To commemorate the life of an Italian explorer who inadvertently discovered the Americas (he believed he had found India) and brought slavery, war, and destruction to the inhabitants of the “New World”, let’s take a look at some other stuff that’s not important:

I don’t want to sound like one of those “back in my day” jerk offs, but it seems like the South American Sesame Street is quite a bit different from the U.S. version that I grew up watching (Via Afrojacks)

With the rise of online dating services like eHarmony and Ashley Madison (whose motto is “Life is short. Have an affair”), there is no reason for singles to drive to an agency, and record ridiculously cheesy dating videos filled with exaggerations and half-truths anymore.  Luckily, a few dating agencies from the 80′s & 90′s managed to preserve bios from some of their most eligible bachelors (by using something called VHS) – and chose to ignore something as insignificant as confidentiality.

Links

 The Huffington Post takes a look back at the “10 Creepiest, Unintentionally-Sexual Ads of All Time”.

The accordion is probably one of the most uncool instruments on the planet (with the ukulele not far behind), but this accordion wunderkind may change all that.

The people at Regretful Morning take a look at some of the most insane drinking games from around the world.

A community office kitchen can bring out he worst in some people, and the best in others – 25 Passive Aggressive Office Kitchen Notes.

A majority of people don’t have to work on Labor Day (making this an oxymoronic holiday), and I happen to be one of the lucky ones.  So instead of doing actual work, let’s make things easy on the both of us and take a look at some of the best things the web has to offer:

Mental Floss takes a look at 10 Technologies We Stole From the Animal Kingdom.

Figure skating is a train wreck in and of itself, but it can still provide some earth shattering moments for our viewing pleasure.

Alcoholism is no laughing matter, but drunken movie moments are hilarious.

We have all seen dogs playing in a pool, but have you ever seen one play pool?

 And to inspire you on this Labor Day, here are 40 motivational speeches in 2 minutes. 

Have a great holiday