This post at the Wacky Archives has a bunch of photos of this fantastic sculpture by artist Brian Dettmer. I don’t know too much about the piece, except that it’s (obviously) made from melted cassette tapes from the 80′s, and that it’s very, very cool.
From the Telegraph UK’s, “Picture of the Day” comes this fantastic series of photos showing Noppakhao, a Bull elephant in Ayutthaya province, Thailand painting a picture of another elephant. I love this!
This madness needs to stop. I urge all of you to never buy another bottle of water ever again.
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Every year up to 10, 000 poisonous cow-nose stingrays migrate from Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula to the warmer waters off the western Florida coast. Look at this photo! Wow. Click on the image for the story and more photos, or just follow this link.
Popgive.com has this neat graphical presentation of 15 different ways you can tie your shoe. I’m planning on getting some new kicks soon, maybe I’ll try a few of these. Click on the image to see the others, or follow this link.
During World War II, the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant needed to be hidden and protected from a possible attack by the Japanese, so the Army Corps of Engineers stepped in and covered it with camouflage netting and trompe-l’œil. Cool! Click on either image for more photos, or follow this link to the source.
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Yes. Yes they do. 
I think if I was lost, using my (non-existant) Japanese language skills to ask for directions would be easier than trying to figure this thing out. Click for full version.
Did you know there was a “World Pinhole Camera Day?” Me neither. The folks over at ReadyMech are credited with starting the recent “papercraft” craze. Check out their site for free, downloadable, flatpack, pinhole cameras you can print out and make and actually use. Fun!
Edited to add: While you’re at it, check out the ReadyMech homepage for some easier (less involved) papercrafting fun!
From this thread on the forums @ WiredNewYork.com: A fantastic collection of photos from the 1800′s and early 1900′s. I love old photos like this, you can almost smell the grit and horse manure. They also make me feel very lucky to live in a time with such diverse fashion. Look at all those Bowler hats!
From SonnyRadio. Found via Reddit.
Would love to try to do something like this sometime, although I fear I’ll just end up ruining the watermelon. Hahah the banana horns are great.
Mom,
Something tells me you would have done the same for us.
The six ducklings fell down an underground access and were swept away – but mum could not fit through it.
So the mallard followed their frantic quacks overground across two main roads and a railway line until they stopped under a manhole in Gosforth, Newcastle.
She then sat quacking loudly for at least four hours until jogger Peter Elliott, 59, and daughter Vicki Jefferson, 30, stopped to see what was wrong with her…
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Just a friendly reminder not to tailgate…
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The director of the Kuji Amber Museum has found an 87-million-year-old praying mantis at an amber mine in Northeast Japan. The mantis is one of only seven in the world from the Cretaceous Period and is the oldest ever found in Japan.
“I found it in a deposit that had lots of other insects—ancient flies, bees, and cockroaches—but this was the only praying mantis.”
The whole trail doesn’t look like this, but it’s still just about the most incredibly dangerous hiking trail in the world. I would love to go there sometime, who’s with me?
More photos can be found here.
Wow! Jeremy Reid of Oklahoma built this 444ft wooden roller coaster in his backyard. It’s got an initial drop of 20ft and hits a speed of 20mph. Cool! Check out bunch of photos and other info at his website www.jeremyreid.com
