Today (April 4th) is "International Pillow Fight Day" and from Amsterdam to Kuala Lampur, more than 70 cities around the world (including NYC and Moscow) have scheduled a place and time for an old-fashioned pillow fight.
It sounds like a lot of fun and for sure it is a way of getting rid of some anger issues without doing any harm!
Check some pictures and videos from previous city pillow fights and see if there is one scheduled in your city.
Today, the question of which is the most awesome steampunk gear has been conclusively answered: Behold the Steampunk Hawkman flying helmet by deviantART user brucethelesser.
Here is a picture of the Hawkman’s flying helmet, goggles and mask.
Costuming Tip: Look closely at the crest feathers. When any decent light falls on them they look like shards of glass. To achieve this affect back paint thin cheap plastic (microscope slides) with translucent paint and metallic pigments and stick them together. you now have your shards of bottle glass and the paint can’t flake off since there sandwiched between two layers of plastic. Additionally there is no danger of shattered glass on the floor if the "feathers" get hit.
The mask is made of wonderflex, a themo-formable plastic.
Back in 2001, the staff at a crocodile farm in Thailand came across this unusual pair of two-headed Siamese twin crocodiles: Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via TYWKIWDBI
UK design group Slam has the solution to what can only be called the Goldilocks problem of doors: a door that is not too small and not too big. Behold the ThreeStyle, the world’s first 3-in-1 door.
This is the magnificent Cartwheel galaxy, a stellar structure which measures more than 100,000 light years across.
It was released to promote a 24-hour webcast from observatories around the world, marking the International Year of Astronomy.
The kaleidoscopic galaxy lies 500million light years from Earth, and its unusual shape is due to a catastrophic collision with one of the smaller galaxies on the lower left hundreds of millions of years ago.
The smaller galaxy produced compression waves in the gas of the Cartwheel as it plunged through it, which triggered bursts of star formation, lighting up the rim.
Tomorrow will mark the 41st anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. LIFE magazine has published a set of pictures taken of the scene at the Lorraine Motel directly after the shooting. The photographs were previously unavailable to the public.
They were taken April 4, 1968, by Life magazine photographer Henry Groskinsky, who was on assignment in Alabama with writer Mike Silva when they learned that King had been shot in Memphis and rushed to the scene.
To their surprise, they had access not just to the motel but to King’s room.
“I was very discreet. I shot just enough to document what was going on. I didn’t want to make a nuisance of myself,” the 75-year-old Groskinsky said in the caption to a photo showing a group of King’s associates, including Andrew Young and the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, assembled inside the room.
“It’s very somber, and there I am with a flash camera. So I took a couple of pictures and just kind of backed off,” Groskinsky said.
No, this is not a real space shuttle. It’s made of Lego bricks!
Two Japanese LEGOsmiths used a whopping 65,000 bricks and 1,590 man hours to complete the stunning diorama, which even simulates a launch with flashing lights under the boosters and a vocal countdown. The only thing it doesn’t do is lift off.
Part of the “Nasu Space Center,” it appeared as a scene in Nasu Highland Park, an amusement park in Japan.
You knew it would happen, just like it happened last year. Think Geek added several fake products to its lineup on April Fools Day and now everyone wants a Tauntaun sleeping bag. They’ve added this to the listing:
ATTN Tauntaun Fanatics! Due to an overwhelming tsunami of requests from YOU THE PEOPLE, we have decided to TRY and bring this to life. We have no clue if the suits at Lucasfilms will grant little ThinkGeek a license, nor do we know how much it would ultimately retail for. But if you are interested in ever owning one of these, click the link below and we’ll try!
If you have $60K burning a hole in your pocket, you may want to mark your calendar: Christie’s is auctioning this stunning 100-million-year-old iridescent ammonite fossils excavated from the Bearpaw Formation, in southern Alberta, Canada:
[Pierre Pare, president of Calgary-based Korite International Ltd, Canada's main producer of ammonite fossils] says demand for the fossils — formed from the remains of a primitive mollusk that died out at the end of the dinosaur age 65 million years ago — is also being driven globally by practitioners of the Chinese esthetics system feng shui, who covet the Alberta ammonite’s bright colours and spiral shape.
While ammonites can be found in many countries, the conditions creating the dazzling hues of the Canadian fossils "existed only in one place in the world — right here in southern Alberta," says Mr. Pare.
Fido may be cute - but according to epidemiologist Judy Stevens of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) injury center, it is also a walking and barking hazard to your health:
America’s dogs and cats, it turns out, can be blamed for injuries caused in an estimated 86,000 falls treated each year in the country’s emergency rooms, federal health officials said today.
Nearly 88 percent of those injuries come at the paws of man’s best friend, who’s more apt to wound the fairer sex, epidemiologists report in today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). About a quarter of those spills occur when a pet owner is walking his or her dog, and twice as many women as men are hurt.
Can kids be smart and popular with their classmates at the same time? Apparently so: English researchers have found the secret of how high-achieving students can avoid being called "nerds." First: be attractive (and/or athletic) …
Research in nine state secondary schools in England found that the vast majority of "alpha" girls were thought of as physically attractive by classmates, had long straight hair, wore make-up to school and used lots of hair accessories, when this was allowed by the uniform code.
The "alpha" boys, were perceived to be "cute". Many had gelled or styled shorter hair, carried banded sports bags and wore their ties in a "jaunty" or casual way.
Bright boys’ prowess on the playing field was also an important factor in ensuring they avoided derision.
… and two: have a "fall guy" as a friend:
Researchers also identified a "fall guy" phenomenon whereby alpha pupils gain kudos by having a best friend who is more disruptive at school, while avoiding facing the discipline that is meted out to the friend.
Forget carbon footprint. Long before the Earth will suffer from a climate catastrophe due to global warming, humanity may perish from another environmental disaster: the diminishing supply of fresh water (Don’t believe it? Why, humans have been fighting wars over water for centuries)
In collaboration with Fogelson-Lubliner, GOOD Magazine has an eye-opening infographic of "water footprints", the amount of water an individual uses in the course of a day, as well as ways to save water by making simple changes in your habits.
I, for one, am surprised at the amount of water it takes to yield a pound of beef: Link - via swissmiss
A glimpse of the amazing artistic heritage of the Edo people of Nigeria. Their exquisite bronze sculptures showcase the rich and ancient culture of this part of the world. With this art, you can get a true feeling of Africa before the arrival of the European.
Nigeria is one of the most art-oriented countries in Africa. It consists of many different tribes who possess different unique cultural artistic styles and tastes. One of those places is Edo state. Known as the heartbeat of the nation, Edo state is located in the south-eastern part of Nigeria. Benin City, its capital, is inhabited by the Bini people who, apart from other exciting forms of art they are involved in, specialise in a different but unique form of art-Bronze casting and sculpture-related artworks.
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Tomorrow will mark the 41st anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. LIFE magazine has published a set of pictures taken of the scene at the Lorraine Motel directly after the shooting. The photographs were previously unavailable to the public.
You knew it would happen, just like it happened 
Fido may be cute - but according to epidemiologist Judy Stevens of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) injury center, it is also a walking and barking hazard to your health:
Can kids be smart and popular with their classmates at the same time? Apparently so: English researchers have found the secret of how high-achieving students can avoid being called "nerds." First: be attractive (and/or athletic) …
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