Citation Needed Part DEUX

I enjoyed writing the post from a little bit ago I have decided to do it again. Here are some interesting facts I found from around the web:

1: Contrary to popular belief, bats are not blind. They can see, however everything is tinted blue.

2: The First person on record to have died of laughing was a Grecian cook named Skatáton Eaf̱tósas did so upon accidentally inventing the laxative at a baccanal.

3: Ecuador is the worlds top exporter of domesticated penguins.

4: There is a breed of jumping spider that can jump so high that it dies from the resulting fall. It is known as Salticidae Conscivit.

5: President John Quincy Adams once funded an expedition to meet the mole people who lived under the Earth's crust. The trade mission failed however as mole people refuse to do buisiness with bald people. They view them as cowards, who are not to be trusted (even their hair runs away).

6: The biggest cause of accidental death in offices is the copy machine. Workers will often try to photo copy their ass and break the glass inside, which can sever the femoral artery.

7: The orange paint used to create the makeup for the oompa loompas in the original Charlie And The Chocolate Factory permanently dyed the actors orange. 

8: Winston Churchill's last words were "I think I just shat on my knob".

9: Cats cannot perceive citrus odors.

10: All photographs of the Loch Ness Monster are fake as Nessie died fighting against British naval forces during Edward I's campaign to take Scotland in 1296 well before the invention of photography. The most famous photograph of "Nessie" is actually a photo of the Loch Oich monster who took up the reigns of Nessie after she died.

All Hail Our New Cthulian Overlord!

I want to write about something positive today. Not because the world has gone to shit or anything (though I could definitely see where people would get that idea), but because I have been feeling down and there are some things that really made me feel better about the world. One of the things that has made me feel happy is this.

Image Source: Monterey Bay Aquarium

Look at that majestic little fucker. He is so goddamned cute. For those of you with an aversion to clicking links, that is an abyssal octopod that has been found recently. The best part about it is that the scientists who found it want to name it Opisthoteuthis Adorabilis. That is the best thing I have seen in a long time. There are problems with it of course, mostly that Adorabilis is used in a bunch of other species as well, all of which are not octopuses. Cephalopods are my favorite animals, and this just adds to that.

Considering how out of date our way of classifying life is, I don't know if naming this little fella something so apt would be a bad thing. Regardless, look at that little guy. I hope it made your day a little better.