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Actor, race car driver, and food pioneer Paul Newman died Friday at his home in Connecticut. He was 83. Newman starred in such classic movies as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid, and The Hustler, but it was his role as Luke Jackson in Cool Hand Luke that cemented his legacy for me. Newman’s Luke is a pop culture icon, standing as the acme of stoicism, the ne plus ultra of manhood, and the epitome of cool.

Here he is singing “Plastic Jesus” in Cool Hand Luke, after learning of his mother’s death:

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Ah, you’ve gotta love the unintentional comedy. I mean, they’re lighthouses, right?

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This illustration by artist Jason Freeny finally sheds light on the inner anatomy of the wild Gummi Bear. No longer does science have to rely on primitive guesswork when diagnosing the rubbery candy’s common ailments.

Is there a Nobel Prize for candy research? If there is, Freeny deserves it. One can only hope that his next task is to apply his groundbreaking research to the Gummy Venus de Milo.

If you like the illustration, go order it as a print.

All of the McDonalds family is in mourning after the death of one of their beloved visionaries. Herb Peterson, the man who invented McDonalds’ most popular breakfast sandwich, the Egg McMuffin, died on Tueday at age 89.

The rebellious Peterson created the Egg McMuffin at a time when McDonalds didn’t even serve breakfast. While McDonalds president Ray Kroc liked the idea, Peterson was reprimanded for serving breakfast behind the company’s back. That’s the sort of thanks he got for creating the idea that now accounts for at least %20 of McDonalds’ sales.

Now, personally I hate the Egg McMuffin. If I’m going to eat breakfast at McDonalds it’s probably going to be the artery-clogging yumminess that is the Sausage McGriddle. That being said, I salute you Mr. Peterson, for giving us overeaters a morning outlet for our compulsive eating!

via CNN

At the intersection of “geeky” and “culinarily handy” you’ll find these little gems: cookies-based pixels formed into an homage to the 8-bit glory that is Tetris.

Flickr user Eva Funderburgh has posted pictures along with instructions on how to make your own pixel cookies. Turns out the real secret is in standard Play Doh tools…

Check out all the pictures and instructions

When ESPN sent a crew to New Mexico State University to cover a football game they sent Rob Stone to shoot a little flavor piece for the broadcast. Unfortunately for Rob the flavor was OUCH. NMSU is where they grow the world’s hottest chili pepper, the Bhut Jolokia. Rob was game for trying one. So he did his lead in to the story, then casually took a bite of the pepper. Watch to find out what happened next…

Twisted, but funny…

I have no idea how they did this, but it’s funny anyway:

From our wacky friends in Japan comes what’s got to be the world’s least healthy pizza: The Pizza Hut Double Roll. It called your cheese-stuffed crust and raised you hot dogs. And pieces of hamburgers. And does the maple leaf mean there’s Canadian Bacon hiding in there somewhere? My cholesterol just went up from looking at the picture…

via Plastic Bamboo

So pissed that I didn’t think of this…

An enterprising entrepreneur in Winnipeg has come up with a brilliant idea. Here’s how it works: You call and order a pizza. Porno Pizza delivers your pizza. As you eat your pizza a pornographic picture is revealed underneath. This is simply genius.

Full story at CBC

And what’s the deal with Winnipeg today?