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• 12 Amazing Earth Scars

  

  image credit Google Maps Our planet is covered in pockmarks so deep that they can be seen from space. Some were caused by asteroid strikes, but most are the... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The 100 Meter Scroll

  

  Turn your scrolling into an Olympic sport. Race against the clock in this 100 meter (328 feet) scrolling game. But beware, it's not easy. You're probably going... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Bison Charge

  Bison in the road. Filmed at Lamar Valley Yellowstone National Park in September 2011. YouTube link (via Everlasting Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT, RANDOM

• The House Built In The Middle Of A River

  

  image credit: mmilanovic cc Have you ever dreamed of having a home in the middle of nowhere to escape to every now and then? I have. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 CULTURE

• The Shield Of Superman

  

  image credit: Jason Csizmadi cc The famous 'S' shield - the focal point of Supermans's costume - has evolved significantly since the Man of Steel made his... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, RANDOM

• Living Statue Levitation

  

  image credit: Eugene Kaspersky cc Opinion is divided on the subject of living statues. If you have traveled to any major world city then you know who I mean: th... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 CULTURE

• Best Skills Of Cristiano Ronaldo In Flipbook

  Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese footballer who currently plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid. Ronaldo became the most expensive footballer in... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 FOOTBALL, SPORTS

• Babymaking

  

  Plan ahead, and avoid the labor room rush! This visualization shows that birthdates are not random by any means. For instance, check out how low the rankings ar... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 FAMILY, HEALTH, SOCIETY

• Google Celebrates Maurice Sendak's 85th Birthday

  

  Today, Google is celebrating Maurice Sendak's birthday with an animated doodle running through some of his classic books. Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) was an... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 RANDOM

• Why Is A Face Called A 'Mug?'

  

  image credit: damianosullivan cc 'Mug' is one of those terms that is rarely used anymore in normal conversation. Nowadays, the most common usage is in 'mug... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 RANDOM

• How Do You Move An Entire Bridge?

  

  When the Sellwood Bridge in Portland, Oregon, was built in 1925, it wasn't designed to carry 30,000 vehicles a day. But by the 1980s, cracks were forming in... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 CULTURE, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, TECH

• The Hubble Ultra Deep Field Photo Of The Universe

  

  image credit NASA It all started back in 1996 when a group of astronomers pointed the Hubble Space Telescope at an empty patch in the sky in hopes of seeing... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 ASTRONOMY, SCIENCE

• Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians Perform On Flight Waiting On Beijing Tarmac

  When a group from The Philadelphia Orchestra found itself delayed on the tarmac for three hours waiting for their flight from Beijing to Macao, a quartet of... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 CULTURE, MUSIC, RANDOM

• Parabelrutsche: Is This The Coolest Slide In The World?

  

  image credit: digital cat cc This is the Parabelrutsche which translates as the Parabole Slide. Located at the University of Technology in Munich, Germany, the... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 RANDOM

• This Is Shanghai

  In 1980 Shanghai had no skyscrapers. It now has at least 4,000 - more than twice as many as New York. 'This is Shanghai' explores the diversities and... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 CULTURE, SOCIETY

• The Stars: A New Way To See Them

  

  image credit: AugPi cc Hans Augusto Reyersbach (1898-1977), better known as H.A Rey, was a German amateur astronomer who in the 1950s began experimenting with... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 ASTRONOMY, SCIENCE

• Last Surviving WWII Dornier Bomber To Be Raised From Its Watery Grave After 70...

  

  image credit: German Federal Archives cc A rare German bomber from the Second World War is set to be raised from the English Channel where it has lain for... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY

• The Bedrock Beneath

  Our understanding of what lies beneath the world's biggest ice sheet has taken another leap forward. In this video the Antarctic ice is stripped away to reveal ... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 SCIENCE

• California Cool: How The Wetsuit Became The Surfer's Second Skin

  

  image credit: Mike Baird cc When Bob Meistrell, the co-founder of Body Glove, started surfing in the early 1950s, 20 minutes was all he could stand in the... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 OUTDOORS, SEA

• All Babies Need A Teddy Bear - Even Horses

  

  YouTube image Pretty much everyone knows how important it is to have a plush friend like a teddy bear when you are little. It is someone to hold on to in the... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT