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• 5 Cars That Defined The Woodie - And The 5 Worst Woodies Ever Made

  

  image credit: Herranderssvenssoncc In the earliest days of the automobile, creating steel stampings for bodies was more expensive than making them from wood.... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 New Technologies That Will Make You A Cyborg

  

  image credit: Lainy Voom cc If you look at the history of human culture, most of our technology was created with the purpose of making something easier. Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Dragonflies Take Their Daily Shower

  

  image credit: George Vnoucek cc Stunning images of dragonflies and flies frozen in time as they appear to by crystalised by the morning dew. Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 15 Really Strange Beaches

  

  image credit: markunti cc Sandy stretches of gray, brown or even white are the world's norm. Even rocky beaches or those with sheer cliffs barring passage for... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Tianducheng - Paris In China

  If you visit Tianducheng in China's Zhejiang province, you will be confronted by a 354-foot replica of the Eiffel tower. Launched amid claims it could house... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Inside Of A Meteorite Is Much More Beautiful Than You Thought

  

  image credit Although they can be a little rough around the edges, meteorites are certainly glamorous at heart. Astronomy photographer Jeff Barton made a... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 9 Most Outrageous Things Ever Faked in China

  

  image credit: Achim Hepp cc Yes, we know that China has a lot of fake handbags, knockoff watches, and pirated DVDs. That's ho-hum, but the country seems to be... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Moving 'Absetzer' Across A Railway

  The 'Absetzer' is a mining spreader, a heavy equipment used in surface mining and mechanical engineering. The primary function of a spreader is to act as a... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Every Second On The Internet...

  

  Thirty years ago there was no internet. Twenty years ago there were only 130 websites total, Google wasn't even around yet, and you had to pay for an email... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The 10 Weirdest-Named Shark Species

  

  image credit Sharks often have weird names. For example: the Birdbeak Dogfish. Or the Tasseled Wobbegong. These are real animals. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Sun's Magnetic Field Is About To Flip

  

  image credit NASA Something big is about to happen on the sun. According to measurements from NASA-supported observatories, the sun's vast magnetic field is... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 SCIENCE

• World's Largest Ship

  

  The world's largest ship, which has just set sail from the South Korean port of Busan, is 1312 feet (400m) long. It reaches as high as a 20-storey building and... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 OUTDOORS

• Knowledge Nuts

  

  is a website that provides maximum learning with minimum reading. There are three categories: Differences, where you can learn the basic differences between... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 CULTURE

• The Abandoned Poison Gas Plant Of Okunoshima Island

  

  image credit: Sveagal cc This tiny island boasts abundant, lush vegetation and sandy beaches and is surrounded by the beautiful, blue Seto Inland Sea. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 SOCIETY

• Largest Drumkit In The World

  The largest drum set is comprised of 340 pieces and is owned by Dr. Mark Temperato, a member of the band called Jesus the Soul Solution. He transports the drum... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Collectors On A Mission: When Americans Saw The World Through Evangelists' Eyes

  

  image credit: Rex Brown cc The World Museum in Tulsa held shrunken heads, life-size sculptures of headhunters, Thai orchestra instruments, several paintings by... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The World's Smallest Mona Lisa

  

  Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have painted the smallest-ever image of Mona Lisa. The painting was created using an atomic force microscope and ... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, SCIENCE

• 7 Most Famous Works Of Art Lost Forever

  

  image credit The problem with some of the most wonderful works of art made through history is their irreplaceability. The Colossus of Rhodes, destroyed in an... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Billionaire Buys Superyacht That Can Be Controlled By An iPad

  

  image credit Here's the latest plaything for the super-rich - a giant three-hulled yacht that cost £15million ($23 million) to make and would fit as... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 LIFESTYLE

• 10 Fascinating Facts About The Samurai

  

  image credit Samurai are legendary warriors and perhaps the most well-known class of people in ancient Japan. They were noble fighters that fought evil (and eac... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY