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Helmet-Cam Video of a Snowmobile Tumbling Down a Mountain After Its Rider Falls Off
In a video posted in 2011 by YouTube user ArAmR0uM, a snowmobile rider captures helmet-cam footage of his ride tumbling down a mountain after falling…
A Gorgeous Vintage 1956 Kitchen With Original GE Appliances That Has Gone Untouched for Half a Century
Chicago-based furniture supplier Nathan Chandler Furniture posted a gallery of beautiful shots of a circa-1956 kitchen for sale that has gone untouched for more than…
Dart, A Mac Menu Bar App That Features Predefined Replies to Make Email as Simple as Possible
Dart is a Mac menu bar app by British developer moople that features a slew of options designed to make sending and receiving emails as…
‘moDernisT’, A Haunting Track Composed of the Sound Lost When the Song ‘Tom’s Diner’ Is Compressed Into an MP3
“moDernisT” is a haunting track created by Ryan Maguire, a PhD student in Composition and Computer Technologies at the University of Virginia Center for Computer…
Beautiful Linear and Geometric Tattoos by Chaim Machlev
Berlin-based tattoo artist Chaim Machlev (DotsToLines) creates visually striking tattoos featuring intricate linear designs and geometric forms. Amazingly Machlev has only been tattooing since 2012–before…
Gnome Liberation Front Activist Steals a Gnome in Boulder, Colorado
The Boulder Daily Camera reports that an anonymous gnome-napper from the Gnome Liberation Front has stolen a gnome from a yard in Boulder, Colorado. The…
The Capybaras of Saitama Children’s Zoo Enjoy the Hot Tub and Hot Springs on a Chilly Winter’s Day
The very many capybaras of the Saitama Children’s Zoo enjoy a sit in the hot tub and a shower under the hot springs on a…
A Delightful Swedish Winter Playground and Maze Made Entirely of Snow and Ice
For the 2015 Kiruna Snow Festival in Kiruna, Sweden back in January, Swedish design studio PINPIN created a delightful snow playground featuring a giant maze,…
A Frustrated Cat Tries Everything He Possibly Can to Keep His Feline Brother From Scratching at the Monitor Screen
A very frustrated orange cat named Hamlet tries everything he possibly can to keep his brother Sebastien, an eager tuxedo cat, from scratching at the…
A 500-Pound Meteor Generates a Very Bright Fireball Over the Eastern United States as It Crashes to Earth
NASA reports that early Tuesday morning a meteor illuminated the sky over New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania with a very bright fireball as it came…