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• 10 Breweries With Brilliant Beer Packaging

  

  image credit Many people judge a beer by its label. With a dizzying kaleidoscope of beer bottles and on today's shelves, standout packaging is more important... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, RANDOM

• 10 Creepiest Abandoned Morgues On Earth

  

  image credit The morgue, a place where dead bodies are stored, is a depressing place - a place where murder victims, unidentified corpses, and the victims of... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2011 CULTURE

• The Unsolved Mystery Of Paper Cocktail And Ice Cream Parasols

  

  Remember those parasols you sometimes see on your ice cream or cocktail? Did you know they are partially made of Chinese newspapers. Not many people seem to kno... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• World's Narrowest House

  

  Polish architect Jakub Szczesny has designed a very narrow house in Warsaw, Poland. Located in an alleyway between two buildings, the house will have ladders... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE, RANDOM

• The Origin Of The BMW Logo

  Inside white and blue. Bordered in black. On it the letters BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke). For more than 90 years this is the symbol for sheer driving pleasure... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2011 HUMOR, MOTO, RANDOM

• Holy Smoke

  

  image credit Holy Smoke is a company that was started by two state law enforcement officers and is intended for outdoor people. Holy Smoke uses shotgun shells... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2011 OUTDOORS

• For Collectors, Clear Is The New Black

  

  image credit A 1939 Plexiglass body Pontiac Deluxe Six, made by General Motors for the New York World´s Fair, was sold at an auction for $308,000. In fact, a... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2011 CULTURE

• 8 People Who Died Playing Video Games

  

  image credit Any video game player worth their salt knows the feeling. Just one more level, one more achievement, one last item before meal time or sleep. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2011 FAMILY, GAMING, PARENTING, TECH

• 28 Unusual And Creative Clocks

  

  Besides telling the exact time, a clock often serves as an important wall-decorating accessory. Classical design of a clock is already iconic, and you probably... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, HUMOR, RANDOM

• A Typical Day In America's Airspace

  A series of simulations created using NASA's FACET software shows the pattern of air traffic over the continental United States at various times, including... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2011 RANDOM, TRAVEL

• Living Headstone - A Living Memorial

  

  image credit Cemetery headstones have not changed appreciably in the past 5000 years... until now. Quiring Monuments introduces an innovative new approach to... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 Most Notorious Money Laundering Cases

  

  image credit Money laundering is the process by which illegally obtained cash is made to appear as if it has been obtained by legal means. The funds are moved... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY, HUMOR, RANDOM

• That Night In Abbottabad

  

  Shortly after eleven o'clock on the night of May 1st, two Black Hawk helicopters lifted off from Jalalabad Air Field, in eastern Afghanistan, and embarked on a... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM, SOCIETY

• British Pathé Video And Film Archive

  

  image credit Founded as Société Pathé Frères in Paris, France on 28 September 1896 by brothers Charles, Émile, Théophile and Jacques Pathé, during the first par... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY, HUMOR, MOVIES, RANDOM

• World's Largest Connect-The-Dots Puzzle

  

  Dot-to-dot drawings are one of the most basic forms of art - all you need is the ability to count. By carefully placing 6,239 dots, Thomas Pavitte designed and... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2011 ART & DESIGN, RANDOM

• Computer Conducts Wedding Ceremony

  

  When Miguel Hanson and Diana Wesley get married, they won't stand before a gray haired minister holding a Bible. Instead, they'll be looking at a 30-inch... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM, TECH, WEDDING

• The Big Yellow Rabbit Of Örebro

  

  image credit A Big Yellow Rabbit has invaded a Swedish city. There he is, above, relaxing in his new home. It may not be a surprise to hear, however, that... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, HUMOR, RANDOM

• Are Internet Explorer Users Dumb?

  

  image credit Are users of other web browsers smarter than the people who use Microsoft's Internet Explorer? A new survey doesn't quite say so. But it sure... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2011 COMPUTING, RANDOM, TECH

• Faces of Udaipur

  

  Udaipur, also known as the City of Lakes, is a city, a Municipal Council and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan i... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2011 CULTURE, RANDOM, TRAVEL

• Ghost Busted

  

  Police couldn't believe their eyes when they checked their rear-view mirror - and saw a car being driven by a ghostly skeleton. They pulled over the vehicle in... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM