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  • Which Way Is This Train Going?

    Mighty Optical Illusions
    Vurdlak
    22 May 2013 | 6:48 pm
    In which direction does this #train move? From which end of the tunnel is it arriving from? It might be both! Check if you can “see” a different direction each time you look at it? If you stare long enough, you might even make the train change its course. Today’s illusion works in the same manner, our famous Spinning Girl does. After all, there is no definitive answer, since the animation loops through just a few frames. On the other hand, if you recognise the station, you just might know the true answer after all ;)

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    Im Bored
    23 May 2013 | 8:39 am

  • Temple of Truth

    Funtasticus.com Humor & Fun Blog
    Pony
    22 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    The Temple of Truth.

  • 53 King Cobras Saved from a Car in Vietnam

    Weird Asia News
    Genevieve Baxa
    23 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    In Hanoi, Vietnam, the police were called in to handle a rather unusual request. Trapped in a car were 53 sacked king cobras. After removing them from the vehicle, the local police took the snakes to a wildlife rescue center near the capital where they could be treated before being released back into the wild. [...]Author informationGenevieve BaxaGenevieve Baxa is a college student living in the Philippines. She has a great passion in writing, especially in writing short stories. This unpredictable lady loves everything about East Asia. She is enthralled by the culture and fashion of these…

  • Car Loading Fail.

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    Barseps (/wtf/member/Barseps)
    22 May 2013 | 1:18 pm
    Too much gas dude, too much gas.
 
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    New Urban Legends

  • Hyland's Teething Tablets

    22 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    Have Hyland's Teething Tablets been recalled for causing seizures in children?

  • Cameron D'Ambrosio

    22 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    An 18-year-old high school student was arrested on terrorism charges over material he posted on Facebook.

  • House Rules

    21 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    Photograph purportedly shows a house painted in protest by its owner after being barred from displaying a U.S. flag in his yard.

  • Hazard Pay

    21 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    Has accused Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan continued to draw his Army salary while awaiting trial?

  • Religious Service

    21 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    Does Delta Air Lines prohibit Jewish passengers and Bibles on all their flights due to an alliance with Saudi Arabian Airlines?
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  • Addicted To Popular Soda. [Video]

    Mello Yello
    23 May 2013 | 1:00 am
    When shopping for soft drinks, one would go to the brand you’re used to. But sometimes, one needs to take a closer look if what you’re buying is what you’re really buying. - Via haha. Share and Enjoy • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS

  • Funny Japanese ‘Acrobatics’ [Video]

    Mello Yello
    22 May 2013 | 11:55 pm
    Awesome gymnastics and puppet theatrics make this video fun to watch. Maybe you can stage this in your birthday party. - Via Sad and Useless. Share and Enjoy • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS

  • Recreating His Interpretative Dance 10 Years Later. [Video]

    Mello Yello
    22 May 2013 | 2:12 pm
    Tyler Marcum made a Youtube video when he was 20 years old by dancing to the Dixie Chicks’ “Landslide”. Now at aged 30, he revisits that fateful video by dancing the same dance moves he did a decade ago. Totally cute. - Via Happy Place. Share and Enjoy • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS

  • How To Use Chopsticks. [Video]

    Mello Yello
    22 May 2013 | 5:00 am
    Here’s a curious video about the culture of chopsticks in Japan. It makes you want to master the art of eating with hashi. - Via haha. Share and Enjoy • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS

  • He’s One Babysitting Boss. [Photo]

    Mello Yello
    21 May 2013 | 11:17 pm
    He knows how to take care of kids. He’s been at it for three years. Guy knows what to do. He can multitask like the rest of them. - Via Fail Blog. Share and Enjoy • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS
 
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  • What's This Giant Mysterious Structure Under the Sea of Galilee?

    Alex Santoso
    23 May 2013 | 1:00 pm
    Image: Shmuel MarcoArchaeologists are baffled with the discovery of a large, mysterious structure under the waters of the Sea of Galilee:The mysterious structure is cone shaped, made of "unhewn basalt cobbles and boulders," and weighs an estimated 60,000 tons the researchers said. That makes it heavier than most modern-day warships.Rising nearly 32 feet (10 meters) high, it has a diameter of about 230 feet (70 meters). To put that in perspective, the outer stone circle of Stonehenge has a diameter just half that with its tallest stones not reaching that height. [...]Researcher…

  • Cheese Socks

    Tiffany
    23 May 2013 | 12:00 pm
    Cheese SocksDo your feet smell like cheese? Warn people about their pungent odor with the Cheese Socks from the NeatoShop. This deliciously fun pair of orange socks features the word CHEESE. Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Footwear! Link

  • Sailboat Fountain

    Miss Cellania
    23 May 2013 | 12:00 pm
    This lovely fountain is called Fuente del Barco de Agua, which means "water boat fountain." You can see it at Playa de la Malvarrosa in Valencia, Spain, or you can see plenty of photos at My Modern Met. Link -via Laughing Squid(Image credit: Flickr user Jesus Solana)

  • Fake Psy

    Alex Santoso
    23 May 2013 | 11:00 am
    For two days, Korean pop sensation Psy was the toast of Cannes as he partied with stars, guzzled champagne, appeared on French media and even signed deals. Celebs like Naomie Harris even tweeted a photo of them posing together. Problem was, the real Psy wasn't anywhere near the event.The New York Post, who dubbed the impostor Psych!, wrote:The next day, Psych! was interviewed by France’s Radio Prestige (and even taught a clueless host how to do the “Gangnam” dance) and then headed to hot Torch Beach Club. “He was playing it up full scale,” said a spy. “He…

  • What Graduation Means

    Miss Cellania
    23 May 2013 | 10:00 am
    When you see the many jokes about graduation, remember they are just jokes. Finishing your education is clearly an accomplishment to be proud of, when you consider the many folks who do not get the opportunity. As his daughter graduates this year, Dr. Harley A. Rotbart thinks back to his own medical school graduation in 1979 and what it meant to his father.He was the most brilliant fruit peddler in the history of fruit peddling, the smartest man I ever knew. Deprived of a high school education when the Nazis raided his town of Klodowa, he came to America years later as an apprehensive,…
 
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    Weird Asia News

  • 53 King Cobras Saved from a Car in Vietnam

    Genevieve Baxa
    23 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    In Hanoi, Vietnam, the police were called in to handle a rather unusual request. Trapped in a car were 53 sacked king cobras. After removing them from the vehicle, the local police took the snakes to a wildlife rescue center near the capital where they could be treated before being released back into the wild. [...]Author informationGenevieve BaxaGenevieve Baxa is a college student living in the Philippines. She has a great passion in writing, especially in writing short stories. This unpredictable lady loves everything about East Asia. She is enthralled by the culture and fashion of these…

  • Kim Jong-Un’s Plans for ‘Opening’ and Modernizing North Korea

    Genevieve Baxa
    22 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    In the past year, North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un has stated that he will bring an end to decades of strictness in North Korea. It seems that this statement is slowly taking effect because in Pyongyang a number of establishments, including department stores, restaurants, and high rise apartments, are being constructed. In downtown Pyongyang, for example, [...]Author informationGenevieve BaxaGenevieve Baxa is a college student living in the Philippines. She has a great passion in writing, especially in writing short stories. This unpredictable lady loves everything about East Asia. She is…

  • Woman’s Large Figure Causes Failed Suicide Attempt

    Genevieve Baxa
    21 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    Being obese is never seen as being advantageous. Aside from putting one at risk for many illnesses, another disadvantage of being big-bodied is, well…experiencing a failed suicide attempt. A woman from Jiehe, a rural town in Shandong, China, attempted to kill herself because she feared her husband would reprimand her for causing the potatoes of [...]Author informationGenevieve BaxaGenevieve Baxa is a college student living in the Philippines. She has a great passion in writing, especially in writing short stories. This unpredictable lady loves everything about East Asia. She is…

  • Chinese Woman Escapes Unhurt in Toilet Explosion

    Jay Poon
    20 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    Bizarre restroom incidents are not overly surprising anymore. But one recent story, in which a toilet exploded when it was being used, caught our attention. In Leqing City, in China’s Zhejian Province, at around 6:00 a.m. on May 1, 2013, a woman was using a public restroom when the toilet literally exploded. The blast so [...]Author informationJay PoonThe post Chinese Woman Escapes Unhurt in Toilet Explosion appeared first on Weird Asia News. Related posts:Chinese Driver Escapes Miraculous Brush with DeathChinese Invention to Provide Relief for Squat Toilet UsersChinese Man Drops Mobile…

  • Stolen Newborn Sold on Facebook

    Renz Baxa
    16 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    Newborn children are often considered treasures that we should take care of. However, for whatever reasons, some think of them as possible sources of income and choose instead to sell these gifts in order to earn money. A man in India sold his grandchild on Facebook for 70,000 rupees (US$1,278). After his daughter Noor gave [...]Author informationRenz BaxaLawrence Baxa, or Renz as his friends call him, is a writer living in the Philippines. He admits that even though he is new to the writing industry, he is very willing to learn and improve as a writer. Renz loves to play basketball, and…
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    Laughing Squid

  • Pound House, A Comedy Web Series About Internet Dating and Really Weird Neighbors

    Kimber Streams
    23 May 2013 | 1:19 pm
    “Pound House,” a new comedy web series on buh written and directed by DJ DouggPound and Brent Weinbach, features skits about the pitfalls of internet dating and really weird neighbors. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

  • Video Game-Themed Spandex Leggings

    Justin Page
    23 May 2013 | 12:53 pm
    Super Mario Leggings The street fashion website ROMWE has released a collection of video game-themed spandex leggings (Super Mario Bros., Angry Birds and Pac-Man). They are all available to purchase online. Pac-Man Leggings Angry Birds Leggings photos via ROMWE via PwnLove, Fashionably Geek

  • Stylized Series of Vinyl ‘Adventure Time’ Figures

    Justin Page
    23 May 2013 | 12:43 pm
    ThinkGeek released a stylized series of vinyl Adventure Time figures based on popular characters from the animated TV series (Finn, Jake, Lumpy Space Princess, Ice King and Marceline). Each figure is available to purchase online. Each one of these Adventure Time Vinyl Figures is a pint-sized figure of algebraic awesomeness. From Jake’s wavy arms to Finn’s toothy smile to LSP’s attitude, the character of each character shines through in the sculpt. We’ve arranged little scenes on our desk: Jake and Finn talk to LSP on one side, while Marceline tries to get Ice King to…

  • Remember Me, A Video Game Set in 2084 About Memory-Altering Technology Gone Awry

    Kimber Streams
    23 May 2013 | 11:49 am
    Remember Me is a video game published by Capcom set in the year 2084 in a futuristic Neo-Paris. The main character, Nilin, works for a mega-corporation called MEMORIZE that can record, alter, and steal memories using the Sensen implant when her memories are wiped and she joins a resistance movement known as the Errorists. Capcom has created a full interactive journal of the game’s backstory and Sensen’s invention. Remember Me is currently available for pre-order for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows PC, and will launch on June 4th. image via Remember Me

  • Life-Size ‘Star Wars’ X-Wing Fighter Built Out of 5 Million LEGO Bricks

    Justin Page
    23 May 2013 | 11:44 am
    LEGO has taken custom model building to the next level with their incredible life-size model of a Star Wars X-Wing Fighter that is built out of 5,335,200 LEGO bricks. Gizmodo reports that “it reproduces the official $60 Lego 9493 X-Wing Fighter. But instead of being 560-pieces and a few inches long, this model uses more than five million pieces and it’s 11-feet tall and 43 feet long, with a 44-foot wingspan. Just like the real X-Wing—and 42 times the size of the commercial Lego set.” It took 32 Master LEGO builders approximately 4 months to build it to completion. LEGO…
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  • Fire ants could teach tunneling robots a few tricks

    Futurity
    23 May 2013 | 1:54 pm
    Researchers find fire ants tightly regulate the diameter of their tunnels to insure ideal mobility and traction—but when they slip, antennae take grip. “Our hypothesis is that the ants are creating their environment in just the right way to allow them to move up and down rapidly with a minimal amount of neural control,” says [...]

  • To be perfect, practice isn’t enough

    Futurity
    23 May 2013 | 1:39 pm
    There may be more to perfection than a lot of practice, according to a small study of chess players and musicians. A new study shows that even copious amount of practice is not enough to explain why people differ in level of skill in two widely studied activities: chess and music. In other words, it [...]

  • Citizen scientists tag bug collections online

    Futurity
    23 May 2013 | 1:28 pm
    The public can help scientists by deciphering and recording the hand-written field notes that accompany a million insect specimens, many dating back more than 100 years. Along the way, participants in the project, called Calbug, are getting a peek into history and the treasures held in museum collections. Among the many scientifically valuable objects in [...]

  • Dreamy art installations you’ll want to live in

    Peg Fitzpatrick
    23 May 2013 | 1:24 pm
    Gabriel Dawe’s Prismatic Installations Crocheted Playgrounds by Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam The Swedish Furniture Fair Installation Full article with more fantastic art on BuzzFeed Photo credits: archdaily.com, hefoxisblack.com and fc02.deviantart.net

  • 5 Trends in European Digital Consumption [Infographic]

    Visually
    23 May 2013 | 12:59 pm
    A McKinsey iConsumer survey spotlights key trends in e-commerce, mobile, multichannel, social media, and big data. From McKinsey via Visual.ly. Tons of excellent infographics in one place.
 
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    AP Top Strange News At 5:07 p.m. EDT

  • AP NewsAlert

    23 May 2013 | 11:42 am
    CHICAGO (AP) -- Law-firm partner, ex-federal prosecutor Fardon nominated to head Chicago US attorney's office....

  • Goat on the lam snarls NJ's Pulaski Skyway traffic

    By SAMANTHA HENRY
    21 May 2013 | 2:07 pm
    JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) -- A goat believed to have escaped en route to a slaughterhouse snarled the morning commute along one of the busiest roadways in northern New Jersey on Tuesday, leading police on a nearly two-hour chase....

  • Thailand urged to explore edible insect market

    21 May 2013 | 5:20 am
    BANGKOK (AP) -- Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating....

  • Ferris wheel ride world record broken in Chicago

    20 May 2013 | 12:23 pm
    CHICAGO (AP) -- A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite....

  • Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest

    18 May 2013 | 6:46 pm
    MALMO, Sweden (AP) -- Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine....
 
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    Funtasticus.com Humor & Fun Blog

  • Hump Day Hotties

    Pony
    22 May 2013 | 10:00 am
    Nothing like sexy red eye.

  • Daily Cool Pics

    Pony
    22 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    This kid knows what he is doing.

  • Anna Tokarska

    Pony
    22 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    Anna Tokarska is looking sensational in some very naughty lingerie.

  • Temple of Truth

    Pony
    22 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    The Temple of Truth.

  • Life of a Pirate

    Pony
    22 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    A pirate walked into a bar and the bartender said, “Hey, I haven’t seen you in a while. What happened? You look terrible.” “What do you mean?” said the pirate, “I feel fine.” “What about the wooden leg? You didn’t have that before.” “Well, we were in a battle and I got hit with a [...]
 
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    YubaNet.com

  • Elevated Fire Danger Brings Risk for Memorial Day Weekend

    23 May 2013 | 10:00 am
    Sunshine and blue skies make this time of year perfect for camping and outdoor activities. With the Memorial Day weekend approaching, CAL FIRE reminds all Californians about the increased fire danger this year and asks everyone of to be extra careful in the outdoors.

  • Wanted: Host Homes for Important Quake Instruments in the greater Pleasanton/Dublin/San Ramon area

    23 May 2013 | 9:07 am
    About 30 seismic sensors are seeking a place to hang out for up to three years in the greater Pleasanton/Dublin/San Ramon, Calif., area. These sensors will help U.S. Geological Survey scientists conduct the next step in vital research to better understand how earthquakes behave in and around the East San Francisco Bay.

  • California Denies Protections to Tiny, Climate-threatened Mammals

    23 May 2013 | 9:06 am
    The California Fish and Game Commission voted today to deny protection to the American pika under the California Endangered Species Act despite grave threats from global warming. Today's decision comes in response to a scientific petition submitted by the Center for Biological Diversity in 2007 urging the state to protect the tiny, temperature-sensitive alpine mammal from climate change.

  • Guantanamo inmates' pleas to Obama ahead of major speech

    23 May 2013 | 9:05 am
    Hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay detainees have made direct pleas to President Obama ahead of today's speech in which he is expected to outline his plans for the US prison. Among them is Shaker Aamer, a British resident, who calls on the President to begin by freeing the 86 detainees who have been cleared for release by the US Government - of whom Mr Aamer is one.

  • David Hemenway: An Open Letter to Gun Owners

    23 May 2013 | 9:03 am
    I'm struggling to understand your perspective. I'm convinced most of you are good, reasonable people. I suspect that you and I have more in common than the gun lobby would have us believe.
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    PostSecret

  • Sunday Secrets

    postsecret
    18 May 2013 | 8:25 pm
    PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mailin their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.See More Secrets. Follow PostSecret on Twitter. PostSecret on Facebook Amazon.com Widgets-----Email-----Three years ago I had the privilege of meeting you at a PostSecret Event.  That same night, I also met a guy named Tyler.  He was extremely good looking and we both loved PostSecret. We started dating a month later and it has been an amazing three year journey with him. Just last month he proposed! We are now in the midst of the crazy, yet…
 
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    Skull-A-Day

  • Crocheted Skulls

    23 May 2013 | 7:09 am
    Laurie Kahn shared with us some of the Day of the Dead Skull themed crochet pieces she's made. Crochet lends its self to being very delicate and having intricate designs. When it's done with crochet thread, the lacy effect really shows well. These crocheted skulls by Laurie are beautiful. A skull is a hard shape to create with crochet, but Laurie seems to have mastered it. These are 3 of the crocheted skulls she's made. Head over to her Etsy shop, Spider Mambo, to see more great skull pieces.

  • [CONTEST REMINDER] Win a Signed FaceOff Poster

    22 May 2013 | 5:00 am
    Don't forget you have until 11:59pm Eastern USA Time Friday, May 24, 2013, to enter the the current giveaway. We're offering a Skull Appreciation Day 2013 FaceOff show poster signed by both Noah Scalin and Vanessa Ruiz, the poster artists and show curators. You can find the original contest post by clicking the side bar ad, or this link. [NOTE: If you are reading this on Facebook or Google+, you must go to THE ACTUAL BLOG POST HERE to enter this contest! You CANNOT enter this contest by commenting on Facebook, Twitter, or Google+]

  • Lego Skull

    21 May 2013 | 3:00 am
    I'm not sure whether to thank Craig Horky for this sweet ass Lego skull, or the friend who suggested that he submit it. It's reminiscent of another Lego Skull that we've seen here before This somewhat random assortment of parts seem reflective of our own DNA being the building blocks for our physical structure.  The smaller parts make the whole; which is why it's important to not forget them.  Thanks to you and your friend for the flashback, Craig!

  • [CONTEST] Win a Signed FaceOff Poster

    20 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    Street Anatomy and Skull-A-Day have banned together to bring you FaceOff, a skull infused show opening on May 31, 2013, celebrating Skull Appreciation Day. Vanessa Ruiz and Noah Scalin are curating the show, and have created this amazing show poster using the concept of the show, digitally fusing together the skull artwork of two artists. Since people have been so excited about this poster and want one of their own, we are giving away one FaceOff poster to one lucky fan! To make this giveaway even more awesome, Noah and Vanessa will SIGN the poster! The poster hanging on a wall. The poster in…

  • Sunday Simulacra - Version 6.50

    19 May 2013 | 4:57 am
    Today's simulacrum come from our very own Skull Master, Noah Scalin. He noticed this somewhat surprised skull in a paper creation from Charles T. Mayer... ... as well as this skullrific gift box! Almost 7 years after starting Skull-A-Day Noah still sees those sneaky skulls hiding around us everyday. With your help and watchful eyes maybe we can continue presenting these for another 7 years. Jut make sure you submit them to us and we'll continue to post them. Thanks for showing us your finds(again), Noah!
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    PassiveAggressiveNotes.com

  • Happily ever after

    Kerry
    22 May 2013 | 7:11 pm
    Loree in Texas found this crumpled Post-it note in her front yard. “Why the husband threw this gem away boggles the mind, but I am so glad it ended up where it did.” related: Haterade on the rocks, with a twist

  • Hey, Dumbo

    Kerry
    21 May 2013 | 8:42 pm
    As it turns out, a surprisingly large number of American apartment buildings are pachyderm-friendly. (It’s the owners that are the problem, of course.) related: How now, Mad Cow?

  • For heaven’s sake, Steve

    Kerry
    20 May 2013 | 8:50 pm
    Spotted by Leonora in the window of a London office: related: Do not kiss on someone else’s kiss — and absolutely NO LICKING

  • Presenting the new Mercedes-Benz No-Class

    Kerry
    15 May 2013 | 10:27 pm
    Writes our submitter in Brisbane, Australia: “It wasn’t me that reported the rich guy to the council, but it sure gave me a few laughs.” related: I know, all black sedans look the same extra credit: This Is Why People Think Mercedes-Benz Drivers Are Asshats [jalopnik.com]

  • Tacky, you say?

    Kerry
    14 May 2013 | 10:16 pm
    Explains our submitter in Chicago: “Colleague A left the following note — an attempt to enforce an ambigious personal space decoration policy via shame — on Colleague B’s Eiffel Tower clip. (Note: Colleague A has no official authority over Colleague B.) I find the phrasing both poetic and hilarious.” related: Do not lean on my pod!!!
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    Kitschy Kitschy Coo

  • It’s A Mod Mod World, Baby

    Deanna aka Pop Tart
    23 May 2013 | 5:57 am
    Mom’s dress and the pram are so psychedelic the baby may never fully see. Via.

  • Free 3D Mustache

    Derek
    17 May 2013 | 12:00 pm
    It seems you can 3D print anything these days, from a bikini to a gum-chewer’s face to a gun —  but some people in Colorado are putting the technology to an even better use:  manufacturing fake mustaches in fancy colors!  If you live in Denver you can get one of your own this weekend, by [...]

  • Kitschy Kischy Coolie

    Deanna aka Pop Tart
    13 May 2013 | 9:28 pm
    Ahh, when racism ran rampant… Another coolie, this one by W H Bossons (of Congleton, England), who apparently specialized in, err, interesting faces. More on Bossons here. This specific item is for sale in our case at Antiques On Broadway.

  • Turtle Outfits

    Derek
    11 May 2013 | 6:04 am
    I refuse to believe these have any practical use.  The only explanation is that this Etsy shop is where turtle superheroes get all their outfits.  Supervillains, maybe, but I’ve never heard of a turtle supervillain before.  Turtles can’t be evil, can they? (they’re so you can see your turtle when they wander away in your [...]

  • Happy Hippo

    Derek
    9 May 2013 | 6:38 am
    Oh, Wal-Mart, I think you might be mistaken…or the reason that hippo is so happy is because he got his rhino costume in the mail and is trying it on for the first time:
 
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    Uphaa.com

  • 7 Creative Gadgets for Your Kitchen | Kitchen Gadgets

    uphaa
    22 May 2013 | 4:17 pm
    From the Magic Salt and Pepper Shakers to the The Prescription Coffee Mug. Take a look at these creative gadgets for your kitchen. The post 7 Creative Gadgets for Your Kitchen | Kitchen Gadgets appeared first on Uphaa.com.

  • 7 Creative Life Hacks You Should Know | lifehacks

    uphaa
    21 May 2013 | 3:18 pm
    Low-budget techniques to make your life a little bit easier. Take a look at these 7 Creative Life Hacks You Should Know. The post 7 Creative Life Hacks You Should Know | lifehacks appeared first on Uphaa.com.

  • Cute Breakfast Food Art

    uphaa
    20 May 2013 | 1:32 pm
    Ida Skivenes (Idaforst on Instagram), a norwegian photographer present her Read more...The post Cute Breakfast Food Art appeared first on Uphaa.com.

  • 15 Coolest Desk Lamps

    uphaa
    16 May 2013 | 8:00 pm
    If you're looking for some desk lamps that will bring some fun into your desk, here we give you a few ideas about which desk lamps to buy. Meet the 15 Coolest Desk Lamps ever! The post 15 Coolest Desk Lamps appeared first on Uphaa.com.

  • 10 Amazing Examples of Food Art

    uphaa
    16 May 2013 | 9:03 am
    From the superbowl pizza to the Sunflower Cake. Take a look a these 10 amazing examples of food art The post 10 Amazing Examples of Food Art appeared first on Uphaa.com.
 
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    Reuters Video: Oddly Enough

  • Garden pests as tasty treats

    23 May 2013 | 10:28 am
    May 23 - Colombian snail farming pioneers turn obstacle into profit by building a snail export business. Tara Cleary reports.

  • Bayern to win all-German final says "psychic" elephant Nelly

    22 May 2013 | 12:54 pm
    May 22 - The owner of a German wildlife park says one of his elephants, Nelly, has predicted that Bayern Munich will win the soccer Champions League final on May 25 against rivals Borussia Dortmund. Tara Cleary reports.

  • More of the macabre from The Chapman Brothers

    22 May 2013 | 10:42 am
    May 22 - British artists The Chapman Brothers present their latest installation in China, depicting the end of the world and violent conflict. Tara Cleary reports.

  • Stuntmen race cars - on only two wheels

    22 May 2013 | 9:08 am
    Extreme motor sports enthusiasts in Saudi Arabia showcase a stunt where the driver takes a car up on two wheels, and keeps it there.

  • Cheetah robot - a model of speed and efficiency

    21 May 2013 | 5:48 pm
    May 21 - The cheetah is not only the world's fastest land animal, it is also one of the most energy efficient, expending only what it needs to survive. It's that efficiency that engineers at MIT are working to emulate in a robotic cheetah, already clocked as the second fast robot ever developed. Ben Gruber reports.
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    Mighty Optical Illusions

  • Which Way Is This Train Going?

    Vurdlak
    22 May 2013 | 6:48 pm
    In which direction does this #train move? From which end of the tunnel is it arriving from? It might be both! Check if you can “see” a different direction each time you look at it? If you stare long enough, you might even make the train change its course. Today’s illusion works in the same manner, our famous Spinning Girl does. After all, there is no definitive answer, since the animation loops through just a few frames. On the other hand, if you recognise the station, you just might know the true answer after all ;)

  • Falling Beans Optical Illusion

    Vurdlak
    20 May 2013 | 2:59 pm
    Newest addition to our #Seemingly Animated category depicts falling beans that aren’t. Another beautiful illusory pattern provided by great Gianni Sarcone. If you move your eyes around the picture while concentrating on each individual coffee bean, the rest of the beans in your peripheral vision will seem to move like crazy. I don’t know what’s with all of the coffee illusions that are popping like crazy lately, but they all turn-up awesome!

  • Find The Differences: Atomium!

    Vurdlak
    18 May 2013 | 6:22 pm
    While ago, one of our fans who was obviously inspired by Atomium’s impossible structure, sent this in as a suggestion for our little’o website. I was distracted and couldn’t see it at first, but the photo below contains both the illusion and “spot the differences” game all wrapped into one single package! Can you see the illusion first? Now, how about finding all of the differences and then sharing them with festivus rest of us? Let the hunt begin! P.S. Make sure to open the picture in full size, in order to see all of the tiny details! How many differences can…

  • Meals On Wheels Optical Illusion

    Vurdlak
    16 May 2013 | 8:22 pm
    Here’s what you get when you combine an ad agency, #Akiyoshi Kitaoka’s famous illusory “moving snakes pattern” and home-delivery service provider. I can’t seem to ignore the irony behind this advertising message, but it’s better for me to let you decide on it yourselves. Meals on Wheels!

  • Two Of a Kind (Dirty Sofa Illusion)

    Vurdlak
    13 May 2013 | 3:08 pm
    Some of the best illusions on this site can be found categorised inside #sexy hashtag. It’s not that I’m such fond of provocative content, it’s because illusions such as this one have to pass some extra filters in order to qualify for our homepage. I have to be extra careful with these, as there are youngsters among us, where it’s really important for me that they immediately understand the joke - Even when they mistake the content for what it appears to be, the end-result shouldn’t appear distasteful. Having said that, these sofas have really fooled me first…
 
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  • Witnesses See Triangle UFO over Toledo, Ohio

    21 May 2013 | 7:11 pm
    I would like to draw your attention to a report from Toledo, Ohio. This event, although occurring in 1999, has only recently been received by a MUFON investigator. He is a ...Read Full Post

  • UFOs over Shelby Township, Michigan

    18 May 2013 | 7:04 pm
    In April of this year, a man from Shelby Township who was out on his balcony at night saw something unexpected; a strange object that was flashing several different colors. Calling ...Read Full Post

  • What Would Do if You Found an Alien Body?

    15 May 2013 | 7:30 pm
    Very often I get requests to answer some questions for various bloggers, webmasters, and those doing papers for research for schools and universities. The questions are similar from one source to ...Read Full Post

  • Sighting over Utah

    12 May 2013 | 7:07 pm
    On the 27th day of April 2013, several formations of unknown objects were seen over Salt Lake City, Utah. Although the sighting is of interest, we have something rare in ...Read Full Post

  • A Sighting in Alliance, Ohio

    8 May 2013 | 7:46 pm
    The state of Ohio is loaded with good UFO reports, and we have another to share with you that occurred in April of this year. In the city of Alliance, a ...Read Full Post
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  • Choking Hazard: The Real Reason Garlic Repels Vampires

    Toastmaster
    22 May 2013 | 6:45 pm
    Garlic makes the heart beat twice as strong.  When a vampire bites into the throat of a garlic eater, the high pressure  blood spray is too powerful and they choke to death.  This is the real reason they are repelled by it.   Incidentally, vampires are vile nocturnal creatures with teeth like rats who prey on [...]

  • You Stoped A Hart

    Toastmaster
    21 May 2013 | 5:45 pm
    “You Stoped A Hart.”  These words painted 20 years ago in red on the side of an overpass . Who was the artist? Some illiterate vandal with a broken heart? I’d like to think so, but there are other theories. Similar Posts: The Wall Chickens: Return of the Heart Kitten Doctors Invented Cancer in 1926 [...]

  • I’m Cornbread Eating Mad

    Toastmaster
    11 May 2013 | 3:24 pm
    I’m cornbread eating mad. I was at the fruit store looking for come jujuberries and this little girl starts looking at me pointing at the strawberry and saying “That’s you! That’s you.” The mother said, “I’m sorry.” to me, but when the little girl asked “Mommy why is that man’s nose red with black pores [...]

  • Look Ma! I made a picture of cocaine on tinfoil with blood on it

    bixby
    11 May 2013 | 3:18 pm
    Look Ma! I made a picture of cocaine on tinfoil with blood on it.Similar Posts: “Blood Dump” Most Offensive Term, Period Creepy Sightings Workplace Mystery #208: The Money Changers

  • Big Clark’s Dirty Hot Dog Secret

    Toastmaster
    11 May 2013 | 3:03 pm
    Big Clark was one of the greatest singers of the 20th century. The key to becoming a superior singer is hot dog grease. It lubricates your vocal cords and increases your range. Clark said, “That was my secret to success when I was singing all the songs on my 1973 vinyl release “Dick Clark “20 [...]
 
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  • You Have to Read this Book!

    Stoneupnose
    15 May 2013 | 6:43 pm
    I’ve discovered a new book that you have to read, Parallel Collective. It is a totally irreverent novel in the science fiction genre, but it doesn’t go particularly heavy on the science fiction. That is to say it doesn’t go heavy on the science fiction unless you consider the main character being unwittingly and inexplicably [...]

  • New Godless Religion

    Snotontable
    11 Dec 2012 | 7:34 am
    Religco, the founder and owner of the Infinitiaty religion, is Shalampax’s largest and most profitable religion company by far. Rumor has it that the company is now developing a new faith that it is expected to be a strong contender in the religion market space. I have a usually reliable, if somewhat tired and tiring [...]

  • Coup Attempt Rumors

    Birdinhand
    16 Nov 2012 | 7:36 am
    There are rumors that there was recently an unsuccessful coup attempt against the Government of Shalampax. A usually reliable unnamed source said that one of Prime Minister Manexposinghimself’s mistresses—the source refuses to name her—woke the Prime Minister and threatened to tickle him to death unless he turned the reigns of the government over to her. [...]

  • Travel Blog Request

    Birdinhand
    20 Oct 2012 | 1:52 pm
    We received a comment from Freddie Miranda, a travel blogger, on a recent blog post here in Shalampax Speaks. Freddie wanted to interview us for a blog post he hoped to write about our tiny island of Shalampax. Because we forbid tourists on our island, I responded somewhat negatively to his request. I just received [...]

  • Ergophobia Epidemic

    Birdinhand
    8 Oct 2012 | 12:10 pm
    Researchers at the Shalampax Medical Clinic claim that Shalampax is suffering one of its frequent major epidemics of ergophobia, a fear of work. However, there is still considerable vociferous debate among the researchers as to whether my use of the word “suffering” is appropriate. Many of them think it would be more accurate to say, [...]
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  • Topological Marvel: The Klein Bottle in Art

    Avi Abrams
    22 May 2013 | 8:09 pm
    "QUANTUM SHOT" #834 Link - article by Avi Abrams Impossible shape with no distinct "inside" or "outside" - in Art, Fashion and Architecture A geometric enigma, a convoluted mind-bender dropped upon us from the wonderful extra-dimensional realm of topology, the Klein Bottle is perhaps even popular with artists and architects than the ubiquitous Moebius strip. In fact, the Klein Bottle is what happens when you merge two Moebius Strips together: the resulting shape will still have only one side - with its inside and outside merging into one! Such a paradoxical shape is clearly not possible…

  • The Cutest Animals: Awww Update

    Avi Abrams
    17 May 2013 | 11:18 pm
    "QUANTUM SHOT" #833 Link - by Avi Abrams In our rough and tough world we need a shot of cuteness from time to time. Well, then, consider yourself "shot". We featured some of the cutest animals in our previous posts (see our extensive "Animals" category). What can we say? It's time for another update! Latte, Capuchino, Caramel Macchiato & Espresso... guinea pig babies: (image credit: Pacifist) What is it, with hamsters and flowers? - this little guy simply LOVES flowers: (image credit: HendonGirl) Hold on a minute... I gotta warm my tummy - (this meerkat likes it - image via) Touch it! -…

  • Glory of Early Aviation (1900s-1960s)

    Avi Abrams
    13 May 2013 | 5:56 pm
    "QUANTUM SHOT" #832 Link - article by Avi Abrams "Adventure in Contentment" - Vintage Air Travel Posters and Airline Nostalgia Some will say that we live in the Golden Age of Air Travel today. There are certainly plenty of conveniences and almost limitless choices when it comes to planning your trip on any number of premium airlines. However all this easy availability of air travel comes at a price. A certain measure of glamour and romance associated with air travel has been irrevocably lost, and languishes now in the mists of time... glowing from the pages of vintage magazines or gracing old…

  • Archive: April 2013

    Avi Abrams
    8 May 2013 | 7:04 pm
    Sleek Vintage Salon Hair Dryers Chrome Coolness, Gentle Breeze and Space Age Fashion Awesome Armoured Trains and Rail Cruisers Great symbols of power and "stable stagnation" Strange Deep-Sea Diving Suits Under Pressure... and Enjoying It The Golden Age of Cigar Box Art Elaborate Old Cigar Boxes: Visual & Historical Treat Thrill Ride: Bumper Cars Wonderful vintage & adapted bumper cars Futuristic Aircraft Update Inspiring, radical designs... Strange Eye Exam Charts Offbeat Optometry: Testing, Testing... Biscotti Bits Mixed Links & Images Incl. "Hypnotic: Mechanical Principles" Feel-Good #8…

  • Link Latte 201

    Avi Abrams
    7 May 2013 | 8:35 pm
    #201 - Week of May 7, 2013 Animation Made From... Atoms - [amazing video] One Year Without the Internet - [the results are in] Quantum Internet: in use by Government Lab - [geek info] German Postal History: Huge Collection - [great site, vintage] Super Impressive Visuals of the Saturn Hurricane - [wow space] Great Exploration of Rockland Insane Asylum - [abandoned] Linguists identify 15,000-year-old ‘ultraconserved words’ - [science] Eric Standley’s Laser-cut Paper Art - [wow art] China’s Most Polluted Cities, map - [info] Don't look at this building! NSFW in China - [architecture]…
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    Bored Panda

  • 11 Creative and Unusual Cake Designs

    Lina
    23 May 2013 | 7:48 am
    When somebody says “cake“, we typically imagine a round baked sweet, most often decorated with fancy flowers and ribbons, layered together from different kinds of goodies. However, the first cakes, recorded in Ancient Rome and Greece, were way different: the Romans would simply enhance basic bread dough with butter, eggs and honey, and the more creative Greeks would make their version of a cheesecake, using goat’s milk. The term “cake”, however, originates from the times of the Vikings, and their Old Norse word for it, “kaka”. Whichever one it is…

  • ‘Cat Beard’ Craze Takes Internet By Storm

    Tomas
    22 May 2013 | 6:13 am
    Don’t freak out if you see a friend upload a photo of him-(or her-!) self with a massive beard, which, at a second glance, looks oddly similar to a cat. This is all a part of a new photo trend – a meme that’s called ‘cat beards’ or ‘cat-bearding’. The trick is to have your feline friend in front and covering half of your face – and when the cat looks up, it’s chin and neck looks like a massive beard on your face. The first ‘cat beard’ picture was uploaded back on July 28th, 2011, by a Tumblr user Catasters, where the guy was…

  • Old Bike Parts Turned Into Impressive Chandeliers

    Lina
    21 May 2013 | 8:11 am
    Artists Joe O’Connell and Blessing Hancock transformed old bike parts into six spectacular chandeliers, and hung them in the underpass of Theo/Malone and IH-35 San Antonio, Texas. ‘Ballroom Luminoso’ chandeliers contain a custom-made LED light installation, which turned the space into a magnificent shadow theater and a new spot for people to enjoy some public art. The bike parts create intricate shadow patterns and make the underpass look truly surreal. ‘Ballroom Luminoso’ globes also contain small medallions, which are designed to reflect “on the…

  • Incredible 3D Latte Art by Kazuki Yamamoto

    Tomas
    20 May 2013 | 6:28 am
    You don‘t even have to love coffee in order to appreciate these super creative latte foam artworks by Japanese artist Kazuki Yamamoto. And we‘re not talking about the little smiley faces or flat palm tree patterns: this 26-year old latte artist, based in Osaka, creates actual 3D foam sculptures in the coffee mugs of the Cafe10g visitors. This thinking outside the box – or, rather – outside the cup – even gave Kazuki the idea to make the coffee foam climb out of one cup and reach for another. That way you might be served with a cup of coffee where a cat is trying to get into…

  • Extreme Plane Landings at Maho Beach, Saint Martin

    Ieva
    17 May 2013 | 7:18 am
    You’d expect a typical beach to be a nice and quiet haven to relax and chill – but tourists flood the Maho Beach on the Saint Martin island to get exactly the opposite. The beach on the Dutch side of the Caribbean islands is known for all the low-flying airliners, which fly so closely above the beach that people can actually be blown into the water because of the jet blast (or that’s at least what the local government signs warn you about). Local Princess Juliana International Airport is not only really close to the beach, but also has an unusually short runway of only 7,150…
 
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  • Game Designer Creates Board Game Meant to Be Played Thousands of Years from Now

    Spooky
    23 May 2013 | 6:55 am
    American Jason Roher has recently won a game design competition after creating a board game that no one is likely to play anytime in the near future, if ever. Called A Game for Someone, Roher’s game was made from titanium, to stand the test of time, and buried somewhere in the Nevada Desert, where it will probably be discovered by an advanced civilization, or zombies, thousands of years from now. “I wanted to make a game that is not for right now, that I will never play,” Rohrer said, “and nobody now living would ever play.” Inspired by ancient board games like…

  • Meet Hideaki Kobayashi, the Famous Japanese Man Who Dresses as a Schoolgirl

    Spooky
    23 May 2013 | 3:03 am
    Ever wondered what Mr. Miyagi would look like dressed as a schoolgirl? No?!? Me neither…Who does that? Anyway, you’ll get to see it anyway, as we take a look at one of Tokyo’s most iconic characters, Hideaki Kobayashi, better known as the “Sailor Suit Old Man” or the weird guy wearing a schoolgirl uniform. As some of you may know, schoolgirl uniforms are very popular in Japan, but mostly it’s the girls who wear them. One man decided to turn the fashion trend on its head and started wearing the outfit himself, in some of Tokyo’s most crowded places.

  • Chinese Human Snail Carries His Home on His Back Wherever He Goes

    Spooky
    23 May 2013 | 1:16 am
    38-year-old Liu Lingchao is a real-life human snail who carries his 60-kg-heavy house on his back wherever he goes. Made of bamboo poles and plastic sheets, the portable home provides shelter on Liu’s long travels through China. Liu Lingchao makes a living selling plastic bottle and metal cans he picks up from the streets of various Chinese cities. The man from Rong’an, Guangdong Province, built his first mobile home five years ago, as a way to save money on his long journeys, and for protection against rain and cold weather. Liu found life as a snail to his liking, and has since…

  • Get Rid of Wrinkles with the Creepy Facewaver Exercise Mask

    Spooky
    22 May 2013 | 4:01 am
    Don’t feel like spending your hard-earned money on expensive Botox shots and plastic surgery to get rid of those nasty facial wrinkles? Then you might want to take a look at the Facewaver Exercise Mask, a new face stretcher from Japan that promises to give users a more youthful and energetic look. It’s cheaper and doubles as a great Halloween outfit. It might not look like one, but the Facewaver Exercise Mask is actually a beauty product. The stretchy accessory wraps around your face and helps exercise your muscles while you make all kinds of weird facial expressions. This not…

  • Talented Illustrator Doodles Photo-Realistic Ballpoint Pen Portraits

    Spooky
    22 May 2013 | 2:20 am
    Doodling may not seem like the right word to describe Jacob Everett’s detailed artworks, but he does in fact use overlapping elliptical patterns to create incredibly realistic portraits of celebrities and homeless people from the streets of Bradford. “I am a portrait artist working with biro on paper,” Jacob describes his technique. “I produce large-scale portraits using an intricate technique of overlapping elliptical marks, which gradually build to represent the subtle contours of the face. In common with digital images, my works, close up, appear as thousands of…
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    We Interrupt

  • Ottawa police officer shoots herself in the leg, police look for suspect

    Luca Colonnese
    22 May 2013 | 8:20 am
    An Ottawa region female officer has reportedly been shot in the leg while responding to a bush party disturbance call, she may have shot herself in the leg. The officer, a young woman in her 20s apparently drew her gun and bolted down a hill before receiving a gunshot to the right leg. She called the incident in reporting that she had been shot. Police did not cordon off the area as a crime scene, a routine procedure even for domestic calls not involving guns. The officers in charge of the investigation have now seized her 9mm service weapon, after realizing that one bullet was expended.

  • The Parti Quebecois pledges $750,000 in public funds to renovate a hut in the middle of nowhere

    Luca Colonnese
    22 May 2013 | 7:15 am
    Parti Quebecois leader and Quebec Premier, Pauline Marois, has pledged 750.000$ in public funds to renovate the childhood home of Gilles Vigneault, a French Canadian poet mostly known for his yearly removal at the Saint Jean Baptiste national holiday in Quebec city on June 24th. The Premier pledged this money to restore the inside and outside of the home, in Natashquan. It’s important to note that restoring technically means: “to put back the way it once was” which means that technically, it will cost $750,000 in tax payer’s money to take this house: And turn it into…

  • Man sticks penis in hornet’s nest and dies, or does he?

    Luca Colonnese
    22 May 2013 | 4:03 am
    The story of the man who stuck his penis in a hornet’s nest and died in pain may well be a hoax. Last Monday, a 35 year old Swedish man was reported dead near his farm with 146 wasp stings on his body, 46 of which on his genitals. The coroner who examined the body and scene was said to have speculated he “might” have tried to have sex with the hornets nest by inserting his penis inside it, triggering the rage of the flying pests. Reportedly, the coroner also noted the presence of sperm on some wasps, over and around the nest, as well as several pubic hairs. He is quoted as…

  • Baby Born Drunk After Mom Goes On Bender

    NJ Sullivan
    22 May 2013 | 3:01 am
    A 24-year old Polish woman is under investigation for child endangerment after her drinking binge led to son being born drunk and almost dead due to alcohol poisoning. The infant had 4.5g of alcohol in his little body. In Poland, the legal limit you can have to drive is .02 so the newborn had a blood alcohol limit of 23 times the legal limit. “The unborn baby was in severe danger of being poisoned to death.” said hospital spokesperson Wojciech Zawalski. It all happened in a liquor store. The heavily pregnant woman, who was presumably on a bender, was buying more alcohol when she…

  • Eat Insects, Save The World Says United Nations

    NJ Sullivan
    21 May 2013 | 6:59 am
    Eat more bugs and we could save the world. So says a new report from the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. They estimate that globally 2 billion people world wide are already supplementing their diets with the nutrient-rich bugs which are high in protein. Nutrition isn’t the only benefit according to the report. Insects and the farming of them also produce a lot less greenhouse gases than livestock, pigs and other meat production industries making them a smart choice for saving the environment too. They also need less food than bigger animals. Usually…
 
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  • Amazon Wants To Build A Bio-Dome

    admin
    23 May 2013 | 9:10 am
    “While the form of the building will be visually reminiscent of a greenhouse or conservatory, plant material will be selected for its ability to co-exist in a microclimate that also suits people. To encourage growth and maintain the health of the plants, the building’s interior will include high bay spaces on five floors totaling approximately 65,000 SF and capable of accommodating mature trees. The exterior enclosure will be highly transparent and be composed primarily of multiple layers of glass supported by a metal framework. In addition to a variety of workplace environments, the…

  • Girl Halen

    admin
    23 May 2013 | 9:09 am
    “…and she ain’t even Asian!” — Kapten Knug

  • Why Do Women Tend To Talk More Than Men?

    admin
    23 May 2013 | 9:08 am
    “Studies have long suggested that the average woman speaks about 20,000 words a day. The average man, on the other hand, hovers closer to 7000. That means in one year, a Chatty Cathy could wind up speaking 4.7 million more words than a member of the quieter sex, or the rough equivalent of narrating War and Peace in its entirety … eight times. The reason for this has long been unclear to scientists, and it’s why a team of researchers at the University of Maryland sought to find a biological underpinning for why women tend to have a natural gift for gab. Their question: What…

  • Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?

    admin
    23 May 2013 | 9:07 am
    “Learn why women live longer than men. A new study suggests that women’s stronger immune systems could help them outlive men.”

  • Who Named This?

    admin
    23 May 2013 | 9:06 am
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    The Daily Weird: A New Weird Picture Every Day

  • Anaplastology model

    Admin
    22 May 2013 | 9:04 pm
    The post Anaplastology model appeared first on The Daily Weird: A New Weird Picture Every Day.

  • Trench foot

    Admin
    21 May 2013 | 9:54 pm
    Trench Foot is a medical condition caused by prolonged exposure of the feet to damp, unsanitary, and cold conditions. It is one of many immersion foot syndromes. The use of the word trench in the name of this condition is a reference to trench warfare, mainly associated with World War I. Affected feet may becomeThe post Trench foot appeared first on The Daily Weird: A New Weird Picture Every Day.

  • Snake and lizard fought to the death

    Admin
    20 May 2013 | 9:46 pm
    The post Snake and lizard fought to the death appeared first on The Daily Weird: A New Weird Picture Every Day.

  • Extreme psoriasis

    Admin
    19 May 2013 | 10:52 pm
    The post Extreme psoriasis appeared first on The Daily Weird: A New Weird Picture Every Day.

  • Clever park bench advertising

    Admin
    18 May 2013 | 10:59 pm
    The post Clever park bench advertising appeared first on The Daily Weird: A New Weird Picture Every Day.
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  • 17 Best Art Pictures of the Week – May 18th to May 24th, 2013

    Editorial Staff
    23 May 2013 | 12:31 pm
    Check out the Unique Art pictures of this week.... 1. Study after Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X - Francis Bacon (1953) [806x1069] 2.  Plan for a toumb for Isaac Newton - Boullee [1536 x 907]   3. KwangHo Shin untitled [573 x 960] 4. Tim Noble & Sue Webster's Shadow Sculptures -- Wild Mood Swings, 2009 [1200X960] 5. Beat the White With the Red Edge, El Lissitsky, 1920 [1840x1464] 6. Gaia - Alex Grey [1000 x 755] 7. Bread Line, by Geirge Segal, a part of the FDR Memorial in Washington DC [4288 x 2848] [OC] 8. Leonid Golender : Woman V [OC] [456x600] 9. A Sudden Gust of…

  • Amazing 3D Drawings For Coffee Lovers – Latte

    Editorial Staff
    23 May 2013 | 10:56 am
    Lots of people have started drawing on coffee latte, But here just see this amazing pictures  , it feels like the art will jump out of your cup, these are created by a creative skillful artist 26-year-old barista Katsuk Yamamoto of Osaka, Japan, discovered a new art 3D drawings on coffee, proving that even the most boring job can be creative. 1. Some interesting figures made by foam..   3. Giraffes, polar bears, cat curiously looking into another cup - an artist from Japan skillfully realizes his imagination.           I am sure these kind of coffee will make your day more better....

  • Shootout by Harmless Plants – Sonia Rentsch

    Editorial Staff
    22 May 2013 | 2:48 pm
    A great artist Sonia Rentsch has creatively made unbelievable handguns and bullets. with plants, A 2002 graduate of industrial design from RMIT university (Australia), Rentsch has worked for a diverse range of clients including the L’oréal Melbourne fashion festival, the Sddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) & Christian Dior (UK). More recently she worked for the creative house Moth Design (Melbourne). Here take a look of unique art.....          

  • Amazing Creativity in Pictures by Christoph Hyuet

    Editorial Staff
    22 May 2013 | 2:34 pm
    A true master of photoshop Christoph Het has shown us a amazing series of his work - He has made famous advertising prints for Playstation, Nike, Motorola, Surfrider Foundation ....One  is Milka cow - the one that gives all the joy and kindness. have a look...                                        

  • 15 Best Adrenaline Pictures of the Week – May 17th to May 23rd, 2013

    Editorial Staff
    22 May 2013 | 2:15 pm
    Checkout the adrenaline pictures of this week........ 1. Pedro Oliva kayaking dangerously close to lava. Photo by Alexandre Socci [990x659]   2.   Hitting the eject button at Teahupoo [990x500] 3. Looking down from the edge of the Chrysler Building in NYC [1600x1067]   4.Wing suit flying over Rio de Janeiro [2768*1845] 5. Red Bull Air Force dropping in [1280x853] 6.   Shipstern's bluff, Tasmania [3000x2000] 7.   Handstand at the ledge of sharp top point!! Post #3 [2,246x3,370] 8. Highlining over Mt. Baldy [3888x2592] 9.   Air drop at Teahupoo [990x500] 10. Best of both…
 
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    The Presurfer

  • How Marmite Is Made

    Gerard
    23 May 2013 | 3:50 am
    Some people love it, others hate it. The product that was to become Marmite was invented in the late 19th century when German scientist Justus von Liebig discovered that brewer's yeast could be concentrated, bottled and eaten. This video shows how Marmite is made. YouTube link (via Look At This...)The Presurfer

  • The Science Behind Luwak Coffee

    Gerard
    23 May 2013 | 3:48 am
    image credit: Leendertz cc Kopi luwak is a rare and prized variety of coffee. Kopi luwak refers to the beans of coffee berries once they have been eaten and excreted by the Asian Palm Civet. Producers of the coffee beans argue that the process may improve coffee through two mechanisms, selection and digestion. It's the most expensive coffee in the world with retail prices reaching $700 per kilogram. This article is by Professor Massimo Marcone who explains the science behind Kopi luwak.The Presurfer

  • 10 Absolutely Amazing Tipping Stories

    Gerard
    23 May 2013 | 3:46 am
    image credit A tip (also called a gratuity) is a sum of money tendered to certain service sector workers for a service performed or anticipated. Such payments and their size are a matter of social custom. Tipping varies among cultures and by service industry. We hear a lot of bad stories about cheap tippers and even cruel tippers (like the pastor who refused to tip because she gives God 10 percent), but it's a lot rarer to hear about excessive and genuinely kind tippers. Fortunately, such people are out there.The Presurfer

  • 10 Awesomely Creative Piggy Banks

    Gerard
    23 May 2013 | 3:44 am
    image credit: 401(K) 2012 cc Piggy banks date back over 600 years. Back then, there weren't any modern-style bank accounts, credit cards or tax forms, and people had no choice but to hide their money somewhere relatively safe. This often meant filling up an old container with extra coins. Today, the humble piggy bank still has its place. Not only is it a powerful symbol of financial savvy, but it's also a way for people to get thrifty and learn how to manage their money - both physically and virtually.The Presurfer

  • Pig Box

    Gerard
    23 May 2013 | 3:42 am
    A story about a shivering blue bird and a sleepy porcupine. Vimeo link (thanks Cora)The Presurfer
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    Journal Of Secrets

  • Taking A Break ...

    The SecretMaster
    18 May 2013 | 4:00 pm
    After four years and over 6,000 secrets, The Journal Of Secrets is taking a break. I don't know how long this break may or may not be, or even if The Journal Of Secrets will return. But until then, all the secrets are online and available to see, for others to know that they are not alone. To everyone who took part I thank you for your honesty and courage in trusting me with your secrets. Look after you and yours, -The SecretMaster

  • i feel so ashamed ...

    The SecretMaster
    18 May 2013 | 10:00 am
    i feel so ashamed of myself. I WISH I COULD START MY LIFE COMPLETELY OVER.

  • I wear sandals in ...

    The SecretMaster
    18 May 2013 | 4:00 am
    I wear sandals in the snow so that Someone will remember me for Something no matter how trivial

  • I hate being so ...

    The SecretMaster
    17 May 2013 | 10:00 pm
    I hate being so inexperienced. I just want to get a boyfriend and see how it really feels to be Loved.

  • it's called emetophila. and ...

    The SecretMaster
    17 May 2013 | 4:00 pm
    it's called emetophila. and i feel disgusting for being turned on by the sight and sound of people throwing up. ...but really, there is nothing hotter than the sound of a woman gagging.
 
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    The Curious Diary of Mr Jam

  • Amazing rainstorm pics

    Mr Jam
    21 May 2013 | 8:56 pm
    When it rains in Asia, it REALLY rains HONG KONG has been hit by a massive rainstorm. In Asia, we don’t get light spring showers. We get SERIOUS rain. Here’s proof: Some comments from today by friends, readers, and Facebook contacts: Sally Andersen: “It's hard to sleep with a dog sitting on your head. Opal decided it was the safest place.” Leela Devi Panikar: “Hope all friends in Hong Kong are fine. Don and I are unscathed but few disasters in our village, homes flooded due to collapsed retaining walls and clogged roof drainage.” Karuna Karunakaran: “Flood!!!! Woke up to…

  • 100 million spare guys

    Mr Jam
    19 May 2013 | 6:54 pm
    Girls, you are about to be over-run with surplus men   *** IN OTHER NEWS…. TWO ITEMS FROM the world of books to note, please. Come and see me! If you live in Hong Kong, Tom Carter is launching his brilliant anthology Unsavory Elements at Bookazine. It’s a collection of true-life essays, one of which is written by this columnist. Come to Bookazine in Princes’ Building at 6.30 THIS THURSDAY, that’s May 23rd. I’ll be there to read a funny extract. Pete Spurrier (author of the HK walks series) will also be there, as will Graham Earnshaw and Bruce Holmes. Got a great review in the…

  • You must listen to this Muslim

    Mr Jam
    16 May 2013 | 8:13 pm
    People from every religion and none can learn from this guy YOUR HUMBLE NARRATOR went to a party to see an old friend this week, and I hope you don’t mind if I write about that instead of the usual humor column. The gathering was to celebrate the work of a guy called Izzeldin Abuelaish, a doctor from the Middle East who has written a book. (Pix at the top show me chatting with him on stage on Wednesday evening.) He was born to a Muslim family who had lived for generations in a farming place in Palestine. But the family was dispossessed, their land taken over by a man called Ariel Sharon.

  • Bias in the international media

    Mr Jam
    14 May 2013 | 5:45 pm
    A few examples to make you think I WAS WATCHING the international TV news the other day when I realized something huge was missing: there was no mention of the Eastern half of the world, home of 60 per cent of the world’s population. A Malaysian friend watching with me agreed this was odd, and added that she’d been at a meeting of members of The Meeja, a shadowy international group of data-dealers whose mission is to shine the Bright Light of Truth and Justice into dark areas, preferably if celebrity cleavage is located therein. At the time, a rainstorm had caused an ancient tower in…

  • WORLD LAUGHTER GUIDE

    Mr Jam
    12 May 2013 | 5:54 pm
    This could be kinda useful, I hope Technorati Tags: history of laughter,lol,laughing around the world,Mr Jam,Nury Vittachi
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  • This is not a real post.

    Amanda Kay
    15 May 2013 | 1:25 pm
    I have a couple posts written, and just haven't illustrated them yet. This is likely because all parts of my brain, including the creative part, are on strike. I've been having horrible migraines and headaches for the past several weeks, and it's hard to get motivated to use your brain when it's stabbing itself. Add in the chronic anxiety and insomnia, and that's basically why I never doodle anymore.I tried to start drawing today, and this is all that came out.So yeah. There's that. I achieved something. Huzzah. Today I was told I'd have to see a neurologist, so maybe when I…

  • Easter Shame

    Amanda Kay
    2 Apr 2013 | 7:04 am
    I'm usually pretty crafty with the Easter eggs, but I just could not get my shit together this year for some reason. My Marmie and I started off making an attempt, but as egg after egg kept looking like it fell directly out of a horse's asshole after said horse had been force-fed nothing but Taco Bell for three days straight, we just kind of gave up and made silly ones. I thought I'd share them with you lovely people.We'll start with someone of the ones that turned out alright. "Golden Egg Kit" my ass. Look at those streaky motherfuckers in front. I think ol' Orangie on the right…

  • A daily ritual

    Amanda Kay
    26 Mar 2013 | 6:42 am

  • He lied. He lied to us all.

    Amanda Kay
    25 Mar 2013 | 7:56 am

  • 6:00am Netflix Insomnia Funtime

    Amanda Kay
    16 Mar 2013 | 3:48 am
 
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  • Strange Things in Frogner Park

    EmmoLei Sankofa
    18 May 2013 | 10:43 pm

  • Listen- A Potrait of R. Murray Schafer

    EmmoLei Sankofa
    12 Mar 2013 | 4:09 pm

  • "Creativity" excerpts from Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

    EmmoLei Sankofa
    12 Mar 2013 | 1:07 pm
    Creative individuals have a great deal of physical energy, but they are often quiet and at rest. Creative individuals tend to be smart, yet also naive at the same time. A third paradoxical trait refers to the related combinations of playfulness and discipline, or responsibility and irresponsibility. Creative individuals alternate between imagination and fantasy at one end, and a rooted sense of reality at the other. Creative people seem to harbor opposite tendencies on the continuum between extroversion and introversion. Creative individuals are also remarkably humble and proud at the…

  • There Is More Than Meets The EYE

    EmmoLei Sankofa
    7 Mar 2013 | 7:46 pm

  • Dumpster Buckets and the Dirty Boxcars

    EmmoLei Sankofa
    6 Mar 2013 | 11:23 am
    So I went to roam River Street here in Savannah, GA and stumbled upon this interesting group of individuals. I had seen them wandering earlier in the day while I was on my quest to find lunch and was intrigued. I decided to come back that night to speak with them to find out exactly what they did and what they were doing. I brought with me a H4N Zoom recorder to perhaps document whatever story I could get out of them.  When I got to River Street, it was busy just like every other night. It was relatively early, so many of the bars were just opening up. I assembled my gear so that…
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  • Dollar facts

    txtface
    19 May 2013 | 4:59 am
    It weighs only 0.035 oz (1 gram), is only 16 square inches (0.01m²) in size and consists of cotton and linen but those who do not have it would like to have it and those who have it would like to have more of it. It is the world’s most popular currency: the United States dollar. Dollar facts $1 The United States one-dollar bill is the most common denomination of US currency, totaling 45% of all bills ($1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100) produced. There are about 2 billion $1 bills in circulation.  Like all United States money, the $1 note is produced by the U.S. Treasury’s…

  • The memory toolbox

    txtface
    16 May 2013 | 2:44 am
    75 Tips and Resources to Go from Amnesic to Elephantic Many people expect increasing memory loss as they age, but this memory loss can be reduced or stalled with some simple memorization techniques, physical exercise, and a reduction of stress. In fact, impaired memory has more to do with chemicals that are released in the brain when an individual suffers from chronic stress. But, you can reduce the obstacles and increase your memory capacity with the seventy-five tips and resources listed below. In fact, you can go from amnesic to elephantic within a few short weeks.  Some of the tips you…

  • World’s first Android phone

    txtface
    26 Apr 2013 | 10:23 am
    Phones have come a long way since Innocenzo Manzetti played around with the idea of a ”speaking telegraph” in 1844. Development of the landline telephone came in leaps and bounds but it is the mobile phone that truly captured a global audience. The first mobile phones were produced by Bell System for use in cars only, introduced in 1946 on their Mobile Telephone Service in St. Louis, Missouri. The first call on a handheld mobile phone was made on April, 3 1973 by Motorola’s Martin Cooper to his rival, Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs. Nicknamed “the brick” the…

  • The Brave New World Of 3D Printing

    txtface
    13 Apr 2013 | 1:34 am
    It merited just one line in U.S. President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address in February 2013, but it could change the very nature of manufacturing, alter the global trade balance, and potentially spark a new industrial revolution. It is something known as 3D printing, which Obama claimed “has the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything.”  So what exactly is 3D printing? The term is actually a colloquial phrase for something called “additive manufacturing” — a process of assembling products by sending a digital file to a…

  • How safe are your emails and phone calls?

    txtface
    11 Apr 2013 | 6:18 am
    The 21st-century surveillance industry is hi-tech, sophisticated and terrifyingly pervasive, it is revealed in more than 200 brochures, presentations and other marketing materials published by WikiLeaks and Privacy International. The gear on sale falls into four categories: location tracking of mobile phones and vehicles; hacking into computers and phones to monitor every keystroke; recording and storage of what’s being said on an entire telecommunication networks; and the analysis of vast swathes of data to track individual users.  Location tracking A popular mobile phone tracking…
 
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  • Ducks Rule at Peabody Hotel, Memphis

    Kaushik
    23 May 2013 | 3:29 am
    Peabody Hotel is not just another luxury hotel in downtown Memphis in Tennessee, USA. This one has a peculiar attraction – ducks. Every day at 11 in the morning, a parade of five mallard ducks makes its way from their penthouse home on the roof of the hotel down to the lobby via the elevator. Red carpet is rolled out all the way from the elevator door to the hotel fountain made of a solid block of Italian travertine marble. The ducks frolic in the waters the entire day. At exactly 5 in the evening, the ducks are ceremoniously led back to their penthouse. The unique tradition started in…

  • Scale Model of the Mississippi River on Mud Island

    Kaushik
    22 May 2013 | 4:09 am
    Mud Island is not actually an island, it is a small peninsula, in downtown Memphis on the Mississippi River. But it did rose out of mud. What happened was that in 1876, the river shifted slightly about 20 miles south of Memphis, causing the currents that flowed past the city to alter course. Then in 1910, the U.S. Navy gunboat Amphitrite anchored at the mouth of the Wolf River for almost two years, causing a further change in silt patterns. When the ship left in 1912, the sandbar continued to grow, and Mud Island was born. Initially, the residents disliked the island, since it was ugly and…

  • Extraordinary Camouflage of Walking Leaves

    Kaushik
    22 May 2013 | 12:17 am
    Leaf insects or walking leaves are some of the most remarkable leaf mimics in the entire animal kingdom. These insects take the appearance of a leaf to hide themselves from predators. They do this so accurately that predators often aren’t able to distinguish them from real leaves. In some species the edge of the leaf insect’s body even has the appearance of bite marks. To further confuse predators, when the leaf insect walks, it rocks back and forth, to mimic a real leaf being blown by the wind. The creature may have been first documented by the scholar Antonio Pigafetta, who sailed with…

  • The Beautiful Fukang Meteorite

    Kaushik
    21 May 2013 | 11:11 am
    The Fukang meteorite, believed to be some 4.5 billion years old, which is as ancient as Earth itself, was unearthed near a town of the same name in China, in 2000. It is a pallasite, a type of meteorite with translucent golden crystals of a mineral called olivine embedded in a silvery honeycomb of nickel-iron. It’s a gorgeous meteorite, and possibly the most stunning extraterrestrial piece of rock man has ever seen. The Fukang meteorite was found by a hiker. The man had often stopped and had lunch on this giant rock, and he always wondered what the metal and crystals were. He finally took a…

  • Colorful Danxia Landforms of China

    Kaushik
    19 May 2013 | 10:34 pm
    The Danxia landform is a unique type of “petrographic geomorphology” found in China, characterized by strips of red sedimentary rock in steep cliffs. According to Wikipedia, “the landforms look very much like karst topography that forms in areas underlain by limestones, but since the rocks that form danxia are sandstones and conglomerates, they have been called "pseudo-karst" landforms.” A very peculiar feature of danxia landscape is the development of numerous caves of various sizes and shapes. The caves tend to be shallow and isolated, unlike true karst terrain where caves…
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    Spooky Pics

  • Facebook Ghost Lady Urban Legend

    Staph Writer
    23 May 2013 | 7:47 am
    I came across this "Ghost Lady" picture on Facebook today. It's been a long time since I posted a fake ghost picture, and honestly that's because there are just so many out there. I could probably make an entire site dedicated to just clowning on fake ghosts of the internet! I had originally planned on doing more of that on this site, but after seeing so many, they don't even grab my attention anymore. This "Ghost Lady" pic caught my attention because it wasn't just a pic. It came complete with a creepy background story, and while I think the pic is far from paranormal and the story is about…

  • eBOOK: "A Ghost in Every House - A Guide to Ghost Hunting, Hauntings, and the Paranormal."

    Staph Writer
    22 May 2013 | 4:34 pm
    So, as you may or may not know, I am not a ghost hunter. I started this site to examine evidence of the paranormal because of my own experiences with the paranormal as a child. I have never been on the front lines actually collecting evidence myself though. Honestly, I'm a little embarassed. I almost feel like the tech nerd behind the super hero who never actually gets in the field. I really want to change this though! I'm trying to get out there and experience a ghost hunt for myself. AT LEAST one. So, being a nerd, step one is to get all the info I can find. Now, I've been reading books on…

  • Ghostly Face Picture from Reddit

    Staph Writer
    23 Apr 2013 | 9:33 am
    The upside of taking some time off is that you have lots of new pictures to discover when you get back. Like this ghostly face picture that has been fairly popular on Reddit. Supposedly the person in the photo and the photographer were the only people in the room when this picture was taken. If you look you can see what appears to be a ghostly face near the ladder. My immediate instinct to this ghostly face is that it's someone standing in the background.At first it looked like someone in lower light possibly wearing black standing off to the side. After spending more time looking, there is…

  • Newport RI Apartment Ghost Picture

    Staph Writer
    4 Dec 2012 | 12:32 pm
    It feels like I've been sitting on this ghost picture from Newport, RI forever. A friend actually posted this on FB and I saved it with the intent of sharing on here. This was taken in his apartment. Newport is a really old city with tons of reported paranormal activity. So, he may have very well caught a real ghost picture here. As of now, this ghost picture is 100% exclusive to this site. I know I have been letting the site slip as of late, but I still have grandiose plans of a site redesign and relaunch. In the meantime I'm going to continue looking for better quality and more exclusive…

  • Roswell Rod Picture...

    Staph Writer
    29 Jul 2012 | 10:36 am
    So, I got this Rod picture at the beginning of the month, and have debating whether or not I was actually going to post it on the site. Personally, I'm not really a believer in the whole "rod" phenomenon. Of course, as usual, I eventually took the issue to Twitter. You guys said you wanted to at least see the picture and make up your own mind as to whether or not it was paranormal. You wanted to see it, here it is...however, I'm asking you to leave comments! Let me know if you think "Rods" are a legit paranormal phenomenon. What your comments say will decide whether we accept/post any rod…
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    Crazy Facts

  • In 1877 Jimmy a monkey was charged with…

    Weirdo
    23 May 2013 | 3:11 am
    In 1877, Jimmy, a monkey, was charged with assault after he bit the finger of Mary Shea, in New York. On hearing the case the judge said he could not legally commit a monkey. Jimmy then respectfully removed his velvet hat, climbed atop the judge’s desk and attempted to shake his hand.

  • Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali reportedly went two months…

    Weirdo
    23 May 2013 | 3:07 am
    Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali reportedly went two months without sex before a big fight, claiming it made him unbeatable in the ring.

  • Jonathan Lee Riches got the Guinness world record…

    Weirdo
    23 May 2013 | 3:06 am
    Jonathan Lee Riches got the Guinness world record for having filed the highest number of lawsuits in the world. When he heard of this, he sued the Guinness Book of World Records.

  • The smell of books makes some people need…

    Weirdo
    23 May 2013 | 3:05 am
    The smell of books makes some people need to poop. The Mariko Aoki phenomenon is a phenomenon consisting of the urge to defecate while visiting a bookstore. Originating in Japan, it is named for the woman who first publicized such an urge.

  • There was a man born with no depth…

    Weirdo
    22 May 2013 | 4:54 am
    There was a man born with no depth perception, but while attending a 3D movie, his brain repaired the condition.
 
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    Unusual Places

  • Setenil de las Bodegas

    Curator
    19 May 2013 | 12:00 pm
    Welcome to the town of Setenil de las Bodegas in Spain, where around 3,000 inhabitants are living quite literally, under a rock. Believe it or not, people chose to settle here for practical reasons. The natural caves of Setenil turned … Continue reading →

  • Crooked Forest

    Curator
    16 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    In a tiny corner of western Poland a forest of about 400 pine trees grow with a 90 degree bend at the base of their trunks – all bent northward. Surrounded by a larger forest of straight growing pine trees … Continue reading →

  • Bohemian Paradise

    Curator
    11 May 2013 | 7:16 am
    Bohemian Paradise (Czech: Český ráj) is a Protected Area. It was declared in 1955 as the first nature reserve in the Czech Republic. At first it was 95 square kilometres in area; today it is almost 182. This area is … Continue reading →

  • The village of Monsanto

    Curator
    11 May 2013 | 7:15 am
    Monsanto is a beautiful village built in the Portuguese countryside. Featuring narrow streets carved from rock and granite houses squeezed between giant boulders, it looks like a real life Bedrock. At the top of the 400 feet high hill stands … Continue reading →

  • Kummakivi

    Curator
    11 May 2013 | 7:14 am
    There are certain natural occurrences in the world that leave us all scratching our heads. One such natural wonder is Kummakivi, a geological formation found in the dense forests of Finland. The mystifying sight is that of a giant rock … Continue reading →
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    Fact of the Day

  • How to eat an apple

    Fact of the Day
    2 May 2013 | 1:42 pm
    An apple is one of the most fundamental fruits throughout history. Apparently, we’ve been eating them wrong. The average person discards roughly 30% of each apple. Eat apple from bottom to up (or vice versa). - via foodbeast.com

  • The first English colonists in Jamestown turned to cannibalism during the starving time

    Fact of the Day
    1 May 2013 | 12:57 pm
    Jamestown was founded in 1607 by English colonists. The starving time was a period two years later in which 80% of the colonists died. Besieged by Powhatan Indians in their wooden fort, the settlers had been joined by new colonists … Continue reading →

  • The sleepwalking woman who had sex with strangers

    Fact of the Day
    1 May 2013 | 6:42 am
    Over several months an Australian woman had sex with strangers while sleepwalking. On one occasion, her partner awoke to find her missing, went searching for her and found her engaged in the sex act. In 2004, sleep medicine experts have … Continue reading →

  • Poor parenting — including overprotection — increases bullying risk

    Fact of the Day
    26 Apr 2013 | 7:14 am
    Children who are exposed to negative parenting – including abuse, neglect but also overprotection – are more likely to experience childhood bullying by their peers, according to a meta-analysis of 70 studies of more than 200,000 children. The research, led … Continue reading →

  • Gardening is good for your health

    Fact of the Day
    22 Apr 2013 | 1:35 am
    Here are just a few of the ways gardening can benefit your physical and mental health. A study in the Netherlands suggests that gardening can fight stress even better than other relaxing leisure activities. After completing a stressful task, two … Continue reading →
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    Unusual Deaths

  • A pioneer in sleep research died due to his having fallen asleep at the wheel

    admin
    11 May 2013 | 1:34 am
    Eugene Aserinsky, a pioneer in sleep research, who discovered REM sleep, died when his car hit a tree north of San Diego due to his having fallen asleep at the wheel.

  • Filmmaker froze to death while making a documentary on homelessness

    admin
    5 Apr 2013 | 12:15 pm
    Lee Halpin, a 26-year-old film-maker from Heaton, Uk, froze to death as he made a documentary about sleeping rough on the streets. Speaking on a YouTube video, he said the project was part of an application for an investigative journalism course and that he intended to “immerse” himself in the lifestyle of a homeless person.

  • University student beheaded in go-cart crash

    admin
    26 Mar 2013 | 7:03 am
    Tuğba Erdoğan, a 24 year old Turkish university student was killed when her scarf got caught in the shaft of a go-kart. After losing control of the kart and hitting the safety barrier, her head was completely severed from her body by the scarf caught in the shaft.

  • Re-creation of woman’s death proves too real

    admin
    26 Mar 2013 | 6:57 am
    Yooket Paen, 57, of Angthong, Thailand accidentally slipped on “farmyard mud,” grabbed a naked live wire and got electrocuted to death. After the funeral, her sister, Yooket Pan, 52, was showing her neighbors how the accident happened when she herself slipped, grabbed the same live wire and also got electrocuted to death.

  • A little boy drowned in a toilet bowl

    admin
    10 Mar 2013 | 6:51 am
    Mendi Altman, a 14-month-old toddler drowned to death in a toilet while visiting family in Brooklyn. Submission by Rik van Doorne.
 
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