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• Animals Literally Half Male And Half Female

  

  image credit: Burkhard Hinnersmann cc A gynandromorph is an organism that contains both male and female characteristics. These characteristics can be seen in... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• 10 Coolest Ice Hotels on Earth

  

  image credit: Art Of Backpacking cc While many people may dream of relaxing vacations in the sun, trying something a little different can be refreshing, novel... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Manpupuner Rock Formations - Russia's Seven Strong Men

  

  image credit: TUBS cc In the Troitsko-Pechorsky District of the Komi Republic in Russia there is a flat plateau out of which seemingly burst seven pillars of... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• The Ten Worst Passenger Planes Still In Service

  

  image credit: Yaoleilei cc Much as we hate being jammed into the middle of a thousand person row on some humongous transatlantic jet, it's really the old, tiny... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 TRAVEL

• Prof Or Hobo?

  

  Do you know your hobos from your professors? There's a difference, you know. Although sometimes it's hard to see. (via Everlasting Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 Incredible Two-Headed Animals

  

  image credit: highlander411 cc Generally, one head is enough for any living creature, but the mythological hydra had more than its fair share - just perfect... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 Incredible Shots Of Las Vegas From Above

  

  image credit: Rhearay2287 cc In Las Vegas, huge casinos light up the night sky, neon signs gleam along the strip with unmatched allure, and the sights and sound... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Aurora Borealis Over Östersund, Sweden

  This video shows what happened on March 17 when a CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) hit Earths magnetic field. Two days earlier, sunspot AR1692 had produced a M1-clas... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• How To Draw A Cartoon Baby Chick

  

  With Easter coming up, Mark Anderson shows you how to draw a cute little baby chick. Just follow the animated GIF or the easy written instructions. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Tokyo's Vast Underground Temple-Drains: The G-Cans

  

  image credit: Dddeco cc The G-Cans Underground Temple in Saitama is probably the most massive underground flood management system in the world, comprised of... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Sun Gods From Around The World

  

  image credit Solar deities and sun worship can be found throughout most of recorded history in various forms. Hence, many beliefs have formed around this... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• CERN Animal Shelter For Computer Mice

  

  image credit: RellyAB cc If you stop and think before you click, you are less likely to have your computer infected or your computing account compromised. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 TECH

• Dutch-Americans

  

  image credit There are and were many Americans of Dutch origin. Martin van Buren, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt, who were Presidents of the... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 CULTURE, SOCIETY

• Is It True That Birds Can't Fart?

  

  image credit: quimby cc Opinions are divided when it comes to this question. But Mike Murray, a veterinarian at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, says:... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 RANDOM

• UFO Over Santa Clarita, California, USA

  UFO hoax created by Meni Tsirbas of MeniThings Productions in partnership with the Gnomon School of Visual Effects. While Meni was responsible for direction,... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 RANDOM

• Incredible Replicas Of Industrial Vehicles Made From Matchsticks

  

  Who would have thought about creating models of trucks, excavators and other industrial vehicles, from matches? Beside Djordje Balac of Croatia, of course. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 Champion Boxers You'd Never Guess Had College Degrees

  

  image credit Brains versus brawn. The pen versus the sword. Might against intellect. It's a battle that seems to have raged forever. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 RANDOM, SPORTS

• The World's Most Amazing Waterfalls

  

  image credit: Artur Staszewski cc The bigger they are, the harder they fall - feel the power of the planet's mightiest and most beautiful waterfalls. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT, OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• The Amazing Story Of An Airship Club That Might Never Have Existed

  In the 1960s, a house in Houston caught on fire. In the aftermath, a set of 12 scrapbooks were discovered. They depicted a society, the Sonora Aero Club, that... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Most Powerful Space Rocket

  

  image credit: FlyingSinger cc When SpaceX launches its Falcon Heavy rocket into space late this year, the craft will become the mightiest rocket in the world. Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM