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• Chihuahua Dog Playing Pool

  Can a Chihuahua dog play pool? Yes, he can. Can he clear the table? Yes, he can. Does he have his own rules. Yes, he has. YouTube link (via Miss Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Sansiantai: Dragon Bridge To The Island Of The Three Immortals

  

  image credit: I am a fisherman cc The eastern coastline of Taiwan is renowned for its natural beauty. Unspoiled beaches stretch for miles and at one point,... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 CULTURE

• My Formula 1 Magazine On Flipboard

  

  Do you have a tablet computer? Either an iPad or an Android tablet? Do you have the Flipboard app installed? Do you like Formula 1 racing? Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 SPORTS

• Why Did The Neanderthals Die Out?

  

  image credit: Erich Ferdinand cc The puzzle is one of the greatest surrounding our species. On a planet that bristled with different types of human being,... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 SCIENCE

• How Do Mosquitoes Survive Rainstorms?

  

  image credit: Edal Anton Lefterov cc Imagine you're walking through a park and suddenly thousands of Volkswagen Beetles start falling from the sky. Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Meteor Map: 500 Years Of Witnessed Meteors

  

  An interactive map of 500 years of witnessed meteors made by Adam Pearc. You van mouseover and click the map for details. (via The Atlantic Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 ASTRONOMY, SCIENCE

• The Water Witch Of Wyoming, And How Dowsing Works (Or Doesn't)

  

  image credit Dowsing is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil, gravesites, and many other... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY

• The World's Ten Most Remote Airports

  

  image credit: Jialiang Gao cc Humans like to be able to reach every point of the planet, don't we? That sometimes means going by car or, even, by foot with a... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Millennials In The Workplace Training Video

  Millennials - or the Millennial Generation - are people born between 1980 and 2000. Planning to hire millennials in your office? This guide will teach you how t... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• How Millennial Are You?

  

  Pew Research Center - a nonpartisan fact tank - has a quiz that tells you how Millennial you are on a scale from 0 to 100, by comparing your answers with those... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 11 Spectacular 3D Printer Failures

  

  image credit: Chris Cecil cc Just because you have a 3D printer doesn't mean you're going to make anything remarkable. It doesn't even mean you're going to... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Mother Goose's French Birth And British Afterlife

  

  image credit Unlike the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault's name remains generally unrecognizable. Yet, his stories, first published in 1697 as the Histoires ou... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Little Free Library In New York City

  

  image credit The Architectural League of New York has partnered with Pen World Voices Festival to bring the little free library to downtown. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 15 Sports Promotions That Went Horribly Wrong

  It's a sports marketing professional's job to build interest in the organizations and events he or she is promoting. But sometimes that interest isn't exactly... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 8 Quirky Houses Around The World

  

  image credit: Feliciano Guimar達es cc With today's growing suburban culture, it's extremely common to see cookie-cutter houses and less-than-creative... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Freaks & Errors: A Rare Collection: Documentary Will Reveal Why You Should Care...

  

  image credit Collectors Weekly published an interview with Chicago-based documentarian Mark Cwiakala, who grew up surrounded by the stamps collected by his... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Evolution Of The Turtle Shell

  based on developmental and fossil data. The animation shows how various fossils, particularly Eunotosaurus and Odontochelys, bridge the morphological gap betwee... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• A 102-Year-Old Transport Ship Sprouts A Floating Forest

  

  image credit: Rodney Campbell cc Homebush Bay in Sydney, Australia is home to the remnants of a ship-breaking yard that operated during the mid 20th-century. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Interactive Ear

  

  The ear is the organ which controls hearing and balance, allowing us to understand our surroundings and position ourselves correctly. It is split into three... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• June Is Goat Trauma Awareness Month

  

  image credit: chest-hare cc In order to promote widespread knowledge of the dangers of goat trauma, The Childhood Goat Trauma Foundation has designated June as... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM