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• Why We Cry: The Science Of Sobbing And Emotional Tearing

  

  image credit The human body is an extraordinary machine, and our behavior an incessant source of fascination. Take, for instance, the science of what we call... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• The Brilliantly Colored Graffiti Murals Of El Salvador

  

  image credit El Salvador is both beautiful and striking and the culture is fascinating and colorful. There is a flipside to any coin, however, and in El Salvado... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Whose Eyeball Is This?

  

  image credit It's not a pretty picture but that's a real eyeball. It washed ashore and was found by a beachcomber in Pompano Beach, Florida, and it is mystifyin... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE

• 10 Of Weirdest World Championships Around

  

  image credit Did you know there is a World Championship for stone skipping? For mobile phone throwing? For bog snorkeling? Want to win a worldwide competition,... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Racing Giant Yaks In Mongolia

  Yak racing is a sport held at many traditional festivals in Tibet, Northern Pakistan and Mongolia. We travel to the vast epic-ness of Khovsgol Province in... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• A Stag Do With A Difference

  Herds of Red and Fallow Deer roam freely in Bushy Park in West London and walkers are warned to stay away from them during the rutting season in October and... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Motorized Animal Ears You Control With Your Mind

  

  San Francisco-based company Emoki are launching a line of motorized animals ears that 'you control with your mind.' Emoki ears are designed to get attention,... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The World's Littlest Skyscraper

  

  image credit The world's smallest skyscraper is a four-story Newby-McMahon Building in downtown Wichita Falls, Texas. It's only 40 feet (12 m) tall. In 1919, oi... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Most Amazing Geek-O'-Lanterns You'll See All Week

  

  Pictures of incredible Geek-o'-Lanterns from the Jack-o'-Lantern Spectacular in Providence, Rhode Island, which feature more than 5,000 pumpkins carved with... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Friday Cartoon By Mark Anderson

  

  Psychiatrist Cartoon by Andertoons Mark Anderson is a professional cartoonist from the Chicago area. His cartoons have been published in Reader's Digest, The... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Big Religion Chart

  is an attempt to summarize all the complexities of religions and belief systems into tiny little boxes on a single, quick-reference comparison chart. Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Super-Earth Planet Likely Made Of Diamond

  

  Move over, Hope Diamond. The most famous gems on Earth have new competition in the form of a planet made largely of diamond, astronomers say. Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Airomobile And Other Aerodynamic Marvels

  

  image credit The Airomobile was a prototype designed by Paul M. Lewis in 1934 (it was built in 1937). It stimulated great interest and was clearly ahead of its... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The World's Largest Floating Bookstore

  

  image credit Carrying more than 5,000 books and measuring more than 430 feet long, the Logos Hope is the world's largest floating bookstores. Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 BOOKS, HUMOR, RANDOM

• Photos Of The Very First McDonald's Restaurant

  

  image credit Maurice and Richard McDonald moved their father's restaurant from Monrovia to 1398 North E Street at West 14th Street in San Bernardino, California. Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Wing

  A solitary, one winged creature called Wing is harassed by a group of oppressive crows due to being weak and different from them. He decides that he wants to... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Beau Coop

  

  Dawn breaks. The hens descend from their bespoke Versailles-inspired Le Petit Trianon house to their playground below for a morning wing stretch. This... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Clarifying 8 Horror Myths

  

  image credit The countdown to Halloween has started. Today, we turn to Snopes to help us debunk (or validate) a bunch of horror myths. Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Art Of Using Chopsticks Correctly

  

  image credit Chopsticks are a mainstay of dinner tables in Japan and throughout Asia. Japanese people have been using them since they were small children -... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Supergroup

  An advertisement for baby feeding brand Cow & Gate. A group of toddlers investigate the instruments and equipment in a recording studio. As they each play aroun... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM