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World Record: Longest Distance by Unicycle on a Line of Beer Bottles
Extreme unicyclist Lutz Eichholz of Germany has unofficially broke his own Guinness World Record for “longest distance by unicycle on a line of beer bottles”.…
OMG Pancakes!, A Creative Pancake Recipe Book by Jim’s Pancakes
Jim Belosic of Jim’s Pancakes has authored his first pancake recipe book, which is titled OMG Pancakes!: 75 Cool Creations Your Kids Will Love…
How To Peel a Head of Garlic in Less Than 10 Seconds
Todd Coleman, Executive Food Editor for Saveur, shows a handy trick for quickly processing garlic (with no knife) in How to Peel a Head of…
Discovering the True Purpose Behind of Super Mario Bros.
Zac Gorman has discovered the true purpose behind the video game Super Mario Bros.
Spooky Abandoned Victorian Houses Made from LEGO Bricks
Lego: Victorian on Mud Heap 110k – 130k pieces Black, white, dark and light bluish gray, clear trans and black trans colors used. No foreign…
The Resistor JelTone, A Partially Edible Toy Piano
Astrida Valigorsky, Ranjit Bhatnagar, Mimi Hui, and Catarina Mota of Brooklyn-based hacker collective, NYC Resistor, formed a partially-edible working toy piano titled The Resistor JelTone.…
Untappd, A Social App for Beer Drinkers
Untappd is a social app that lets beer fans post about what beer they’re drinking that is now available as native apps for iPhone and…
URKontinent, A Limited Edition Google Beer Brewed by Dogfish Head
URKontinent is a limited-edition beer created from suggestions from Google employees around the globe. Dogfish Head Beer brewed this draft-only beer and recently debuted…
The New Rules of Work, Posters For The Modern Workplace
“New Rules of Work” is a poster series of modern workplace rules that every office worker should know. The series is by Division of Labor,…
Wanna Live Forever? Become a Noun
“Wanna Live Forever? Become a Noun” is a music video on the subject of eponyms: words like sandwich, shrapnel, and boycott that came from…