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Peña De Bernal: Now Officially The World's Tallest Rock
image credit: Oscar Peñalva cc About 8.7 million years ago in what is north central Mexico, a pair of tectonic plates converged. One was forced under the... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM -
7 Incredible Amphibious Cars
image credit Cars that can do more than run on roads are a popular idea. Like flying for example. However, if you're afraid of heights or simply adore being on... Read more
Posted on 01 June 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM -
Miniatürk - Touring Turkey The Lazy Way
Opened on May 2, 2003, Miniatürk is a bizarre theme park that reproduces the wonders of Turkey in miniature. And it's exactly as kitschy and fun as you might... Read more
Posted on 01 June 2013 TRAVEL -
Inside The Mind Of The Amnesiac Who Revolutionized Neuroscience
Henry Gustav Molaison (1926-2008), previously known as H.M., was an American memory disorder patient whose hippocampi, parahippocampal gyrus, and amygdalae... Read more
Posted on 01 June 2013 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Patrick Stewart's Touching Response To A Fan's Question
image credit YouTube) While at Comicpalooza, a girl asked Sir Patrick Stewart a question about what the most important thing he'd ever done besides acting was. Read more
Posted on 01 June 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM -
Cheese Rolling Race Goes Ahead Despite Health And Safety Warnings
image credit: Paul Townsend cc Thousands of people gathered last weekend at Cooper's Hill in the English county of Gloucestershire for the annual... Read more
Posted on 31 May 2013 CULTURE -
Google Celebrates Birth Of Inventor Of The Petri Dish
Julius Richard Petri (1852-921) was a German bacteriologist who is generally credited with inventing the Petri dish while working as assistant to Robert Koch. Read more
Posted on 31 May 2013 SCIENCE -
The Curious Evolution Of The Typewriter
image credit Chances are you're typing on a keyboard as you read this. But could you imagine typing on a set of keys like the ones above? Read more
Posted on 31 May 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY -
The Coffinmaker
Every year, Americans bury enough metal in the ground to rebuild the Golden Gate Bridge, says Vashon Island coffin maker Marcus Daly. Read more
Posted on 31 May 2013 CULTURE -
Video Game Comes With Its Own Race Car
image credit: juranyx cc Codemasters have announced that the world's most expensive videogame - the GRID 2: Mono Edition - is available for pre-order. Read more
Posted on 31 May 2013 HUMOR, MOTO, RANDOM -
2,000-Year-Old Computer Used By Ancient Greeks
image credit: wbirt cc In 1901, divers looking for sponges in the Antikythera area between Crete and Greece came upon one of the most mysterious discoveries... Read more
Posted on 31 May 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY, TECH -
Learn Guitar With David Brent
David Brent is a character in the BBC television mockumentary The Office, portrayed by Ricky Gervais. Brent is the general manager of the Slough branch of the... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2013 RANDOM -
The Mortsafe: Or How To Protect Your Loved Ones From The Bodysnatchers
image credit: Martyn Gorman cc Medical students in the United Kingdom of the eighteenth century faced a quandary. They had been accustomed to using the corpses... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2013 CULTURE -
Does The Dog Die?
Do you turn off Old Yeller before the end so you can pretend that he lived a long and happy life? Did a cute pet on a movie poster make you think it would be a... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, HUMOR, MOVIES, RANDOM -
The Unfiltered History Of Rolling Papers, Plus Tommy Chong's Big Fat Jamaican...
image credit: gaelx cc The history of rolling papers, from their humble beginnings on the streets of 16th-century Spain to their manufacture in the Spanish... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY -
If TV Shows Had Different Theme Songs
A montage of TV show intros mashed up with different theme songs. Featuring The Office, Mad Men, Lost, Modern Family, How I Met Your Mother, Friends, and Game o... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, HUMOR, RANDOM, TV & VIDEO, VIRAL -
10 Of The World's Most Unique Movie Theaters
image credit: Remigiusz J贸zefowicz cc Ten of the most unusual and unique movie theaters from around the world. (via Nag on the Read more
Posted on 30 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
12 Beautiful Examples Of Guttation
image credit: Hanson59 cc Guttation is the exudation of drops of sap on the tips or edges of leaves of some vascular plants, such as grasses. Read more
Posted on 30 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT -
Coffee Vs. Beer: Which Drink Makes You More Creative?
image credit: Michael Allen Smith cc From a scientific perspective, creativity is your ability to think of something original from connections made between... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
The 10 Greatest Soviet Cosmonauts In History
image credit: Alexander Mokletsov cc A look at 10 Soviet cosmonauts who realized their dreams - embarking on careers that are like the stuff of storybooks. Read more
Posted on 29 May 2013 SOCIETY