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• Boats In Clear Water Look As If They Float In The Air

  

  image credit Have you noticed that when you look at a boat in clear water it seems like it floats in the air?The Presurfer Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2012 PHOTOGRAPHY

• 7 Things You Didn't Know About Joan Of Arc

  

  image credit Yesterday marked the 600th anniversary of Joan of Arc's birth. Maybe! No official records of the date exist, and Joan herself could only guess she... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2012 HISTORY

• Animal Tickle Tests Shed Light On The Origins Of Laughter

  

  It is perhaps the most curious of involuntary bodily responses, that is, to giggle and guffaw with reckless abandon when our feet, armpits, and ribs are... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2012 HUMOR, SCIENCE

• Lençóis Maranhenses - Brazil's Lagoons Among The Dunes

  

  image credit When you first see it, Lençóis Maranhenses in northeastern Brazil appears much like a typical desert: sand - and lots of it. Yet closer... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2012 ENVIRONMENT, TRAVEL

• Dr Julius Neubronner's Miniature Pigeon Camera

  

  image credit Pigeon photography was an aerial photography technique invented in 1907 by the German apothecary Julius Neubronner, who also used pigeons to delive... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY

• How A Blind Person Cooks Food Alone

  Tommy Edison, who's been blind since birth, shows us how a visually impaired person may cook a meal alone. In this example, Tommy cooks french fries and a... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2012 CULTURE

• Coachbuilt

  

  Coachbuilt is an encyclopedia of American coachbuilders, from Adam Black Sons, makers of commercial coaches and co-designers of the iconic UPS P-600 package... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2012 HISTORY, MOTO

• The Top 10 Craziest Things Caught At Airport Security In 2011

  

  Bizarre objects confiscated by TSA agents this year Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2012 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Shoplifting Around the World

  

  The shopping rush belies one growing problem: The shrink rate, the retail industry's term for the loss of products before they can be sold, has risen 6.6%... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2012 LIFESTYLE, SHOPPING, SOCIETY

• The Planet's Best Unearthly Landscapes

  

  image credit How's this for a space oddity? Forty years have passed since the historic Apollo moon landing, and yet the prospect of space tourism remains as... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• 6 Infamous Arsonists And How They Got Caught

  

  image credit While some people start fires for insurance money or to cover up crimes, arsonists set fires to feel control - and, in many cases, sexual... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY, SOCIETY

• Slingshot Zombiehammer With Skull Ejector

  Jörge Sprave made this combo weapon to fight zombies. A steel spike, sharp and hardened, in combination with a blunt 'smasher' side made from a large steel ball... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2012 RANDOM

• Everything You Wanted To Know About The Moon

  

  image credit Everything you wanted to know about the moon. Its environment, its creation, our exploration and why it's one of a kind (at least in our solar... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 ASTRONOMY, SCIENCE

• Snow Monsters Of Japan

  

  image credit Ghostly trees covered in snow and rime ice - known as 'snow monsters' or juhyou in Japanese - are a celebrated feature of the winter landscape in... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Belgian Fries

  

  image credit If you are a true connoisseur of the potato, then you know that the Belgians have turned the humble spud into an art form. Belgian fries, or... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Time Is Nothing - A Journey Around The World

  Last year, Kien Lam quit his job, packed a bag, grabbed his camera and bought a one way ticket to London. 17 countries later, he compiled this time lapse of... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 TRAVEL

• A Sneaky Peak

  

  @StealthMountain is a Twitter user who alerts other Twitter users that they typed sneak peak when they meant sneak peek. I'm not sure whether this is a human... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• What's The Point Of Nose Hair?

  

  To strain out the nasty stuff we breathe in. It's like an air filter in your house, says Justin Turner, an otorhinolaryngologist at Stanford University. Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 HEALTH

• The Nicest Place On The Internet

  

  Having one of those days? Everyone's been there. And sometimes, a little pick-me-up is hard to come by. So come on by to turn the sad into happy and the happy... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 RANDOM, TECH

• Casteller

  In the city of Tarragona, Spain, castellers gather every two years to see who can build the highest, most intricate human castles. This uniquely Catalan... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL