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• Strange Deep-Sea Diving Suits

  

  image credit: Arnaud 25 The diving suits known as standard diving dress had a metallic helmet, made of brass, bronze or copper, an airline or hose supplying... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 RANDOM

• Miniature Melbourne

  A short tilt-shift time-lapse film featuring the city of Melbourne, Australia. It took 10 months to make and features a range of different events and festivals... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 RANDOM

• Humpback Whales Learn New Tricks By Watching Their Friends

  

  image credit: Whit Welles cc Whatever you do is not innate or instinctive, it's learned - it’s a cultural tradition, however mundane. Apparently, humans (and... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 Powerfully Creative Anti-Smoking Ads

  

  image credit: 10b travelling cc Smoking is bad for you. Smoking harms practically every organ in the body - often devastatingly so. It causes lung cancer, lung... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 HEALTH

• How To Photograph Landscapes

  

  image credit: Madison Guy cc You might be wondering how the beautiful landscape photographs shown in magazines are shot. The colors are so vibrant and the... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• How Many Rubik's Cubes Would It Take To Build Your House?

  

  There are people who use Rubik's Cubes - the iconic '80s toy - to build things and create art. There's actually a term for the latter: Rubik’s Cubism. Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Golden Age Of Cigar Box Art

  

  image credit: sammydavis53 cc The collecting of cigar boxes is, like the collecting of stamps and coins, a specialized field of interest. Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, HISTORY

• 60 Spectacular Seahorses And Seadragons

  

  image credit: Zanthia cc Seahorses and seadragons are stunning tiny sea creatures. With a long face like a horse, they have an almost mythical appearance, but... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Position Based Fluids

  Although graphics in 3D computer games has gone really far in the last decade or so, the water in most of them does not look very real - especially when you... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• In The Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor A Fake?

  

  image credit: antefixus21 cc What goes on behind-the-scenes in the antiques world? Maureen Stanton, who wrote the book 'Killer Stuff and Tons of Money,' talks... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 Real Life Fairytale Islands

  

  image credit: TJ Clarke cc The approximate definition of a real life fairytale island would be that it is a small island often covered with lush vegetation, fro... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 Dangerous Drugs Once Marketed As Medicine

  

  image credit In the 19th and early 20th centuries, people suffering from any number of diseases and bodily discomforts could find what were touted as cures at... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Three Years Of Sun In Three Minutes

  In the three years since it first provided images of the sun in the spring of 2010, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has had virtually unbroken coverage of... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Yoda's Hut. How Much Is It Worth?

  

  A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away there existed a unique fixer-upper opportunity for home buyers: the house that once belonged to legendary Jedi Master... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Menswear Named After Real Men

  

  image credit No one can live forever, but having a garment named in your honor ensures that, in a certain sense, you're still walking around years after your... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• High Bike

  Someone built a 14.5 feet high bike. Thanks to the LAPD and Traffic Enforcement officers he was allowed to demonstrate it. But you won't see this bike on... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 RANDOM

• Bourton-On-The-Water: Entire Village Placed On Special Architectural Or...

  

  image credit: simononly cc The village of Bourton-on-the-Water is one of those quintessentially English places - you might not be surprised to bump in to a... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Ella Fitzgerald Commemorated By Google Doodle

  

  Ella Fitzgerald (1917 - 1996), also known as the 'First Lady of Song' and 'Queen of Jazz', was an American jazz vocalist with a vocal range spanning three... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 RANDOM

• 10 Powerfully Creative Anti-Drunk Driving Ads

  

  image credit: tom focus cc According to a 2011 World Health Organization report, every year around 2.5 million people die due to alcohol-related causes - which... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 HEALTH, MARKETING & ADVERTISING

• 15 Superhuman Feats Performed by Senior Citizens

  

  image credit: Nathan Cremisino cc You've heard it said age is just a number, and these people are proof. With these 15 Superhuman Feats Performed by Senior... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 RANDOM