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Published September 2nd, 2010

40 Foot Twisty Slide Is Made of Win

Categorized under Transportation, Videos
Posted by Brie

I feel like the airports in the United States are totally hosing passengers with their lack of completely amazing 40 foot slides, like this one in Singapore’s Changi Airport.  If you spend $22 in the airport, you get two free ride tokens on the Slide@T3, and you too can zip down at 19 feet per second. Source

Flylashes

Topic: Fashion, OMG!, Unusual Art

Flylashes

Yes, you read that right…FLY LASHES!!!  British artist Jessica Harrison created false eye lashes with FLY LEGS.  How many dead flies did it take for this look?  I bet you won’t find a make up guru on you tube giving a tutorial on this look! I can’t even look at this pic without getting queasy!  Jessica [...] MORE

Car Stashes

Topic: Fashion, Transportation, Unusual Art, Unusual Inventions

Car Stashes

Ok, so last week we saw the car lashes, now we can show you the car stashes: Mustaches seem to be all the rage and we are seeing them pop up on all kinds of consumer products, tees, mugs, tattoos you name it!  You can find these cool car stashes at Urban Outfitters.  Oh, and here are those cute [...] MORE

Crab Invasion!

Topic: Animal Oddities

Crab Invasion!

On Christmas Island, a remote island northwest of Australia, 150 Million crabs migrate to the beach to lay their eggs.  This happens every year, and the locals have learned to live among the crabs, on the streets, on the golf courses, EVERYWHERE!  So then…EACH female gives birth to 100,000 baby crabs! My head is starting [...] MORE

13 Crashes in 13 Months

Topic: Accidents & Survival Stories, Transportation

13 Crashes in 13 Months

11foot8.com is a website dedicated to an intersection in Duram, NC.  From April 2008 to May 2009, 13 trucks crashed into this railroad trestle.  It got so bad that an impact beam had to be installed to protect the overpass.  Crashes happen so frequently that it has already been replaced once!  Hopefully some truckers read [...] MORE

Armless Pianist

Topic: Music, Now That's Talent!, Videos

Armless Pianist

23 year old pianist Liu Wei’s arms were amputated after a childhood accident and he now plays the piano with his toes. Liu became a hit when he performed on “China’s Got Talent,” MORE

$250,000 Dormice Bridges

Topic: Silly but True!, You Paid What?

$250,000 Dormice Bridges

A new bypass in South Wales features three bridges for the dormouse population.  The bridges were built for the low low price of $290,000 and are to protect the creatures from having to play a furry version of Frogger. Sources: Daily Mail and Gizmodo MORE

Awesome fire tornado

Topic: Natural Occurences, OMG!

Awesome fire tornado

In a scene that looks like something straight out of the Book of Revelation, brushfires in Brazil combined with strong wind gusts to spark a tornado of fire. The bizarre weather event trailed flames in its wake as it touched down in the town of Aracatuba and around its surrounding countryside. Source MORE

What’s Cooking Under The Sea

Topic: Sealife, Videos

What's Cooking Under The Sea

Check out this video of  an abandoned rice cooker guarded by a large crab 1256m below the sea surface. Anyone else have the Sponge Bob theme song stuck in their head? MORE

Where Do You Keep The Shoes?

Topic: Architecture, Seeing is Believing

Where Do You Keep The Shoes?

Steve Sauer has 182 sq ft apartment that he has managed to fit a soaking tub, video lounge, and cafe area. The entire apartment has three living levels in a 11-feet-3-inches wide, by 16-feet-2-inches deep, by 10-feet-4-inches tall space. It contains two beds, a full kitchen with dishwasher, a bathroom with shower, closet space, a dining [...] MORE

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