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• Why Do Old People Get So Hairy?

  

  image credit: shotbygary cc You've seen it at the local pool, at the beach, or even on your own grandpa. Old grizzled men with enough back hair to knit an... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• What Is The Most Complex Chinese Character?

  

  image credit Chinese characters are made up of strokes. Learning to write them involves not only learning where all the strokes go, but also the order in which... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Highs And Lows Of Human-Powered Flight

  

  image credit Greek mythology's Daedalus and Icarus famously got airborne under their own steam, and set the stage for a lively cast of historical characters tha... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• UFP: Starfleet Academy

  

  Almost a year ago I posted about Facebook Starfleet Academy, a Star Trek story-telling project. It's a social internet series set in the year 2374, that allows... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• How Many Tribbles Will Fit In Your House?

  

  'The Trouble With Tribbles' is an episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Tribbles are depicted as small, soft, and gentle, and... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Beat The Cheat

  Nicholas Johnson is an Australian magician and comedian. He figured out how to cheat at every board game in the world in this mind bending video. Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Clever Water Stop Sign Prevents Tunnel Crashes In Australia

  

  Faced with truck drivers not heeding warnings when their tractor trailers were too tall to enter the Sydney Harbour Tunnel, officials turned to a company... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 500 Years Of Rare Science Illustrations

  

  image credit Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library brings together an extraordinary... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes

  

  image credit: Pnc net cc The meerschaum pipes carved in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century are among the most bizarre and improbable concoctions in... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Holland. The Original Cool

  What do you know about Holland (or the Netherlands as its official name is)? Flowers, windmills, canals, cheese, wooden shoes, master painters from the Golden... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Stunning Photos Of Super-Dense Hong Kong Apartments

  

  image credit: mikeleeorg cc Will humans eventually turn into a hive mind? Will our tightly packed urban population centers eventually become so networked that w... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Why Your Ears Pop (And What To Do If They Don't)

  

  image credit: Seslami cc Ear popping - also called ear clearing - is any of various maneuvers to equalize the pressure in the middle ear with the outside... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 3D Printed Mobiles

  

  These 3D printed mobiles are the first fully 3D printed ones in the world and the result of a collaboration between Marco Mahler from Portland, Oregon, USA, a... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• An Illustrated History Of Gas Masks

  

  image credit The gas mask has a history that dates back thousands of years, though it wasn't until World War I that it became nightmare fodder for Doctor Who an... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Photos Of Mesmerizing Sun Halo

  

  image credit Last Tuesday, residents of New York and the surrounding area were privy to a really amazing celestial treat; it's called a Sun Halo, and one spent... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 Terrifying Planets You Don't Want To Visit

  

  image credit Space exploration is a grand adventure. Its mystery has always captivated us and the inevitable discoveries to come will add to the many... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Work It Kitty

  is an aerobics promo for Temptations cat treats. The music is by Alex Gaudino ft. Taboo 'I Don't Wanna Dance' from Ultra Music. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• How To Take A Bath And Other Vintage Visual Guides From The Early 1900s

  

  image credit The history of health is peppered with gorgeous anatomical flap-ups, strange medical art, and vibrant vintage illustrations, with a side of... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY

• The Glory Of Early Aviation (1900s-1960s

  

  )image credit: x-ray delta one cc Let's look back to the days when flying was an event, and airlines treated it accordingly, infusing boundless style and... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 TRAVEL

• The Flying Monkeys Of Burlington

  

  image credit: origamidon cc Even though Burlington is the largest city in the US state of Vermont, its population numbers just over 40,000 souls. Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 CULTURE