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• SpongeBob SquarePants: How Much Does A Pineapple Under The Sea Cost?

  

  You only have to watch one episode of 'SpongeBob Squarepants' to understand the greatness that is SpongeBob's pineapple house. Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 HUMOR

• Drive A 1000-Pound Excavator At 'Dig This Las Vegas'

  

  image credit: Phil King cc Show dirt who's boss by getting behind the wheel of a Caterpillar D5G Track-Type Bulldozer or Caterpillar 3I5CL Hydraulic Excavator a... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 OUTDOORS

• Extreme Highlining - Insane Heights

  Highlining or Slacklining is a practice in balance that typically uses nylon or polyester webbing tensioned between two anchor points. Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 OUTDOORS

• Spitzer Space Telescope: Ten Years Of Amazing Views

  

  image credit The Spitzer Space Telescope is an infrared space observatory launched on August 25, 2003. The telescope has studied comets and asteroids, it has... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 ASTRONOMY, SCIENCE

• The Great Boston Fire

  

  image credit November 9, 1872, was a quiet Saturday night in Boston's downtown business district. Everything was closed, and only a handful of people were on th... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Where Have The Carousel Animals Gone?

  

  image credit Just 100 years ago there were as many as 3,000 operational carousels in the United States. Today there are only 150 antique merry-go-rounds in... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY

• What Is Your Position?

  In this video you'll see people struggling in unbelievable positions. It seems strange, but these are precisely the positions in which most people work behind... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Shamed By You English?

  

  Wow! He's good! In the past I've been linking to funny newspaper messages from Criggo. I'm going to continue to do that but Criggo is now known as Bad Newspaper... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Kia Soul Hamster Commercial

  The formerly frumpy Kia Hamsters have totally transformed themselves into lean, mean, head-turning machines, much like the all-new Kia Soul. Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Taiwan's Modern Toilet Restaurant

  

  image credit: riNux cc Imagine a roomful of people slurping mushy brown goop out of toilet bowls and drinking out of urinals. Not quite your usual dinner set-up... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Your Ancestors Didn't Sleep Like You

  

  image credit Your grandparents probably slept like you. And your great, great-grandparents. But once you go back before the 1800s, sleep starts to look a lot... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 Million Bats Begin Nightly Flight To Eat 100 Tons Of Insects

  Bracken Cave, near San Antonio, Texas, harbors one of the world's largest breeding colonies of bats - about 10 million Mexican free-tailed bats, to be precise. Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The House In The Sky

  

  image credit: gωen cc Argentine artist Leandro Erlich is known for his captivating three-dimensional visual illusions. Pictured above is his... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 20 School Uniforms From Around The World

  

  image credit: kvitlauk cc As summer comes to a close, kids are gearing up for fall. But more importantly, they're getting ready for the first day of school. Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Moving Tail Kitty Car Decal

  

  Get some animal action on your car with the Moving Tail Kitty Car Decal. Designed for cars with a rear window wiper, this whimsical kitty comes in two flavors:... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Attack Of The Giant Straw DaLICK

  

  image credit: Bruce Stokes cc To mark the 50th anniversary of the BBC science fiction show Doctor Who, his greatest adversary - a Dalek - has been lovingly... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 7 Most Extreme Laboratories On Earth

  

  image credit Researchers will go to all kinds of extremes in the name of science. In fact, some study takes place well outside normal human comfort zones -... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Monday Puzzle

  

  The Presurfer, in cooperation with pzzlr.com, brings you a puzzle every Monday. Just to tickle your brain. image credit: Bill Lile cc Far off in the galaxy ther... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• First Guinea Pig Portrait Discovered

  

  A rare painting of three Elizabethan children and their pet could be the earliest portrait of a guinea pig, the National Portrait Gallery has said. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Louisiana Sinkhole Swallows Giant Trees

  Officials have been watching for more than a year as a sinkhole in Louisiana's Assumption Parish expands and engulfs land, swamp, and threatens homes. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM