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• Dutch Court Rules WiFi Hacking Is Now Legal

  

  Breaking in to an encrypted router and using the WiFi connection is not an criminal offence, a Dutch court ruled. WiFi hackers can not be prosecuted for... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2011 COMPUTING, HUMOR, RANDOM, TECH

• Bigfoot Captured?

  

  Thomas Byers from Shelby, North Carolina, USA, says he has captured a video of Bigfoot. On the evening of Tuesday March 22, he and a friend were driving down... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Giant Rabbit Fossil Found

  

  Scientists working on the Spanish island of Minorca announced the discovery of Earth's biggest known rabbit species, an oddly unbunny-like giant dubbed Nuralagu... Read more

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

• Use Car's Exhaust To Clean Cushions

  

  An advertisement in Popular Science of February 1932. Using the exhaust gas of the automobile to clean the upholstery is the accomplishment of a recently... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Ship Graveyards: Abandoned Ships, Boats And Shipyards

  

  image credit Ships and boats are ancient inventions whose rise parallels the spirit of human adventure. From antiquity to modernity great powers have relied on... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Ten Creative New Uses For Old Tennis Balls

  

  image credit Millions of tennis and pingpong balls get produced every year, only to be thrown away shortly after they are bought. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM, SPORTS, TENNIS

• Petite Lap Giraffes

  

  From Sokoblovsky Farms in Russia: Petite Lap Giraffes are very funny animal that require special care. They need lots of love. Hugs and kisses every day.... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Kennedy Space Center Employees Assemble For Historic Photo

  Employees at NASA's Kennedy Space Center took a few moments to assemble for a historic aerial photo outside Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building. Thousands of... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Longest Film Of All-Time Screening In Helsinki, Finland

  

  Superflex, a group of Danish artists, have created a 240-hour film titled Modern Times Forever (Stora Enso Building, Helsinki) and will screen it in Helsinki fo... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Pop-ups! They're Not Just For Kids

  A new exhibition at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, USA, showcases pop-up books for children and adults from the Harold M. Goralnick Pop-up Book Collection.... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Harry Houdini's 137th Birthday

  

  Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz on March 24, 1874) was a Hungarian-born American magician and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer noted for hi... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Brewery Map

  

  The Brewery Map uses the Google API to find local breweries in your area. Enter your zipcode, choose how far away you want to travel (up to 100 miles) and the... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 1896 X-Ray Machine Fired Up Again

  

  In the first days of 1896, just three weeks after the announcement of the discovery of what would soon be known as X-rays, a high school headmaster and math... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Elizabeth Taylor Dead At 79

  

  Elizabeth Taylor, the legendary actress famed for her beauty, her jet-set lifestyle, her charitable endeavors and her many marriages, died yesterday. She was 79... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2011 CELEB, ENTERTAINMENT

• Japanese Coast Guard Ship Heading Into Tsunami Wave

  The Japanese coast guard released a video showing the massive tsunami waves swelling in the sea off the coast of northern Japan, after the 9.0-magnitude... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Ssahn.com

  

  Professor Ahn Sang-soo of the Hongik University in South Korea keeps a blog where he shows pictures of people covering their other eye. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Are You a Martian?

  

  We all could be, scientists say - and an instrument developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology might someday provide the proof. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Half Of All Primates Threatened With Extinction

  

  According to an article on the National Geographic website, nearly half the primate species are in danger of becoming extinct from destruction of tropical... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• My Bad Parent

  

  To be a good parent isn't easy. You won't need anyone to tell you how the best way to raise your child is but advice should always be appreciated. My Bad... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 28 Songs You Know The Words To (But Are Too Ashamed To Admit It)

  Few things are more difficult to resist than singing along, loud and proud, to a favorite tune, but there are those songs that you can only hope come up on... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM