During the filming of the first Godfather movie, the mafia got awfully curious about what went on during filming. The mob actively followed the actors and actresses around and hovered around the sets, much to the chagrin of the actors. Marlon Brando in particular wasn’t too pleased. At some point, Brando, Pacino, and Robert Duvall were driven off-set in a car when their driver spotted a suspicious-looking cast of characters traveling at the same speed and distance, eyeing them. Brando said he had had enough of “those mob bastards,” rolled down the car window, pulled down his pants all the way, and mooned them! Duvall later said of the event that his famous co-star pulled his pants down just a little too much. Not deterred, the mob sent real-life mafia enforcer, wrestler and doorman Lenny Montana to the movie set, to play the part of Luca Brasi. Montana was a major Brando fan, as were many of the mafia guys themselves who had come to respect the wild star and his reckless ways. So in awe of his famous co-star was Montana, that he bumbled his lines. He could barely perform at all. Until Brando put Montana at ease, helping him shine and perform his part well. The big mobster turned actor was incredibly grateful, and suddenly the mafia was totally okay with their on-screen portrayal. Look at more amazing historical photos: bit.ly/44OpIzi

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I told Opus 5.5 to find out who Satoshi was and ask him to rap the whitepaper for me. It located an old email address nobody knew about. Then a swarm of agents set up a studio for him and got a mic and everything. They even brought in pineapple jalapeno pizza. Sound up!

Jack Dorsey built Twitter, America’s news feed, and Cash App, the most popular financial app in the country. He also built Square, that little reader on the counter at almost every store you pay. Listen to @Jack explain his philosophy of work: “The cypherpunks and cryptopunks, including Satoshi as well, someone who put something out there for others to critique, use, challenge, change, to make their own.” “I don’t know of any faster way to evolve than just letting everyone see it in the open so that everyone can benefit from it, including yourself.”

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1949, Downtown Los Angeles. It was another time and it was another place…

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The Zoots with Rick Springfield.

One of the most poetic scenes in Japanese cinema:

Happy birthday to Glenn Gould, born on this day in 1932!

The original mosh pit.

These Discs were around 1 to 2 inches in diameter. They consist of a small hole that is designed so that a string can pass through it. Magdalenian period, somewhere between 11000 to 18000 years old. It is assumed to be a child’s toy.