On the downside, everything else about radiation. On the upside... retweets?

My personal translation of Bing's weird translation: "Fascinating...up to four stalks were growing together, some of which resulted in blooms with the wheels facing in." (Via Twitter)

A Japanese amateur photographer who goes by the handle @san_kaido is getting a lot of online attention this month after stopping to notice the flowers around him. Specifically, for stopping to notice that even 4 years later, even 70-something miles from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant that suffered a meltdown in March 2011, daisies in Nasushiobara City were clearly displaying visible social-media-worthy genetic effects of radiation.

@rayon_violet他の写真もお送りします。アブ(？)との比較で大体検討がつくかと思います。花は直径７～８cmぐらいになります。 pic.twitter.com/Xhg5HL7pw9

— 三悔堂 (@san_kaido) June 21, 2015

Daisies, for whatever reason, must be particularly susceptible to such effects, as I recall photos of mutated yellow daisies being written up shortly after the accident. There were also a bunch of misshapen vegetables that grew in the surrounding region, which got their 15 minutes of fame in 2013. Here's hoping that the cleanup efforts can eventually bring the ambient radiation down to a level that discourages Internet-shareable mutations in the local flora and fauna. In the meantime, if you have to risk life and limb by living there, I guess rake in the shares?

Did you know that Nick Cannon used to date Kim Kardashian?

#tbt Kim look like she was so over my Bullshit here LOL. What's your caption for this old school shot?

A photo posted by Nick Cannon (@nickcannon) on Jul 9, 2015 at 3:39pm PDT

If you didn't know that already, he really wants you to know now.

He brought up the topic last year in a radio interview, which made then-wife Mariah Carey tell him to keep his "big mouth shut."

And yesterday he posted a kind of uncomfortable #tbt on Instagram. The pic (above) shows Cannon doing...something. It's hard to really put into words what's going on with his stance, hands, and facial expression. Kim K. walks a few steps behind him and, even at the time, seems like she's not really into whatever is happening. Cannon tried to make the post interactive via the caption:

#tbt Kim look like she was so over my Bullshit here LOL. What's your caption for this old school shoot?

Predictably, there are a lot of comments on the post but most of his followers didn't go along with the decided upon plan.

Oh, Nick. Break-ups are hard.

Let's re-watch the final battle from Drumline and remember Nick Cannon in better times.

We'd date all these nerds.

Heeeyyyy-lo, ladies! (via Imgur)

They looked better without the helmets but this looks sweet too! (via Imgur)

Genuinely scared by this one.(via Imgur)

We devoted a whole post to this guy today!(via Imgur)

Now it's a party!(via Imgur)

I'm so excited about this one, I'm dancing in some dirt! (via That Guy You Know)

Crazy 88 inches, if you add both their heights.(via Imgur)

"Super green!" as Ruby Rod would say.(via That Guy You Know)

I'm literally dead after seeing this.(via That Guy You Know)

Dressing as the guy who appreciates nerdy things the most. Meta!
(via That Guy You Know)

An infinite number of choices and he went with a classic. (via That Guy You Know)

The all-powerful Sarlacc face.(via That Guy You Know)

Your move, Taco Bell.

French fry taco burger, french fry burger taco, potato, po-tah-to. (via The Vulgar Chef)

Sometimes, you leave it up to big fast food corporations to combine food in unspeakable ways. Other times, you gotta get your hands dirty and do it yourself. The latest video from YouTube culinary master Kyle Marcoux, also known as the "The Vulgar Chef," features a recipe for a french fry taco burger. According to Marcoux:

The fries are prepared same as with the other fry recipes. I chop up some fries, mix them with shredded cheese, nuke them in the microwave for a good 30 seconds. Form the fries into the desires shape I need.

For the fry shells the desired shape is a circle. The easiest way to go about this is to lay the nuked cheesy fries out on a flat surface, and let cool slightly. You know what? Just watch the fuckin' video. (Bake at 450 for 15 minutes)

As you can see, he likes to take an edgy approach, both with the food and the way he describes it in the YouTube captions. Other videos on his channel include Pulled Pork Mac n' Cheese balls:

Step up your game shit breath.

A giant stuffed tater tot:

The only way to fill your tot fix is to eat a fucking trash bag full...or make a huge as fuck stuffed one.

And Pizza stuffed mozzarella sticks:

This video is about pizza stuffed mozzarella sticks.

Okay, he was surprisingly calm about that last one, but still, this guy is almost as scary as Paula Deen.

I dunno if destroying nervous teens is Bryan Cranston's new thing, but I love it.

Bryan Cranston, star of the new show, Breaking Kids For No Reason. Already picked up for 5 seasons.

Weird question, but is Harper Lee trolling us?

Harper Lee's hometown in a frenzy on the eve of 'Go Set a Watchmen' release http://t.co/L72JH8ugBipic.twitter.com/Bz9kwHtP5g

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 10, 2015

The New York Timesreviewed the new novel from To Kill A Mockingbird author Harper Lee, and apparently Atticus Finch has become a totally racist asshole. In fact, that's the main plot of the book. I never thought I'd say this, but this is more confusing than why Ariana Grande licked donuts.

In the original book, Atticus Finch is so ridiculously moral and just that it's almost a joke. As the New York Timesnotes, "In real life, people named their children after Atticus. People went to law school and became lawyers because of Atticus." As the New York Times does not note, Jake Gyllenhaal named his dog after Atticus.

"I'd like to present to the court that I'm a really good person!" - Atticus Finch
(via YouTube)

The new book takes place 30 years after To Kill A Mockingbird, and there's a lot of sketchiness surrounding it's publication. The 88-year-old Harper Lee always said that she would never publish another book, so people wondered if the now-elderly woman was manipulated into releasing this sequel, which is actually an early draft of what eventually became TKAM.

The book is about a grown-up Scout returning to her hometown in Alabama and dealing with the fact that both her dad and boyfriend are racist. Yikes. From the review:

Shockingly, in Ms. Lee's long-awaited novel, “Go Set a Watchman” (due out Tuesday), Atticus is a racist who once attended a Klan meeting, who says things like “The Negroes down here are still in their childhood as a people.” Or asks his daughter: “Do you want Negroes by the carload in our schools and churches and theaters? Do you want them in our world?”

Oof. Also this:

The depiction of Atticus in “Watchman” makes for disturbing reading, and for “Mockingbird” fans, it's especially disorienting. Scout is shocked to find, during her trip home, that her beloved father, who taught her everything she knows about fairness and compassion, has been affiliating with raving anti-integration, anti-black crazies, and the reader shares her horror and confusion. How could the saintly Atticus — described early in the book in much the same terms as he is in “Mockingbird” — suddenly emerge as a bigot?

Well...this is uncomfortable. It might not be too late to give all those kids named Atticus nicknames. Maybe after someone who's still awesome, like Rihanna.

Are you an NYSNC person or a Backstreet Boys person? Trick question!

NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys are friends now. And they say there was never actually any rivalry. Nick Carter told Buzzfeed that the whole feud thing was "strictly the media being bored." Okay, Nick Carter, but I feel like you're gaslighting us. We were all there. And even if Lance Bass and Brian Littrell weren't dance battling, the public was still divided into contentious factions. (I was Team Backstreet Boys, and I was incorrect.)

But that's all in the past, and now most everyone from both bands has moved on to not being famous. For example, when you google "Kevin Richardson," the zookeeper comes up before the Backstreet Boys member.

Somewhere out there, we all have a zookeeper doppleganger waiting to steal our life.

Yesterday, Backstreet Boys members Nick Carter and AJ McLean were with NSYNC member Joey Fatone at Comic-Con because they're all working on a project together. And though this would have been the perfect opportunity for a supergroup, the trio is instead working on a...zombie horror Western movie.

According to AOL, the film is called Dead Seven and will air on SyFy. It's being written and directed by Nick, and he and Joey will play cross-boy-band heroes. AJ, who everyone will recall as the bad boy of BSB, will play "the apprentice to the main villain." Kind of shitty that he couldn't just be the villain. But hopefully the apprenticeship opportunity will help him develop his antagonizing skills for when the right evil position comes along.

Buzzfeed hung out with all three band members and got them to record a couple goofy singing Vines. Imagine saying that sentence to your 11-year-old, boy band-obsessed self.

No word yet on a real Duff Gardens.

(viaFOX)

Fox is rolling out an actual version of Duff Beer in Chile, and plans on expanding it to future markets in South America and Europe. So move over Easter Island and Patagonia, Duff Beer is now the undisputed primary reason to visit Chile.

Fox's selection of Chile was intentional, as they have recently been working with the Chilean government to crack down on counterfeit versions of Duff. Apparently South America is so thirsty for fictional products that they forced Fox to market a beer rather than continue intellectual property battles. British brewmaster Paul Farnsworth helped create the official recipe to bring Duff Beer to life.

Hopefully this success will be an inspiration to Chileans making counterfeit jeans out of their car holes.

The force looks strong in this one.

The next best thing to a trailer was unveiled to Star Wars fans at Comic-Con: a behind-the-scenes look at shooting locations, characters, and set construction from the forthcoming film. A panel discussion was led by Kathleen Kennedy and J.J. Abrams, along with new actors in the film, plus much-anticipated appearances by Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford. This was Ford's first publicity appearance since a plane crash last March.

Following the talk, fans were treated to live Star Wars music by the San Diego Symphony in the park. Listening to a symphony orchestra in the park is probably the classiest event to ever happen at Comic-Con. Listeners received toy lightsabers for the concert, and Harrison Ford even used a lightsaber as a cane to make light of his recent injury.

Both the force and the Ford have awakened.

Drake is Barack Obama. Drake is OJ Simpson. Drake is all of us.

Drake released a new music video for his song, "Energy" on Apple Music, the new streaming service best known for its Twitter feud with Taylor Swift. In it, he plays...everyone.

Here's Drake as Oprah:

I would watch this talk show.

And Miley Cyrus:

My best friend Leslie said, "Oh, Drake's just being Miley." Has anyone done that yet?

And Justin Bieber:

Next, we'd like a recreation of the deposition video and butt photo.

And Barack Obama:

Hillary-Drake 2016.

And Jimmy Brooks from Degrassi:

Just kidding. I know it's LeBron James. But I can dream.

Here's the whole music video/SNL audition tape:

As soon as you think you understand Taylor Swift's female friend group, it shifts right before your very eyes.

Got to welcome the U.S. Women's Soccer Team home after their World Cup Victory- I LOVE THEM AND THEY ARE THE NICEST.
A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Jul 11, 2015 at 1:26am PDT

At Taylor Swift's concerts, she has has been known to bring onstage select members from her already extremely selective posse. On Saturday night in New Jersey, the lucky guests were the members of the US Women's National Team, fresh off their World Cup win. Swift captioned:

Got to welcome the U.S. Women's Soccer Team home after their World Cup Victory- I LOVE THEM AND THEY ARE THE NICEST.

I knew they were the nicest.

I know this might be divisive, but I would say this was an even more patriotic moment in Taylor Swift female friend group history than that time on July 4th when they all jumped in the air holding American flag towels.

We've all been there.

(via ABC News)

The Pope needed a place to change clothes prior to overseeing Mass at the Christ the Redeemer square in Santa Cruz. After all, changing in a fast food restaurant bathroom is always easier than changing in the car, especially when your car is built with entirely transparent windows and surrounded by thousands of onlookers.

The Bolivian Burger King quickly posted the news on Facebook, thanking His Holiness because he clearly knew through divine wisdom that the only bathroom suitable for switching vestments is theirs. Ironically, the Pope later criticized mass consumerism and materialism in his speech, just as the chain posted another picture of him and their logo with the caption "There are visits that don't just bring joy to your spirit, but also feed it." Gross.

To be certain, if there is a boost in sales, or just higher traffic of customers looking for miraculous images on fries, marketing executives everywhere will fight to be next in line when the Pope needs to change in a bathroom during a road trip.

Of course it happened in Florida.

(via visitflorida.com)

A Florida woman thought she had been hit in the leg with a firecracker on the Fourth of July while celebrating at an outdoor venue. She checked out her leg in the bathroom, didn't see any blood or injury, and kept going about her evening celebrating America's independence.

When her leg continued to bother her days later, she went to the hospital and learned that she was the proud owner of a bullet wound. Doctors suspect it was likely a stray bullet that had been fired into the air, as no one was reportedly packing at her event. To her credit, the venue she was at seems to be a reputable joint, and she's lucky to have not been more seriously injured from whatever idiot fired a gun into the air.

Stay classy, Florida.

We are undergoing a major cultural shift in the way that our society views assholes who use their phones during plays.

Hello! #bitchimmadonna
A photo posted by Madonna (@madonna) on Jun 5, 2015 at 10:33am PDT

A guy tried to charge his phone on the stage of Hand to God. He got ridiculed. A woman tried to text during Shows for Days. Patti Lupone stole her phone. And if you think celebrities are above the consequences for committing theatrical phone crimes, you are wrong. Because Madonna just got called out.

Actor Jonathan Groff says that Madonna was texting all throughout a performance of the musical Hamilton, which ran off-Broadway and begins previews on Broadway this week. Groff—who you might know from Looking or Glee or Spring Awakening, or all three, or none—described her behavior in an interview with Dot429. The interviewer had heard that Madonna wasn't invited backstage after the show, and asked if Groff found that unfair. He didn't.

No. Because that bitch was on her phone. You couldn't miss it from the stage. It was a black void of the audience in front of us and her face there perfectly lit by the light of her iPhone through three-quarters of the show.

Shots fired!

Groff goes on to try to stir up a feud between Madonna and Michelle Obama, who not only didn't text during the show, but "came backstage and hugged every crew member—the wig girl, all the costume people, every cast member. She said to us—and this is a direct quote—'This is the greatest piece of art I've ever seen.'"

According to Us Weekly, the show's creator, Lin Manuel-Miranda, reportedly tweeted and then deleted his own jab at Madge. The tweet said: "Tonight was the first time I asked stage management NOT to allow a celebrity (who was texting all through Act 2) backstage. #noselfieforyou."

Madonna's rep, however, says she wasn't texting during the actual play but during a fundraising pitch after it ended. Who can we believe? And what crazy event will happen next? Will a Broadway audience member call one of the actors on the stage and ask if their refrigerator is running? Will someone in the front row of Les Mis decide to revamp their Tinder profile? Will people start actually following the rules and turning off their phones while they enjoy live theater?

They do not have laser beams attached to their heads.

The National Geographic Society/Waitt Grants Program's Brennan Phillips and his expedition team captured film from inside Kavachi, an active volcano off the coast of New Guinea. They did not expect to find oceanic life in the warmer acidic water of this volcano, but apparently nature found a way for some sharks and other sea creatures to adapt.

It is known that much of the ocean and its species have yet to be explored, and bizarre finds like this are proof. "Mutant volcano sharks" sounds more like the title of a SyFy TV movie starring Tara Reid and Ian Ziering. One that we'd all gladly watch. Until then, let's hope we can study these new mutant predators at a safe distance before they become smarter.

Prepare to feel 13 again for about three and a half minutes. Without the awkard parts, that is.

Lex Luthor, Wonder Woman, Batman and Superman? If I had glasses, they'd be fogging up right about now.

I pride myself on being a full-fledged Internet Person. I have seen it all. I am snarky. I am glib. Like the combined might of Earth's puny militaries against a solar-powered demigod from Krypton, however, none of my training could protect me from the giddy onslaught of nerd jitters I got from this trailer for Batman v Superman. I can't imagine what the room at Comic-Con must have looked like when it was played live and all those poor nerds' heads exploded.

Queen athlete Serena Williams posed for a photo with the unofficial Queen of Twitter, J.K. Rowling.

I'm #TeamSerena today, because you don't meet many super-talented people nicer than she is. Go @serenawilliams! pic.twitter.com/KHDYNCt6Ls
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 11, 2015

Serena Williams won Wimbledon yesterday for the sixth time. It was her 20th grand slam singles victory. She's probably the closest thing we have on this earth to a living, breathing superhero. J.K. Rowling, a hero in her own field, met Serena and posted the picture above on Twitter. Unfortunately, one sexist troll had this to say about the star athlete:

@jk_rowling@hansmollman ironic then that main reason for her success is that she is built like a man
— Rob (@diegtristan8) July 11, 2015

Clearly this dude is the worst, but fear not! J.K. Rowling responded quite poetically, citing photographic evidence in her rebuttal:

.@diegtristan8 "she is built like a man". Yeah, my husband looks just like this in a dress. You're an idiot. pic.twitter.com/BCvT10MYkI
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 11, 2015

Rowling proved once again she is the kind, fair, genius ruler of Twitter and you should show her great respect lest you want to be sufficiently tweet-burned.

This is the shark version of waving in the background during a local news broadcast.

"Look at meeeeeeee!"(via YouTube)

What we have here is truly a Shark Week miracle. A great white shark was busy feeding on bait in Mossel Bay, South Africa, breathing heavily and gnashing it's teeth like big mean hungry sea monster. The video is shot from close range, and it's quite terrifying. Meanwhile, a class clown interrupted the frightening feed-show with an obnoxious, yet impressive flip in the air in the background. Here are the sharks' probable inner dialogues:

Shark 1: NOM NOM NOM NOM THIS IS SO GOOD, I LOVE DANGLING MEAT-BOATS, NOM NOM NOM.

Shark 2: Whooo hooooo! I'm on TV!

So you see, sharks aren't so scary after all, they just want their fifteen minutes of Internet fame like the rest of us. Here's the full clip:

Once again, here is the best part of the video:

Have a great Sunday, and an even better Shark Week!