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• How A Shipyard Worker Hammered Artillery Shells Into Art

  

  image credit Dirk van Erp was born in 1860 in the Netherlands. His father and other family members were coppersmiths. He immigrated to the United States in 1886... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY

• The Beamish Museum - Take A Walk Into The Past

  The Beamish Museum is an open-air museum located at Beamish, near the town of Stanley, England. The museum's guiding principle is to preserve an example of... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• If The Sun Went Out, How Long Could Life On Earth Survive?

  

  image credit If you put a steamy cup of coffee in the refrigerator, it wouldn't immediately turn cold. Likewise, if the sun simply 'turned off' (which is... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Gelada: Unique Primate From The Roof Of Africa

  

  image credit: focusshoot cc High up in the Ethiopian mountains lives the Gelada. It lives nowhere else and although its closest living relative is the baboon,... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Jaw-Dropping Plant Sculptures From Mosaiculture International 2013

  

  image credit: The West End cc From June 22 to September 29, 2013, the MosaĂŻcultures Internationales MontrĂŠal 2013 will be on display at th... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 18 Cool Color-Blocked Buildings

  

  image credit: Brian Snelson cc Photos of outrageously cool colorful buildings from all over the world. Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Top 15 Worst Computer Software Blunders

  'There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.' This quote, famously muttered by Ken Olsen, founder and CEO of Digital Equipment... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 RANDOM

• 10 Bizarre Physics Phenomena

  

  image credit We often take our daily experience of life on Earth for granted. But every moment, a plethora of forces are controlling our lives. Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 RANDOM

• From Little Fanny To Fluffy Ruffles: The Scrappy History Of Paper Dolls

  

  image credit: teadrinker cc Since they were first adopted as children's toys in the 1700s, paper dolls have served as beautiful time capsules of popular culture. Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 RANDOM

• Fly Through A Canyon On Mars

  

  Glide through part of the largest canyon on Mars, Valles Marineris, in this stunning colour movie from ESA's Mars Express. The movie focuses on an enclosed 8... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 RANDOM

• TV's Father: Philo T. Farnsworth

  

  image credit On a spring day in 1920 in Rigby, Idaho, a farm boy named Philo took a break from his plowing and invented television. Then his amazing invention... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 RANDOM

• Bow Wow Meow - Animal Sounds In Different Languages

  Ever wanted to know how different languages interpret animal sounds? Featuring English, Mandarin, French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Hindi, Canadian-French,... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 LANGUAGES, SOCIETY

• Ten Bad Ideas That Seemed Good At The Time

  

  image credit: James Vaughan cc A lot of ideas are offered in earnest. In the car industry some ideas were clearly ridiculous. Even though they seemed alright... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Rembrandt Google Doodle

  

  Google has dedicated a doodle to Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn on the ocassion of his 407th birth anniversary. Born on July 15, 1606, Rembrandt is one of... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 RANDOM

• Monday Puzzle

  

  The Presurfer, in cooperation with pzzlr.com, brings you a puzzle every Monday. Just to tickle your brain. image credit: Joey Gannon cc Two brothers are... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 RANDOM

• The Photo Man

  Mark Kologi has collected and sold literally millions of forgotten personal photos of complete strangers. Produced and directed by Ben Kitnick, cinematography... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 RANDOM

• The Anti-Slavery Alphabet

  

  image credit: Mississippi Department of Archives and History cc In 1846 a pair of Quaker sisters came up with an idea. They were abolitionists and actively... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 RANDOM

• 14 Of The Most Interesting Facts Ever

  

  image credit Already a site designed to surface interesting stuff, Reddit took it to the next level with a recent thread specifically asking for the most... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Sinkholes: When The Earth Opens Up

  

  image credit: horslips5 cc The ground beneath our feet, our cars, our buildings, appears to be incredibly solid. But, rarely, that solid ground can simply open... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 RANDOM

• Ant Rally

  is a video created by BBDO from Germany for the World Wildlife Fund. The video uses leaf-cutter ants to make a political statement. The ants are carrying... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 RANDOM