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• Today's Polar Bears Trace Ancestry To Ireland

  

  image credit According to a study in the journal Current Biology, every polar bear alive today can trace its ancestry to one mama bear that lived in Ireland... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT, HUMOR, RANDOM

• Listen To Your Heart

  Mike Rowland has a master's degree in electro acoustic composition. Listen To Your Heart is a song composed by Mike, used as the soundtrack for a beautiful... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• The World's Biggest Dog

  

  George, a Great Dane, is the biggest dog in the world. He stands nearly 4ft high at the shoulder, 7ft long and weighing nearly 18 stone (114 kilo).The Presurfer Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2011 HOME, HUMOR, PETS, RANDOM

• 3rd Annual World's Ugliest Buildings List

  

  image credit Virtual Tourist is a site where people can share travel advice and experiences. They announced their 3rd Annual World's Ugliest Buildings... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE, HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 Exotic Fruits You've Probably Never Tried

  

  image credit They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but what about a cherimoya? Never heard of it? Cherimoya is a fruit native to the highlands of... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2011 FOOD & DRINK, HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Fleet - London's Underground River

  

  image credit Below the sidewalks of London there is a remarkable network of tunnels and chambers, put in to place by Victorian engineers, the final step in a... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY, RANDOM

• Amy Winehouse Dead

  

  image credit Singer Amy Winehouse was found dead at her apartment in London yesterday. She was 27. Last month, Winehouse canceled the remainder of her 12-city... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2011 CELEB, MUSIC

• How To Lower The Temperature Inside Your Car

  You come back to your car only to find it's very hot inside because the vehicle has been standing in the sun for some time. You could turn on the air... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 Bizarre Underwater Events

  

  image credit What things can you do when you're underwater? You could carve a pumpkin. Or play a game of cards or a tennis match. You can even get married... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2011 HUMOR, OUTDOORS, RANDOM, SEA

• New Zealand Bans Weird Baby Names

  New Zealand's Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages is cracking down on parents who want to give their little bundle of joy names that are too creative. Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2011 CULTURE, HUMOR, RANDOM, TRAVEL

• Skull Yourself

  

  Whether you're pig-headed or a puddinghead, now you can create your own skull. Upload a photo, make it fit, place some markers and get yourself a wicked skull... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• I Like Looking Like Other People

  

  celebrates that awkward moment at work when you realise you're wearing pretty much the same thing as someone else.The Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Russia Classifies Beer As Alcoholic

  

  image credit Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a bill that officially classifies beer as alcoholic. Until now anything containing less than 10%... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2011 CURRENT, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, HUMOR, RANDOM, SOCIETY

• Awesome Car Hood Ornaments

  

  image credit Car mascots (or hood ornaments) used to be installed on the exposed radiator caps of cars and even when radiator caps disappeared, hood ornaments... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2011 GADGETS, HUMOR, MOTO, RANDOM

• 17 Real Life Mysteries

  

  image credit There is a world of incredible mysteries around us, all of which are amazing. Science and history just add to wonder and weirdness of that world.... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2011 CULTURE, HUMOR, RANDOM

• Gambiologia, The Brazilian Art And Science Of Kludging

  

  image credit Gambiarra is the Brazilian practice of makeshifts, the art of resorting to quirky and smart improvisation in order to repair what doesn't work or... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2011 CULTURE, GADGETS

• Weird Water Experiment

  This is an experiment you can do at home. It's known as the Leidenfrost effect which is a phenomenon in which a liquid, in near contact with a mass significantl... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Space Shuttle Atlantis Makes Historic Final Landing

  

  image credit Space Shuttle Atlantis and four astronauts returned from the International Space Station in triumph yesterday, bringing an end to NASA's 30-year... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2011 CURRENT, SCIENCE, SOCIETY

• The 3 Big Advances In The Technology Of The Pizza Box

  

  image credit Here's the technology problem: you've got a warm, moisture-emitting object that also contains relatively dry components that you need to get from... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2011 RANDOM

• 20 Things You Need To Know About Albert Einstein

  

  image credit Did Einstein flunk math? What was the thought experiment that led Einstein to general relativity? Why did it take so long for Einstein to get a... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM, SCIENCE