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• A Robot That Flies Like A Bird

  

  Birds are very agile. They fly, not with rotating components, but by flapping their wings. Plenty of robots can fly - but none can fly like a real bird. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2011 GADGETS, TECH

• Left-Handers Day

  

  image credit Today is Left-Handers Day. A variety of studies suggest that 10% of the world population is left-handed. Historically, the left side, and... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2011 SOCIETY

• Make Lloyd Dobler Play Anything With Lloydtube

  

  Lloydtube is a little hack that lets you make Lloyd Dobler play anything. Lloyd Dobler was the star in the 1989 American romantic comedy-drama film Say... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Travel To Near-Space In A 400-Foot Diameter Balloon

  

  A Spanish entrepreneur wants to give you a glimpse of the black expanse of space and the curvature of the earth from a most unusual vantage point - a balloon. Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• How To Make Edible School Books

  

  How to create edible school books using corn syrup, free modeling chocolate and fruit leather. (via Neatorama)The Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Who Is Hosting That Website?

  

  IsHostedBy is a website where you can lookup where certain websites are hosted. The information includes the exact geographical location and the name of the... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 Most Beautiful Urban Parks On Earth

  

  image credit For city dwellers, it is often hard to get away into the country to breathe fresh air and enjoy rambling in nature, but many urbanites are lucky... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• A Single Box Of Girl Scout Cookies Could Yield $15 Billion Worth Of Graphene

  

  image credit Next time you're inhaling an entire box of Girl Scout shortbread cookies, just think of the potential you're wasting: a full $15 billion worth of... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• After The Riot, Peckham Builds A Love Wall

  

  image credit One of the many areas in London hit by the recent riots was the slice of South East London which goes by the name of Peckham. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Animals With Stuffed Animals

  

  Stuffed animals are cute. You know what is even cuter? Animals with stuffed animals. (via Look At This...)The Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• French Bread From A Vending Machine

  French baker Jean-Louis Hecht has rolled out a 24-hour automated baguette dispenser, promising warm bread for hungry night owls, shift workers or anyone else wh... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Use Bernie Madoff's Pants As Your iPad Case

  

  Tech entrepreneur John Vaccaro bought up much of Madoff's wardrobe at an auction, had the clothing cut up and made into iPad cases from sweaters and pants once... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Mount Etna Blows Smoke Rings

  Sicilian active volcano Mount Etna blows a smoke ring. This is a rare occurrence which has only been documented in 1970 and 2000. This was filmed in 2000. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Glass Beach Of California

  

  image credit Glass Beach is a beach in MacKerricher State Park near Fort Bragg, California, USA, that is abundant in sea glass created from years of dumping... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• 15 Most Impressive Cakes

  

  image credit 15 Most Impressive Cakes. (thanks Lin7)The Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2011 FOOD & DRINK

• Everybody's Personal Identification Number Revealed

  

  Did you know that the PIN's (Personal Identification Number) of every person in the world fits on one page? Check it out: yours is there too! Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Did Marco Polo Travel To China?

  

  image credit Marco Polo's travels are recorded in Il Milione, a book which did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China. Born into a Venetian... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Humorous Phases Of Funny Faces

  is a movie from 1906 created by James Stuart Blackton. It is regarded the earliest surviving American animated film in the strict sense of single exposures of... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2011 CULTURE, HUMOR, RANDOM

• How Fast Do You React?

  

  A funny game to measure how fast your reactions are. There are 5 sheep who want to leave the flock and run for freedom. Click the tranquilizer button whenever... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 15 Miniaturizations Of Everyday Objects

  

  image credit The industrial revolution was all about bigger. The technological revolution is the complete opposite. For those that want to see the death of the... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2011 CULTURE, RANDOM