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• You Go, Girls: The Suffragettes

  

  image credit: The Library of Congress Old-fashioned laws permitted husbands to beat wives who refused to, ahem, submit to their spouse's demands. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Business And Nutrition Of Girl Scout Cookies

  

  Girl Scout cookies are cookies sold by Girl Scouts of the USA as one of its major fundraisers for local Scout units. Members of the GSUSA have been selling... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Magnificent Pangolin: A Scaled, Precise Animal

  

  image credit: Romana Klee cc Pangolins are spectacularly strange, wildly fascinating creatures that combine traits of many diverse animals. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• What Would Your Signature Look Like If Jack Lew Wrote It?

  

  President Obama is expected to pick Jack Lew to be the next Treasury Secretary. If confirmed by Congress, that makes him the guy autographing your dollar bills. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Il Pulcino Pio

  (The Little Chick Cheep) was released by Italian radio station 'Radio Globo' and produced by Bruno Benvenuti en Max Moroldo. At the moment there are versions... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, HUMOR, MUSIC, VIRAL

• How To Create A Panography

  

  image credit: Deve82 cc A panography, or a joiner, is a photographic technique in which one picture is assembled from several overlapping photographs. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 Really Odd Snow Vehicles

  

  image credit: Melensdad cc A list of 10 unusual, strange, vintage and unstoppable snow vehicles from around the earth. (thanks Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 OUTDOORS

• The Ten Toughest Motor Races In The World

  

  image credit: BubcSek cc These are ten of the toughest motor races in the world. And they can be dangerous. Thanks to modern safety equipment, medical care,... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 MOTO, SPORTS

• A Trampoline Bridge For Bouncing Across The River Seine

  

  The architects at Parisian firm Atelier Z端ndel Cristea know that bridges can be destinations in and of themselves. But their proposal for the recent 'A... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Revealing The Truth

  TadaoCern (real name Tadas Cerniauskas), an artist from Lithuania says: Some time ago a stranger asked me to make his portrait, so I did. I sent him the image... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Alaska's Abandoned Igloo City Hotel

  

  image credit: Avulsionist cc Even in the chilly Alaskan heartland, this isn't quite what you expect. A giant igloo. Situated on the George Parks Highway, on... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 25 Words You Might Not Know Are Trademarked

  

  image credit: Roberta F cc Many of the items we use every day, like zippers and escalators, were once brand names. Even heroin, which no one should use any... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• How Close Could A Person Get To The Sun And Survive?

  

  image credit: NASA Of all the bodies in our solar system, the sun is probably the one we want to give the widest berth. It gushes radiation, and even though... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Incredible Beauty Of Thailand's Loi Krathong Festival

  

  image credit: 9volts cc Thailand's visually stunning Loi Krathong Festival is as fascinating as it is beautiful. The festival is named after the floating... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Why The Tire Pressure Light Is The Most Useless Warning Light

  

  image credit: BrentDPayne cc Warning lights have never been the most helpful thing in the world. They're there to tell you when something's about to go wrong,... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2013 RANDOM

• The World's Most Amazing Trees

  

  image credit: dividivi cc Most common trees look fantastic but some are just spectacular. Like the Rainbow Eucalyptus, the Divi Divi, or the Tetrameles... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Murky History Of Foosball

  

  image credit: Luke Rathbone cc In the best tradition of skulduggery, claim and counterclaim, foosball (or table football), that simple game of bouncing little... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• The Deadliest Game

  is a short film from Media Design School based on the sci-fi world of Dr Grordbort created by writer and artist Greg Broadmore. Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2013 RANDOM

• Giant Birdsnest For Breeding New Ideas

  

  The 'Giant Birdsnest' was conceived and created by O*GE as a prototype for new and inspiring socializing space, which can be seen as a morph of furniture and... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2013 HOME

• Why Yosemite Is A Photographer's Nirvana

  

  image credit For over a century Yosemite Park has been a destination for families and everyone who enjoys the outdoors. With over 750,000 acres of stunning... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 CULTURE, ENVIRONMENT, PHOTOGRAPHY