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This video has been around for a long time, but it’s still making the rounds. The MGM Lion discusses the philosophy of death. It’s a surreal, darkly funny examination of what death is like. Yet the MGM Lion is strangely reassuring with a potentially grim subject. You may not agree with the lion’s assertion, but you have to admit it’s food for thought.

The speaker is American philosopher Vito Acconci. The video was created by American artist Timothy Furstnau.

You may not know about it yet, but the Internet is the Wave of the Future! Check out this retro-cool “advertisements” of the Internet’s top websites…done up on fabulous 40s to 60s style typeface and graphic design. The Future is Now!

Vintage Ads Bring the Internet to the Past (Huffington Post)

Foreign Policy magazine has some astonishing projections for population growth in the world’s two most populous contries, China and India. The slideshow “Megacities” begins with “By 2030, China will have 221 cities with more than one million people. The US has 10.” The article also calculates the huge increases in mass transit, energy consumption, and real estate that this massive population explosion will involve.

Megacities (Foreign Policy)

Remember the biggest viral video of this year, the infamous “Trololo Man”? Eduard Khil’s creepy yet charming grin, with his non-lyrical laugh-song was the biggest tidal wave to hit the Intertubes since the Star Wars Kid. Naturally, mash-ups of Eduard Khil’s Trololo video were inevitable. Here is BuzzMashr’s favorite selection: a hip hop track laden spectacular that inexplicably and cosmically blends in with Khil’s Slavic crooning. Oh, it’s NSFW, so get those headphones on!! (the images are fine, except for a cat going to the bathroom in the bathroom).

For more information on “Trololo” and the man behind it, check out the comprehensive Wikipedia article on Eduard Khil. The name of the song is “Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой” by the way!!*

*Okay, that’s “I Am Glad, Cause I’m Finally Returning Back Home” for our Russian-challenged readers.

This new internet meme going around could very well be the next “Hitler/Downfall” gag. Some wiseguys have mashed up hit songs with scenes from China’s Communist red opera, which were all the rage during the Cultural Revolution. Long live Chairman Michael!