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• 'Wild West' 19th Century Photographs

  

  The Wild West as it really was rather than how Hollywood has imagined it is revealed in this extraordinary collection of pictures. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Famous Objects From Classic Movies

  

  An online game for movie lovers. Try to guess which classic movie a particular object is from.The Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Toepener - Hads-Free Foot Door Opening Solution

  

  The Toepener is a simple device that attaches to doors, enabling users to open the door with their feet. It is the ideal solution for exiting a public... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Dream Rangers

  It's an advertisement for Taiwanese Ta Chong Bank. Based on a real story, a group of old men decide to revisit their motorcycling youth after one of their own... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• All The Buildings In New York

  

  An attempt to draw all the buildings in New York by James Gulliver Hancock, an illustrator originally from Australia currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Models Who Were Used In 'American Gothic' Standing By The Painting

  

  American Gothic is a painting by Grant Wood, in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Wood's inspiration came from a cottage designed in the Gothic... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Man Arrested During Haircut Makes Great Mugshot

  

  Make sure you'll never get arrested during a haircut or you may look like this in your mugshot. The Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Firefox And Chrome Add-On To Erase Charlie Sheen From The Web

  

  Are you sick of hearing about Charlie Sheen? Tinted Sheen is a browser add-on for Firefox or Chrome that blocks mentions of Sheen as you go about your daily... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Realistic Geminoid

  

  What you see in the picture above is not a human. It's a robot, a geminoid. A geminoid is an android, designed to look exactly as its master. The first... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Distorted Bridges And Overlays From Google Earth

  

  Artist Clement Valla takes screenshots of distorted bridges in Google Earth. (via J-Walk Blog)The Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• How To Use A 2-Liter Bottle As A 50 Watt Light Bulb

  In 2002, during an energy crisis and blackout, Alfredo Moser, a Brazilian engineer disvocered that he could make light by hanging water-filled bottles in the... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Grapes To Raisins Time-Lapse

  Grapes become raisins right before your very eyes in only 30 seconds. This video took over 3 months to shoot. YouTube link (thanks Cora)The Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Steampunk Insects Created From Bullets

  

  Tom Hardwidge's Arthrobots are robotic insects - steampunk creations made from upcycled gears, nuts, bolts... and bullets! (thanks Ritu)The Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Herring Break Wind To Communicate

  

  In polite society, flatulence is often a social faux pas - especially when issued deliberately. But in the world of fish, group 'raspberry-blowing' sessions... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 40 Hilarious Passive-Aggressive Office Notes

  

  Isn't life in the office fun? Sometimes a little anonymous tip is the best, and funniest, way to make your point.The Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Up-Inspired Floating House

  

  National Geographic created a real-life version of Pixar's animated film Up. National Geographic Channel and a team of scientists, engineers, and two world-clas... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Cadbury Creme Egg Cad-Apult

  

  Nice little game from Cadbury Creme Egg where you can egg people's houses. Type in an address (city, state, country, street), then follow the instructions to... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 12 Delicious Edible Insects

  

  Human insect-eating is common in cultures in parts of the world, such as North, Central and South America; and Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Australia and New... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 9 Spectacular Sculpture Gardens

  

  image credit Slowly but surely, spring is creeping in and that means it's finally time to head outside for some fun. But while parks, hiking trails and beaches... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Scenes From Antarctica

  

  Winter is coming back to Antarctica and, after a busy season for both scientists and tourists, most researchers stationed there have traveled north for the... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM