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Geekolinks: 12/10
How Samuel L. Jackson might look in Episode VII (Death & Taxes) In which Lindsay Lohan is less than gracious and no one but Charlie Sheen is surprised (Gossip Cop) Here is Game Of Thrones recut as...
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Research Sheds Light on How Fins Became Limbs, One Step Closer to Creating...
Add NewIt is at this point fairly well uncontroversial to state that yes, man evolved from apes. What many don’t know, though, is that evolution goes much further further back, to when one fish-like...
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Nintendo Does The Unthinkable, Publishes Pokédex App For iOS
Before we begin, no, this isn’t Nintendo calling the quits on console development and becoming a third party publisher. Nor should this be taken as a sign of the impending 2012 apocalypse. Now, with...
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App Kids: Developers are Lying About Advertising to Children
Earlier this year the Federal Trade Commission(FTC) issued a report titled Mobile Apps for Kids: Current Privacy Disclosures are Disappointing (cringe-inducing emphasis theirs). They surveyed apps...
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You’re Doing It… Actually, Pretty Well? Syrian Rebels Build DIY Tank [Video]
If there’s one thing about warfare, it’s that it offers absolutely no luxuries. Sometimes, when one’s life is on the line, you have to buck up and make do with what you have when it comes to your...
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Snoop Dogg Plays Moses, Takes on Santa Claus in Latest Epic Rap Battle
As geeks, we often find ourselves asking “Who would win a fight between…” but it turns out we’ve been asking the wrong question all along. What we should have been asking was “Who would win in an epic...
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Flesh-Spearing Porcupine Quills Could Inspire The Needles Of The Future
When researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston went looking for the future of jamming a sharp thing inside of you, they looked to a creature that has built it’s reputation — and ensured...
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You Can Now Interact With That Beautiful Map of the Earth at Night
Last week we showed you a new series of NASA satellite photographs of the Earth at night. They were gorgeous, but what if you wanted to see what a specific place on Earth looked like at night? Now you...
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The International Space Station Is Getting A Servbot Next Year
Next year, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will send astronaut Koichi Wakata to the International Space Station (ISS). That’s not all the nation will be sending to the ISS, though —...
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Well-Dressed IKEA Monkey’s Owner Prepared to Partake in Primate Custody Battle
Though the monkey that was loose in a Toronto IKEA earlier this week was eventually apprehended, and is currently being held by the Toronto Animal Service, the wandering rhesus macaque’s owner isn’t...
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Forgot About Dwalin: Never Misidentify A Dwarf Again Thanks To This Handy...
Are you constantly confusing the thirteen dwarves who travel with Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit? Have you made the embarrassing faux pas of confusing Oin with Gloin? Do you not know your Bombur from a...
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Here’s Why Gmail and Google Chrome Had Issues Yesterday
We panicked along with everyone else yesterday when Gmail went down. Without email, how would we find out about all the new T-shirt designs and Kickstarter campaigns that are happening? It was...
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Complex Continuity for $400, Alex: Jeopardy to Introduce Marvel NOW! Category
Comic book geeks everywhere rejoice, now you can watch an episode of Jeopardy! without pretending you’re muddling over the clue like you know the answer. This Thursday, December 13th, the Walt Disney...
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Release the Kraken Giant Squid! New Footage Captures Elusive Beast for First...
Seen here in an artistic interpretation, the giant squid is thought to be the inspiration for many sea monster stories throughout history like the Kraken, Scylla, Cthulhu, and probably Sharktopus, but...
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Objection! Lawyers For Man Accused Of Donkey Sex Say Anti-Donkey Sex Laws Are...
Today in “Yeah, well, it’s Florida, what are you gonna do?” news, the latest developments from the long, strange case of Carlos Romero, a Florida man accused of sex acts involving a miniature donkey...
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Geekolinks: 12/11
12 horrible gobbledygook words we reluctantly accepted (Mental Floss) Seth MacFarlane still doesn’t get the Family Guy hatred (Mediaite) Why BuzzFeed versus The Oatmeal matters (HyperVocal) Victoria’s...
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Bus Rides More Uncomfortable Than Ever Thanks to Government Surveillance Devices
Because berserk homeless people and the combined smell of the passengers’ rancid body odor didn’t make riding the bus enough of a horrible experience, government officials are currently in the process...
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What is Bilbo Baggins’ Hobbit Hole Worth in Today’s Market?
There are a lot of different kinds of geeks in the world. You can be a literature geek, a video game geek, a comic book geek, or really geek out about just about anything. We won’t judge you. The folks...
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I Wanna Go Fast: New Jersey Gas Stations Accidentally Pump Cars Full of Jet Fuel
Gas stations don’t tend to feature prominently here on Geekosystem, but when they do the stories tend to be pretty epic. Over this past weekend, gas stations suddenly got even more interesting when...
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Like Metro 2033 on Facebook and Get a Free Steam Copy! Really, That’s It
The video game publisher THQ is certainly feeling magnanimous this holiday season, what with their unprecedented Humble Bundle featuring a slew of must-have video games for download on Steam. In...
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