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Man Sets World Record by Running a 26-Mile Marathon Backwards While Juggling Three Balls
Motivational speaker and juggler Joe Salter has recently set a RecordSetter world record by running a “26.20-mile marathon backwards in five hours, 51 minutes, 25…
Rust-Oleum NeverWet Sidewalk Art That Can Only Be Seen When It Rains
Home Depot community member dana0814 and Atlanta artist Nathan Sharratt have created sidewalk art that can only been seen when it rains using Rust-Oleum NeverWet,…
Beautiful LEGO, A Book Featuring LEGO Masterpieces Built by Designers Worldwide
LEGO artist Mike Doyle has developed a new book with No Starch Press titled Beautiful LEGO. The book is a compendium of amazing LEGO models…
Drones & Aerial Robotics Conference in New York City
The Drones & Aerial Robotics Conference, a multidisciplinary conference on unmanned aerial vehicles, drones, and their civilian applications, takes place October 11 through 13, 2013…
Arse Elektronika 2013 ID/ENTITY, San Francisco Conference on Sex and Technology
The seventh annual Arse Elektronika, a conference on sex and technology, takes place October 3 through 6 in San Francisco. This year’s conference will focus…
The Faces of Facebook Shows All 1.2 Billion Facebook Profile Photos in Chronological Order
The Faces of Facebook is a website created by Natalia Rojas that shows the profile pictures of all 1.2 billion Facebook users in chronological order.…
Blow It Up, An Explosive New Web Series That Lets Viewers Annihilate Bad Memories
Blow It Up is a new web series by TestTube in which host Tory Belleci of MythBusters fame helps “viewers get rid of their bad…
Iconic Photographs Recreated With Play-Doh
Photographs Rendered in Play-Doh is a blog by Eleanor Macnair, who uses iconic photos and recreates them using Play-Doh.
How to Destroy a Magnet by Simply Heating It Up
In this video, MinutePhysics host Henry Reich uses an awesome interactive periodic table to explain how to destroy a magnet by simply heating it up.…
Hypocentre, An Eerie Short Film That Depicts a Completely Empty Paris
Hypocentre is an eerie short film created by filmmakers Claire and Maxime that shows the city of Paris completely devoid of people. The filmmakers explain…