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• Fascinating Matchbook Art

  

  image credit Take a look at some of the most fascinating matchboxes and match covers from years gone by, from around the world. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Laughing Squid Celebrates 17th Anniversary

  

  image credit Congratulations to Laughing Squid on its 17th anniversary. Laughing Squid was started by Scott Beale in 1995 as a film and video production... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 11 Weirdly Spelled Words - And How They Got That Way

  Why is English spelling so messed up? We get the same sounds spelled different ways (two, to, too), the same spellings pronounced different ways (chrome,... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• River Of Lava

  A river of lava originating from the Hawaiian volcano Kilauea snakes its way over land before meeting the sea and exploding below the waves in a dramatic... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 6 Most Bizarre Airport Runways

  

  image credit Here are 6 of the most bizarre and interesting airport runways from around the world. Some of the runways are in very strange places, others have... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Hans Brinker Hotel: The Worst Hotel In The World

  

  image credit The rooms are filthy, there's no hot water and the guests are encouraged to dry themselves off with the curtains to save on washing. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Athanasius, Underground

  

  image credit With his enormous range of scholarly pursuits the 17th century polymath Athanasius Kircher has been hailed as the last Renaissance man and 'the... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 RANDOM

• The Most Beautiful Presidential Homes In The World

  

  image credit Take a look at some beautiful presidential dwellings around the world. From the White House to Pritzker Prize-winner Oscar Niemeyer's ode to... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Read My Rings: The Oldest Living Tree Tells All

  

  image credit In 1964, a geologist in the Nevada wilderness discovered the oldest living thing on earth, after he killed it. The young man was Donald Rusk Currey... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 OUTDOORS, SCIENCE

• 11 Creative Suffixes That Inspire New Words

  People love coining new words. And they love making good use of them - for a while anyway. Romnesia, bromance, adultescence, and Frankenstorm are just a few of... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 HUMOR, LANGUAGES, RANDOM

• Top Ten Amazing Higgs Boson Facts

  

  image credit What's with the Higgs boson? After its initial still non-comfirmed discovery last July we haven't heard much about it. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 CHEMISTRY, SCIENCE

• A Brief History Of Photography

  As it turns out, photography was really born out of chemical experimentation in back rooms, completely out of the lab setting. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY, HUMOR, PHOTOGRAPHY, RANDOM

• Urinals Paved With Gold

  

  image credit Captive Media, the UK interactive washroom startup, has raised a $700K funding round to help roll out its product - a 'pee controlled' media... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 HUMOR, MEDIA, RANDOM, SOCIAL MEDIA

• Helen Keller: Vaudeville Star

  

  image credit Helen Keller (1880 - 1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Graduating With Technology

  

  Technology has become an integral part of our daily lives: we use it to learn, to shop, to pay bills, and to entertain ourselves. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Versailles, From Louis XIII To The French Revolution

  The Palace of Versailles is a royal ch창teau in Versailles in France. What did Versailles look like before Louis XIV? How did the small hunting lodge of Louis... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Miraculous Termite Mounds

  

  image credit Termite mounds. They may look like just a big pile of well-structured dirt but they are actually marvels of architecture and fill an unexpectedly... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 ENVIRONMENT, OUTDOORS

• 10 Myths About Space Travel That Make Science Fiction Better

  

  image credit We all love to point out the ridiculous bad physics in science fiction - it's like an awesome sport that everybody wins. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 PHYSICS, SCIENCE, TECH

• What's The Lightest Metal On Earth?

  The lighter a structure launching into air, the better. That's one of the reasons why ostriches can't fly - because their bones are solid instead of hollow. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Eternal Flame Falls

  

  image credit At the base of a waterfall deep in the forests of the state of New York a flame burns. A small grotto between the layers of shale protects this... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM