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- Nyan Kart - Watch Out For Flying Shells
- Krispy Kreme Waffles
- The Art of Making People Go Away
- 1950s: Baby Teeth Collected for Nuclear Research
- How Nonemployed Americans Spend Their Weekdays
- Benedict Cumberbatch Conquers the World
- This is What a $974 Million Personal Check Looks Like
- 25 Tutorials to Teach You How to Fold Like a Pro
- <i>Stargate</i> Cosplay is Activated and Ready
- The Voices Behind Disney Princesses
- Amazing Snow and Ice Sculptures from China
- Captain Tightpants - Just Don't Say It To His Face
- Sympathy
- Taxi Driver Breaks Transmission, Drives in Reverse . . . For 11 Years
- Damien Walters Compilation
- 7 Amazing Photos of Fire Rainbows
- Christine McConnell Poses as Her Foremothers
- Does Your Dog Understand What You're Saying? A Biologist Responds
- Ultraviolet
- Spas for 7-Year Olds
- Fish Gets Prosthetic Eye
- All the Frozen Yogurt You Can Fit into a Cup for $5. Challenge Accepted.
- NYET! - A Cat On A Mission Of Madness
- The Evolution of Spider-Man's Mask
- What the Nile Looks Like from Space
- Kitten Goes for a Swim, Owners Flip Out
- The Worst (And Most Important) Smuggling Job in the History of Literature
- Rude Awakening
- Scotsman Stopped by Police for Riding a Bouncy Ball Drunk
- Formerly Dead Lal Bihari Meets Fellow Ig Nobel Winners
| Nyan Kart - Watch Out For Flying Shells Posted: 07 Jan 2015 04:00 AM PST Yoshi was just kartin' the day away when he found himself on a rainbow road, but when he followed that road to the end he found it wasn't a road after all! It was being created by a peculiar looking cat with a toaster pastry for a body, and for some reason that cat kinda reminded him of Mario. The cat's neverending electronic soundtrack started to drive Yoshi crazy, and he'd been on the road so long that the cat's toaster pastry body started to look mighty tasty... Add some colorful game to your geeky wardrobe with this Nyan Kart t-shirt by Retro Review, and kart on in style! Visit Retro Review's Facebook fan page, official website and Twitter, then head on over to their NeatoShop for more gamer-iffic designs:
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| Posted: 07 Jan 2015 04:00 AM PST This is such a perfect and simple recipe! Amy of Oh, Bite It! took fresh Krispy Kreme glazed donuts and stuck them in a waffle iron. That's it. There's no other work involved. You can't screw this up. Of course, you'll want to treat yourself after preparing this breakfast. Indulge your sweet tooth by adding syrup, chocolate sauce, butter, and jam. Is there anything that you can't turn into a waffle? We've seen people make waffles with pulled pork, Fruit Loops, brownies, and pizza. Could you make a waffle with a human soul? I bet that would be delicious with blueberry syrup on top. -via Foodiggity | ||||||||
| The Art of Making People Go Away Posted: 07 Jan 2015 03:00 AM PST As we’ve seen before, anything that exists over a period of time and comes in different shapes, sizes, or colors will eventually become a collector’s item. Yes, there are people who collect Do Not Disturb signs from hotels. After all, they vary greatly from one hotel to another and over time. Some are simple disposable paper signs you can slip over a doorknob, but others are distinctive, cheeky, or even works of art. Edoardo Flores has over 8,700 Do Not Disturb signs from all over the world, and tells us how varied they are.
You might be surprised at how many different ways you can tell the maid and the rest of the world to leave you alone. Read about the signs and see an extensive gallery from Flores’ collection at Collectors Weekly. (Image credit: Edoardo Flores) | ||||||||
| 1950s: Baby Teeth Collected for Nuclear Research Posted: 07 Jan 2015 02:00 AM PST
When humans began detonating nuclear weapons in the 1940s, they unleashed substances that had never before existed. What impacts would they have on public health? There were plenty of guesses, but no one knew for sure. One way to learn more would be to examine the baby teeth of children. Atomic testing resumed in the United States in 1951. Children normally shed their incisors at the age of 7. So if scientists studied baby teeth dropped in 1958, they might be able to trace the presence of radioactive substances. Thus began the St. Louis Baby Tooth Survey--a scientific study of radiation in baby teeth in the area of St. Louis, Missouri. Caroline Jack and Stephanie Steinhardt write for The Appendix:
The Greater St. Louis Citizens’ Committee for Nuclear Information (CNI), a local organization of scientists and laypeople, executed the project. They conducted a massive publicity campaign that led to the collection of over 250,000 baby teeth from children in the St. Louis area. CNI organized and cataloged the teeth, then sent them to a laboratory for analysis. The result was a thoughtful study on the health impacts of nuclear testing.
The project encouraged children to donate their teeth for science. Local dentists advocated for the project to children and their parents. Children who contributed received a free button that they could wear as a badge. The response of area children was generous. They often mailed in their teeth addressed to the Tooth Fairy and with accompanying letters addressed "Dear Scientist" or "Dear Science." Some more profit-minded children, such as the one who wrote the letter above, tried to bill CNI for their teeth. -via TYWKIWDBI | ||||||||
| How Nonemployed Americans Spend Their Weekdays Posted: 07 Jan 2015 01:00 AM PST Here you see what 294 adults between the ages of 25 and 54 who aren’t holding down a job are doing with their time, according to data from the American Time Use Survey. The chart is interactive at the site. It’s no surprise that women without outside jobs spend a bigger chunk of their time doing housework or caring for others, while men spend more time looking for a job than women do, as it comes down to the different reasons that people are non-employed. Women are likely to do without a job in order to care for young children or elderly relatives, while men are more likely to be either training or looking for another job. A data visualization article at the New York Times divides the participants by what individuals spend the most of their daytime hours doing, which sometimes points to the reason they aren’t on the time clock; for example, those who spend more time on education than anything else are probably in school. What’s astonishing is the gender imbalance for the number of people who spend their greatest time watching TV or other leisure activities. -via Digg | ||||||||
| Benedict Cumberbatch Conquers the World Posted: 07 Jan 2015 12:00 AM PST British actor Benedict Cumberbatch is everywhere. He's in Sherlock, Star Trek Into Darkness, The Hobbit, 12 Years a Slave, and The Imitation Game, among numerous other roles. He's even in you! Are you ever alone in a room, then suddenly feel like you're being watched? That's Benedict Cumberbatch. Even in the sanctity of your own mind and thoughts, the terrifyingly handsome and omnipresent Benedict is there. -via Tastefully Offensive | ||||||||
| This is What a $974 Million Personal Check Looks Like Posted: 06 Jan 2015 11:51 PM PST
What's the largest check you've ever received? We betcha it wasn't $974,790,317.77 - yep, nine hundred seventy four million seven hundred ninety thousand three hundred seventeen and, don't forget, 77 cents. It took two lines to write out the sum - as you can see above. That's the check that Oklahoma oil magnate Harold Hamm wrote to his ex-wife Sue Ann Arnall, who promptly rejected her $1 billion dollar divorce settlement because it was "not fair." Arnall claimed that Hamm is worth an estimated $18 billion; Hamm countered that his net worth had taken significant beatings in the recent sharp fall in oil prices. Well, while the rich people duke it out in divorce court, feast your eyes on what is probably the largest hand-written personal check you'll ever see in your lifetime. | ||||||||
| 25 Tutorials to Teach You How to Fold Like a Pro Posted: 06 Jan 2015 11:00 PM PST
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| <i>Stargate</i> Cosplay is Activated and Ready Posted: 06 Jan 2015 10:00 PM PST All 9 chevrons on this Stargate costume are locked and ready to transport you across the universe. The event horizon--which will kill you if you're standing in its way when activating--forms the body of this beautiful dress worn by Nyima-chan. It lights up, just like the real thing! Once she gets a friend to dress up as a dial home device, you're ready to continue travelling. -via Fashionably Geek | ||||||||
| The Voices Behind Disney Princesses Posted: 06 Jan 2015 09:00 PM PST The BuzzFeed Video above presents viewers with the ladies who supply the voices of popular Disney princesses. In some cases, the singing and speaking voices of the character are two different people. Yet all are beautiful women in their own way — some even resemble their characters — and well suited to be the voice of a princess. -Via Viral Viral Videos | ||||||||
| Amazing Snow and Ice Sculptures from China Posted: 06 Jan 2015 08:00 PM PST
Every year, the chilly Chinese city of Harbin hosts the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. And every year, they just keep getting bigger and better. I'm especially impressed with this train made of solid blocks of ice. I wonder how the artists made the smoke. The Atlantic has a roundup of 26 photos of these spectacular sculptures. They include impressive pictures showing the sculptures lit up at night. -via VA Viper | ||||||||
| Captain Tightpants - Just Don't Say It To His Face Posted: 06 Jan 2015 07:00 PM PST Mal had earned his nickname with a questionable fashion choice, but for him it wasn't a question of style- he just didn't feel comfortable wearing baggy pants. He liked those form fitting pants 'cause they hugged him real close, and when you're constantly flitting across the galaxy like a rebellious firefly ya gotta keep things tight. But calling him Captain Tightpants to his face? Now that's just asking for trouble! Keep your geeky wardrobe sci-fi fabulous with this Captain Tightpants t-shirt by Mandrie, it'll make you a hero among your fellow fans! Visit Mandrie's Facebook fan page, Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter, then head on over to her NeatoShop for more mighty geeky designs:
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| Posted: 06 Jan 2015 07:00 PM PST Being able to eat all you want and then some is a benefit of pregnancy that you pay for in other ways. You can’t just share in the good parts, as some fathers find out the hard way. The concept is illustrated simply in this comic from Lunarbaboon. Has this ever happened to you? | ||||||||
| Taxi Driver Breaks Transmission, Drives in Reverse . . . For 11 Years Posted: 06 Jan 2015 06:00 PM PST Harpeet Devi of Bhathinda, Punjab, India is a cab driver. In 2003, his taxi broke down and he could drive only in reverse. He made it back home in that condition, but couldn't afford to fix it. He tells Barcroft Media that he kept driving anyway. Devi had to acquire special permission from the state government, but he remains in business. In fact, he's remodeled his service to exploit his local fame. Devi's taxi is decorated to reflect its uniqueness. To make it safer to drive, it has headlights on the rear and plays an ambulance siren. -via Rocket News 24 | ||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jan 2015 05:00 PM PST British stuntman and freerunner Damien Walters has astonished us before with his skills, but he is always working on new stunts. His latest video is a compilation of clips from his entire career, so you may remember seeing some of them before, but you’ll cringe just the same -and get ready for a lot you haven’t seen, too. Of course, there are no disasters, but the back of your mind expects one any second. -via Daily Picks and Flicks | ||||||||
| 7 Amazing Photos of Fire Rainbows Posted: 06 Jan 2015 04:00 PM PST
It's a rainbow-colored cloud! Or perhaps a fire rainbow. Or to put it more scientifically, it's a circumhorizontal arc. Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell of NASA describe the unusual conditions that are necessary for one of these natural wonders to appear in the sky:
Continue reading to view more photos of fire rainbows.
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| Christine McConnell Poses as Her Foremothers Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:00 PM PST
See more of her series here, and follow McConnell's work at her Imgur albums and Instagram account.
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| Does Your Dog Understand What You're Saying? A Biologist Responds Posted: 06 Jan 2015 02:00 PM PST When you talk to a dog, he may gaze at you and appear to be paying attention. But does he comprehend what you're saying? Joe Hanson, a biologist, explains the science behind human-dog communication in this video. There's reason to think that dogs can distinguish between the emotion and meaning of words. As an experiment, researchers placed a dog between two audio speakers. When the dogs heard commands with a flat tone, they turned their heads to the right, suggesting that they understood word meanings in the left hemispheres of their brains. When they heard emotionally vivid gibberish, they turned their heads to the right, indicating that they understood verbal emotion with the right hemispheres of their brains. | ||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jan 2015 01:00 PM PST The latest comic from Randall Munroe at xkcd is funny, due to the ignorance about how homeowner’s insurance works. But the concept of shining a blacklight on your bathroom is a new one on me. Do we dare try it? Some people clean their toilets on a regular schedule, while others only clean it when it looks dirty. Urine glows under a UV light, which this page recommends for finding pet stains on a carpet. That seems like a good idea. But they also mention using a blacklight to see how clean your hotel room is …and that can be frightening. There are some things it’s just better to not know. | ||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jan 2015 12:00 PM PST
A mother of 2 daughters expressed the need like this:
Adult women in the United States often enjoy a day at the spa. Increasingly, so do young girls. Sweet and Sassy, a national chain of spas catering to children, is the market response. Julie Turkewitz describes the trend in an article in the New York Times. She met Paige, a 7-year old client at a Sweet and Sassy spa. Paige had a great time:
Sweet and Sassy isn't for everyone, though. Some young spa clients want more than it can offer. There are more upscale establishments available to cater to their needs:
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| Posted: 06 Jan 2015 11:00 AM PST A yellowtail rockfish at the Vancouver Aquarium was being bullied by other fish because he has only one eye. What to do? You can't exactly sit the other fish down and castigate them over their behavior. So head veterinarian, Martin Haulena, with the help of Lesanna Lahner, staff veterinarian of Seattle Aquarium, sewed a lovely bright yellow prosthetic eye into its eyeless hole. “You probably don’t want one in the nose,” Haulena notes in the video above as they figure out where to position it. Classic Haulena. The details of the procedure are at Scientific American, where you can also read about a penguin’s cancer treatment. -via Ed Yong | ||||||||
| All the Frozen Yogurt You Can Fit into a Cup for $5. Challenge Accepted. Posted: 06 Jan 2015 10:00 AM PST Redditor roselatte and his/her friends visited a Menchies frozen yogurt shop in Dublin, California. They're college students (hopefully engineering majors), so they don't have a lot of money. They decided to take full advantage of the shop's offer of all the frozen yogurt they could fit into a single cup for $5. Relying upon the tensile strength of waffle cones, they built, then ate this elaborate architectural marvel. Roselatte notes that "while building it, we never felt more American." -via That's Nerdalicious! | ||||||||
| NYET! - A Cat On A Mission Of Madness Posted: 06 Jan 2015 09:00 AM PST NYET! by Brinkerhoff Grumpy'd had enough of those trolls and yelpers trying to ruin her kitteh fun, so she mobilized an army and surged forward to stomp out the interwebs once and for all. She gave the people what they wanted- freedom from the word Yes, and an end to lolcat happiness, but when Grumpy rolled in to town the people all smiled and waved at her, loving her unhappy look. This love of her hatred baffled poor Grumpy, but the people had spoken and they demanded she dislike them all, so she turned her tank's gun barrel towards the people and prepared to fire... Keep your geeky wardrobe drab and full of frowns with this NYET! t-shirt by Brinkerhoff, it's a great way to show your love of everybody's favorite frowny feline. Visit Brinkerhoff's Facebook fan page and Twitter, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more LOL inducing designs:
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| The Evolution of Spider-Man's Mask Posted: 06 Jan 2015 09:00 AM PST
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| What the Nile Looks Like from Space Posted: 06 Jan 2015 08:00 AM PST
The Nile is a ribbon of water--of life--through the desert. You can see this especially clearly from orbit. At night, the lights of human settlements shine through the darkness, like a crack in the universe. | ||||||||
| Kitten Goes for a Swim, Owners Flip Out Posted: 06 Jan 2015 07:30 AM PST Diego the cat casually strides into the surf and goes for a swim. He's calm and collected. His humans, though, are going crazy with delight over the sight of their swimming kitten. "He's swimming! He's swimming! He's swimming in the water!" -via 22 Words | ||||||||
| The Worst (And Most Important) Smuggling Job in the History of Literature Posted: 06 Jan 2015 07:00 AM PST
Despite such setbacks, the court case was established, and the story of how Cerf worked behind the scenes to bring the book’s censorship to an end can be found at mental_floss. | ||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jan 2015 06:30 AM PST This adorable kitten was slow to wake up, and his housemate wasn't having it. The light bats with a paw turned to near combat. Poor sleepy kitty. Where's the snooze button on that cat? -Via Arbroath | ||||||||
| Scotsman Stopped by Police for Riding a Bouncy Ball Drunk Posted: 06 Jan 2015 06:00 AM PST
It was a fine Hogmanay--that's Scottish for New Year's Eve. In the town of Dundee, a Scotsman who had consumed a sufficient amount of alcohol travelled down a street on a Space Hopper--that's Scottish for a bouncy ball. He attemped to escape from police on his vehicle, but they caught up with him. The Scotsman quotes Jamie Shankland, a witness:
What the gentleman did is create a fine story that his family will repeat for generations to come. -via Jalonpik | ||||||||
| Formerly Dead Lal Bihari Meets Fellow Ig Nobel Winners Posted: 06 Jan 2015 05:00 AM PST The following is an article from The Annals of Improbable Research. by Kees Moeliker Curator, Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands and winner of the 2003 Ig Nobel Prize for Biology Photos by Kees Moeliker
In 2003, the year Bihari won his prize, he—for obvious reasons—could not travel to the ceremony at Harvard. So, during the Ig Nobel Conclave in Goa, a short ceremony was scheduled to honor him and allow him to deliver his (belated) acceptance speech. Due to a lack of an effective time-measuring device, his speech took about 20 minutes (at the actual Ig Nobel ceremony at Harvard every year, each winner’s speech is strictly limited to 1 minute). _____________________
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As a child, I was a Bennett Cerf fan because of the funny books he wrote. As an adult, I became vaguely aware that he was the publisher who founded Random House. But Cerf will be known to history as a man who battled for your right to read. In 1920, the James Joyce novel Ulysses was judged obscene and banned in the U.S. In 1932, Cerf was determined to reverse that decision, and crafted a scenario that would lead to a court ruling on the book. But first, a crime had to be committed, so it was arranged for a smuggled copy to be intercepted at an American port of entry. Things did not go quite as planned.
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Five Ig Nobel Prize winners, together at the festival in Goa, India. Left to right: Elena Bodnar (invention of a brassiere that, in an emergency, separates into a pair of protective face masks), Ilja van Beest (using roller coaster rides to treat the symptoms of asthma), Lal Bihari “Mritak,” Kees Moeliker (first scientific documentation of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard duck), and Dan Meyer (assessing the medical effects of sword swallowing).
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