The Amazing World

Movies can be an awesome teacher when it comes to taking you to the very extremes and giving you lessons you'd otherwise never want to take. But sometimes it can take you a bit too far beyond those extremes, where reality gets pushed to the background. To debunk some of these movie myths Lenya Brick from  Brightside  has made a series of illustrations that shed light on cliches that we've become so used to, we even started taking them as the real thing. From badass shooting with multiple guns to restarting hearts at the last second, these cliches don't hold much weight in the real world.

We often hear the question about our creations being dominated by mystical characters in nature, that generate short stories, fairy tales, fancy stories. At that moment I feel troubled by it… Why has nature became a fairy-tale plot and the concrete life is a daily phenomenon. Sometimes I feel like I’m in the man-made world of illusions and someone wants to draw a clear boundary between it and nature. After all, should it be the opposite? City is just a safe illusion, fortress, where we can hide and create a suitable comfort zone. Forests are not as dark and ugly as many of you think. Swamps won’t swallow you. Even the wolves, they will never attack you and rip out your heart. Everywhere is a connection. Just for that connection we must indulge all our heart and be a part of it. We are the couple who is looking for that connection and we hope you gonna look for it too. Image Courtesy : Facebook.com

A YouTube video of a tortoise helping another get back on its feet has warmed the hearts of the Internet, garnering nearly two million views. "We were all very lucky to see such kind of scene—one tortoise saves the other one's life!" wrote  AuDi Yu , who uploaded the video in late November. "Also, it's a great opportunity to give my daughter a lesson—helping others is the origin of happiness." (Also see "' Darwin' Tortoises 'Make' Video .") But does the clip, shot at Taiwan's  Taipei Zoo , really show an altruistic reptile  coming to the aid of another in distress? National Geographic asked  David Steen , a turtle and reptile expert at Auburn University in Alabama, to weigh in on what's going on (hint: there may be some tortoise hanky-panky underfoot). Can you tell what species of tortoise this is? My guess is that it's the  African spurred tortoise . I can't say with absolute...