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Retro: Feelin’ Pretty has a wonderful collection of quotes from retro diet/beauty books, including beauty according to your Astrological Sign from Italian socialite Princess Luciana Pignatelli’s book The Beautiful People’s Beauty Book (1970).

Aries – “must have frequent dental check ups”; Taurus – “should marry man of means”; Gemini – “often the face is too long or the nose is too long or big”; Cancer – “tends to be lazy about beauty and should be encouraged to make the effort”; Leo – if ambitions not fulfilled, can have difficult menopause”; Virgo – “Remains surprisingly youthful despite hypochondriac tendency”; Libra – “rarely gets fat”; Sagittarius – “is torn between bright, amusing men who are good talkers and her desire for a solid social position”; Scorpio – “hypersexual and often attracted to men who are her inferiors”; Capricorn – “always well turned-out and insists on quality in clothes”; Aquarius – “often slightly neurotic and with fragile health”; Pisces – “feet are weak point and pedicures essential”

WTF? Irish budget airline RyanAir want passengers to pay to take a piss.

What were they thinking? A new gallery of truly awful tattoos.

A German photography project called Naked People shows regular people (who are mostly slim) dressed, then morphs them into undressed. (NSFW)

Funny because it’s true: Facebook explained by a grey guy.

Video: Rat stare down contest?

“Okay, so maybe it’s not a staring contest as such, as they’re actually squaring up to each other for dominance. These two rats are actually brothers and strangely NEVER challenge each other in this way when the other two older rats aren’t around. It’s bizarre and I haven’t found anyone else who have seen rats do this for so long (sometimes for five minutes straight).”