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• Dolly Parton's Other Voice

  

  image credit Dolly Parton is two amazing singers. If you slow her songs down (as if you were playing an old 45 at 33rpm) she sounds completely different and... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Interactive Advert On Bus Shelter Shown Only To Women

  

  An interactive hoarding at a London bus stop aims to show a 40-second advertisement only to women and girls. The screen showing the short video campaign, by... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 BUSINESS, CHARITY, MARKETING & ADVERTISING, SOCIETY

• 10 Of The Most Common Surnames In The World

  

  A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. In some cultures, the surname may be a... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 CULTURE, TRAVEL

• The Whimsical Street Art Of Nomerz

  

  image credit With a double dose of wit and color Nikita Nomerz transforms derelict buildings, towers, and crumbling urban spaces into whimsical, quirky faces... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• MyAllSearch

  

  is an internet search tool that saves you time and makes your Web searches much easier. With MyAllSearch you only enter keywords once, then getting and comparin... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2012 TECH

• Top 10 Worst Food And Drink World Records

  

  image credit People have set world records for most 'ghost chillis' eaten in two minutes, eating the world's largest burger, fastest ice cream eating,... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2012 FOOD & DRINK, HUMOR, RANDOM

• Crazy Stuff People Do To Get Jobs

  

  image credit Would you auction yourself on eBay to get a job? Or spent $7,000 to rent a billboard to advertise yourself? Or write a song that explains your... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2012 CAREER, HUMOR, RANDOM

• Incredible Ice City

  The temperature in Harbin, China reaches forty below zero and stays below freezing nearly half the year. The city is actually further north than notoriously col... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2012 DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• The Unearthly Beauty Of Antelope Canyon

  

  image credit The Navajo call it 'the place where water runs through rocks' and that is literally true. The peculiar formation of a slot canyon can make for an... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Au Revoir, Mademoiselle

  

  France has abolished the term Mademoiselle from all official documents because it suggests a woman is 'available'. Prime minister Francois Fillon said the word ... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The Myth Of The Eight-Hour Sleep

  

  We often worry about lying awake in the middle of the night - but it could be good for you. A growing body of evidence from both science and history suggests... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Landscape With Duck

  A wayward duck tries to catch up with his companions on their migration south in this hand-drawn animated short. Vimeo link (thanks Cora)The Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, HUMOR, RANDOM

• Photographer Spends Over 10 Years Building 35-Foot-Long Camera

  

  In a world where all things small are considered beautiful and cool, a photographer is doing something quite drastically different from the norm. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2012 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Listerine Cigarettes

  

  Listerine is a brand of antiseptic mouthwash. It was named after Joseph Lister who promoted the idea of sterile surgery by sterilizing instruments. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2012 HISTORY

• Dune De Pyla - A New 'Sahara' Desert Being Born In France

  

  image credit It looks like Europe has started turning into a new sahara desert. The Great Dune of Pyla is the tallest sand dune in Europe. It is located in the... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Wau: The Most Amazing, Ancient, And Singular Number

  Wau (the ancestor of the Latin letter F) is an archaic letter of the Greek alphabet which originally stood for the sound /w/ and later remained in use only as... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2012 SCIENCE

• Portrait Made With Coffe Cup Rings

  

  Malaysian artist Hong Yi (nicknamed Red) graduated from the University of Melbourne, Australia, with a Master of Architecture degree and a Bachelor of Planning... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Google Doodle Pays Tribute To Heinrich Hertz

  

  Today's Google doodle takes the form of electromagnetic waves to pay tribute to German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz on his 155th birth anniversary. Hertz... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2012 SOCIETY

• Worf Is Always Wrong

  

  image credit Worf is a Klingon character in 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' and in seasons four to seven of 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• FriendSheep

  A short film made entirely by students from the Valencia-based school of animation PrimerFrame , pre-production began in March 2010, completing a year later... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM