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• Lo Specchio (The Mirror)

  In the far northwest corner of Italy, in a quiet valley dominated by steep hills, is the tiny hamlet of Viganella. In the next fifteen years, the population of... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Paper Airplanes

  

  Like throwing paper airplanes? The good folk at RAF Hornchurch, UK, have created templates in PDF fromat for kids and grown ups - just print 'em out and fold 'e... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Why It Took So Long To Invent The Wheel

  

  image credit Wheels are the archetype of a primitive, caveman-level technology. But in fact, they're so ingenious that it took until 3500 B.C. for someone to... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY

• The Dogs Of Iditarod

  

  image credit The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is an annual 1,049-mile (1,688 km) sled dog race run in Alaska. Mushers and a team of 12-16 dogs, of which at... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2012 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS, SNOW, SPORTS

• Phillis Wheatley, The First Ever African-American Woman To Be Published

  

  image credit Phillis Wheatley (1753 - 1784) was the first African American poet and first African-American woman to publish her writing. Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY

• 17 World Cities Reflected in Water

  

  image credit Reflections bring out the splendor of many things, and global cities old and new are no different. These metropolises stand out magnificently when... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2012 DESTINATIONS, PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL

• How To Chop Wood Without Messing Around

  This video shows how to chop wood without messing around. By placing a chain around the log the lumber jack is able to chop the wood very quickly and easily. Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2012 OUTDOORS

• The Most Interesting Underpants In London

  

  image credit Google Earth In Bowes Park in the U.K. a pair of underpants are gently decaying in public. They have a fascinating and genuinely moving story to... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2012 LIFESTYLE, RANDOM, SHOPPING

• Published Daily

  

  The Nome Nugget newspaper. Published daily except for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. (via Criggo)The Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Schrödinger's Cat Executive Decision Maker

  Schrödinger's cat is a thought experiment devised by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935. Schrödinger's experiment poses the question, when does a... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Micro Luggage

  is luggage that moves you! Micro spent 3 years developing Micro Luggage in cooperation with Samsonite. A lightweight, hard shell, cabin-sized case with a... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2012 TRAVEL

• Humanity Must 'Jail' Dangerous Artificial Intelligence

  

  image credit Super-intelligent computers or robots have threatened humanity's existence more than once in science fiction. Such doomsday scenarios could be... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2012 COMPUTING, TECH

• The Big Egg Hunt In Pictures

  

  image credit Over the season of Lent, it is traditional in many Christian communities to give something up. Many people these days go for chocolate. Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2012 CULTURE

• Chicken Soup Really Does Help Cure Colds

  

  image credit Remember when you had a bad cold as a kid and your mom made you chicken soup? It always made you feel better, right? Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2012 FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH

• Beautiful Fortified City Of Naarden, The Netherlands

  

  image credit Google Earth Naarden is a municipality in the Netherlands, shaped in the form of a star. This small town is a textbook example of a popular style o... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Harrowing Lives Of Child Miners In The Early 1900s

  

  image credit In the early 1900s, young boys, forced by poverty and circumstance, risked their lives each day in mines across the United States, many of them... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Neave Interactive

  

  Paul Neave is a British interaction designer, creative developer, user interface designer, and digital artist. He makes applications, games, tools, toys,... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2012 TECH

• Tape Sculpture By Artist Mark Jenkins

  From jellyfish and giraffes to phone booths and life-sized cars, what could you make with packaging tape and a little creativity? Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• 25 Vintage Cats And Dogs Dressed As People

  

  image credit Harry Whittier Frees (1879–1953) was an American photographer who created novelty postcards and children's books based on his photographs of... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY, PETS, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Web App Directory

  There is one thing that can be said about popularity: 'If many people like it, there must be something to it.' In other words: the opinion of the public... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2012 TECH