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  • 10 WTF Moments of the Day – May 16th, 2012

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    MEditor
    16 May 2012 | 5:40 am
    Eating a hash brown from McDonald’s…,  Scrap metal collector…, my literature book at school…, Potato of Outer Space…, national treasure…,Air filter…, mannequin…, YOLO tattoo…, Night Club…, far from the sea…1. I was eating a hash brown from McDonald’s on the way home when I felt something on the bottom…2. Scrap metal collector in Chicago – I think I’ll go ahead and change lanes now.3. Came across this in my literature book at school…4. The Potato of Outer Space5. You’re my national…

  • Copyright pirates copied

    The Curious Diary of Mr Jam
    Mr Jam
    15 May 2012 | 8:18 pm
    A taste of their own medicine TEE HEE. THE COPYRIGHT PIRATES have been copied. And they are not happy. You know that group of evil content thieves, er, “nice helpful sharers”, called The Pirate Bay? For years they’ve been pushing the idea that it’s fine to make whatever use you like of other people’s digital intellectual property. But it has just been revealed that several mystery people have set up exact copies of The Pirate Bay website and are making money from them. This is an utterly despicable thing to do, and I wish I had thought of it first. The original pirates moaned on…

  • Top 10 Offbeat Stories of the Day – May 16th, 2012

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    MEditor
    16 May 2012 | 6:21 am
     If the Earth was 10ft closer to the sun…, amusement park…, Man Killed…, Facebook ‘Likes’…, soaring cost of college…, Fiat Photo Bombs Volkswagen…, dead in bathtub…, pilot who shot down…,  acronyms…, AMAZING transformation…1. If the Earth was 10ft closer to the sun…2. The most dangerous amusement park in American historyAction Park was an amusement park, open from 1978 to 1996 in Vernon Township, New Jerseyat the former Vernon Valley / Great Gorge ski area, now known as Mountain Creek. It featured three…

  • 15 Best Adrenaline Rush Pictures of the Week – May 09th to May 16th, 2012

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    MEditor
    16 May 2012 | 5:27 am
    1. ”The Big Hang” on Poda Island, Krabi, Thailand 2. The ‘SKYWALKERS’ of Russia!3. Lake jump at the Tour de France4. Slackline Hammok for those who need a break 5. Doing a Backflip on Trolltunga in Norway 6. Altitude awareness at 5,000ft. 7. Me Cliff Jumping, Gloucester MA, USA 8. Ian Killik mid-crash at Sunpeaks Bike Park. Photo by Allan McVicar.9. Travis Pastrana. Huge jump.10. Bat hanging on a highline 11. The Wedge, Newport, Ca 12. Austen Sweetin playing with fire13. Jeremy Thompson on the cover of Onboard Snowboarding Magazine taking on an…

  • Top 10 Videos of the day – May 16 2012

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    Suryakul91
    16 May 2012 | 4:03 am
    1.Bird will teach you how to dougie2. Flying Horse – Gatorrada (Cat-Toast)3. Pixar studio stories – The movie vanishes (full)4. Name 10 Things That Aren’t Skrillex5. Animaniacs6. 5 Year Old Girl Picks A Master Lock in Under A Minute7. Peter Popoff – Miracle Spring Water8. CCD: The heart of a digital camera9. Pump Action Slingshot Crossbow!10. siberian husky puppy gets head stuck in box
 
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  • Foot Fall

    16 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    Photographs show a foot injury caused by stepping on a broken CFL bulb? (Disturbing image warning)

  • Gay Bible

    15 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    Is Pink Cross Publishing about to publish a gay revision of the Bible?

  • Head Case

    14 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    Do the 'giant head' moai statues on Easter Island have bodies?

  • Boy Shot by Stepfather Appeal

    14 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    Appeal claims that every time a particular message is posted, Facebook will donate 45 cents towards an operation for a boy shot by his stepfather.

  • Amazon Book Order Cancellation Scam

    13 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    Scam masquerades as Amazon.com notifications of canceled orders for non-existent books.
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  • Girl Falls Through Pavement [Video]

    Monty
    26 Apr 2012 | 4:46 pm
    Unlike the videos we post where some idiot isn’t paying attention and then falls down or runs into something, this one is slightly different. Yes, we have a girl falling through a hole, but she falls through a hole that wasn’t even there until she walks over it. The hole appears in the sidewalk only as the girl walks over it and like magic, she’s gone. Apparently, running water under the pavement caused the problem. The girl was predictably terrified and had to be rescued, but it appears everything worked out in the end. (Via Guyism)

  • Awesome Water Holes [Photos]

    Monty
    25 Apr 2012 | 7:12 pm
    What is a water hole? Well, it’s a big hole filled with water. In some cases they’re man-made, in other cases not. We’re not necessarily talking about lakes though, as you’ll see. Take a look below and head over to Ego TV to see more.

  • Old Man Shoots Up Speed-Monitoring SUV [Video]

    Monty
    24 Apr 2012 | 7:14 pm
    We’ve got a lot of questions after watching this, but first, let’s set the scene. This incident occurred in the city of Santa Fe, where the police have unmanned SUVs set up to monitor speeds and shoot photos of motorists who violate the speed limit. One particular resident didn’t think too much of these SUVs, so he drove up and fired a few rounds into one of them. While we can relate to his frustration, there are several curious elements to this video. First, the guy is old and, well, this is the type of behavior you’d expect from someone who’s young and dumb.

  • Funniest DUI Ever [Video]

    Monty
    20 Apr 2012 | 5:16 pm
    What do you get when you combine a dumb redneck, a scissor lift and beer? Hilarity. (Via Sports Grid)

  • The 1980s [Photo]

    Monty
    18 Apr 2012 | 6:17 pm
    Is there a photo that better summarizes the 1980s than this? Only a couple complaints. First, shouldn’t there be a humongous line of coke on the bar? Second, I really appreciate Ronald Reagan hanging out with Cobra Commander, but shouldn’t The Breakfast Club be in here somewhere? (Via Ego TV)
 
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  • “The Ferraris of the Bird World”

    Alex
    16 May 2012 | 1:00 pm
    To many people, pigeons are rats with wings, but to some, they're the "Ferraris of the bird world." And they've got the price tags to prove it: To the average observer, they look like ordinary pigeons, caged into a balcony in a high-rise Beijing apartment. But make no mistake. These cooing birds, according to breeder Yang Shibo, are like top-of-the-line sports cars. "These are the Ferraris of the bird world," he says. "They're the most expensive, and the fastest." The price of racing pigeons is soaring sky-high, pushed up by wealthy Chinese buyers. It's the…

  • Man Arrested for Leaving Son in Car

    Miss Cellania
    16 May 2012 | 12:00 pm
    A man was arrested in Shepherdsville, Kentucky on misdemeanor charges of endangering the welfare of a minor. He had gone into a bar to drink and left his son behind in the car. According to an arrest report, 59-year-old James L. Osborne was seen walking into The Electric Cowboy, a bar on Dixie Highway, near Oak Park Drive, early Saturday morning, shortly before 2:30 a.m. Witnesses say he left a young boy inside his vehicle. When police arrived, they approached the boy and asked him his age. It was determined that the boy was 17. He was 17? When I was 17, I was in college! It’s likely…

  • Piranhaconda

    Miss Cellania
    16 May 2012 | 11:30 am
    (YouTube link) And you thought nothing could be sillier than Sharktopus! SyFy does it again with a man-eating fish-reptile called Piranhaconda, coming to a river, er, TV near you. -via The Daily What

  • All You Can Eat Dispute

    Miss Cellania
    16 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    This story reminds me of the joke about a customer who was upset that a waitress cut him off the buffet after two plates. “That’s ALL you can eat for ten dollars!” she said. But this is a real story out of Thiensville, Wisconsin, where a man says all-you-can-eat doesn’t mean just until the restaurant runs out of food. At 6’6″ and 350 lbs, Bill Wisth admits he’s a big guy who can pack it away more than most.  And he wants one restaurant to make all-you-can-eat, all he can eat too. “It’s false advertising,” said Wisth to TODAY’S…

  • The LEGO Gender Gap

    Miss Cellania
    16 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    In a two-part article at Sociological Images, David Pickett traces the history of LEGO and the toy’s male-female dichotomy. The toys were pretty much gender-neutral before the introduction of mini-figs in 1978. Even then, the figures were generic and ambiguous -until 1989. I discussed the introduction of LEGOs the invention of gendered minifigs, and early efforts to market separately to girls and boys in Part I of this series, covering 1932 to 1988.  The segregation of LEGO into feminine and masculine sets would escalate beginning in 1989.  That year the LEGO group introduced gender…
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  • The almanac

    16 May 2012 | 2:30 am
    By United Press International UPI Almanac for Wednesday, May 16, 2012.

  • Judge orders suspect to write book reports

    15 May 2012 | 4:03 pm
    SAN FRANCISCO, May 15 (UPI) -- A San Francisco man accused of trying to sell a grenade launcher was ordered released on bond on the condition he read each day and write book reports.

  • Man pickets over all-you-can-eat fish fry

    15 May 2012 | 3:52 pm
    THIENSVILLE, Wis., May 15 (UPI) -- A Wisconsin man said he will picket a restaurant every Sunday until its all-you-can-eat fish fry lives up to its name.

  • Police: Man asked to be shot

    15 May 2012 | 3:42 pm
    STOCKHOLM, N.Y., May 15 (UPI) -- Police in New York state said they arrested a man accused of agreeing to do a favor for a friend and shoot him in the leg.

  • Police: Taxi cab thieves left flower trail

    15 May 2012 | 3:38 pm
    BOSTON, May 15 (UPI) -- Boston police said they arrested two men accused of hijacking a taxi cab and leaving a trail of flower petals during a foot chase.
 
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  • Nats pitcher Strasburg brings the heat, regrets it

    16 May 2012 | 11:48 am
    (Reuters) - Washington pitcher Stephen Strasburg may read warning labels a little closer in future after some 'Hot Stuff' heat rub ointment got on "the wrong place" and made Tuesday's outing on the mound an uncomfortable one. Strasburg, one of the most promising young pitchers in Major League Baseball, allowed four runs in a 6-1 defeat to the San Diego Padres, the 23-year-old fidgeting his way through four irritating innings on the way to his first loss of the season. Nationals manager Davey Johnson told reporters the ointment had rubbed Strasburg the wrong way. ...

  • Stay Hungry: Wisconsin man picketing all-you-can-eat restaurant

    16 May 2012 | 11:41 am
    Bill Wisth is 6-foot-6 and weighs 350 pounds. His version of an all-you-can-eat buffet might be slightly different from yours or mine. And now Wisth is protesting a Theinsville, Wisconsin, restaurant that finally cut him off after eating 12 fish during its all-you-can-eat fish fry. "It's false advertising," Wisth said, who has been picketing the [...]

  • Paris exotic dancers strike, say wages "miserable"

    16 May 2012 | 11:40 am
    PARIS (Reuters) - Topless dancers at the renowned Crazy Horse night club in Paris have gone on strike, saying they are not being paid enough to take the shirts off their backs. The Crazy Horse, one of the most popular establishments of its kind in the world, said on Wednesday it was forced to cancel performances on Tuesday and again on Wednesday for the first time since the cabaret was created in 1951. ...

  • Paris exotic dancers strike, say wages "miserable"

    16 May 2012 | 11:39 am
    * Dancers say are asked to work 24 days per month * Cabaret says takes wellbeing of dancers seriously PARIS (Reuters) - Topless dancers at the renowned Crazy Horse night club in Paris have gone on strike, saying they are not being paid enough to take the shirts off their backs. The Crazy Horse, one of the most popular establishments of its kind in the world, said on Wednesday it was forced to cancel performances on Tuesday and again on Wednesday for the first time since the cabaret was created in 1951. ...

  • Kayak shark attack: California kayaker says great white rolled him over

    16 May 2012 | 10:59 am
    Summer is a little over a month away—and that means shark story season is just around the corner. California got a jump on the perennial wave over the weekend when a kayaker says a 14-foot great white shark flipped and knocked him out of his kayak near the Central California town of Cambria. "I got [...]
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  • Teenage Boy Proves His Love by Drowning

    Von Capulong
    16 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    A lovestruck Chinese boy died when he drowned in the river trying to prove to his girlfriend that he loved her. To make matters worse, the girl knew that her boyfriend did not know how to swim! The couple, students of a local university in Nanning, Guangxi province, argued over some petty matters after the [...] Related posts: Chinese Man Eats Young Boy’s Brains to Cure His Epilepsy Six-Year Old Boy Saved By His Ears Cross-Dressing Teen Becomes a Super Boy

  • Drug Capsules Make For Toxic Art in China

    Von Capulong
    15 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    Last month, officials in China’s Henan province found capsules of toxic drugs dumped in a roadside ditch. This colorful toxic brew was about 300 meters long. From the images below, you would think that this was one of those gimmicks pulled off by the Chinese government to beautify the environment. Since the the government started [...] Related posts: Art in China Just Got Hairy Chinese Executions Mark Anti-Drug Day Vets Cure Elephant of Drug Addiction

  • Fiery Noodle Soup Lights Up Kyoto

    Von Capulong
    14 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    A ramen house in Kyoto takes hot and spicy to a whole new level! The Men Baka Ichidai has created this flaming-hot ramen by mixing 360-degree (centigrade) green onion oil with negi ramen. The concoction creates flames that can shoot up to a foot high. You can take your chances eating this flaming ramen for [...] Related posts: Instant Noodle Museum Opens in Japan to Much Fanfare Chinese Restauranteur Invents Robot Noodle Chef Do You LOVE Ramen?

  • Chinese High School Administers IV Drips in Classroom

    Stewart Brently
    13 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    What kind of room is full of desks and students, with books piled nearly as high as the students’ heads, and has IVs lines hanging from the ceiling? This strange combo might sound far less peculiar if I told you that it is a classroom in a nursing college or medical school. But that’s not [...] Related posts: High School Tells Students to ‘Hold It’ School Puts Children in Danger to Boost Their Bravery China’s School of Rock Doesn’t Roll But Closes

  • Mechanical Kitty Coin Bank Offers an Adorable Way to Save Loose Change

    Lycurgus
    12 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    There is certainly no shortage of bizarre gadgets hailing from Japan, but none are as cute as this Mechanical Kitty Coin Bank, courtesy of Thinkgeek.com. To use it, all you do is put a coin on the fish-shaped food bowl on top, and a cute little kitten pokes its head up and grabs it before [...] Related posts: High Blood Pressure Can Save You… Sometimes Japanese Batting Machine Offers “Floating Baseball” Life-Sized Gundam Built in Japan
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  • Huggies Supreme Tiki-Themed Hawaiian Diapers

    Rusty Blazenhoff
    16 May 2012 | 1:00 pm
    Huggies Supreme Hawaiian Diapers are a limited edition line of “tiki-themed” diapers (though I can’t spot any actual tikis) made by Huggies available until July 2012. According to Huggies, you can bring “Big island style to your little one.” They come in two designs and, yes, they have matching wipes. HUGGIES Little Movers Hawaiian Diapers provide tropical style—without compromising on leakage protection. …Two tiki designs in one pack lets you enjoy this spring season—and make your little one the coolest and cutest around …Get the same tropical…

  • Run For Your Lives, A 5K Race With Zombies

    EDW Lynch
    16 May 2012 | 12:48 pm
    Run For Your Lives is a 5K race in which participants must traverse obstacle courses and avoid hordes of zombies. Justin Rocket Silverman of The Daily recently took part in a Run For Your Lives race in Massachusetts (video). There are 11 races coming up this year in locations around the country—check the event website details. photo by Billie Weiss

  • F*ck You Pizza From Pizza Hut

    Scott Beale
    16 May 2012 | 12:29 pm
    The all new F*ck You Pizza From Pizza Hut by WorldWideInterweb via Viral Viral Videos

  • Etcher: Etch A Sketch for iPad

    EDW Lynch
    16 May 2012 | 12:06 pm
    Etcher is an iPad app and case that converts the tablet into an Etch A Sketch toy (intro video & Etcher drawing time-lapse). Etcher creator Ari Krupnik is raising funds for the project on Kickstarter. via designboom

  • New York City Subway Paper Cut Portraits by Ming Liang Lu

    EDW Lynch
    16 May 2012 | 11:44 am
    Chinese artist Ming Liang Lu stations himself on a New York City subway platform and creates intricate paper cut portraits of commuters (video). via The New York Times photos by Joshua Bright/The New York Times, video by Andrew Flynn Soltys
 
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  • The (not so correct) anatomy of sea life

    16 May 2012 | 1:52 pm
    Marine biology, scharine schiology. Pleated Jeans skips scientific facts for its series of sea life diagrams. Via Pleated Jeans. (H/T @laughingsquid) Laughing is good for you. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • The mechanics of eclipses [infographic]

    16 May 2012 | 11:11 am
    When the moon passes in front of sun, as viewed from Earth, the eclipse that occurs is visible from a narrow path on Earth that corresponds to the location of the moon's shadow. During a total solar eclipse, this path is known as the path of totality. WARNING: Never look directly at the sun during an eclipse with a telescope or your unaided eye. Severe eye damage can result and scientists use special filters to safely view the sun. Via Space. The view from space. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Clean air improves heart health, Olympics show

    16 May 2012 | 10:39 am
    Using the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a lab, researchers found evidence that even short-term reduction in air pollution exposure improves a person’s cardiovascular health. “Beijing is one of the most polluted cities in the world, and the Chinese government had proposed to reduce pollution levels to be comparable to other Olympic host cities,” says USC Professor Junfeng (Jim) Zhang. “We wanted to take advantage of such a huge intervention and look at what happens to people biologically.” Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Permalink |…

  • Why parents can’t rely on video game ratings

    16 May 2012 | 9:48 am
    Not all E-rated video games are created equal. New research indicates content matters more than ratings when it comes to effects on kids. “In the children’s study these were are all very cartoonish games—they were all rated appropriate for everyone—and yet we still show the violent harm aspect, as well as the prosocial, good aspect of some E-rated games,” says Iowa State University psychology professor Craig Anderson. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Top-educated women picking family track

    16 May 2012 | 9:46 am
    More older, highly-educated women are choosing to have a family, but it remains unclear whether they are having children in addition to—or instead of—careers. “Women born in the late 1950s are the turning point,” says Qingyan Shang, assistant professor of economics at the University at Buffalo.  Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Permalink | Leave a comment  »
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  • Experimental Russian Tanks

    seltar (http://wtf.videosift.com/member/seltar)
    16 May 2012 | 1:24 pm
    The first 10 seconds awards this with a Comedy-tag, and is also the only reason for me to post this.

  • Why Is Yawning Contagious?

    blahpook (http://wtf.videosift.com/member/blahpook)
    16 May 2012 | 1:21 pm
    Why do we yawn, why is it contagious, and what does this say about us?

  • Cars Crash Behind News Reporter

    Issykitty (http://issykitty.videosift.com)
    16 May 2012 | 12:34 pm
    Uploader's description via Youtube: "Two cars crash behind reporter. Anchorwoman claims they were shocked by gas prices"

  • Man Protests at All You Can Eat Buffet

    pumkinandstorm (http://wtf.videosift.com/member/pumkinandstorm)
    16 May 2012 | 12:27 pm
    News report of a man protesting the "rules" at an all you can eat buffet.

  • Here's your trunkful of kids, never mind the other traffic

    mintbbb (http://wtf.videosift.com/member/mintbbb)
    16 May 2012 | 12:11 pm
    YouTube Description: Just some innocent fun
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  • Tips for Renting Self Storage Units in Long Beach, CA

    Matt
    11 May 2012 | 2:21 pm
    If you live in Los Angeles County and are searching for self storage units in Long Beach, CA or a nearby storage facility to house your items while moving, for business overflow, to store a vehicle or boat, or to keep personal mementos safe, there are storage space companies ready to accommodate your needs. Los Angeles area self storage units are available with numerous options. If you have personal items requiring steady temperatures, a climate controlled storage unit is available. A unit also comes in varying sizes for belongings both small and large. Some facilities offer the choice of…

  • Equipment Rental in Ada OK

    ITR
    7 May 2012 | 6:45 pm
    This construction equipment blog post sponsored by Volvo Rents of Ada, OK – >construction equipment rental Ada OK Ada Airport Runway to be replaced? The city of Ada is suing two contractors for using the wrong asphalt while replacing the Ada Municipal Airport runways. The contractors had been given a $1 million contract to redo the runways in 2005. The city now states in court papers that the contractors used a type of asphalt that was not approved by FAA. The papers state that when FAA and Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission learned that the wrong type of asphalt was used, they asked for the…

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  • Construction Rental News from Ardmore OK

    ITR
    5 May 2012 | 11:42 am
    This construction equipment blog post sponsored by Volvo Rents of Ardmore, OK – construction equipment rental Ardmore OK What does a rural Ardmore Offer to Technology Companies? Four technology companies, Lightwave Photonics, Cerium Labs, Garnet Technologies and Topaz Thermoelectrics are planning a move to Ardmore in Oklahoma. They have announced a partnership with Ardmore based Amethyst Research Incorporated that created the night vision goggles used by the Army. What does a rural Ardmore offer to these tech companies? According to Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce Dave Lopez:  ”At a…

  • Relationships and Personal Growth

    ITR
    3 May 2012 | 6:16 pm
    By Maurie Pressman, a Philadelphia Psychiatrist and Therapist I believe that relationships spur personal growth, and that personal growth sponsors relationships. How so? When we are in relationship we have another person to take into consideration—not only our own ways, needs and wants. That is true on two sides. We learn the art of compromise. When we do, we learn to maintain our personal dignity and needs while at the same time modifying them so that they fit the situation and satisfy the other person. The secret is balance. Not too much sacrifice, not too much self-seeking. If we…
 
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  • Cosplayers at the Ottawa Comic Con of 2012

    Digg
    16 May 2012 | 8:41 am
    It's basically Canada's version of the San Diego Comic Con. The Ottawa Comic con is no joke. It's a pretty huge event by any standards. Having

  • The Bucolic Landscape Of Palouse, Washington

    Digg
    16 May 2012 | 4:49 am
    If you ever want to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, Washington's pastoral town of Palouse is the perfect place to go.

  • A Picturesque Panorama Of Toronto At Night

    Digg
    16 May 2012 | 4:48 am
    Toronto, the provincial capital of Ontario can add the word enchanting to its laundry list of positive attributes.

  • 25 Photos of Astronauts Eating in Zero Gravity

    Digg
    16 May 2012 | 9:57 am
    Thanks to what we can only assume is a covert robot uprising, a manned space voyage is a rarity in modern times. Fortunately, the excitement of strapping scientists to rockets like Wile E. Coyote will never die, and a three-man Soyuz capsule departed from Kazakhstan, yesterday. It’s destination is the International Space Station. In honor of this brave and solemn explorers, we found silly pictures of astronauts (and cosmonauts) eating in zero gravity to commemorate this important, ultra-serious moment. We’ve come a long way since John Glenn was given a tube of applesauce in space just to…

  • From Saucy Pics to Passwords: How to Share Sensitive Information Over the Internet

    Digg
    16 May 2012 | 5:27 am
    Raise your hand if you've shared a username and password with someone over IM? Ever share a document with your SSN or other extremely sensitive information without protecting it?
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  • Horse runs into sea, rescued a mile offshore

    16 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    CARPINTERIA, Calif. (AP) -- Maybe he should be named Bob....

  • Baby red crabs invade Cayman Islands

    16 May 2012 | 11:31 am
    GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of baby red crabs are invading the Cayman Islands in an annual migration that residents say is more pronounced this year....

  • Zimbabwe politician drives off in motor show car

    16 May 2012 | 9:25 am
    HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- State prosecutors in Zimbabwe say an opposition politician at a Ford Motor Company car show got into the latest model on display and drove it away. He faces car theft charges in court next month....

  • NJ gov., mayor channel Seinfeld in video parody

    16 May 2012 | 9:11 am
    TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and the mayor of New Jersey's largest city are channeling the Seinfeld-Newman rivalry in a video parody that spoofs the mayor's heroics and Christie's vice presidential potential....

  • Workers go trash-picking for Mass. woman's rings

    16 May 2012 | 8:24 am
    ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) -- An Attleboro, Mass., woman is praising the city's trash collection company after its workers helped her dig through mountains of stinking garbage to find five valuable rings she inadvertently threw away, including her engagement and wedding bands....
 
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  • Hump Day Hotties

    Pony
    16 May 2012 | 1:00 pm
    Hump Day is always better with a selection of hotties. Related posts: Hump Day Hotties (30 Photos) Hump Day Hotties (28 Photos) Hump Day Hotties (27 Photos) Related posts: Hump Day Hotties (30 Photos) Hump Day Hotties (28 Photos) Hump Day Hotties (27 Photos)

  • Some Excellent Signs

    Pony
    16 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    I guess some people need a little more information for obvious things. Related posts: More Great Signs Signs that make you think Important Signs Related posts: More Great Signs Signs that make you think Important Signs

  • Tooshie Tuesday

    Pony
    15 May 2012 | 1:00 pm
    Careful now that looks slippery. Related posts: Tooshie Tuesday Tooshie Tuesday Tooshie Tuesday Related posts: Tooshie Tuesday Tooshie Tuesday Tooshie Tuesday

  • Daily Cool Pics

    Pony
    15 May 2012 | 12:00 pm
    Forget the ice cream truck…it comes to you on the beach in  a boat! Related posts: Daily Cool Pics Daily Cool Pics Memory goes with age Related posts: Daily Cool Pics Daily Cool Pics Memory goes with age

  • Best of Frisky Friday

    Pony
    15 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    Frisky with three different angles. Related posts: Best of Frisky Friday Best of Frisky Friday Best of Frisky Friday Related posts: Best of Frisky Friday Best of Frisky Friday Best of Frisky Friday
 
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  • Scottish Farmer Breeds ‘Panda’ Lamb

    Odd Weirdo
    20 Apr 2012 | 10:45 am
    The pandas at Edinburgh Zoo have become famous in recent months, with everyone wanting to get in on the action of celebrating their arrival. However, one farmer has gone further than anyone else in order to honour the new addition, by creating a whole new breed of sheep that bears an uncanny resemblance to the Zoo’s new residents. Jill Noble from Carlops, Peebleshire has successfully bred white lambs with black splotches on their coats, including one over each eye. Looking at the lambs’ faces, there is a definite resemblance to a panda and this is a very interesting development in…

  • Steve Can be a Real Scumbag

    Odd Weirdo
    15 Jan 2012 | 6:53 pm
    Gotta love Steve, always doing the wrong thing.

  • Crazy Weird Bust Commisioned

    Odd Weirdo
    6 Jan 2012 | 9:31 am
    Salt Lake City, Utah – Bill and Joe Granhall were brothers born in Salt Lake City, UT in the late 20′s.  Born exactly one year apart they never seemed to get along and personality-wise were also complete opposites.  Bill was happy go lucky and a day dreamer while his brother Joe (the older brother) was always serious and studious.  They became business partners in 1944, opening a printing company.  The company was very successful and both men became millionaires many times over but they fought on a daily basis and hated each other.  This is a bust that Bill Granhall had…

  • Cool Smart Bat Car

    Odd Weirdo
    6 Jan 2012 | 9:12 am
    This is Batman going green!

  • How is Your Marriage?

    Odd Weirdo
    28 Dec 2011 | 6:18 pm
    Marriage as seen through my six year old daughter.
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    Weird Odd News

  • Seven Little Known Online Services That Can Help Your Business Save Money.

    15 May 2012 | 3:48 am
    Everybody likes things that save them money or are, better yet, 100% free. Here is a list of seven online services that help entrepreneurs and small businesses save money that you've most likely never heard about.1. Bitrix24.Com Corporate intranets can set companies back tens of thousands of dollars. Fortunately, businesses consisting of less than 12 employees have the option to receive intranet from Bitrix24.com at absolutely no cost. It provides fully functional CRM, planner, project and task manager, as well as many other convenient elements at no charge. All these features are also…

  • Millionare Writers - Randy Cassingham

    29 Apr 2012 | 3:18 am
    Need Perfect Software Name? Try Crowdsourcing.http://www.thisistrue.com/Randy Cassingham is one of the first online publishers: his This is True column went online in 1994. It's his full-time gig: over the years, it has brought him several million dollars in income, and he lives on 45 acres in western Colorado, where he looks at gorgeous snow-covered mountains from his home office."TRUE" (as Cassingham calls it) is biting social commentary, using weird news as its vehicle. It's funny and has a loyal following: thousands pay $24/year to get the full column by e-mail each week. Tens of…

  • Fashion Startups - Threadflip.Com

    26 Apr 2012 | 1:29 am
    Daily advice - How to Download from Youtubehttp://www.threadflip.com/If you're a person who loves to shop, there's a chance you'll come across an item or two that's sitting practically new inside your closet. And if the novelty and/or thrill of the idea of owning such an item already left you, you can always put your unwanted fashion up for sale.San Francisco startup Threadflip is out to give users a novel way of discovering, buying and selling fashion. Users of the site upload images of items - clothing, bags, shoes, jewelry - they wish to sell and set their own price tags. Photos can be…

  • Why You Should Tattoo Your Child

    13 Apr 2012 | 9:23 am
    Idea Spotlight - New Startup Pays Experts To Answer Questionshttp://www.safetytat.com/If you have you ever lost your child, even for a moment, you know that it is every parent’s worst nightmare.Here’s a product to make you feel better about that eventuality: SafetyTats are temporary child identification tattoos that when applied to a child’s arm provide an immediate and highly visible form of identification and contact should your child become lost. Unlike just writing your telephone number of your child’s arm, the temporary tattoo is waterproof.Where’d the idea come from?The idea…

  • Me thinks 2.0

    29 Mar 2012 | 11:37 am
    Just published our Web 2.0 Names article
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    YubaNet.com

  • Sexual Violence, Harassment of Immigrant Farmworkers

    16 May 2012 | 1:57 pm
    Hundreds of thousands of immigrant farmworker women and girls in the United States face a high risk of sexual violence and sexual harassment in their workplaces because US authorities and employers fail to protect them adequately, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The current US Senate bill reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) would go some way toward fixing the problem and should be enacted, but much more needs to be done, Human Rights Watch said.

  • Congressman Jared Polis to Congress: Pizza is Not a Vegetable

    16 May 2012 | 1:55 pm
    To reverse Congress' absurd decision to define pizza as a vegetable in school meals, Congressman Jared Polis today unveiled new legislation—the SLICE (School Lunch Improvements for Children's Education) Act—to protect students' health by allowing sensible nutrition standards for pizza in the meals our children eat at schools. Last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed a rule that would have prevented pizza from being counted as a vegetable in meals but Congress succumbed to lobbying from the frozen food industry and blocked it.

  • AG Harris Announces $40 Million Nationwide Settlement with Makers of Athletic "Toning" Shoes

    16 May 2012 | 1:53 pm
    Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced today that she, along with 44 other attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission, has reached a $40 million settlement with Skechers USA, Inc. to resolve allegations the company made unsubstantiated claims about the health benefits of its rocker-bottom shoes, including the Shape-ups, the Tone-ups, and the Skechers Resistance Runners.

  • Feds Raid Commercial Pot Grow in Penn Valley - 5 Arrested

    16 May 2012 | 1:31 pm
    Yesterday afternoon federal agents arrested 5 people on the 19000 block of Valley Vista Way in Penn Valley. According to available information at this time, a large commercial marijuana grow was the target of the DOJ operation. The statutes listed in the jail record include: Ex-felon with a firearm (bail set at $1,000,000), posession of marijuana for sale, committing a felony while armed and criminal conspiracy.

  • LAO Report - The 2012-13 Budget: State Should Consider Less Costly Alternatives to CDCR Blueprint

    16 May 2012 | 1:03 pm
    In April 2012, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) released a report (referred to as the “blueprint”) on the administration’s plan to reorganize various aspects of CDCR operations, facilities, and budgets in response to the effects of the 2011 realignment of adult offenders, as well as to meet various federal court requirements (such as reducing the inmate population to meet specified population cap targets).
 
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    PostSecret

  • Mother's Day Secrets

    postsecret
    12 May 2012 | 9:37 pm
    PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mailin their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.PostSecret, 13345 Copper Ridge Road, Germantown, MD 20874, USA-----Email-----My mom passed away from cancer in February. Her death still feels unreal, like she will walk through the door any minute. Now that she's gone I realize how much I don't know and how much of her wisdom I will miss out on without her here. Just keeping the recipe cards won't be enough, you'll never be able to make them like she did. See More Secrets. Follow PostSecret on…

  • PostSecret TED Talk

    postsecret
    10 Apr 2012 | 2:28 pm
    In this short multimedia presentation I show the most talked about secrets and tell some of the funny and inspiring stories from the seven year life of PostSecret. You may find the voice at the end hard to forget. Thanks for your secrets over the years and for sharing this website and video.
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    Skull-A-Day

  • Skull Appreciation Day 2012

    16 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    Just a reminder that June 4th is Skull Appreciation Day! The editors of Skull-A-Day will be partnering with our friends at Philadelphia's Mütter Museum for a special one-day event!  If you're in the Philly area I hope you'll stop by the museum between 10am and 5pm for an exhibition of 50+ original skull sculptures, plus dozens of pieces of skull mail art sent directly to the museum from artists from around the globe! The event is FREE with regular museum admission! Museum information can be found HERE and a map of the location is HERE. Hope to see you there on June 4th! And hey, even if…

  • 100 Painted Skulls #90

    16 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    To celebrate year 5 of Skull-A-Day I've decided to paint 100 skulls on 4 x 4in (10.16 x 10.16 cm) wooden panels over the course of the year...  Only 10 left til the end of the project!

  • Designed Skulls

    16 May 2012 | 5:05 am
    Chad Wehrle from Ohio said: “I am a graphic designer by day, but after hours I push myself to be creative on my own. I have been a big fan of this site/blog/idea since I stumbled upon it a few years ago and have checked it every morning since. I’d like to submit a few pieces of my own. I recently purchased Noah’s Skulls book and have really enjoyed it. Everyone I have shown it to is overly impressed with the dedication to a project lasting 365 days.”Skeleton Marionette. Soldered metal and fishing line. Fully functional with hinged limbs. 7” x 17” x 2”Human Skull, 2009. Pencil on…

  • Passé Décomposé

    15 May 2012 | 11:46 am
    Earlier this year I had the pleasure of sharing with you some beautiful filigree skulls from Allain Bellino.  Well, his daughter Elsa has been spending time with him and now has her own bit of recycled metal skullery.  Engraving her filigree into the remnants of mostly spoons. Like father, like daughter. I'd say Elsa is well on her way to blossoming into a fine artist as well. Be sure to check out her store if you'd like to own one of these for yourself. Merci, Elsa!

  • League of Space Pirates: Cabinet of Cosmic Curiosities

    15 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    Just a reminder to the Skull-A-Day fans in the Richmond, VA area, my band is hosting an appropriately skull-y event this Saturday... After touring the farthest reaches of the universe League ofSpace Pirates return to Earth with a Cabinet of Cosmic Curiosities! On May 19th, the League of Space Pirates will perform with a gaggle of intergalactic oddities for an one-of-a-kind experience at Gallery 5 in Richmond, VA Participants will… Experience the cosmic rock-n-roll of League of Space Pirates! Drink in the unbelievable acts of The Lady Aye! Bask in the sonic landscapes of The Madness of Two!
 
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    PassiveAggressiveNotes.com

  • More to come on that in the DSM V

    Kerry
    15 May 2012 | 2:40 am
    Explains Kevin in Los Angeles: ”The hospital basement has a corridor lined with call rooms assigned to the residents from various medical specialties. While the department of medicine easily surpasses all other specialties in number of reserved rooms, they have started squatting in other rooms as well. It looks like the psych residents were not pleased by this antisocial behavior.” related: A little bit of psycho-therapy

  • FYI from your neighbors across the way

    Kerry
    14 May 2012 | 4:01 am
    Nicola in Edinburgh woke up and opened the shades one morning to discover this message from the flat directly across the street. “After all my flatmates were questioned about what they have been up to last night, we decided it must be the flat next to ours,” she says. related: The Devil’s Orchestra

  • A diarrhea-only toilet?

    Kerry
    10 May 2012 | 4:27 pm
    Well, this is a new one. “Just…wow,” says our submitter in Springfield, Illinois. “I’ve never been told that I have to assess my the consistency of my fecal matter prior to it leaving my body.” related: How you say diarrhea politely?

  • Elevation Frustration

    Kerry
    8 May 2012 | 8:14 pm
    Ashley says the elevator in this downtown Columbus parking garage has been out of commission for over a week now, forcing those on the upper levels to (egads!) use the stairs. “The stairwell is, admittedly, quite unpleasant, and is occasionally home to pools of urine,” Ashley says. “But as someone who has never used the elevator for the year that I have been parking there, it’s hard for me to muster sympathy for the writer’s supposed urine-soaked hems. Perhaps he or she should invest in a tailor?” Meanwhile, the people who share this employee parking garage…

  • This discombobulation will not stand.

    Kerry
    7 May 2012 | 5:58 pm
    “While stopping for our millionth potty break,” a road-tripping Rachel from Atlanta pondered the circumstances that could have inspired this intolerable discombobulation at a Tennessee gas station. “I don’t know what happened,” she says, “but that’s a hell of a lot of exclamation marks!!!” p.s. dis·com·bob·u·la·tion, noun — confusion: a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused related: Pain (and disgust) at the pump
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    Kitschy Kitschy Coo

  • The Lone Ranger: Read For Danger — Tense Over Homophones

    Deanna aka Pop Tart
    16 May 2012 | 5:24 am
    You might knock comics, saying they aren’t good for literacy, but this vintage copy of The Lone Ranger has complex issues of homophones and verb tenses right on the cover. Via.

  • Hair Rolls Like Princess Leia

    Deanna aka Pop Tart
    11 May 2012 | 1:47 pm
    Kay Norman

  • Mr. Statistic Scarier Than Mr. Yuck?

    Deanna aka Pop Tart
    10 May 2012 | 10:54 am
    Two Los Angeles police officers help Mr. Statistic warn drivers about traffic fatalities on the upcoming Labor Day weekend in 1952. (Via.) But is he more compelling than Mr. Yuck?

  • The Cat Was The Hat

    Deanna aka Pop Tart
    10 May 2012 | 6:56 am
    Vintage Ralph Crane photo, for Life magazine; via.

  • For People Who HATE Jazz

    Deanna aka Pop Tart
    9 May 2012 | 6:52 pm
    You’ll learn to love it when a lady in a flimsy nightie instructs you. Jimmy Rowles Sextet, Let’s Get Acquainted With Jazz. Via.
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    Odd News | newslite.tv

  • World's tallest LEGO tower built in South Korea

    newslite
    15 May 2012 | 6:41 pm
    A team of 4,000 children have built the world's tallest LEGO tower in South Korea using an impressive 500,000 colored bricks.Built to celebrate the 80th anniversary of LEGO, the mega-construction - which used a cross formation at the base for stability - even required a hydraulic platform to complete.The final brick was stuck in place by the Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark… yes after all those children had done all the hard work!

  • Designer beds created for pampered cats and dogs

    newslite
    15 May 2012 | 6:35 pm
    It's no secret that some pet owners spoil their animals, whether it's giving them the best food, constant belly rubs or £1,200 beds to sleep in … wait what?A range of designer pet beds has gone on sale for pampered pooches and pussy cats which are made by master cabinetmakers and cost more than most furniture for humans.The pet furniture from Cedel Pets and Style -- which is miniaturized versions of typical bedroom furniture -- can cost up to £1,200Many models even include little pillows, duvets and tiny bedside tables, though we can't imagine what a cat keeps in a bedside table. A…

  • Surfer Garrett McNamara breaks wave-riding record (VIDEO)

    newslite
    13 May 2012 | 6:26 pm
    A surfer who caught a massive wave off the coast of Portugal back in November of last year has been told by Guinness World Records it was the largest wave ever ridden.44-year-old Garrett McNamara somehow managed to ride the 78ft (24m) wall of water at Nazare and has video footage to prove it. This video then was analyzed by big wave and photography experts.After the video was verified and measured it was declared that the wave was 12 inches taller than the previous record from 2008. McNamara was also awarded $15,000 (£9,309) for the ride at the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards.However…

  • Fifth of young holiday-makers return with tattoo

    newslite
    13 May 2012 | 6:21 pm
    One in five young adult British holiday-makers who go abroad will return home with a tattoo, it has been discovered.A survey of 1,790 people found that a surprising number of Brits return from their holiday with inked skin to go along with their key rings, postcards and dodgy souvenirs.19% of 18-25-year-olds said they had previously had a tattoo done while away. 54% said they knew someone else who had had a tattoo done whilst on holiday.The majority of respondents who admitted to having a tattoo done whilst on holiday were female; comprising 65% of the total number of tattooed respondents.Of…

  • Prince Charles weather forecast for BBC goes viral

    newslite
    13 May 2012 | 6:19 pm
    Last week Prince Charles and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, visited the BBC headquarters in Glasgow. While there they had a go at presenting the weather.During Reporting Scotland BBC newsreader Sally Magnusson handed over to Prince Charles for his lunchtime weather forecast. Reading a specially-written script -- which included references to royal residences in Scotland - Prince Charles delivered the bulletin to shocked viewers as he stood in front of the BBC's weather map.Since then online clips of the bizarre forecast (Camilla also had a go) have been watched millions of times around the…
 
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    Uphaa.com

  • The 13 Funniest Animal Photobombers Of All Time | Animal Photobomb

    uphaa
    15 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    From the Crasher Squirrel to the Bodyguard Cat. Check these 13 Funniest Animal Photobombers Of All Time

  • 10 Craziest Tights

    uphaa
    14 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    From the Climbing Up Tights to the Skeleton Tights Check these 10 Craziest Tights.

  • 10 Creative Nail Art Examples

    uphaa
    13 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    From Angry Birds Nail Art to Pac-Man Nails. Check these 10 Creative Nail Art Examples

  • 12 Funny Ironic Situations

    uphaa
    10 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    From misspelled tattoos to ironic signs. Check this funny collection of ironic situations.

  • 10 Creative Pancake Shapes

    uphaa
    9 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    The artist Nathan Shields is a master of the pancake craft. He creates amazingly detailed pancake images depicting human organs,Star Wars characters,buildings of the world, marine invertebrates and more The artist Nathan Shields is a master of the pancake craft. He creates amazingly detailed pancake images depicting human organs,Star Wars characters,buildings of the world, marine invertebrates and more
 
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    Top News

  • xkcd: Felidae

    Digg
    15 May 2012 | 11:00 pm

  • 19 Beer Infographics To Make You See Double

    Digg
    16 May 2012 | 4:48 am
    Some of us may still be reeling from St. Patrick’s day weekend, so here’s a look at what probably put us into that state: Beer!

  • 6 Scientific Advances Courtesy of Reckless Self-Endangerment

    Digg
    16 May 2012 | 7:00 am
    It turns out that even science isn't always an exact science. There are plenty of white-coated professionals throughout history who spat in the face of empirical research and just injected themselves with shit to see what would happen.

  • 25 Photos of Astronauts Eating in Zero Gravity

    Digg
    16 May 2012 | 9:57 am
    Thanks to what we can only assume is a covert robot uprising, a manned space voyage is a rarity in modern times. Fortunately, the excitement of strapping scientists to rockets like Wile E. Coyote will never die, and a three-man Soyuz capsule departed from Kazakhstan, yesterday. It’s destination is the International Space Station. In honor of this brave and solemn explorers, we found silly pictures of astronauts (and cosmonauts) eating in zero gravity to commemorate this important, ultra-serious moment. We’ve come a long way since John Glenn was given a tube of applesauce in space just to…

  • From Saucy Pics to Passwords: How to Share Sensitive Information Over the Internet

    Digg
    16 May 2012 | 5:27 am
    Raise your hand if you've shared a username and password with someone over IM? Ever share a document with your SSN or other extremely sensitive information without protecting it?
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    Reuters Video: Oddly Enough

  • Jubilee biscuits set to sell like hot cakes

    15 May 2012 | 3:06 pm
    May 15 - Diamond Jubilee biscuits are expected to be in high demand over the coming weeks as the UK gears up to celebrate 60 years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Tara Cleary reports.

  • TV has gone to the dogs

    15 May 2012 | 2:30 pm
    May 15 - Dog TV says it offers "a new breed of television" to entertain our canine companions. Tara Cleary reports.

  • Shortest man arrives in Oz

    14 May 2012 | 3:19 pm
    May 14 - The Nepali man who holds the title of World's Shortest Man visits Australia and says he is happy he gets to travel the world. Tara Cleary reports.

  • Cats put the cream into Viennese cafe

    14 May 2012 | 2:09 pm
    May 14 - Austria's first cat cafe, where customers can have drinks while playing with cats, opens in Vienna. Tara Cleary reports.

  • Surfer rides 78-foot wave to world record

    11 May 2012 | 7:51 pm
    May 11 - Surfer Garrett McNamara wins a Billabong XXL award for his record-setting 78-foot wave surf off the coast of Portugal. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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    Mighty Optical Illusions

  • Take a Walk On the Bâtiment

    Jill Harness
    16 May 2012 | 1:21 am
    Unless you’re Spiderman, hanging off  the side of a building can be rather exhausting and crawling or walking along its facade are even more impossible. Fortunately, for all those wannabe superheroes, artist Leandro Erlich has developed a system that allows you to see what you would look like as a gravity-defying, building-climbing comic book character. To do so, he created Bâtiment, a massive building facade planted firmly on the ground with a giant mirror sitting at a 90 degree angle from the bottom of the building. The end result is a building that people can not only climb, sit or…

  • The Illusion Chair

    Jill Harness
    12 May 2012 | 9:15 pm
    If you’re looking to take a seat, Masayuki Hayashi has you covered -provided you happen to approach his chair from the right side. If you approach from the left hand side, you’ll instead be left wondering “where’s this chair he promised me, and what’s up with all these weird black lines?” That’s because the artist’s aptly named Black Line Chair is made from nothing but black metal rods arranged to look like a nothing but a series of lines when viewed from the right angle. Of course, even if you can see the chair, I wouldn’t recommend…

  • The Impossible Building

    Jill Harness
    10 May 2012 | 5:22 pm
    As a Moillusions reader, you’ve undoubtedly already seen your share of Penrose Triangles both here and elsewhere. Even so, the concept remains fascinating, particularly when turned into real-life objects, because the design itself is, in actuality, impossible. That’s why this Steelwork Illusion created by Deskarati is simply so fascinating -the illusion is so subtle and the photo looks so real that your mind wants to accept that it is an unaltered photograph. That is, until your brain starts to follow the lines of the steel framework and you begin realizing more and more just how…

  • 127 Hours Movie Poster Illusion

    Vurdlak
    8 May 2012 | 3:51 pm
    Last year I saw this Hollywood movie starring James Franco, called “127 Hours“. It goes about a mountain climber who becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone somewhere in Utah. In order to survive, he then resorts to desperate measures. It was an ok time-waster for me as I appreciate Franco’s talent, but there was this subtle optical illusion on the cover, one you could easily overlook if you don’t pay close attention. Thanks goes to Allan Russell, who pointed this out to me. Let me share the original poster (lacking promotional text and labels) which…

  • Flamingo Body Paint Illusion

    Vurdlak
    5 May 2012 | 12:00 pm
    It could’ve seemed I was less active for the past few days, as updates came in less regularly and were mostly done by Jill. But rest assured I was deep in the matter, doing some mighty updates in the beck-end of this site. For example, remember how some of you complained that when we post animated gifs to the “Optical Illusion of The Day” widget, it takes too much CPU, and slows down the widget? I’ve fixed that. On the other hand, when we post optical illusion videos using our custom embedded player, they appear and work flawlessly, it’s just that they…
 
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    About.com UFOs / Aliens

  • Metallic, Square Vehicle over Los Banos, California

    15 May 2012 | 7:50 am
    A UFO sighting that involves multi-witnesses occurred in Los Banos, California, on April 15, 2012. We have one eyewitness report from a man who was driving on Highway 152 at ...Read Full Post

  • UFO Caught on Video from Cruise Ship in China

    13 May 2012 | 9:23 pm
    Lately, there has been an abundance of UFO videos going around the Net. One of the best in my opinion was taken from a cruise ship sailing near Hong Kong, ...Read Full Post

  • 1975 - Marine Pilot Encounters UFO over Gulf of Mexico

    11 May 2012 | 9:18 pm
    It goes without saying that certain UFO reports are given a high priority because of who makes them. Some of the most welcome are those from pilots. They are trained ...Read Full Post

  • UFOs May Pose Danger to Airplanes

    10 May 2012 | 1:20 am
    A UFO topic that is rarely discussed is the danger that UFOs might impose on airplanes. Just recently, it was brought up on an Internet article, UFO Dangers Examined By U.S. News and World Report...Read Full Post

  • Two Disc-shaped Objects Seen over Glendale, Arizona

    7 May 2012 | 9:10 pm
    One of our readers has sent me a very exciting report of two disc-shaped objects which he saw on February 25, of this year. He was sitting outside an RV park ...Read Full Post
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    EMToast

  • You Probably Think This War Is About You

    Toastmaster
    27 Apr 2012 | 11:15 pm
    Forget World War III, that’s so 80′s. The real threat is the Carly Simon Wars. Marily Manson, interviewed on Omaha Nebraka’s Todd-nTyler Radio Empire, told  Todd n Tyler that Carly Simon’s teeth are bigger on the left side.  Manson had recently teamed up with actor Johnny Depp  to cover Simon’s “You’re So Vain,”  and  this [...]

  • Medieval Illiterate Homeless People Were Fooky

    bixby
    27 Apr 2012 | 9:53 pm
    Thous ist homeless and shall work for morsels sir. Wilst work for Morsels.  George Will Slept Here and he will enjoy morthels of meats because he will be the King of the United S States Medieval illiterate homeless people were fooked up and predicted future presidents and other people’s homelessness.  You’re homeless mister and will [...]

  • Your Eyes Look Like They Smell Like Corn

    bixby
    19 Apr 2012 | 7:30 pm
    Your Eyes Look Like They Smell Like CornSimilar Posts: My Son Eating Corn The Dangers of Eye Contact with the Soulless Perverted Uncle Loves Smelling Nephew’s Stinky Feet

  • Stephen Hawking’s 911 Call “My God! The Squatches Are Upon Us”

    bixby
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:01 pm
    Video above, and below is the transcript of Steven Hawking’s terrifying 911 call during his ordeal in a squatch nest: 911 OPERATOR: 911 what’s your emergency? (Screaming of students) STEPHEN HAWKING: Oh my god, the squatches are upon us! (Squatch screams and grunting and noise of students noises) 911 OPERATOR:: Sir, quit pretending to be [...]

  • We Bought the Dead Dog Capital Zoo

    Toastmaster
    19 Jan 2012 | 3:38 pm
    There’s a new movie out called We Bought a Zoo. You may think it could never happen, but it already did. Back in ‘86 my mom and a group of her friends had become oddly interested in the cookies called Animal Crackers. They would have Animal Cracker parties and trade the different animals with each [...]
 
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    Weirdomatic

  • For The Love of Chocolate

    Irina Alexandra
    9 May 2012 | 1:45 am
    It is extremely modern and sexy covering us from head to toes with sweet, strangely shaped, almost magical layers. Pure dark mesmerizing art instead of our favorite paintings or our boring textile couch… A car that can’t move its wheels, but can make our friends eyes full of desire for only one try. Photo by Alexandra Beier/Getty Images   (...)Read the rest of For The Love of Chocolate (494 words) © Irina Alexandra for Weirdomatic, 2012. | Permalink | No comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: design, fashion

  • Theme Party Ideas: Which Theme is Right for You?

    Irina Alexandra
    3 May 2012 | 3:40 am
    Many times, I meet my friends  to cook together in my house, talk and have lots of fun. So, I thought that every time they come, I should throw some themed party. I tried gypsy style, magicians and crazy science. And they were a blast. Now I am looking for something new. Via Apartment Therapy (...)Read the rest of Theme Party Ideas: Which Theme is Right for You? (504 words) © Irina Alexandra for Weirdomatic, 2012. | Permalink | No comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: fun, holidays

  • Sweetest Cupcakes

    Irina Alexandra
    30 Apr 2012 | 11:44 pm
    Adorable and tasty cupcakes – they have the joy of the childhood, the taste of happiness and the colors of the rainbow… They just invite you to eat them fast, enjoying every bite like a small kid with no worries… Yummy!!!! (...)Read the rest of Sweetest Cupcakes (33 words) © Irina Alexandra for Weirdomatic, 2012. | Permalink | No comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: food & drink

  • Cities of the Dead

    Irina Alexandra
    22 Apr 2012 | 11:45 pm
    The afterlife… What awaits us beyond the limits of our physical existence and our imagination is more or less a secret. The unknown. 01. Cemetery of the Capuchin Fathers, Rome, Italy (beneath the Church of the Immaculate Conception) Like a place brought to life from grotesque stories… More than 4,000 skeletal remains believed to be Capuchin friars buried by their order stand next to the walls on display. The bones and skulls of the deceased monks are being used  for altars, out-of-this-world wall decorations, creepy chandeliers and hideous frescoes. Created to inspire…
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    Shalampax Speaks

  • Shakespeare Abridged

    Stoneupnose
    29 Apr 2012 | 2:32 pm
    How now, peeps? I’m thrilled to be able to announce that Shabbycardigan is preparing to stage abridged versions of all of William Shakespeare’s plays together as a merged theatrical extravaganza. In the interest of time, and to ensure that theatergoers don’t enter a REM sleep state during the show, Shabbycardigan will perform only the first [...]

  • Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

    Snotontable
    20 Apr 2012 | 9:36 am
    You’ve got to hand it to Asskisser. Her business acumen is unimpeachable. And when I say “You’ve got to hand it to Asskisser,” by “it” I mean all of your money because, one way or another, she’s going to get it one of these days anyway. A while back, I told you about Asskisser’s new [...]

  • Loan Conslidation

    Stoneupnose
    28 Mar 2012 | 1:32 pm
    Hey peeps, long time no peep. Shalampaxians are known for their financial wizardry. Most of us are masters of business. (Then again, much of what’s called business in Shalampax is called an indictable offence elsewhere.) Nonetheless, there is one dollar-dullard in Shalampax, Shreddeddollar. His name is purely coincidental. Not able to control his spending, Shreddeddollar [...]

  • Asbestos Hedging

    Snotontable
    20 Mar 2012 | 2:41 pm
    Asskisser, one of Shalampax’s most innovative and successful businesspeople, is busy executing one of her biggest, boldest business brainstorms yet. She is quietly buying up as many of the world’s asbestos mines as she can get her hands on. Of course, I don’t mean literally “get her hands on.” That stuff is almost certainly carcinogenic. [...]

  • Escape from God 148 Piety

    Birdinhand
    7 Aug 2011 | 9:10 pm
    I am pleased to report that most Shalampaxians have emaciated themselves into accepting the inescapable truth that forsaking their devout worship of God 148 is the only sane and survivable course of action, despite the inevitability of being denounced as infidels and shunned by those few souls who are still pious in their God 148ly beliefs and [...]
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    Dark Roasted Blend

  • Mobile Home, Flying Edition

    Avi Abrams
    16 May 2012 | 12:13 am
    Link Scroll down for today's pictures & links. Mobile Home, Flying Edition Four Pratt & Whitney engines propel this "flying RV boat" to recreational bliss in the clouds. Even if this is not real, somebody should definitely step up to the challenge and build this thing! Link Today's pictures & links: A Rainbow at Mt. Rundle, Banff, Canada (image credit: Mark Thomas) This is just one of many spectacular photos taken by Mark Thomas on the trip from Calgary to Vancouver (read the travelogue and see photos at Summit Post). Since we are based near Banff National Park ourselves, we are very aware of…

  • DRB Pic of the Day

    Avi Abrams
    14 May 2012 | 11:53 am
    "DRB Pic of the Day" Link Lovely Steampunk / Art Nouveau Ring Fantastic, sophisticated ring, designed by Sergey Zhiboedov - it's inspired by the antique Greek architecture and true classic style, and includes 14k gold figures of the Atlant (male) and the Caryatid (female) giants supporting an amazing 9mm freshwater pearl: (image credit: Sergey Zhiboedov) And... we need more info about these images: Yet another very narrow house in Japan has been found, an addition to our Narrow Buildings in Japan article: (image via) This image was sent to us with the caption "Landscaping and Garden Design in…

  • Wide-Format Goodies

    Avi Abrams
    12 May 2012 | 6:15 pm
    "QUICK SHOT" Link Some recently found spectacular imagery for your desktop wallpapers. Click to enlarge all images. Here is NGC 3031 (also called UGC 5318) galaxy and surroundings from the Global Sky Survey: (image via) Some delicious fractals: (originals unknown) A painter's dream, a perfect studio: (a Photoshop ad, developed by Bates141 Jakarta creative director Hendra Lesmono, art directors Andreas Junus and Irawandhani Kamarga, copywriter Darrick Subrata and photographer Anton Ismael, via Super Moon over Paris: (image credit: VegaStar Carpentier) "The Secret City": Moscow in a fantasy…

  • Sensational Japanese Contemporary Art

    Avi Abrams
    11 May 2012 | 6:40 pm
    "QUANTUM SHOT" #771 Link - article by Avi Abrams This article appears simultaneously on Dark Roasted Blend and on "Out of Order" magazine - a Yale University print and online publication that curates innovative and bold fashion, art, music and film for the university set - link Visual Caffeine: Exploring Art and Architecture with Avi Abrams, Issue 2 This is the second issue of our "visual caffeine concoctions" (read the first one here) - somewhat unpredictable forays into the history of art and architecture, coupled with mythology, culture and obsolete technology. For those of you who want an…

  • Strangest Tanks in History, Part 2: First World War

    Avi Abrams
    8 May 2012 | 8:22 pm
    "QUANTUM SHOT" #770 Link - article by Avi Abrams Utmost Intimidation: The Power to Terrify - First World War Tanks In the first part of this series we saw some strangely-shaped armored vehicles from the first idea of a tank to real-world pre-WW1 war machines. The 1900s were perhaps the most fascinating period in tank history as nothing on the engineering side was "cast in stone" yet and the resulting shapes were wildly unpredictable. It was a time of experimentation, shifting ideas and a constant flow of prototypes. Now we come to the point in history when all this frightening potential had…
 
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  • Can I Borrow a Feeling?

    30 Apr 2012 | 10:32 am
    In 1973, a trio of psychologists convened in a preschool classroom to perform a diabolical experiment upon unsuspecting children. Lepper, Greene, and Nisbett sought to demonstrate that one can take an activity the children naturally enjoyed–namely drawing–and render it hollow and meaningless. More specifically, these scientists hypothesized that if one rewards a human for doing something he or she naturally enjoys, and then remove that external reward, the original intrinsic pleasure will atrophy and perish. The children were separated into three groups: Group A were promised a…

  • Apocalypse on the Set

    2 Feb 2012 | 4:51 pm
    We are pleased to announce that Damn Interesting contributor Ben Taylor has just published a shiny new book that is sure to be the first in what we hope will become a long and lustrous book-publishing career. Apocalypse on the Set retells nine true stories of film-making enterprises which have endured calamity, ruin, humiliation, or some engrossing combination thereof. It’s filled with fremdschämen, schadenfreude, and other obscure Germanic emotions. We encourage our readers to buy this book because our readers have outstanding taste. Continue reading ▶

  • Aches on a Plane

    5 Jan 2012 | 6:26 pm
    Alongside Memphis International Airport in Tennessee there lies a sprawling complex filled with hundreds of miles of conveyor belts, thousands of employees, and millions of parcels. A steady stream of cargo planes–often hundreds per day–carries in cargo from around the world to be sorted and redistributed. This is the FedEx Express global “SuperHub,” and in spite of its titillating name it is seldom the site of much excitement. One notable exception to the day-to-day routine occurred in mid-1994. It was the same year that Federal Express embraced the abbreviated…

  • Bound By Tradition

    23 Nov 2011 | 5:18 pm
    On 20 October 1998, the Zhiqiang Shoe Factory in Harbin, China sent out a press release stating that they were officially halting production of a curious variety of footwear known as “lotus shoes.” This announcement may appear pedestrian to Western eyes, but in a way it was a symbolic epitaph for a bizarre custom which had been in practice in parts of China for about a thousand years: a process known as foot binding. Until the mid-twentieth century, a girl born into an affluent family in China was almost certain to be taken aside sometime in her first few years to begin a process of…

  • The Ice Worm Cometh

    16 Nov 2011 | 12:12 pm
    This is the prototype for our new-and-experimental Short variety of article. If well-received, these Shorts will help to fill the gaps between full articles. Please let us know what you think…who likes short Shorts? In 1887, a glacial geologist named George Frederick Wright was hiking across the Muir Glacier in southeast Alaska when something strange caught his eye. Just as the daylight began to fade, the previously uninterrupted expanse of white snow around him began to develop what appeared to be a five o’clock shadow. These wriggling “whiskers” grew rapidly and…
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  • Blow Job by TADAO CERN

    Tomas
    16 May 2012 | 10:40 am
    Last Friday, during the Design Weekend in Vilnius, Lithuanian photographer Tadas Černiauskas held one of the craziest photo shoots we’ve ever seen. Visitors to the TADAO CERN studio were invited to participate in an unprecedented photo session called “Blow Job” where a strong current of air was blown into their faces creating some incredibly funny facial expressions. “I wanted to do something very fun for myself and the visitors, just laugh and have a good time. I was surprised that there were so many laid-back people who were not afraid to look funny! Spacious studio…

  • Transparent House in Japan

    Lina
    15 May 2012 | 12:01 pm
    If you say you have nothing to hide, try spending a few nights in the see-through house located in Tokyo, Japan. Built by Sou Fujimoto Architects, this 914 square-foot transparent house was inspired by our ancient predecessors who inhabited trees. While so-called “House NA” offers plenty of daylight, expect no privacy here. “The intriguing point of a tree is that these places are not hermetically isolated but are connected to one another in its unique relativity. To hear one’s voice from across and above, hopping over to another branch, a discussion taking place across…

  • Non Classical Portraits of Classical Musicians

    Tomas
    14 May 2012 | 9:37 am
    If you were asked to create a portrait for a classical musician, what would the picture look like? I guess even if you did the job perfectly, the result would still look boring! Denmark-based photographer and cellist Nikolaj Lund decided to reinvent the portraiture of classical musicians by taking the subjects out of their natural environment – the orchestra pit – and asking them do strange poses in places like streets, oceans and deserts. The results are beyond amazing! “Nikolaj is incredibly able to make photos “speak”; from the atmosphere he creates in the…

  • Laser Cut Seaweed for Sushi Rolls

    Tomas
    11 May 2012 | 7:28 am
    To help boost the weak sales of Japanese nori manufacturer that was affected by the 2011 tsunami, I&S BBDO, a Japanese ad agency, developed a series of intricately laser-cut seaweed. Each sheet from “design nori” series – Sakura (Cherry Blossoms), Mizutama (Water Drops), Asanoha (Hemp), Kikkou (Turtle Seashell), and Kumikkou (Tortoise Shell) – is based on Japanese history or symbology and represents happiness, good fortune, and longevity. “Japanese people are eating less seaweed than before and I wanted to do something about the decline in demand, make some…

  • Satirical Illustrations by Pawel Kuczynski

    Tomas
    10 May 2012 | 11:16 am
    Polish illustrator Pawel Kuczynski cleverly uses satire to portray today’s social, political and cultural reality. At first sight, his illustrations might seem funny, but when you look closer, they actually show some serious problems of today’s world. Born in 1976, Pawel is a graduate of Fine Arts Academy in Poznan. The artist began drawing satirical illustrations back in 2004, and so far has been “rewarded with 92 prizes and distinctions“. In 2005, Pawel Kuszynski received “Eryk” award from Association of Polish Cartoonists for getting a record number of…
 
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  • Real-Life Mutant Girl Causes Things around Her to Catch on Fire

    Spooky
    16 May 2012 | 5:27 am
    Tweet A yet unnamed 11-year-old girl from Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City has been making headlines in Asia, for her alleged uncontrollable power to set things around her on fire. According to Vietnamese website Ngoisao, on May 12, a young girl living in the Tan Binh district of Ho Chi Minh has burned down almost the entire third floor of her family’s home. Her father says the child did not have access to any fire-inducing objects, and that the fire was caused by the super-energy in her body. How many times have we heard that one before, right? But while that may sound like…

  • Painter/Scientist Turns Neuroscience into Visual Art

    Spooky
    16 May 2012 | 4:21 am
    Tweet Greg Dunn is on his way to earning a doctorate in neuroscience, from the University of Pennsylvania, but he’s also passionate about pan-Asian art, so he decided to combine his two main interests into one unique art form. Dunn paints neurons, the tiny cells that comprise our brain, using the Asian sumi-e style, an ancient technique that aims not just to reproduce the appearance of the subject, but to capture its soul. Sumi-e is regarded as the earliest expressionistic art form that captures the unseen. For example, East Asian Ink Brush Painting, as this style is commonly referred…

  • Dream Job: University Will Pay You $3,500 to Eat Fast Food for Three Months

    Spooky
    16 May 2012 | 3:09 am
    Tweet Let’s face it, many of us do it for free, but Washington University, in St. Louis, will gladly pay participants in its new study $3,500 to eat fast food for a period of three months. I tell you, job offers don’t get much better than this. A top American university is conducting a study on obesity and asking participants to gain weight during a period of three months. In order to properly motivate them to fill their bellies with various types of fast food, researchers have decided to reward them with a check of $3,500 for the three months of heavy eating. The only real…

  • World’s Largest Chocolate Sculpture Is a Tribute to the Mayan Civilization

    Spooky
    15 May 2012 | 4:59 am
    Tweet To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Qzina Specialty Foods has set a new Guinness Record for the World’s Largest Chocolate Sculpture, by creating a sweet replica of a Mayan temple weighing 18,239 pounds. Qzina chose a Mayan theme for their impressive project, because the ancient civilization played a crucial role in the discovery of chocolate. They were among the first to cultivate Cacao trees and acknowledge the true potential of the cocoa bean. They practically worshiped cocoa and praised it as the food of the Gods. So, as a tribute to Mayan contribution in the evolution of…

  • Carlos Zuniga Creates Art on Phone Book Pages

    Spooky
    15 May 2012 | 4:05 am
    Tweet Chilean artist Carlos Zuniga creates detailed portraits and images by simply striking out names from phone book pages, with black ink. Sounds simple enough, but the results are awe-inspiring. Carlos Zuniga isn’t the first artist to use phone books as the main medium for his works. Alex Queral has also been using them to carve his amazing celebrity portraits, but Zuniga developed his own artistic technique, which allowed him to differentiate himself from everyone in the art world. Asked how he came up with this unique way of creating detailed images, the South American artist says…
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  • Weird Poker Stories

    Crazy Admin Guy
    18 Apr 2012 | 7:12 pm
    I have been playing poker since I was 9 years old, my dad taught me how to play with Monopoly money!  It was love at first sight deal and over the last 35 years I have been a poker player at heart.  It has been really great to see the game get such a monumental revival over the past 8 years, it is on TV, at the local casino and it seems everyone is doing it!  As you can tell by my blog I also have a love of weird news, so why not mix the two together and see what comes out.  Here are a couple of my favorite all-time poker stories: If you follow the poker world closely, you should know…

  • Teenager Cruelty

    Crazy Admin Guy
    8 Apr 2012 | 6:16 pm
    Gotta love this text!

  • This Actually Makes Sense to Me

    Crazy Admin Guy
    17 Jan 2012 | 7:39 pm
    I think it is more like 92%

  • Low-Tech Snooze Button Inhibitor

    Crazy Admin Guy
    13 Jan 2012 | 10:54 am
    Gotta love this design!

  • Crazy Russian Gangstas

    Crazy Admin Guy
    11 Jan 2012 | 12:09 pm
    I wanna be a cowboy Russian Gangster – Look at these freak’in awesome headstones.  But I guess ya gotta die to get one…..
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    We Interrupt

  • Swimmers urine killing hundreds of fish

    Luke
    16 May 2012 | 7:24 am
    Swimmers in Eichbaum Lake near Hamburg, Germany are killing fish by the hundreds. By urinating in the lake, the residents are increasing the amount of phosphates in the water to levels that are fatal to the fish. The phosphates clog the fish gills and cause them to suffocate. Local authorities estimate that each swimmer is excreting up to half a litre per day; to counteract the chemical imbalance they have put almost 150 tonnes of anti-phosphate agent into the lake. Swimmers are being strongly encouraged to use toilets rather than the lake [Source] © Luke for We Interrupt, 2012. | Permalink…

  • Sexy mice eat probiotic yogurt

    Luca Colonnese
    15 May 2012 | 1:28 pm
    Mice, presumably sleeping after sex Researchers at MIT found that mice having been fed a probiotic yogurt diet were generally sexier, the fur was shinier and thicker, and in the males (we hope) testicles were heavier and projected outwards. Mating experiments also demonstrated that yogurt mice inseminated their partners more quickly and efficiently than non-yogurt mice. They also produced more mice and the females weaned their larger litters more efficiently. Dr.Susan Erdman, author of the study says the experiment could eventually reflect onto humans. She also reminded us of the paper by…

  • Relatively unknown F1 pilot wins race, officials scramble to locate flag, anthem

    Luca Colonnese
    14 May 2012 | 12:33 pm
    Although this F1 season has kept onlookers on the edge of their seats, and predictions as to who the next race winner might be are at the very least, hazardous, the winner of this year’s Spanish GP was totally unexpected. So unexpected, that when Pastor Maldonado went onto the podium to claim his prize, there was a slight delay while officials recovered the Venezuelan flag, as well as the national anthem recording. Maldonado becomes only the second Venezuelan to score a point in Formula 1, and the first ever to win a race. Claiming 25 points for his team, Williams Racing, Maldonado also…

  • 13 year old spots error on map at NY Met Museum of Art

    Luca Colonnese
    11 May 2012 | 11:35 am
    Young Benjamin Lerman Coady, a seventh grade student from West Hartford Conn. spotted an error on a historical map of the 6th century Byzantine period. Immediately he went to a docent and was instructed to fill out a form, which he did. “The front desk didn’t believe me,” he said. “I’m only a kid.” But curator Helen Evans did, and after several months of review sent him an e-mail reading, in part, “You are, of course, correct about the boundaries of the Byzantine Empire under Justinian.” The museum is now considering adding a second map to the…

  • FBI shackles Blu-ray and DVD industry with insulting “educational” notices

    Luke
    11 May 2012 | 11:33 am
    The US government is mandating that all new DVD and Blu-ray discs prominently feature warnings and new copyright “education”. This means that all future discs will have two unskippable notices: the first being the standard FBI anti-piracy warning. The second is a notice from the National Intellectual Property Coordination Centre that seeks to educate people on the negative effects of piracy. The education “campaign” hopes that people will begin to understand that piracy adversely affects the economy; the irony being that the policy will likely have a torporous effect…
 
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  • Post Palooza Post

    Helen Killer
    16 May 2012 | 1:17 pm
    I think we all knew that Petja Palooza was going to be special. But it wasn’t until I actualy saw Petja on the streets of Manhattan last week, that I knew we were talking about a whole other level of Dafuq? There really are no words to describe what the hell happened last weekend, so instead, I’ll share some of the more tasteful images, and let you draw your own conclusions. One thing we do need to talk about is the gift bag. This bag had more fuckery per square inch than any bag could reasonably be expected to contain. And we had one for everybody, meaning that every seller who…

  • Etsy or Regretsy? Your Guesses and Answers

    Helen Killer
    15 May 2012 | 4:44 pm
    Earlier today I asked you to tell me which of the following items are real listings on Etsy, and which ones we made up. As always, we have thoroughly enjoyed your guesses, and the tortured logic you’ve used to make your decisions. Here are your best guesses, and the correct answers. 1. CINDERELLA SHOE YOUR GUESSES: “Etsy because April would never leave the time stamp on a picture.” “Etsy – reeks of desperation. Just surprised there aren’t more stray cat hairs on the towel.” “If the shoe was Etsy, it would have been made with tampon strings.”…

  • Etsy or Regretsy?

    Helen Killer
    15 May 2012 | 11:29 am
    It’s time to play… Here’s how this works: At least one of these is a real listing on Etsy. At least one of these was completely invented by us. The question is, which is the Etsy, and which is the Regretsy? Make your best guesses in the comments, but don’t cheat (if you do cheat, don’t post spoilers). Answers will be posted in a few hours.

  • Fluffy Doesn’t Look Too Good

    Helen Killer
    14 May 2012 | 3:30 pm

  • Oy, Robot

    Helen Killer
    14 May 2012 | 11:30 am
    This is Chad: This is Chad’s Treasury: As the CEO of Etsy, Chad is a champion of handmade. He and his content team work tirelessly to ensure that every piece they feature is as unique as the special snowflake that created it. See? Etsy’s offices are in Brooklyn, but handmade is everywhere! In fact, we saw thousands of handmade robot necklaces in Times Square this weekend. $2 each, 3 for $5. He’s just welcoming his new overlords. The ones based in Singapore.
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  • World's tallest LEGO tower built in South Korea

    15 May 2012 | 7:41 pm
    A team of 4,000 children have built the world's tallest LEGO tower in South Korea using an impressive 500,000 colored bricks.Built to celebrate the 80th anniversary of LEGO, the mega-construction - which used a cross formation at the base for stability - even required a hydraulic platform to complete.The final brick was stuck in place by the Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark… yes after all those children had done all the hard work!

  • Designer beds created for pampered cats and dogs

    15 May 2012 | 7:35 pm
    It's no secret that some pet owners spoil their animals, whether it's giving them the best food, constant belly rubs or £1,200 beds to sleep in … wait what?A range of designer pet beds has gone on sale for pampered pooches and pussy cats which are made by master cabinetmakers and cost more than most furniture for humans.The pet furniture from Cedel Pets and Style -- which is miniaturized versions of typical bedroom furniture -- can cost up to £1,200Many models even include little pillows, duvets and tiny bedside tables, though we can't imagine what a cat keeps in a bedside table.

  • Surfer Garrett McNamara breaks wave-riding record (VIDEO)

    13 May 2012 | 7:26 pm
    A surfer who caught a massive wave off the coast of Portugal back in November of last year has been told by Guinness World Records it was the largest wave ever ridden.44-year-old Garrett McNamara somehow managed to ride the 78ft (24m) wall of water at Nazare and has video footage to prove it. This video then was analyzed by big wave and photography experts.After the video was verified and measured it was declared that the wave was 12 inches taller than the previous record from 2008. McNamara was also awarded $15,000 (£9,309) for the ride at the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards.However…

  • Fifth of young holiday-makers return with tattoo

    13 May 2012 | 7:21 pm
    One in five young adult British holiday-makers who go abroad will return home with a tattoo, it has been discovered.A survey of 1,790 people found that a surprising number of Brits return from their holiday with inked skin to go along with their key rings, postcards and dodgy souvenirs.19% of 18-25-year-olds said they had previously had a tattoo done while away. 54% said they knew someone else who had had a tattoo done whilst on holiday.The majority of respondents who admitted to having a tattoo done whilst on holiday were female; comprising 65% of the total number of tattooed respondents.Of…

  • Prince Charles weather forecast for BBC goes viral

    13 May 2012 | 7:19 pm
    Last week Prince Charles and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, visited the BBC headquarters in Glasgow. While there they had a go at presenting the weather.During Reporting Scotland BBC newsreader Sally Magnusson handed over to Prince Charles for his lunchtime weather forecast. Reading a specially-written script -- which included references to royal residences in Scotland - Prince Charles delivered the bulletin to shocked viewers as he stood in front of the BBC's weather map.Since then online clips of the bizarre forecast (Camilla also had a go) have been watched millions of times around the…
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  • Students Sign No-Tanning Pledges For Prom

    admin
    16 May 2012 | 11:10 am
    “Students at Maynard High School in Maynard, Mass. made good on an important promise: no tanning before this year’s prom. Many of the students signed a pledge in February that they would skip the tanning bed and sunbathing before prom this year in an effort to reduce their risk of melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer. Allison Bosse, the high school senior who organized the pledge, said convincing everyone to flaunt their pale skin was no easy task. “Our school is known for a lot of people tanning. Kids start in March because they want to be tan in their dresses for…

  • Giro’s Dream!

    admin
    16 May 2012 | 11:09 am
    “There’s nothing like celebrating in style.” — wesbosworld

  • Batman Comic Sells For $850k

    admin
    16 May 2012 | 11:08 am
    “A collector has sold a Batman No. 1 comic to an investment partnership for $850,000. Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, which arranged the private transaction, announced the sale. Ed Jaster, vice president of Heritage, says the collector had paid $315,000 for the comic about two years ago. The comic book cost 10 cents when it was published in 1940. Jaster says, ‘The market for high-quality, classic comic books has really skyrocketed over the past few years.’ The identities of the seller and investors were not revealed.” w/ photos

  • Teachers Dancin’ Behind Students

    admin
    16 May 2012 | 11:07 am
    “Listen, the day a lawsuit could come out of this is the day I lay down my teaching credentials, my three degrees and head for the hills. If teachers can’t have a sense of humor it’s time to let it all go. These are some of the best balanced teachers I’ve ever seen. Good for them! Their students will remember them.” — songsmirth

  • Conan O’Brien Lollipop

    admin
    16 May 2012 | 11:06 am
    Click here to see a bigger version.
 
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  • Ice Slide

    22 Apr 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Catapult your favorite polar animal as far as you can. Related posts: Old Hanging Bunker at Devil’s Slide

  • Gravity Guy

    22 Apr 2012 | 2:54 pm
    Gravity is your friend, let it help you to reach the end. No related posts.

  • Vintage Photos From The London Playboy Club

    4 Apr 2012 | 12:25 pm
    The first Playboy clubs were bars were upper class people came to gamble. They also offered cocktail bars and the waitresses and performers were ladies dressed up in sexy bunny costumes. The first club opened in Chicago, and soon a lot of other American city had their own bunny bar. Being a member of a Playboy club was status even though 21% of the members ever went to one of the clubs which means they only got the membership to show that they are upper class. In London the first Playboy club opened in 1965, and before the opening English girls were trained in America to become perfect…

  • Egyptan Tale

    1 Apr 2012 | 3:09 pm
    Help the Egyptian princess get her revenge and save the people from their evil leader. Related posts: Princess and the Frog Fantastic Paintings of Star Wars Characters and Scenes

  • Sport Heads: Tennis

    1 Apr 2012 | 9:39 am
    Use arrows to move left, right and jump, press space to hit a ball. Related posts: Sport Head Football Championship Faces Of Space Invader Amazing Museum of Astronautics In Moscow
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  • Scotch Tape Off the Sculpture contest winners 2012

    Suryakul91
    16 May 2012 | 6:33 am
    1. Scotch Tape set customers the challenge of creating imaginative art pieces just using rolls of the sticky tape. Jake Longenecker from Manheim, Pennsylvania scooped the $5,000 cash prize with Free Fallin’, a skydiver made from 15-and-a-half rolls of tape and inspired by a WWII era paratrooper…2. …Jake explains: My objective was to capture the action and intensity of such a simple and graceful act, such as falling through the sky. I accomplished this by uniformly wrapping parts of my own body with tape, which were later assembled into the skydiver.3. Abigail Colety from…

  • Top 10 Offbeat Stories of the Day – May 16th, 2012

    MEditor
    16 May 2012 | 6:21 am
     If the Earth was 10ft closer to the sun…, amusement park…, Man Killed…, Facebook ‘Likes’…, soaring cost of college…, Fiat Photo Bombs Volkswagen…, dead in bathtub…, pilot who shot down…,  acronyms…, AMAZING transformation…1. If the Earth was 10ft closer to the sun…2. The most dangerous amusement park in American historyAction Park was an amusement park, open from 1978 to 1996 in Vernon Township, New Jerseyat the former Vernon Valley / Great Gorge ski area, now known as Mountain Creek. It featured three…

  • 10 WTF Moments of the Day – May 16th, 2012

    MEditor
    16 May 2012 | 5:40 am
    Eating a hash brown from McDonald’s…,  Scrap metal collector…, my literature book at school…, Potato of Outer Space…, national treasure…,Air filter…, mannequin…, YOLO tattoo…, Night Club…, far from the sea…1. I was eating a hash brown from McDonald’s on the way home when I felt something on the bottom…2. Scrap metal collector in Chicago – I think I’ll go ahead and change lanes now.3. Came across this in my literature book at school…4. The Potato of Outer Space5. You’re my national…

  • 15 Best Adrenaline Rush Pictures of the Week – May 09th to May 16th, 2012

    MEditor
    16 May 2012 | 5:27 am
    1. ”The Big Hang” on Poda Island, Krabi, Thailand 2. The ‘SKYWALKERS’ of Russia!3. Lake jump at the Tour de France4. Slackline Hammok for those who need a break 5. Doing a Backflip on Trolltunga in Norway 6. Altitude awareness at 5,000ft. 7. Me Cliff Jumping, Gloucester MA, USA 8. Ian Killik mid-crash at Sunpeaks Bike Park. Photo by Allan McVicar.9. Travis Pastrana. Huge jump.10. Bat hanging on a highline 11. The Wedge, Newport, Ca 12. Austen Sweetin playing with fire13. Jeremy Thompson on the cover of Onboard Snowboarding Magazine taking on an…

  • Top 10 Videos of the day – May 16 2012

    Suryakul91
    16 May 2012 | 4:03 am
    1.Bird will teach you how to dougie2. Flying Horse – Gatorrada (Cat-Toast)3. Pixar studio stories – The movie vanishes (full)4. Name 10 Things That Aren’t Skrillex5. Animaniacs6. 5 Year Old Girl Picks A Master Lock in Under A Minute7. Peter Popoff – Miracle Spring Water8. CCD: The heart of a digital camera9. Pump Action Slingshot Crossbow!10. siberian husky puppy gets head stuck in box
 
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  • Rare

    Gerard
    16 May 2012 | 4:39 am
    At least 100 species go extinct every day. That's how this amazing video by National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore begins. And there's no better way to grab someone's attention. The will give you a brand new appreciation for what we stand to lose if changes aren't made immediately. Vimeo link (thanks Cora)The Presurfer

  • 11 Facts About The Ambidextrous

    Gerard
    16 May 2012 | 4:37 am
    image credit Most people are right-handed. Some 10% of the world population is left-handed. Only 1% is ambidextrous. Like me. Ambidexterity is the state of being equally adept in the use of both left and right appendages (such as the hands). It is one of the most famous varieties of cross-dominance. People that are naturally ambidextrous are rare and the degree of versatility with each hand is generally the qualitative factor in determining a person's ambidexterity. Here are 11 facts about the ambidextrous.The Presurfer

  • What Is A Warp Drive?

    Gerard
    16 May 2012 | 4:35 am
    image credit Warp drives, commonly used in science fiction, are propulsion systems which allow spacecraft to travel faster than light. The most notable usage of a warp drive is probably in the Star Trek universe. But what are warp drives and how do they work? Can they ever cross the boundary from science fiction into science fact?The Presurfer

  • Flickr Now Shows Larger Images

    Gerard
    16 May 2012 | 4:32 am
    Image and video hosting website Flickr changed its interface to display much larger photos. From the Flickr blog: When it comes to viewing photos, bigger is so much better. That's why we're very excited to introduce two new photo sizes, 2048 and 1600 pixels. When resizing your photos for display, we use less compression than a lot of other sites to make sure that all the details are there and that the color is true.The Presurfer

  • Disassembled

    Gerard
    16 May 2012 | 4:31 am
    Heroes disassembled. Because everyone has a bad day now and then. Vimeo linkThe Presurfer
 
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    Journal Of Secrets

  • Nobody understands the art ...

    The SecretMaster
    16 May 2012 | 12:00 pm
    Nobody understands the art I make and love.

  • Mosh Pits Are My ...

    The SecretMaster
    16 May 2012 | 6:00 am
    Mosh Pits Are My Fight Club

  • I love my boyfriend ...

    The SecretMaster
    16 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    I love my boyfriend more than anything but deep down, i just wish he were a woman.

  • I just spent a ...

    The SecretMaster
    15 May 2012 | 6:00 pm
    I just spent a week in London with my husband.... emailing naked photos to my lover.

  • I think my grandparents ...

    The SecretMaster
    15 May 2012 | 12:00 pm
    I think my grandparents spontaneous visit this weekend is so my grandpa can say... GOOD BYE. I sob at the thought of losing him... He was my father-figure when I was a child. I love you, Grandpa.
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    The Curious Diary of Mr Jam

  • Copyright pirates copied

    Mr Jam
    15 May 2012 | 8:18 pm
    A taste of their own medicine TEE HEE. THE COPYRIGHT PIRATES have been copied. And they are not happy. You know that group of evil content thieves, er, “nice helpful sharers”, called The Pirate Bay? For years they’ve been pushing the idea that it’s fine to make whatever use you like of other people’s digital intellectual property. But it has just been revealed that several mystery people have set up exact copies of The Pirate Bay website and are making money from them. This is an utterly despicable thing to do, and I wish I had thought of it first. The original pirates moaned on…

  • Pants of mass destruction

    Mr Jam
    13 May 2012 | 9:10 pm
    What Alan Qaeda’s current schemes mean for your next trip ARRGH! READERS WHO TRAVEL a lot on business are dismayed about recent revelations that Al Qaeda is focusing once again on underpants. Can’t they leave our knickers alone? It is evident that terrorist leaders have been sitting in secret chambers in Yemen evaluating various brands of lingerie for their mass destruction potential. SYED: “Let’s ditch the Marks and Spencer white ones and switch to black satin frillies from Victoria’s Secret.” ABDUL: “No, they’re itchy and ride up in the back and give you wedgies. Er, someone…

  • Budgie tells cops his address

    Mr Jam
    11 May 2012 | 12:59 am
    Why can’t children and husbands remember stuff? DID YOU HEAR about the budgie in Yokohama, Japan, who got lost last week and then recited his full address to police? That’s so clever. The reader who told me about it said: “I wonder how much the budgie owner would charge to train my children? Or my husband, come to that. He forgets everything.” She also told me about this woman in America who has started a service where you send her your phone number, and she makes temporary tattoos which you can apply to your children (or husband), in case they get lost in shopping malls, etc. I told…

  • You wont believe these menus

    Mr Jam
    8 May 2012 | 9:38 pm
    Sounds yummy ON MY RECENT visit to the Philippines I went into a restaurant and saw a sign on the wall offering diners “Chicken Ass”. I told the waiter that chickens didn’t have bottoms. He told me that they did, although they were very, very small. He advised me not to order this if I was hungry. You live and learn. The other day, reader Chris Huber told the gang he was offered a baffling dish called “The Chicken Entropy” in Tangxia, a town in southern China.   Since “entropy” usually refers to the way objects dissolve into their constituent elements, this can only be chicken…

  • Tourists set to dig latrines!

    Mr Jam
    6 May 2012 | 9:26 pm
      Visitors on adventure holiday got down and dirty TOURISTS WHO BOOKED an adventure holiday ended up digging latrines (toilet holes) in a muddy shanty town. And they loved it. People are weird. Thank God. This is how it happened. An utterly hopeless parent who has disastrously spoiled his children had to do something urgently to reset their values. So this person, whose name is similar to mine, okay, it’s me, signed himself and his kids up to visit an aid organization in the Philippines. Flights were arranged for several families, and we landed in the early hours of the morning. After…
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    The Crimson Crow

  • A Shopaholic’s Guide To Holidays In Barcelona

    Hatty Copeman
    16 May 2012 | 11:30 am
    Barcelona is a great city for shopping thanks to the diversity of shops within close proximity of each other. The city has everything from shopping malls and department stores to boutiques, vintage shops, and popular high street chains and second hand markets, all of which are ideal for shopaholics on their Barcelona holidays. The main spots to head to are Passeig de Gràcia, Rambla de Catalunya, Borne, Raval and Diagonal Mar. Passeig de Gracia Passeig de Gràcia is a pretty, wide boulevard running all the way from Plaza Catalunya to Diagonal and with door to door shops the whole way up the…

  • Man Dies After Enjoying Several Lap Dances At Strip Club, That’s One Way To Get Out Of Paying

    News Staff
    16 May 2012 | 7:51 am
    Robert Gene White, a 67 year-old man from El Paso Texas, was enjoying a night of lap dances at the Red Parrot strip club Friday night when his fun came to an abrupt end. After several lap dances, White became unresponsive.  Employees of the club performed CPR until emergency personnel arrived and transported him to the Del Sol Medical Center where he died an hour later of natural causes. [DailyMail]

  • Epic Fail: Lamborghini Gallardo Shows Off And Crashes Into Traffic [Video]

    Rob
    16 May 2012 | 6:51 am
    This guy tries to show off with his mid-life crisis and it gets away from him. I love how he comes to a stop wedged between two cars though. Nowhere to go now.

  • Choosing The Perfect Designer Frames That Suit Your Face And Fashion Style

    Rob
    15 May 2012 | 5:09 pm
    Choosing the Perfect Designer Frames That Suit Your Face and Fashion Style Sunglasses are important as both protective eyewear and indispensable fashion accessory. With today’s styles and brands, there’s a perfect pair out there for everyone. You’ll have to try on a lot of glasses to find which shape suits you best. Try modern styles for a fashion forward look or choose retro sunglasses like the classic aviator. Be sure to take a friend with you when you try on sunglasses. They’ll be sure to tell you which styles and colors look best. There are several factors to keep in mind when…

  • Everyday Work Uniform Or Clothing At It’s Best

    Rob
    15 May 2012 | 2:37 pm
    Everyday Work Uniform or Clothing at it’s Best The demands placed upon police uniforms far surpass those of any other profession. Everyday dress clothing must be comfortable and allow for full freedom of movement. Uniforms must be sharp and professional for the public yet morph in seconds into part of the officer’s tactical emergency gear. Police clothing must be rugged, comfortable and professional. The basic police shirt and pants is the uniform officers present to the public. This outward appearance needs to appear approachable yet dependable. It should be comfortably cut to allow…
 
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    Meteoroflgy

  • Hypocritical Douche-Canoe

    Amanda Kay
    10 May 2012 | 3:55 pm
    Today, I interacted with a hypocritical douche-canoe. Upon making this fact known, I was asked for the definition of "hypocritical douche-canoe," and subsequently, have decided to illustrate the definition for clarification's sake.Before you ask me why the hypocritical douche-canoe has been depicted wearing a bowler hat, you should as yourselves why he wouldn't be. Case closed.(And yes, I'm working on an actual post still. But I've decided that, in the meantime, maybe one-panel shticks are better than month long sabbaticals. Maybe. Right?)

  • I see you.

    Amanda Kay
    8 May 2012 | 4:15 pm
     

  • Touching Base

    Amanda Kay
    24 Apr 2012 | 4:10 pm
    Hello, my beautiful, precious ducklings!I know it's been a bit longer than usual between posts, and you're all probably starved to the core for a witty yarn to be spun.I think there comes a point in every Blogger's life where blogging, enjoyable though it is, gets a little overwhelming. Especially if life's being a big ol' poop rag. And friends, my April has been a little less than homicide-provoking. But not much less. Not much less at all. o_oMy list of April Atrocities include, but is (unfortunately) not limited to: A death in the family, a hacked bank account, a broken tooth, my bestie…

  • "De-Nile" isn't just a river in my freaking sink...

    Amanda Kay
    26 Mar 2012 | 2:31 pm
    I've believed some crazy shit in my day. There was a time when I believed that a supernatural being in a tutu was delighted to give me a shiny tuppence in exchange for my teeth.There was a time when I believed that a bearded animal-hoarder gathered doubles of all his woodland buddies, and survived 40 days and 40 nights on a boat. I also chose to believe that it was bible-thumping, not meteors, which caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. Over the years, I've put away most of these crazy ideas, and tend to be more skeptical with my beliefs. And folks, as a logical, semi-intelligent adult,…

  • My contribution to the Rick Perry shenanigans

    Amanda Kay
    20 Mar 2012 | 2:42 pm
    Rick Perry's devoted team deleted both of these posts promptly, in under a minute. So I did this.
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    Daily Picks and Flicks

  • Cute Bouncing Bat (Video)

    Dave
    16 May 2012 | 7:42 am
    Meet Millie, a Mexican free-tailed bat who's excited bouncing will convince you that bats can be cute.

  • SMU Women’s Rowing Team Call Me Maybe Cover (Video)

    Dave
    16 May 2012 | 6:40 am
    SMU women's rowing team does their lip-syncing dance choreography of Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe' and one ups the Harvard baseball team cover of the same song.

  • 80-Year Old Granny G Rapping on America’s Got Talent (Video)

    Dave
    16 May 2012 | 6:34 am
    Granny G, an 80-year old retired real estate broker takes her walker onto the stage of America's Got Talent and raps about family values. Clearly the best audition of the night.

  • Barracuda Jumps into Fishing Boat (Video)

    Dave
    16 May 2012 | 5:54 am
    A 40-pound barracuda torpedoed out of the water and jumped straight into a fishing boat off the coast of St. Augustin, Florida. The unusual event was caught on camera by Kevin Faver, who produces a cable show called ‘Tales from the Outdoors.‘

  • Insane Scaffolding (Video)

    Dave
    16 May 2012 | 5:09 am
    Construction workers assembling a bamboo scaffolding in Mumbai, India. Watch the video as it zooms out...
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    Daily Picks and Flicks

  • Cute Bouncing Bat (Video)

    Dave
    16 May 2012 | 7:42 am
    Meet Millie, a Mexican free-tailed bat who's excited bouncing will convince you that bats can be cute.

  • SMU Women’s Rowing Team Call Me Maybe Cover (Video)

    Dave
    16 May 2012 | 6:40 am
    SMU women's rowing team does their lip-syncing dance choreography of Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe' and one ups the Harvard baseball team cover of the same song.

  • 80-Year Old Granny G Rapping on America’s Got Talent (Video)

    Dave
    16 May 2012 | 6:34 am
    Granny G, an 80-year old retired real estate broker takes her walker onto the stage of America's Got Talent and raps about family values. Clearly the best audition of the night.

  • Barracuda Jumps into Fishing Boat (Video)

    Dave
    16 May 2012 | 5:54 am
    A 40-pound barracuda torpedoed out of the water and jumped straight into a fishing boat off the coast of St. Augustin, Florida. The unusual event was caught on camera by Kevin Faver, who produces a cable show called ‘Tales from the Outdoors.‘

  • Insane Scaffolding (Video)

    Dave
    16 May 2012 | 5:09 am
    Construction workers assembling a bamboo scaffolding in Mumbai, India. Watch the video as it zooms out...
 
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    Poitier Scribes

  • TIME x Breast Feeding

    EmmoLei
    11 May 2012 | 1:45 pm
    What do you guys think about this cover?

  • After the Flatline...

    EmmoLei
    9 May 2012 | 9:42 pm

  • FUNK FEST 2012

    EmmoLei
    9 May 2012 | 8:33 pm
    IF YOU ARE IN ATL NEXT WEEKEND, THIS IS THE MOVE!  SEE YOU THERE MAY 19th! For TICKET PRICES and other 411 click here I have been waiting all my life to see Erykah Badu perform and I will get to do so on that very special day.

  • Significance of Academic Regalia

    EmmoLei
    7 May 2012 | 7:10 pm
    The year is coming to a close and Seniors across the world are embarking upon their last semester of high school, college, graduate school, etc. Earlier in the school year, the seniors at my institution, HAMPTON UNIVERSITY, participated in a ceremony in which they were faced with the reality that they will be college graduates charged with the full responsibilities of adulthood. I was apart of that number :-)! Anyway, we wore our academic regalia--the traditional cap and gown. As I was sitting in the ceremony I thought, "Has anyone ever wondered exactly why we wear this or why our…

  • Keven Peart :: Electric Sax

    EmmoLei
    7 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    I love this because you can play the sax and guitar, or any other instrument, simultaneously. :D ENJOY!
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    The Daily Deceased

  • From the Desk of Dave Bury

    14 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    Due to circumstances beyond our control, The Daily Deceased will return with all new posts Monday, May 21st. Until then…keep it classy!

  • Meyer “Mickey” Cohen (September 4, 1913 – July 29,...

    11 May 2012 | 11:30 am
    Meyer “Mickey” Cohen (September 4, 1913 – July 29, 1976)Hilllside Memorial Park, Culver City CA Infamous Los Angeles gangster with ties to the Jewish and American mafias. However, after a controversial and violent life spent in and out of various prisons he ironically died peacefully in his sleep.

  • George Jessel (3 April 1898 – 23 May 1981)Hillside Memorial...

    10 May 2012 | 11:50 am
    George Jessel (3 April 1898 – 23 May 1981)Hillside Memorial Park, Hillside CA Actor, singer, songwriter, producer, and beloved “Toastmaster General.”  He received this unique nickname due to the frequency of his hosting duties for various political and entertainment functions. So, in light of this fact I feel it’s more than appropriate to raise our glasses and toast the one, the only, George Jessel. 

  • From the Desk of Dave Bury

    8 May 2012 | 10:27 am
    San Fernando Mission Hills CemeteryMausoleumMission Hills CA

  • From the Desk of Dave Bury

    7 May 2012 | 1:36 pm
    Court of Liberty and Old North ChurchForest Lawn Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles CA Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills and Glendale are interesting in the fact that they have patriotic leanings that are somewhat random. But, still cool nonetheless. 
 
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    Real Think Tank

  • Frank Lloyd Wright’s Lesser-Known Contributions to Graphic Design

    James Christensen
    4 May 2012 | 11:58 pm
    Frank Lloyd Wright's Lesser-Known Contributions to Graphic Design Brain Pickings 16 hours ago by Maria Popova Shedding new light on the iconic architect's legacy through the kaleidoscope of his diverse design work. Frank Lloyd Wright is considered by many the most influential architect in modern history, but despite his enormous cultural recognition, the full extent of his contribution to design — posters, brochures, typography, murals, book and magazine covers — remains relatively obscure. In Frank Lloyd Wright: Graphic Artist (public library), Penny Fowler examines Wright's ingenious…

  • Volta Volaré's futuristic GT4 e-hybrid airplane available for order

    James Christensen
    4 May 2012 | 11:19 pm
    Volta Volaré's futuristic GT4 e-hybrid airplane available for order Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine 14 hours ago by James Holloway Volta Volaré has begun taking orders for its four-seater GT4 hybrid private aircraft it calls "the most technologically advanced private aircraft available anywhere on Earth." Though the GT4 is perfectly capable of taking off and flying powered only electrically, a gas engine starts when the airplane's battery drops to 25 percent capacity in order to recharge it mid-flight. Surprisingly, perhaps, Volta Volaré makes a strong economic case for the GT4.

  • 29 year old has ZERO concept of economics! Painful to watch.

    James Christensen
    4 May 2012 | 10:32 pm
    I don't care for Sean Hannity, but this kid is a moron! Where do you think governments get money? From the taxes working people pay! It doesn't fall out of the sky.  He is supposedly a grad student? What college, nay High School failed this kid?? Video: Hannity Rips Apart An OWS Organizer And Leader Western Journalism.com 10 hours ago by Daniel Noe Occupy Fleabagger leader Harrison Schultz debates Sean Hannity on why capitalism is wrong. In the debate, Mr. Schultz is offended when it's inferred he may be a radical. He posed several conspiracy theories of how the cops sent rapists and…

  • Researchers spot planet-eating white dwarfs

    James Christensen
    4 May 2012 | 10:18 pm
    Researchers spot planet-eating white dwarfs Ars Technica 10 hours ago by MatthewFrancisArs@gmail.com (Matthew Francis) Planets as small as Earth are hard to spot orbiting other stars; obtaining good data about their chemical composition is well beyond the abilities of our current instruments. However, a new study of four white dwarfs provides hints about the fate of planets like our own. It's not an especially happy one, as the astronomers found that the chemical composition of debris on the white dwarfs closely matches that of Earth. These observations, which will be published in the Monthly…

  • The Mystery of the Melanesian Blondes | 80beats

    James Christensen
    4 May 2012 | 9:54 pm
    The Mystery of the Melanesian Blondes | 80beats Discover Blogs 6 hours ago A blond boy from the island of Vanatu In many places, blond hair usually goes with white skin and European ancestry. But in the islands of Melanesia and among the Aborigines of Australia, blond hair crops up on dark-skinned people with no known European heritage. Scientists have long wondered, is it because they have some (very, very) long-lost European ancestors? Or did blond hair arise from a genetic mutation in the population there? A paper published in Science this week lays that question to rest. The researchers…
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    weird news, funny news

  • Patients test mind-controlled robotic arm

    Weird News
    16 May 2012 | 1:40 pm
    A paralysed woman uses her thoughts to control a robotic arm, telling it to pick up her coffee. Source

  • Reporter tips over Harley in safety segment

    Weird News
    16 May 2012 | 1:40 pm
    May is Motorcycle Safety Month, and reporter Stephanie Berzinski of WXII-TV in Winston-Salem, N.C., learned first-hand how tough the big bikes can be to handle when she tipped over a new Harley-Davidson live on the air during a safety story. Source

  • Video: One-arm robot juggles two balls at once

    Weird News
    16 May 2012 | 1:40 pm
    A one-armed robot has learned to juggle two balls at once, an impressive feat that promises to shed light on dynamic human motions, according to the Japanese researchers behind the machine. Source

  • Insurer: Car-wildlife collisions rose in mild winter

    Weird News
    16 May 2012 | 12:08 pm
    The mild winter led to at least one unexpected consequence: many more costly collisions between cars and wildlife on American roads. Source

  • Clerk quits after robbery on his first solo shift

    Weird News
    16 May 2012 | 12:08 pm
    The clerk at a Stanton gas station’s first day on the job was marred by an armed robbery that police believe may be linked to a string of similar holdups in Orange County. Source
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    Amusing Planet

  • Grass Portraits by Ackroyd & Harvey

    Kaushik
    16 May 2012 | 1:05 pm
    Grass is like photographic paper which becomes pigmented upon exposure to light. The more intense the light exposure, the more intensely pigmented the grass becomes. By exposing plots of seedling grass to light through a custom-made negative, Surrey, England-based Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey makes the grass grow in different shades, from yellow to green creating unique portraits out of them. After a couple of weeks, when the growing process is complete faces or landscapes starts appearing in the grass. Grass photography wasn’t invented by this duo. This technique was pioneer by…

  • Fighting Protesters With Colored Water

    Kaushik
    16 May 2012 | 6:20 am
    You must have seen photos of protesters being doused with colored-water cannons by the police. Using water canon is understood as it’s an easy non-hazardous way to disperse mob, but why would police spray protesters with purple and pink water? Simple: to identify and arrest them later. Many water cannons on the market today come with a tank specially designed to store a semi-permanent colored dye. If police decide they want to "tag" protesters with the dye, they can press a button to inject it into the main water stream. Once the water cannon is trained on a crowd, anyone hit by…

  • 10 Most Incredible Flower Festivals Around the World

    Kaushik
    16 May 2012 | 12:39 am
    Flower festivals are celebrated all over the world and almost around the year. Even as I write this one such festival is taking place in India, the Malabar Flower Festival, and another scheduled to start later this month. The Kegworth Flower Festival is underway in Derby, England, and a dozen other places are preparing for theirs in the coming weeks. Here we present 10 most fascinating display of flowers in different parts of the world. Bloemencorso The Bloemencorso, a Dutch word which means "flower parade", are held in many towns in the Netherlands and Belgium. In a parade of this…

  • Celebrity Pin Art Portraits by Philip Karlberg

    Kaushik
    14 May 2012 | 1:03 pm
    Photographer Philip Karlberg has just created a unique shoot for Plaza Magazine, sculpting famous faces by simply using clever lighting and carefully arranged wooden pins. The wooden pin are sparingly used yet the faces he created are instantly recognizable. A couple of months ago I came up with an idea I have had in mind for years. I just did not know what I could use it for. But then I did a test with sunglasses, and it really turned out great. So I sent an image with the test to Plaza Magazine, and a week later I started shooting. It was a real challenge to ‘sculpt’ the faces of some…

  • Poo Machine by Wim Delvoye

    Kaushik
    14 May 2012 | 10:57 am
    Wim Delvoye is a Belgian artist known for his inventive and often shocking and repulsive projects. Cloaca, also known as the "poo-machine", is probably Wim Delvoye's most famous art installation. In 2000, he put together a complex machinery at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp, Belgium, that mimics the action of the human digestive system and converts food in feces. Real food is dropped down a funnel into a meat grinder (simulating the teeth) twice a day. Then, viewers can follow the food as it makes its way through a series of glass containers containing human digestive…
 
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    Spooky Pics

  • Ghosts in the Window - Evidence of the Supernatural?

    SpookyPics
    16 May 2012 | 10:38 am
    We found this picture here. It seems to show a figure in the window behind the chair. What do you guys think, evidence of the paranormal or are our eyes just playing tricks on us? Be sure to check the site...they have edited versions of this pic and tons more evidence of the paranormal.

  • Real Ghosts on Video?

    SpookyPics
    10 May 2012 | 12:32 pm
    Despite the video title, we didn't see a full body apparition in this. It is still some compelling footage. #2 freaked us out. Contact United Paranormal Project @ www.1upp.org

  • Hazy Shadow Figure - Real Ghost Picture?

    SpookyPics
    8 May 2012 | 1:05 pm
    The site we found this gem on has the story and has analyzed the picture...they think there is a good chance it's real. So do we. Get the details at http://www.angelsghosts.com/faceless-figure-ghost-photograph

  • Spooky Nun - Real Ghost Picture?

    SpookyPics
    7 May 2012 | 10:47 am
    "Local photographer Jonathan Curran was taking a series of 13 photographs of the picturesque area in an attempt to create a panoramic view when he came across something very unusual in one of his shots. One of the images, which were taken less than a minute apart, appears to show an isolated female figure with the appearance of a 19th century Claddagh nun. Mr Curran said he was “freaked” to discover the strange appearance on the camera and checked the other 12 images but the elderly woman did not appear in any of the other pictures...." (This is only a segment of the full story, to read…

  • Real Ghost Scares the Snot Out of Some Ghost Hunters...

    SpookyPics
    2 May 2012 | 7:01 pm
    (Ghost @ :14)
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    Paranormala

  • Gef the Talking Mongoose

    14 May 2012 | 8:55 am
    In September of 1931 in a small farm house on the Isle of Man, the Irving family began hearing odd sounds coming from the attic of the home. Initially, they sounded like a wild animal moving around, but after a time the ‘animal’ began making sounds reportedly similar to those of a baby learning how to speak. It then began to mimic words spoken by the Irvings, much in the fashion of a parrot. Within months, the creature, which the family apparently hadn’t yet seen directly, began speaking increasingly fluent English, relating to the Irvings that it had been born in New Delhi,…

  • The Sudarium of Oviedo

    7 May 2012 | 10:41 am
    Lying in the Cathedral of Oviedo, Spain in relative obscurity compared to its more famous cousin, the Sudarium presents a better provenance and history than the Shroud and may be the sole surviving relic of the crucifixion that has made it to modern times. Measuring 34″ by 21″, the Sudarium is a bloodstained cloth purported to have covered the head of Jesus of Nazareth after his burial. The cloth is mentioned to have been in the tomb in John 20:6-7 described as a cloth separate from the shroud. It isn’t mentioned again until 570 A.D. when it was being kept by monks in a cave…

  • Spring Heeled Jack Revisited

    30 Apr 2012 | 10:57 am
    Among the oddest criminal cases in history is that of Spring-Heeled Jack. Starting in 1837, with a sighting as recent as 1987, this paranormal creature was said to be capable of very high leaps reminiscent of someone bouncing on springs, wore a tight fitting helmet and skin-tight clothing described as something like an oil skin, and was claimed to exhale blue flame and complete with red glowing eyes. Often dismissed as a folktale, there was a very disturbing aspect to the creature that could only be taken as attempted sexual assault. In October of 1837 Mary Stevens, who worked as a servant…

  • On Man Eating Trees and Mongolian Death Worms

    23 Apr 2012 | 12:33 pm
    The twin fields of cryptozoology and crypto-botany are bursting with tales of strange and unusual plants and animals. While the public at large is generally aware of such cryptid superstars as the Loch Ness Monster and the Sasquatch, few have ever heard of the Man-Eating Trees of Madagascar, or the Mongolian Death worms. In 1881 a magazine called the South Australian Register ran a story by a traveler called Carle Liche. He tells us that while travelling through Madagascar, he was horrified to watch the native Mdoko tribe sacrifice a woman to a man-eating tree. He stated that the places the…

  • Titanic and the Paranormal

    16 Apr 2012 | 12:34 am
    It’s a sad and historic anniversary, yesterday was the the 15th of April, the 100th anniversary of sinking of the Titanic. Amid the 3d showings of the movie and the wild commercialism that seems endless, I wondered what else might be lurking in the Titanic story within my own field of interest. The Paranormal. As it turns out, there’s quite alot. Firstly are the prophetic circumstances surrounding the wreck itself. In 1898 an author named Morgan Robertson published a short story entitled ‘Futility’ that bore striking resemblances to the Titanic disaster of 1912.
 
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    Unusual Places

  • Besleti Bridge

    15 May 2012 | 12:49 pm
    The Besleti Bridge also known as the Queen Tamar Bridge is a medieval arched stone bridge at Sukhumi, Georgia’s breakaway republic of Abkhazia. Located some 6 km from the city center, the bridge spans the small mountain River Besletka, and … Continue reading →

  • The Wonderful Barn

    13 May 2012 | 11:07 am
    The Wonderful Barn is a corkscrew-shaped barn built on the edge of Castletown House Estate of the Conolly family, which borders Leixlip and Celbridge, Ireland. It was built in 1743 on the Leixlip side of the Castletown Estate. Flanked by … Continue reading →

  • Upside Down House in Austria

    7 May 2012 | 10:13 am
    Two Polish architects have spent eight months building a “house upside down” in Austria. Location: Terfens, Austria Source: Reuters.

  • Gullfoss

    3 May 2012 | 9:01 am
    Gullfoss (English: Golden Falls) is a waterfall located in the canyon of Hvítá river in southwest Iceland. Gullfoss is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country. The wide Hvítá rushes southward. About a kilometer above the falls … Continue reading →

  • Spotted lake Khiluk

    26 Apr 2012 | 4:29 am
    Spotted Lake is a saline endorheic alkali lake located northwest of Osoyoos in British Columbia. Spotted Lake is very highly concentrated with numerous different minerals. It contains some of the highest quantities (in the world) of magnesium sulfate, calcium and … Continue reading →
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  • Sugar makes you dumb

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    16 May 2012 | 5:33 am
    Attention, college students cramming between midterms and finals: Binging on soda and sweets for as little as six weeks may make you stupid. A new UCLA study is the first to show how a diet steadily high in fructose slows … Continue reading →

  • Two-thirds of Americans believe that Ouija boards are dangerous

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    15 May 2012 | 12:01 pm
    65% of Americans believe in the potential dangers of using a Ouija board, according to a collection of statistics on belief in the paranormal compiled by LiveScience. Furthermore, Gallup polling indicates that 73% of Americans believe in at least some … Continue reading →

  • Playing shooter video games improves your visual attention skills

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    14 May 2012 | 2:13 pm
    A team led by psychology professor Ian Spence at the University of Toronto reveals that playing an action videogame, even for a relatively short time, causes differences in brain activity and improvements in visual attention. This study included only subjects … Continue reading →

  • Your fetal cells are most likely still living inside your mother, even if she had you several decades ago

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    13 May 2012 | 7:36 am
    It turns out that the bonds between a mother and her child are not merely psychological or even genetic: During pregnancy, the mother and the fetus literally exchange cells, leaving identifiable bits and pieces of the child inside the mother … Continue reading →

  • Three beers and an orgasm a day keep the doctor away

    Fact of the Day
    13 May 2012 | 5:19 am
    Two separate studies indicate that drinking beer everyday and having sex is beneficial to your health. Having an orgasm a day can add up to 4 years to your life. Beer can help prevent cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and high blood … Continue reading →
 
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