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Did you know?

There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long?

via Jennifer Lee

Hit the jump to see what they are.

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Did you know?

You can cut a cake into 8 pieces with 3 movements (all straight lines).

-via Cut The Knot

Hit the jump to see how, but try to figure it out on your own, I couldn’t.

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“All that glisters is not gold.”

-Shakespeare

“Take a look at them. All nice guys. They’ll finish last. Nice guys – finish last.”

-Leo Durocher on the 1946 NY Giants

“Houston we’ve had a problem.”

–John L. Swigert of the Apollo 13 crew

Thanks to whomever provided the office with the QotD while I was out yesterday. Here it is:

“After all, he was the walrus. I could be the walrus. I’d still have to bum rides off people.”

-F. Bueller, 1986

Of all the quotes in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off I’m not sure I would have picked this one… but thanks!

There’s something so simple about all the Pixar films and short films. Take for example For the Birds. Not a single word is spoken in the 3:00+ clip.

In keeping with that theme, juanpablobravo! has created an illustration of all of the Pixar characters. It’s so hard to choose, but I do love Mike Wazowski.

via Cool Infographics

“Opportunity knocks once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.”

-Unknown

The folks over at SUCK UK have some very cool stuff!

SwissMiss featured the Analog Digit Cake Molds. I wonder if it would be redundant if you used the numbered candles?

Another funny thing I found was this Dead Fred pen holder. I’m not sure if I would want to take my aggression out on the thing, people walking by might wonder. But I think it’s a very interesting way to store your pen so it’s always at the ready. I really like the blood trail in this image, though I’m not sure how maintenance would like that once I move out of my cube.