✩ Want You To Know: “fewer matches than the Olympics”

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World Cup Fail Whale Fear at Twitter.

From the article

it consists of fewer matches than the Olympics

Does Fast Company understand how most Olympic events work? Sprinting matches? Javelin matches? Synchronised swimming matches?

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"i have your guns. i took them and they are in my shed"

Internetting

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Worth Pondering

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Totally Confused

Bill Murray photobombing, dogs skydiving, camels predicting, Tetris sprinting and cat littering.

Football Corner

Most confusing opening ceremony ever.

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Image via Mashable

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Vanishing spray.

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Grow your own neuron.

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