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I'm not ready to call this the last True Detective link you'll see here, but it does a nice job of wrapping up the show by interviewing the creator about what happened, and teasing us for season 2.

Here'a good read about how the president came to be on Between 2 Ferns. It was a happy accident!

While the headline simply says "unreleased," I'm assuming it should say "previously unreleased," since the article is about a track that WAS unreleased, until the article came out and provided the music. Copy editors don't work online? Regardless, here's some cool Miles Davis music you most likely haven't read before.

A look back at the HBO series, Deadwood.

News that the Game of Thrones television show is threatening to lap Game of Thrones the novels should not be surprising at all. Martin has slowed down his writing over the years even before the show. What is surprising is that he told the creators how the show is going to end...which means there's a possibility I guess that the show will finish and then the novels will finish? Which makes absolutely no sense to me. But whatever.

I enjoy the fact that Michio Kaku is an expert on the hypothetical concept of aliens.



It's hard to rationalize the idea that a plane can simply go missing, but that's what has happened. And seriously, the ocean is a big place. Here are some more plane mysteries.

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Pumped to read about the backlash of Obama being on 2 Ferns!

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: President Barack Obama from President Barack Obama      

How did I not know about the existence of flying snakes? How did SyFy not know about the existence of flying snakes? We haven't had an awful movie about flying snakes yet, have we?

A little bit of help (if you want/need it) about the finale of True Detective. Also a deeper look into the costume design of the show, with an interview with the costume designer. Not satisfied with the finale? Check out the subtle literary allusions the ending offered.

Sure a lot of conspiracies turn out to be simply the ramblings of the insane, but the reason they still carry some weight is because some of them actually turn out to be true. Even the seemingly insane ones.

If you live near a city, you can't see stuff like this due to the light pollution. So it might be the closest you get to the true night sky.

If you're a fan of documentaries, this is a site for you!

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So True Detective ended last night. I hope the finale lived up to everyone's expectations (though I'm not sure how it could with the hype it had going into 9:00. Anyway, now we can have some fun going back and looking at some of the more absurd theories about the Yellow King. There are obviously write-ups all over the web about the finale and show in general. If you want to kill a Monday, I'll get you started with this one and then this one. I'm sure you can find a few others.

One show ends, another one begins. I missed the new version of Cosmos last night, but still get excited at its prospects when I read these Neil deGrasse Tyson quotes about science.

How do things like films, 25 minute short films that roll before The Empire Strikes Back, get lost? This article doesn't answer that question necessarily, but it does uncover that the film has been found again. And people are excited.

In string theory, all particles are vibrations on a tiny rubber band; physics is the harmonies on the string; chemistry is the melodies we play on vibrating strings; the universe is a symphony of strings, and the 'Mind of God' is cosmic music resonating in 11 dimensional hyperspace.

Michio Kaku, explaining the universe? Something else? Everything all at once? I might get that quote as a tattoo! You can read some his thoughts on where we, as a species, may be headed into the future here.

Lego Jawa Sandcrawler! And it's only $418!

The insane life of Matt Taibbi, former Rolling Stone correspondent/journalist/gonzo writer.