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• Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise

  In parapsychology, telekineses is the action of mind on matter, in which objects are caused to move or change as a result of mental concentration upon them. Wha... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• How To Build A 2,073-Foot Skyscraper

  

  image credit: Gensler cc When it opens in 2014, the Shanghai Tower won't just be the world's second-tallest building. The 2,073-foot-high skyscraper, designed b... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 14 Google Tools You Didn't Know Existed

  

  Well, maybe you did, but have you ever heard of these Google products: Ngram Viewer, Correlate, Think Insights, Schemer or Keep? Google has an abundance of... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• 12 Surreal Landscapes Found On Earth

  

  image credit: Gerry Bonni cc These bizarre locations may seem like a series of elaborate movie sets, but they are real destinations that you might want to... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 OUTDOORS

• 5 Surprising Facts About Nikola Tesla

  

  image credit Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for his... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 SCIENCE

• 10 Female Assassins And Their Intended Victims

  

  image credit History shows us that the vast majority of assassins are male. Every now and again, though, the fairer sex let the side down (or not, depending on... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY

• 25 Movies From The '80s That Every Kid Should See

  

  image credit: Fernando de Sousa cc Flight Of The Navigator, E.T., WarGames, Beetlejuice, Gremlins, Ghostbusters, The Breakfast Club. Just some of the movies fro... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Origins Of River Names

  

  image credit Because early peoples depended on rivers for survival, they were among the first geological features to receive official names. Many of the... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• The Pygmy Goat - Not So Gruff

  

  image credit: Anthony Brewer cc Who is the gruff looking buck above? There is something familiar about him but this is no standard goat, no sir. Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Canelo The Howler Monkey Showing His Power

  Howler monkeys are among the largest of the New World monkeys. These monkeys are native to South and Central American forests. Howler monkeys are famous for... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• A Map With Each Country's Favorite Website

  

  Two researchers, Mark Graham and Stefano De Stabbata, at the Oxford Internet Institute have depicted the world's 'Internet empires' in a map. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 RANDOM, SOCIETY, TECH

• The Incredible Fungus That Looks Like An Octopus

  

  image credit: Bouba cc Clathrus archeri resembles a strange cross between a toadstool and an octopus. Yet this is not the result of some subterranean... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Monday Puzzle

  

  The Presurfer, in cooperation with pzzlr.com, brings you a puzzle every Monday. Just to tickle your brain. image credit: Angelynn cc How many flowers do I have... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 RANDOM

• Lost Da Vinci Painting Found?

  

  image credit Researchers in Italy claim to have unearthed the portrait of a noblewoman by Leonardo da Vinci which has been lost for 500 years and features the... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• 120 Bikes Stuck On The Storefront Of A German Bike Shop

  

  image credit: zonenklaus cc In Altlandsberg, twenty kilometers from Berlin, Germany, stands a peculiar, eye-catching edifice. Whoever on earth wouldn't notice... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 RANDOM

• The Art Of Urbex - Stunning Photography By Niki Feijen

  

  image used with permission of Niki Feijen Niki Feijen lives in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He's not a professional photographer. He has never studied photograph... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Secret Lives Of Kitchen Spices

  

  image credit: Rainer Zenz cc Did you know your kitchen spices have secret lives? There's a warmonger, a cure-all, and a former currency in your cabinet. Do you... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• World's Strangest Vehicles

  

  image credit: Vitaly Volkov cc Spotting strange vehicles in our usual boring stream of traffic can be as rewarding as catching a smile of a beautiful woman -... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• California Road Trip 2013 | San Francisco to Los Angeles

  A travel guide to a two week west coast road trip down Highway One beginning in San Francisco before taking in Santa Cruz, the Big Sur, Santa Barbara, Los... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Dutch Police Recruit Rat Detectives To Sniff Out Crime

  

  image credit: Oskila cc Derrick, Thomson and Thompson, Magnum, and Poirot are the newest recruits at a Dutch police department. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2013 SOCIETY