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• 15 Stunning Pictures Of Starfish Sunbathing

  

  image credit Starfish belong to a beach vacation like sandcastles and sunburn. They're not fish, of course, but rather close cousins of sand dollars and sea... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 Facts You Might Not Know About Star Trek: Voyager

  

  image credit The fourth Star Trek series, Voyager, told the story of a ship and its crew hurled to the opposite side of the galaxy. Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT

• The Sick Kitten (1903)

  A century before Rolf Harris and 'Animal Hospital', audiences had more than their fair share of films about sickly pets, brave dogs and assorted animals in... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• What Exactly Is Quicksand?

  

  image credit Quicksand is a staple hazard of adventure movies, TV shows and video games. Whenever a minor character needs to be killed off quickly, the hero... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 SCIENCE

• Friday Cartoon By Mark Anderson

  

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

  Posted on 25 May 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Amazing Coating For Bottles' Interiors Lets Ketchup Flow Like Water

  LiquiGlide, developed by a team at MIT's Varanasi Research Group, is a surface coating that liberates the notoriously non-Newtonian fluid ketchup from its glass... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 SCIENCE

• Is Double Dipping Dangerous?

  

  image credit Remember the scene from Seinfeld where George Costanza is standing in front of the buffet table at a funeral reception, snacking on chips and... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 HEALTH, SCIENCE

• News Reporter Caught Faking Sandstorm After Missing Event

  Romanian news reporter Adrian Boioglu was left red faced after he was caught faking a sand storm live on TV after turning up too late to capture the real thing. Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, HUMOR, MOVIES, RANDOM

• Bowser Beer - A Beer For Dogs

  

  Bowser Beer is for dogs... seriously! Bowser Beer isn't technically beer in the human sense. It contains no alcohol, no carbonation, and no hops (which can be... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, PETS, RANDOM

• The Codex Mendoza

  

  image credit The Codex Mendoza is an Aztec codex, created about twenty years after the Spanish conquest of Mexico with the intent that it be seen by Charles V,... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 CULTURE

• 8 Interesting International Tripoints Worldwide

  

  image credit An international tripoint is a geographical point at which the borders of three countries meet. There are currently 157 international tripoints by... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 CULTURE, TRAVEL

• Hexapod Robot

  MorpHex is a hexapod robot that can transform into a sphere shape and back. YouTube link (via Everlasting Blort)The Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 TECH

• World's Largest Chocolate Sculpture

  

  Chocolate-lovers need look no further for a place to pay homage to their favorite treat after chocolatiers created a mouth-watering edible sculpture of an... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, FOOD & DRINK

• Chromeography

  

  image credit Chromeography is a website with pictures of the lettering, logos, and ornaments adorning old automobiles.The Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 CULTURE

• Engelbart's Violin

  

  You have probably heard of Douglas Engelbart. He is best known as the inventor of the computer mouse - but in fact, this man created just about all of the... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY

• The 6 Most Amazing Jellyfish In The Sea

  

  image credit Jellyfish have enchanted humanity since we first laid eyes on them. Unsubstantial and wispy, they float around our oceans almost without thought... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Star Trek's Enterprise Ship Could Be Built In 20 Years

  

  image credit Whether you're a Trekkie or not, you have to admit that there's some sense of wonder to exploring the stars and trying to find life on distant... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 GADGETS, RANDOM, TECH

• The 11 Worst Fast Food Restaurant Names

  

  image credit This is what the Food Court in Hell must look like. The 11 Worst Fast Food Restaurant Names.The Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Robert Moog's Birthday Celebrated With Google Doodle

  

  Robert Moog (1934 - 2005) was an American pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer. In celebration of his 78th birthday,... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Spectacular Sinking Sculptures

  

  image credit Some have created fantastic illusions consisting of sculptures that look as if they're sinking into the ground! Whether it's Sue and Peter Hill... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 ART & DESIGN