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• 30 Pictures Of French President Nicolas Sarkozy Pointing

  

  image credit French President Nicolas Sarkozy is a serious pointer. He often uses his power digit to playfully poke world leaders in their chests. Here are... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2011 HUMOR, POLITICS, RANDOM

• What Would Jesus Do?: The Rise Of A Slogan

  

  image credit The Occupy movement has become the latest to use the slogan 'what would Jesus do?'. But where did the slogan come from and is there ever an... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2011 MARKETING & ADVERTISING, SPIRITUALITY

• Levitation On Your Desk

  The Levitron Revolution with EZ Float Technology is a mesmerizing way to display small objects. The device allows you to levitate and slowly rotate your... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2011 RANDOM, SCIENCE

• Traffic In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

  Ho Chi Minh City (formerly named Saigon) is an amazing up and coming city. This time lapse filmed by Rob Whitworth is a culmination of 10,000 images and multipl... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2011 TRAVEL

• Solving The Mona Lisa Mysteries

  

  image credit New York graphic designer and oil painter Ron Piccirillo claims he recently made a series of discoveries - optical illusions painted into... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The 12 All-Time Ugliest Christmas Sweaters

  

  Every December, people of all stripes make the rounds of their neighborhood Christmas parties decked in their ugliest Christmas sweaters. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2011 FASHION, HUMOR, LIFESTYLE

• 10 Generic People, Groups Of People, And Things Named TIME's Person Of The Year

  

  TIME's Man of the Year tradition started in 1927, allegedly because editors hastily concocted a reason to have Charles Lindbergh on the cover after omitting... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Most American Presidents Live Longer Than Other Men Their Age

  

  Despite a common assumption that life in the Oval Office prematurely ages its occupants and speculation that it may even shorten life spans, a new statistical... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Teddy Bear Toss

  

  image credit A teddy bear toss is a popular Christmas season promotion at many minor and junior hockey arenas throughout North America. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2011 HUMOR, SPORTS

• The 19 Best Secular Christmas Songs

  

  image credit The best part of the Christmas lead up? All the classic music that possesses the magical quality of transporting you back to childhood. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Atlas' Revenge

  Atlas is a playful fish whose world is literally turned up-side-down when a seemingly ominous force is introduced to his tank. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Kookaburra Calls

  The Kookaburra - sometimes referred to as the Laughing Jackass - is an Australian member of the kingfisher family of birds. It makes a loud, harsh noise... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• 11 Leaning Towers From Around The World

  

  image credit A leaning tower is a tower which, either intentionally, due to errors in design, construction or to subsequent external influence, does not stand... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Change A Needy Child's Christmas With Shoebox World

  Imagine this Christmas instead of presents, you get nothing! Your stocking is empty. This message of love never reaches you. This is reality for millions of... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• How To Picture The Size Of The Universe

  

  image credit No one knows exactly how large the universe is. It could be infinite or it could have an edge, meaning that traveling for long enough in one... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 ASTRONOMY, SCIENCE

• Forbidden Island, USA

  

  image credit If you've ever visited the Hawaiian islands, you may already know that one of them, Niihau, west of Kauai, is off-limits to outsiders. Here's the... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Bacon Candy Canes

  

  Christmas is coming. Make sure you are ready by picking up a box of these Bacon Candy Canes to hang on the tree next to your Bacon Christmas Ornament. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2011 FOOD & DRINK

• The Field Guide To Coelacanth Replicas

  

  image credit Coelacanths are members of an order of fish that includes the oldest living lineage of lobed-finned fish to date. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2011 SCIENCE

• 19 Cool Tissue Boxes And Covers

  

  Some people prefer to use tissues to wipe their nose. And if they are extra fancy, they even put the tissues in cool tissue boxes. Behold, 19 such boxes and... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Fukushima: Inside the Exclusion Zone

  

  image credit In June, National Geographic sent AP photographer David Guttenfelder into the exclusion zone around the Fukushima nuclear power station, which was... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2011 SOCIETY