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• Top 12 Warrior Moms In History

  

  Mother's Day usually celebrates all of the sweet and loving moms out there. But there's another breed of moms that aren't all fresh-baked cookies and warm milk. Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Sci-Fi Ikea Manuals

  

  A series of Sci-Fi Ikea Manuals for a Djiloriann from Back to the Future, a Tjardiss from Doctor Who, a Litsabbur from Star Wars, and a Dindasur from Jurassic... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Twitter's Top 10 Biggest Tweeters

  I'm not a prolific tweeter. I did 99 tweets in almost 3 years, which means 1 tweet every 10 days. Can you imagine someone posting over 1,500 tweets a day? That'... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Colors

  From Tiji, a French childrens television channel. In the beginning the world existed in black and white. After that, it became enriched with colors. Forests,... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Why Do We Remember Some Dreams But Not Others?

  It's because the brain mechanism that controls whether we remember or forget things when we are awake is involved. So say Luigi De Gennaro at the University of... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2011 BIOLOGY, HUMOR, RANDOM, SCIENCE

• 14 Hilarious Eyebrow Fails

  

  Eybrow pencil fails, tattoos and unibrows. 14 Hilarious Eyebrow Fails. (via Look At This...)The Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Leafsnap

  

  Columbia University, the University of Maryland and the Smithsonian Institution have combined their expertise to create a plant identification mobile app using... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM, SCIENCE

• Cat Ears Controlled By Your Brain

  It has been said that the Japanese don't always wear their hearts on their sleeves and it can be particularly hard to judge their emotions. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The World's Creepiest Abandoned Cities

  

  image credit Some cities die. The people leave, the streets go quiet, and the isolation takes on the macabre shape of a forlorn ghost town, crumbling with... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2011 HISTORY, HUMOR, RANDOM

• Namazu-e: Earthquake Catfish Prints

  

  The 1855 Ansei Edo earthquake was one of the major disasters of the late-Edo period. The earthquake occurred at 22:00 local time on 11 November. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY, HUMOR, RANDOM

• Volkswagen Amarok Doubles As A Wrecking Crew

  To promote the launch of the Amarok in the United Kingdom, Volkswagen used four of them to bring down a 140 tonne steel chimney in Reading. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2011 HUMOR, MOTO, RANDOM

• The Metropol Parasol - The Largest Wooden Structure In The World

  

  image credit Some think that it is out of place, a blight on the landscape of an ancient city. Yet many of the residents of Sevilla in Spain love the recently... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE, HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 Fantastic Ways To Recycle Tyres

  

  The disposal of disused tyres is seen as one of the largest waste problems in the world. But there are ways of tyre recycling that really capture the imaginatio... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Did You Know?

  did-you-knows.com has over 1,030 did you knows in various categories. Heaps of interesting fun facts and figures to keep you entertained for hours. Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• I Want...

  A video with talking cats from the Humane Society to promote adopting kittens. YouTube link (via Neatorama)The Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2011 HUMOR, PETS, RANDOM

• When We Tested Nuclear Bombs

  

  Since the time of Trinity - the first nuclear explosion in 1945 - nearly 2,000 nuclear tests have been performed, with the majority taking place during the 1960... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2011 PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• No Joy

  Joyland Amusement Park opened in Wichita, Kansas, United States on June 12, 1949, and was in continuous operation until 2004. The park was founded by Lester... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Woman Suffers From Rare Disorder: She Eats Couch Cushions

  

  Adele Edwards of Bradenton, Florida, USA, has been eating the foam inside couch cushions for 21 years. She has been diagnosed with a rare disorder called Pica,... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Robots At Work And Play

  

  Advancements in robotics are continually taking place in the fields of space exploration, health care, public safety, entertainment, defense, and more. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 23 Facts You Might Not Know About 'The Dukes Of Hazzard'

  

  The Dukes of Hazzard was an American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network from 1979 to 1985. It was inspired by the 1975 film... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM