So, Chicago got a little bit of rain. And I guess sometimes where there's apocalyptic flooding, there are ABSURD GEYSERS OF SEWER WATER SPEWING OUT OF THE STREET.

It does not work for ladies.

Project Ukulele Gangsterism, a Toronto-area ukulele flash mob organized by Adil Dhalla, cheered up commuters in Toronto's subway with an aggressively chipper song about how great everything is. They did not get punched for the relentless positivity because they were in Canada.

If Bruce Wayne were really committed to accuracy, he'd spend his time licking food from a plastic cup, getting scritched, and generally being pants-pissingly adorable. At least, that's what Blossom the baby blossom bat does, and she is now my new archetype of bat behavior.

This leopard seal looks like he loves this kayak, or possibly looooooooooves this kayak, if you know what I mean. Or I suppose he could just doing some upside-down underwater surfing.

I can't believe I never thought of an invention like the Qualy Block trash cans, interlocking stacked bins with openings for paper, plastic, and glass. More than that, I can't believe that nobody else in the country has -- or anyway, I haven't seen anything like this in the U.S., and I can only find it for sale on Japanese sites. It's so simple! And yet, for those of us with tiny kitchens, so potentially life-changing!

Remember coralbots, the tiny robots that work in autonomous underwater swarms to repair coral reefs? Their inventors have put together a Kickstarter to fund development, and in exchange for your donation of $25 or more they'll put your name on a robot -- or, if you send enough money, on a reef.

It's a tale as old as time: Monkey discovers electric razor, becomes captain of industry, seizes power over the human world in a vaguely fascist-looking presidential campaign, and enacts revenge for the destruction of his jungle home. 

We've seen animal sweaters used to warm oil-soaked penguins, protect balding hens, and promote Scotland tourism. But these crocheted turtle shell-cozies serve a different purpose: They keep your little guy from blending in with the grass of your yard. And they also make him an easy target for, say, hawks, but hey, no sweater is perfect.

Hey, remember that Gates Foundation grant that would award $100,000 to anyone doing significant work in the field of condom innovation? Well, they can shut that down right now, because they need to give ALL THE MONEY to Jörg Sprave of the Slingshot Channel. His condom applicator invention is -- go figure -- slingshot based, and it's obviously the answer to giving condoms more universal appeal. As he explains, "nothing fascinates male human beings more than guns and sex."