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• In The 1930s, Daredevils Would Drive Up Walls With Lions For Passengers

  

  image credit The Wall of Death is a carnival sideshow featuring a silo- or barrel-shaped wooden cylinder inside of which motorcyclists, or the drivers of... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY, PHOTOGRAPHY, SPORTS

• Opera Flash Mob In Antwerp, Belgium

  Members of the Flemish Opera dressed as police officers, bus drivers and street sweepers and the city of Antwerp joined forces in a flash mob to keep the... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 30,000 Bottle Caps Decorate Russian Pensioner's Home

  

  In the Russian village of Kamarchaga, Russian pensioner Olga Kostina has used 30,000 plastic bottle caps to adorn her home with colorful patterns and images -... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• A Brief Survey of Phone Booth Art From Around the World

  

  image credit A brief survey of phone booth art from around the world. Some are functional, some are purely artistic, but all of them are interesting odes to an... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Gundam Statue

  

  image credit The Gundam statue is a statue located in Diver City Tokyo, Japan. It is a 1:1 model of the Gundam mobile suit from the anime series Mobile Suit... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2012 RANDOM

• Cat Crib: A Space-Saving Cat Hammock

  

  The Cat Crib is a space-saving hammock your feline will love. You treasure your kitty, but the pet furniture you buy makes your living room unsightly and... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2012 HOME, PETS

• Ghost Towns Of The Pacific Northwest: Bordeaux, Washington

  

  image credit For 60 years the logging town of Bordeaux, Washington prospered because it was located in the heart of Capital Forest where towering fir and cedar... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Hyenas Are As Bright As Primates

  

  image credit They were depicted as slobbering, slow-witted beasts by Disney in the hit movie The Lion King, but hyenas are far more intelligent than they have... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• The Unknown Story Of The Black Cyclone

  

  image credit Marshall Taylor (1878 - 1932) was an American cyclist who won the world 1 mile track cycling championship in 1899 after setting numerous world... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY, SPORTS

• Mugshot Doppelgänger

  

  A tumblr blog that shows mugshots of today's celebrities as if they were taken in the 1920s. It's a world similar to our own just shifted a little. Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Acoustic Levitation

  Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago have discovered a way to use sound waves to levitate individual droplets of liquid containing different... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2012 SCIENCE

• Van Gogh's 'Flowers In A Blue Vase' Damage Seen In X-Rays

  

  image credit Researchers have spotted a never-before-seen chemical effect in Vincent Van Gogh's 'Flowers In A Blue Vase' that is dulling the work's vibrant... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2012 ART & DESIGN, CHEMISTRY, CULTURE, SCIENCE

• Pirelli's Tire Test Facility

  Leo Parente and ShakeDown visit the location for all the wet traction and noise control testing that Pirelli does for all its street tires and many of its race... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2012 MOTO

• Dresden, Germany, Test Drives Longest Ever Bus

  

  image credit Dresden in Germany has unveiled the Autotram Extra Grand, a long bus meant to revolutionize public transport systems, combining the capacity of a... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2012 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• The Monument to African Renaissance - Magnificent Symbol Or Colossal Folly?

  

  image credit At 150 meters (492 feet) in height the Monument to African Renaissance dominates the skyline of the Senegalese capital of Dakar. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2012 CULTURE, SOCIETY

• The Beards - Got Me a Beard

  Music video for 'Got Me a Beard' taken from The Beards third album 'Having a Beard is the New Not Having a Beard.' It's an anthem for all the men out there... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Exotic Beauty Of Hummingbird Clearwing Moths

  

  image credit Have you ever done a double take when you're out in the garden admiring your honeysuckles and a quick-flying creature came up to suck the nectar? Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Photography Resources

  

  image credit A comprehensive set of links to some of the best photography resources on the Internet. Great tutorials, photography tips and interesting blogs. Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2012 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Treehouse For Birds And People

  

  At the 78-room 'bird apartment,' human visitors get a peek into the lives of the birds at a Nagano nature reserve. The Bird Apartment is the work of... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT, HOME

• Butterfly Swarm Sculptures

  

  Artist Tasha Lewis has spent the last month traveling around the US to install her ephemeral butterfly swarms onto metal objects in public urban spaces. Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE