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• Measuring The Universe

  The Universe is absolutely huge and it's really amazing that we're able to look up from this tiny, little planet and actually measure the distance to things... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 SCIENCE

• The Story Of Symbols

  

  image credit We use them every day - but what are the mysterious origins of these symbols we take for granted? Here are a few short explanations to demystify th... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 CULTURE

• What Happened To The People In Microsoft's Iconic 1978 Company Photo?

  

  It's one of the most iconic photos in American business. A ragtag group of bearded weirdos assembled for a company portrait of Microsoft from 1978. It was... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 COMPUTING, TECH

• The 10 Most Insane Festivals Around The World

  

  image credit If you have an open mind, there's no limit to the number of awesome celebrations you can find. Instead of just spinning a globe and putting your... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 CULTURE

• First Flying Platform - 1955

  The US Navy demonstrates its 'Flying Platform' in 1955, a vehicle that uses a direct lift rotor aircraft, using contra-rotating ducted fans controlled by the... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY

• The Extraordinary Pink Katydid

  

  image credit Flamingos aside, you do not get to see the color pink in the animal kingdom a great deal. A notable exception is the pink katydid. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• The Letter Project

  

  image credit Rick Schrager is a professional beachcomber and hobbyist photographer living in Southern California. He is passionate about written communication. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2012 CULTURE

• The Museum Of Endangered Sounds

  

  Imagine a world where we never again hear the symphonic startup of a Windows 95 machine. Imagine generations of children unacquainted with the chattering of... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2012 TECH

• Bottle Cap Blues

  Sitting around with your friends killing a couple of six packs of beer trying to think of different means to open your next drink is pretty funny. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2012 DRINK, HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Parasitic Dodder

  

  image credit A spindly orange vine known as dodder is a particularly striking example of dynamic plant life. Dodder is a parasite - it lives off of other plants. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Fugu And Tako

  follows the story of two Japanese salary men who's lives radically change when one of them eats a live puffer fish in a sushi bar. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Salt Made From Tears

  

  The latest product range from Hoxton Street Monster Supplies, Salt made from Tears, has just launched. The salt is collected from humans experiencing a range... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 RANDOM

• The Most Electrifying Lightning Photography

  

  image credit These hair-raising photographs demonstrate fantastic examples of lightning photography. Hopefully one of these them will hit you with a bolt of... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 ENVIRONMENT, WEATHER

• Adventures Of The League Of Steam - 'Musical Miscreants'

  In this adventure Crackitus, JayAre and Jasper investigate a client's home for paranormal activity. While there they encounter a trio of happy haunts intent on... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Mo'ynaq - Graveyard Of Ships In The Desert

  

  image credit Many have visited an abandoned city and wondered what catastrophic event could have caused such an exodus from a metropolis once so evidently... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 OUTDOORS, SEA

• The Alpine Finger Wrestling Championships

  

  Think alpine sports and you'll probably think of skiing and snowboarding, but there's another alpine sport that doesn't get the same coverage - Alpine Finger... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 OTHER SPORTS, RANDOM, SPORTS

• Tornado Wedding

  Caleb James Pence and his bride-to-be Candra refused to let a tornado delay their wedding vows at their ceremony near Harper, Kansas, USA. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 ENVIRONMENT, HUMOR, RANDOM, VIRAL, WEATHER

• Watch Documentary

  

  Watching documentaries is always a fun and educational way of passing your time. But for a documentary film to be interesting, it must be relevant to your... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 14 Amazing Photos Of The SpaceX Dragon Docking

  

  image credit NASA The Dragon has landed! Photos of yesterday's historic, first-ever docking of a private space craft with the International Space Station. Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Whales Have A Sensory Organ Unlike Anything We've Ever Seen

  

  image credit It's possible that whales can sense things that no other living creatures can. Scientists have discovered a grapefruit-sized mass of vessels and... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM