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• Large Forks May Curb Eating

  

  image credit People who use big forks eat less compared with diners who use small forks - but only when eating from a plate loaded with food, according to a... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Following Twitter

  

  In honor of Twitter's fifth anniversary the folks at Visually have made a graphic plotting out key milestones on it's path to 200 million tweets a day. Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 SOCIAL MEDIA

• British Library Wants To Buy Oldest Book In Europe

  

  image credit A £9 million ($14.5 million) appeal has been launched by the British Library to buy the oldest intact book in Europe, a palm-sized... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Last Known Surroundings

  Explosions in the Sky is an American instrumental post-rock band from Texas. They released their first music video, 'Last Known Surroundings,' a track from thei... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 22 Manly Ways to Reuse An Altoids Tin

  

  image credit Altoids have been freshening bad breath since the turn of the 19th century. But while they are touted as 'Curiously Strong Mints,' perhaps the rea... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Julie Will You Marry Me?

  

  Jim Babb proposes to his girlfriend Julie. Very well done. You can also see Julie's reaction to the proposal.The Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Poets Ranked By Beard Weight

  

  image credit Poets Ranked by Beard Weight is the centerpiece of Upton Uxbridge Underwood's (1881 - 1937) estimable, if fetish-fueled treatise on pogonology,... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Teenagers Prefer Drinks With Caffeine

  

  image credit Super-caffeinated energy drinks with names like Red Bull and Monster are increasingly popular among teenagers. But is it savvy marketing or the... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM, SCIENCE

• Snow Leopards Discovered Thriving In Afghanistan

  

  image credit The Snow Leopard is known for its elusive nature and wildlife groups have been concerned for decades about their dwindling numbers. Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT, HUMOR, RANDOM

• Vaudeville Ventriloquist Dummy Portraits

  

  image credit Ventriloquism is an act of stagecraft in which a person manipulates his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere,... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Smartphone Vs. Elephant And Otter

  Casio says its G'zOne Commando smartphone is the toughest phone in the world. Animals from Six Flags Discovery Kingdom dunk and thrash it to the test. Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• See Something Or Say Something

  

  image credit New York-based photographer Eric Fischer creates color-coded maps depicting users of both Flickr and Twitter. He does it by gathering geotagged... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Sneezecount

  

  Peter Fletcher counts his sneezes and publishes about them on his site. He started in July 2007 and at the moment he has sneezed 2,590 times. Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The World's Only Turbine Powered Batmobile

  This is the only Batmobile created that makes fiction reality. It is powered by a Boeing turboshaft engine from a naval drone helicopter driving the rear... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2011 GADGETS, HUMOR, RANDOM, TECH

• Intricate Ship Sterns: Art On The Ocean

  

  image credit The stern is the rear of a ship or boat, being positioned opposite the front or bow, where the figurehead would normally be located. Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Woody Wagons

  

  image credit Today it's National Woody Wagon Day in the USA. A woodie wagon is a car body style, especially a station wagon, where the rear bodywork is... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Magnus

  was created as a masters project by Paris 8 University students Nelson Dos Santos and Omar Merandi. Magnus combines exquisite graphics with an equally impressiv... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Largest Gun Ever Built

  

  image credit In 1939, Adolf Hitler needed to figure out how to get past the French Maginot line, a 1500km defensive wall of fortifications, tank barriers,... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2011 HISTORY, HUMOR, RANDOM

• A Rare He-She Butterfly Is Born In London's Natural History Museum

  

  A half-male, half-female butterfly has hatched at London's Natural History Museum. A line down the insect's middle marks the division between its male side and... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT, HUMOR, RANDOM

• Ten Incredible Steampunk Guitars

  

  image credit Guitars are just perfect for steampunking. Most have been pimped out using pieces of clockwork, piping, metal and wood, only adding points on the... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM