own left hand. Goldchini's use of shadows and realistic depiction of her subjects make these ephemeral stories especially striking. Continue reading 0 6 Japan’s Forgotten Kamikaze Diver Unit Miss Cellania • 4 hours ago You are, no doubt, familiar with kamikaze , the Japanese pilots who flew explosive-laden planes directly into Allied warships in World War II. The suicide missions came about because the Japanese military was fairly desperate by 1944. But they weren’t limited to aircraft. Kamikaze missions also used trucks, motorboats, submarines, and even pedestrians. But the weirdest were the Fukuryu , or kamikaze frogmen. The Fukuryu, or “crouching dragons,” were first conceived in late 1944 by Captain Kiichi Shintani at the Yokosuka Naval Base Anti-submarine School. With an American invasion expected within a year, Shintani feared that the Navy’s plan to use suicide torpedoes and motor boats to sink incoming landing craft would be inadequate given the critically low supply of men and materials needed to construct such craft. Instead, he proposed using an army of divers who would live underwater for weeks at the expected landing sites and emerge at night to attack incoming ships directly. While the Japanese Navy had used surface swimmers or Kaiyu to attack ships around the island of Peleliu, Shintani’s scheme would require far more sophisticated equipment and tactics. But as with the aerial Kamikaze, the doctrine of “one man – one ship” proved extremely attractive to the Japanese High Command, and in November 1944 feasibility studies and training began at Yokoska and Kawatana under the direction of Lieutenant Masayuki Sasano. The Fukuryu were equipped with a specialized diving suit made of rubberized canvas with a steel helmet and a simple rebreather system. 3.5 litres of oxygen were stored in two tanks on the diver’s back, the carbon dioxide from their breath being scrubbed out by a canister of Sodium Hydroxide. With 9 kg of lead for ballast, the suit allowed a diver to walk along the ocean floor at a depth of around 5-7 metres for up to 8 hours, a special liquid food even being developed to sustain them underwater. In the lead-up to an invasion the Fukuryu would live in special underwater bunkers from which they could emerge undetected to attack enemy ships. The reasons we never heard much about the Fukuryu are the same reasons that the Japanese military was desperate by 1944. Read about the suicide divers at Today I Found Out. 0 6 Home-Made Tetris! sodiumnami • 4 hours ago A father in China creates his own version of popular games so his young daughter could play them at home, even if she doesn’t have a computer or a game console nearby. Zhang Shuai started his crafting projects by working on a playable kitchen set for his daughter Nini, using cardboard and other materials. It’s important to point out that he has created physical versions of popular video games so his daughter could play them. From Tetris, to racing games, to his own version of Flappy Bird- his daughter must be having a lot of fun! Image screenshot via South China Morning Post on Facebook 0 6 Legends Of The Hidden Temple Reboot sodiumnami • 4 hours ago I have a vague recollection of watching the ‘90s show Legends of the Hidden Temple during Sunday mornings when I was a child. I remember being excited as I rooted for the contestants as they brave through the puzzles in the show, and being scared or surprised as jump scares (of a sort) pop in some areas to distract the contestants as they try to get out of the temple. So imagine my surprise that a reboot was going to be launched! The CW Network is now looking for adult contestants, as WKBW details: The CW Network has ordered a "new, re-imagined edition of the iconic Nickelodeon adventure series," although a premiere date has not yet been announced. The show, which originally aired from 1993-1995, had younger contestants take part in physical tasks that included running, rope climbing, and more. The CW says many of the original show's iconic sets, including "Olmec," the giant talking Mayan head, "The Steps of Knowledge," and the "Moat Crossings," will return. "Once again, the gate to Olmec’s temple is about to open, but this time it’s for grown-ups!" the show's description says. How to sign up: To try out for the show, you must be 21 or older and be in the Los Angeles area in July. The show is looking for teams of two. To apply, fill out the form here . Image via WKBW 0 6 Why Is Candy Crush Involved In The Epic Games Vs. Apple Court Battle? sodiumnami • 4 hours ago I’m not surprised that the trial is still ongoing. Here’s a new update on the Epic Games vs. Apple lawsuit: they’re now playing Candy Crush in court. Well, sort of. When the Verge’s Elizabeth Lopatto sat in a federal court to watch a huge t...