Chinese Airport Worker Could Not Be Worse At His Job
If you lose your baggage in China, now you know why.
4 Gorgeous Maps Showing The Most Dangerous Places In America
John Nelson — a UX & Mapping manager at IDV Solutions — published a series of maps that looked at a new way to articulate weather data.
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Everyone Is Using Their Smartphones On The Toilet
You know this is why cell phones are so germy, right? A semi-scientific study.
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Watch The World’s Longest Book Domino Chain
As part of the launch its 2013 Summer Reading Program, the Seattle Public Library set a new world record for the “longest book domino chain”. The chain, designed by two college students, took 27 volunteers, 2,131 books, seven hours and five failed attempts to complete.
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How The First Man In Space Really Died
After over 40 years of secrecy, the real cause of death of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, has been made public.
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The Most Dangerous Traffic Circle In The World?
This video opens in the scariest traffic circle I could imagine — actually, it’s beyond imagining — where bikes, cars and people seem simultaneously, collectively and individually heading straight at each other.
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One Of The Coolest Poker Tricks
If you want to trick your friends into thinking you’re really good at poker, learn this trick.
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Phonograph Made To Play Songs On Beer Bottles
Beck’s and creative agency Shine Limited have created the world’s first playable beer bottle. The team at Gyro Constructivists also pitched in, making a special lathe to cut grooves along the bottle, as well as the bottle playable phonograph. Finally, Ghost Wave’s new song was inscribed on the bottle itself. Inspired by Thomas Edison, the design of the phonograph was improved using modern technology.
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X-Ray Photographs of People & Objects Focus On Inner Beauty
With this image-obsessed world, photographer Nick Veasey decided to take a step back and reflect on what’s important—inner beauty. This notion is made literal through his x-ray photographs—each shot details some hidden aspect of life that cannot be noticed with an ordinary camera, suggesting that there is always more to life than meets the eye.
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Famous Faces Fused With Their Modern Day Equivalents
When you are a politicians, musicians, actors and even Royalty – you are constantly under the microscope, compared and assessed next to your peers and popular and historical figures in your field of work.
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A Compilation Of Large And Living Plant Sculptures
Some of these sculptures were large, deliberate works of art, while others came about organically. Using grass, moss, flowers, and weeds, they produce extraordinarily unique sculptures that combine art and nature.
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