What’s on at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds In Our Office

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Today at Flavorpill we couldn’t stop talking about our new iPhone app and upcoming world record-breaking yoga event. No, seriously — both are big news around HQ. We loved the New York Times‘ visual look at the evolution of the World Cup soccer ball. We wondered what David Beckham, Daft Punk, Snoop Dogg, Franz Beckenbauer, Noel Gallagher, Ian Brown, Ciara, Jay Baruchel, and DJ Neil Armstrong were all doing in the Star Wars Cantina Scene. We watched the latest teaser for Lady Gaga’s “Alejandro” music video and felt teased. We found this infographic of the worst oil spills in our planet’s history oddly comforting (is that messed up?). We discovered that penguins can play soccer. We gawked at the precision of artist Joel Cooper’s origami mask. We considered Vulture’s slideshow of cinema’s creepiest genetically crossbred babies a cautionary tale. We wished that Brett Ratner would just leave Snow White alone. And finally, we were surprised to read that Chace Crawford had been busted for pot possession in Texas after we’d just watched the latest trailer for his movie Twelve — in which he plays a 17-year-old dealer. The universe works in mysterious ways…