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Google Honors Maurice Sendak With Whimsical Doodle
Today would've been the 85th birthday of beloved children's author Maurice Sendak, who passed away last year. In his honor, Google made this amazing, elaborate Google Doodle.
12 Pairs of Animal Best Friends
We don't know what the weather's like where you are, but it is a chilly, grey, rainy Monday here, so we need this. In fact, even if it's totally gorgeous where you are, these pictures and GIFs of animal best buds is probably worth a look. First of all, they're really cute. Secondly, they'll probably cheer you up. Last, why wouldn't you want to see a seal cuddling a penguin?! Enjoy!
The Best Vines of June (So Far)
Sure, it's only the first week of June, but here are the best vines of June. Listen, we know it's crazy, but that's what this video is called. So either the rest of the Vines this month are not going to be this funny, everybody is going to take a Vinecation until July, or they're just going to keep adding more and more Vines to the end of this video each week...
Comedian Nathan Fielder Gets Teens to Play STD Prank on Parents
Comedian Nathan Fielder is making good use of his power on Twitter. He's been coming up with a number of pranks for people to play on their parents/friends and having them send him the often-hilarious results. This time he told his legion of followers to text their parents asking if it's illegal not to tell somebody you gave them an STD and say they were asking for a friend. These are the results.
10 Insanely Delicious Doughnuts for National Doughnut Day
Whether you love doughnuts, or hate your pancreas, Friday, June 7 is National Doughnut Day! Celebrate by getting a free doughnut from Krispy Kreme, or getting a "free" doughnut from Dunkin' Donuts if you buy a drink. If that's a little too tame for you, let these epic doughnuts inspire you to search for a doughnut so good, it's actually worth paying for.
Watch Samuel L. Jackson Give an Epic Performance of a ‘Breaking Bad’ Monologue
Samuel L. Jackson has been raising money for Alzheimer's research through a pretty genius charity campaign. He went on Reddit, said he was raising money, and promised if he raised enough money he would make a video of himself reading their top-voted 300-word monologue...
Man Tricks Girlfriend Into Filming Surprise Proposal
Granted, this video is not as elaborate as most of the proposals we feature on here. There was no puppet movie, no homemade video game. There was just an awesome surprise.
Good Samaritan Rescues Puppies From Trash Can
First of all, how could somebody just dump a bunch of adorable puppies in a trash can? Seriously? What is wrong with people? Fortunately, for every (horrible monster of a) person who throws away puppies like they're garbage, there's a person who will rescue said puppies from the trash.
Breakup Note Left for Cheating Boyfriend Is a Hilarious Scavenger Hunt
Here are a couple life lessons to live by: Always sign out of your Facebook, folks. Oh, and also don't cheat on your girlfriend. Valuable lessons to takeaway from this deceptively cheerful breakup note peppered with hearts and exclamation points.
Massive Supply of Classic Atari Games to Be Excavated From Landfill
Legend has it that 30 years ago Atari buried a massive cache of video game cartridges in a landfill in New Mexico. Specifically, they buried tons and tons of copies of the failed 'E.T.' video game, an Atari non-classic that nearly sunk the gaming industry. Now a film crew has been given six months to search the massive 100 acre landfill to find the motherlode of lost games and confirm that the sto