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• 10 Famous Clock Towers From Around The World

  

  image credit A clock tower is a tower specifically built with one or more (often four) clock faces. Clock towers can be either freestanding or part of a church... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY, TRAVEL

• Dodds Serta Trek

  Funny commercial from Dodd's Furniture & Mattress in Victoria, Canada. Don't 'klingon' to your old spring mattress.' YouTube link (via Everlasting... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Cramming People Into A Thing: A Photo History

  

  Phone Booth Cramming was a late-1950s fad with a simple premise: cram a phone booth full of people and take a picture before the people on the bottom... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY, HUMOR, PHOTOGRAPHY, RANDOM

• Dutch Museum Discovers 'New' Van Gogh Painting

  

  image credit A painting dismissed for years as the work of an unknown artist has been identified as a piece by Vincent Van Gogh, after x-rays revealed an image... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Honda's Wonderful Open-Hearted Wagon Concept

  

  Honda believes you and your four-legged friend should be able to travel together in comfort, and supports dogs and their drivers with a range of fun events.... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 HOME, MOTO, PETS

• Happy Kitchen Candy Hamburgers

  This is weird. Happy Kitchen Candy Hamburgers is a powdered candy set sold in Japan. When water is added, the powder can be coaxed into looking like a doll-size... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Rivers Of Lava On Pulama Pali On Hawaii Island

  A surge of lava spews out of a rupture in the lava tube system and is heading down steep cliffs. This strong flow is being supplied lava from Kilauea Volcano's... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2012 SCIENCE

• Animal Footprint Shoes

  

  A series of shoes by Canadian artist Maskull Lasserre that have been modified to leave realistic animal footprints. Lasserre has been using the shoes to leave... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Email In The 18th Century: The Optical Telegraph

  

  image credit More than 200 years ago it was already possible to send messages throughout Europe and America at the speed of an aeroplane - wireless and without... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY, TECH

• How 5 Super-Rich Places Got Such Fancy Names

  

  image credit Did you know that Martha's Vineyard was named after a daughter of explorer Bartholomew Gosnold? Originally the name was applied to a much smaller... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2012 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY, SOCIETY

• Let's Have A Shatnerpalooza!

  

  image credit Whether you love Star Trek, T.J. Hooker, Comedy Central's Roasts or have just happened to watch any program over the last decade that was... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, HUMOR, MOVIES, RANDOM, TV & VIDEO

• The Staggering Beauty Of Iceland's Glacier Lagoon

  

  image credit Even in a country well known for its astounding natural beauty, Jökulsárlón stands out. The combination of majestic floating icebergs, the giant... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Image Of The Entire Sky

  

  Nasa released an image of the entire sky as observed by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. The sky can be thought of as a sphere that surrounds us in thre... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2012 ASTRONOMY, SCIENCE

• The Bizarre Ways That Dogs Like To Sleep

  

  image credit Some dogs sleep in bizarre positions.The Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2012 HOME, HUMOR, PETS, RANDOM

• Isla

  

  It looks like a black and white photo, but it is actually made out of half a million fish hooks. Cuban artist Yoan Capote and thirty assistants spent six... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Marmite Toast

  Marmite is a food spread made from yeast extract, a by-product of beer brewing. You either love it or hate it. YouTube link (via Everlasting Blort)The Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2012 FOOD & DRINK, HUMOR, RANDOM

• Make Me Mod! Top 10 'Mad Men' Essentials

  

  With the return of 'Mad Men' to AMC this Sunday, Sterling Cooper's attractive staff will raise the bar for contemporary cubicle-dwellers for the fifth season... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, LIFESTYLE, TV & VIDEO

• The Joy Of Washing Your Brush

  Bob Ross (1942 - 1995) was an American painter, art instructor, and television host. He is best known as the creator and host of The Joy of Painting, a... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2012 ART & DESIGN, RANDOM

• No Man's Land

  

  image credit Roughly 30% of the Earth's surface is land. And where there is land, there is a nation (or multiple nations) ready to claim it as its own. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2012 SOCIETY

• The 6 Most Extravagant Royal Gestures Of All Time

  

  image credit Being a member of royalty entitles you to a life of luxury and leisure; one where extravagance is as every day as eating. Raised in regal... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY