In this video for the Nature Conservancy, rapper Macklemore explains how municipal green space in his home city of Seattle influenced his career: He and his friends didn't want to kick it at their parents' houses, so they went and freestyled in parks. (Side note: Do people really still say "kick it," or is Macklemore even older than I am?) We knew, of course, that Macklemore was into creative reuse, but who knew he had so many ideas about urban infrastructure? 

Texas had some absolutely bonkers weather yesterday, not just extreme but downright deadly and dangerous. At least six people were killed and dozens injured by a tornado that ripped through the town of Granbury. But maybe the most visually stunning evidence of the storm is this photo of giant hailstones, taken by Melissa Penny in Mineral Wells, Texas.

Sure, you can make your prom dress out of soda can pull tabs, but will they help you open any soda cans? They will not. And maybe you could hang bread bags off your bread bag tie wedding dress, but it doesn't even look like this lady is trying. A Ziploc baggie jacket, though? That's stylish AND practical. Use it to complete your outfit, use it to hold your lunch.

The Formosan clouded leopard, a subspecies of clouded leopard native to Taiwan, has probably been extinct for decades. But in the weird red-tape world of species extinction, it doesn't count until scientists make it official. After 13 years of searching with no leopards in evidence, though, researchers are having to reluctantly conclude that this Taiwanese subspecies is no more.

Are you sure it's not Monday? It still feels like Monday. This sleep-deprived duckling thinks so.

How do we know that polar bear populations are declining? Obviously, because someone went and counted the polar bears. And if you're willing to (temporarily) move to the Svalbard Islands, located between Norway and the North Pole, that someone could be you.

West Side Rag reports that this unfortunate driver tried to get to New Jersey by turning west onto the stairs leading down to Riverside Park. The pedestrian stairs. Because cars can't climb stairs. Which you know, and I know, but apparently this guy and more importantly his GPS did not know.

All-solar plane Solar Impulse has already successfully flown from Switzerland to Belgium. Now it's trekking across the U.S., and you can watch its progress with live video feed of the cockpit and mission control. You can also track it with the live map here.

Artist Dave Delisle draws public transit systems as Super Mario and Mario Kart maps. Man, subways would be so much more awesome with the promise of fire flowers or invincibility -- you'd never miss a train if you could get a star! On the other hand, though, it would be kind of frustrating to show up to work and be told "sorry, but your job is in another office building."

This is pretty staggering. Why haven't the sharks made a classic movie about a terrifying rampaging human? "We're gonna need a bigger ocean."

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