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• Google Celebrates Jim Henson's Birthday

  

  Today Muppets creator Jim Henson would have been 75. And in his honor Google has rolled out its doodle. The Jim Henson doodle features six original Muppet... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Celebrities As Russian Generals

  

  George Dawe was an English portrait artist who painted 329 portraits of Russian generals active during Napoleon's invasion of Russia for the Military Gallery... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Tom Selleck's Moustache

  Everyone knows that the greatest and most iconic contribution to cinema is Tom Selleck's moustache. So great is it that there isn't a single film that would... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Last Words Of 25 Famous Dead Writers

  

  image credit When you've dedicated your life to words, it's important to go out eloquently. The last words of 25 famous dead writers. Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Most Poisonous Frogs on Earth

  

  image credit The most poisonous frogs in the world are also the most beautiful frogs in the world. These frogs use their poison solely for self-defense, not to... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Thousands Of Strange 'Nazca Lines' Discovered In The Middle East

  

  Peru's Nazca Lines, the mysterious geoglyphs etched into the desert centuries ago by indigenous groups, are world famous - and now thousands of similar... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Can Neutrinos Travel Faster Than Light?

  

  image credit The speed of light is the Universe's ultimate speed limit, and much of modern physics - as laid out in part by Albert Einstein in his special theor... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2011 CURRENT, SCIENCE

• Words That Are Difficult To Translate Into English

  Mamihlapinatapai is Yagan, an indigenous language of Tierra del Fuego, an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2011 LANGUAGES, TRAVEL

• Yoga Outreach - Zombies

  We always assumed that the reason zombies were so stiff was because of some mutated virus that's coursing through their systems. This clip sets us straight on... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2011 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• The Purpose Of Bird-Egg Coloration

  

  image credit Want to see an enduring source of scientific dispute and perplexity? Go to your refrigerator, open a carton of eggs, and look at their speckles.... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2011 SCIENCE

• Adult Adoption

  Adoption is just for babies and little kids, right? Wrong! Adoption is the same legal process whether the individual is a child or an adult. Adult adoption is... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2011 FAMILY

• Man Wins Dumpling Eating Contest, Then Dies

  

  image credit A Ukraine dumpling-eating contest - in the town of Tokmak - to find the person who could eat 10 of the dough balls most quickly went horribly wron... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2011 CURRENT, FOOD & DRINK, SOCIETY

• Sakhalin, 1894 - 1905

  

  The Sakhalin Island near the Far Eastern coast of Russia was inhabited until the 19th century only by its ancient natives: the Nivkhs in the north and the Ainu... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The True Story Of Captain Kidd

  

  image credit William Kidd (c. 1645-1701) was a Scottish sailor remembered for his trial and execution for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY

• The Past And The Future Of Famous Logos

  

  Stock Logos reviews the history of the logos of Apple, IBM, Xerox, Microsoft, LG, Volkswagen, Starbucks, Google, GAP, Nokia, Firefox, and Motorola, and... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 BUSINESS, COMPUTING, TECH

• Personal Transport Pods At Heathrow Airport

  Heathrow Airport in London, UK, has begun to transport passengers in computer controlled, driverless, car-sized personal laser-guided travel pods. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 TRAVEL

• Hairdressers Tools From 1928

  

  Pictures of hairdresser's tools from 1928. Pore openers, hair straighteners, hair curlers, heat setting heat setters, and the like. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• How Do You Spell Gaddafi?

  

  Each time Libya appears in the news, scores of newspaper editors go bananas. Once possessed of faculties that could detect a breaking story as readily as a... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 MEDIA, SOCIETY

• The Wow! Gorillas Exhibition

  

  image credit An army of 60 life-sized gorilla models have gone on display outside City Hall on the south bank of the Thames in London to celebrate the 175th... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, RANDOM

• Tata Nano Goes 'Bling'

  Strange. The world's cheapest car manufacturer reveals what probably is one of the most expensive cars in the world. The Tata Nano is an inexpensive,... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 CULTURE, MOTO