Happy Food

A short film by Yum Yum London featuring audio from German sound designer David Kamp.



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Spectacular Sinking Sculptures

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Some have created fantastic illusions consisting of sculptures that look as if they're sinking into the ground! Whether it's Sue and Peter Hill who made the magnificent Mud Maid at the Lost Gardens of Heligan, UK, or Banksy who transforms an ordinary row of orange traffic cones into an extraordinary work of art, one thing is certain. These pieces make us do a double-take!

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Robert Moog's Birthday Celebrated With Google Doodle

Robert Moog (1934 - 2005) was an American pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer. In celebration of his 78th birthday, Google has created a Google doodle. The Google logo has been incorporated into an electronic synthesiser which can be played by clicking on its keys using a mouse cursor.

You can apply different effects to the synthesized sound by tweaking the knobs to shape the wave, change oscillator pitches, mess around with the filter or envelope and more, with the numerical values for each appearing above the keyboard.

The 11 Worst Fast Food Restaurant Names

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This is what the Food Court in Hell must look like.
The 11 Worst Fast Food Restaurant Names.

Slinky On A Treadmill

Running a slinky continuously on a treadmill.



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Star Trek's Enterprise Ship Could Be Built In 20 Years

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Whether you're a Trekkie or not, you have to admit that there's some sense of wonder to exploring the stars and trying to find life on distant planets. Of course, the U.S.S. Enterprise is a fictional ship, but have you ever put into thought as to what it would take to actually build it, and when we could get it done if we really put in the effort?

The man behind the well-researched site buildtheenterprise.org has, and he's determined that a fully functional Enterprise is only 20 years away if we put in the effort. In 20 years, the ship would be ready for a 'moon fly by' with full crew and supplies. The estimated cost of building the Enterprise: about $50 billion a year for the next 20 years - $1 trillion in total.

Nursing Uniforms Of The Past And Present

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Nursing for the sick was a family obligation back then, so nurses were but family members. In some cases, though, where the sick has no family or is a settler from another land, a self-appointed nurse will attend to his medical, physical and emotional needs.

In both circumstances, clothing designed for sanitary purposes is the last thing that would come to mind. And in more organized nursing care facilities, which were basically monasteries and nuns were the nurses, the nursing uniforms were but their habits.

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The State Of Social Media 2012

Social media technologies take on many different forms including magazines, Internet forums, weblogs, social blogs, microblogging, wikis, podcasts, photographs or pictures, video, rating and social bookmarking.

The State Of Social Media 2012.

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The Oberfranken Steakknife Massacre

A homemade 'chain saw.' The weapon consists of eight razor sharp, serrated steak knifes that rotate at fast speed. A battery drill is the power source, using a transmission with a rubber band as a belt.



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Oral B Triumph Electric Tooth Brush

For sale: Oral B Triumph Electric Tooth Brush. I don't need it.

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How Fast Do You Read?

A good book is hard to put down. But if you're enjoying it on an eReader you eventually have to break and recharge. How many pages can you get through before your battery runs out? How fast can you read classics like The Lord of the Rings or War and Peace?

I know I'm a fast reader but I never knew how fast. So I took the test. I can read 927 words per minute which is 271% faster than the average. It means that if I could maintain this reading speed, I could read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling in 1 hour and 23 minutes.

Check your reading speed on this fun interactive infographic and compare it to the national average.

10 Superfoods To Make You Look Younger

Superfoods are full of antioxidants, fibre and essential fatty acids which have fantastic health benefits. When consumed as part of a healthy, balanced diet, superfoods improve immune system function, prevent or help treat illnesses and reduce the physical signs of ageing.

Rivers And Homes

Rivers And Homes is a taggable music video directed by Eran Amir.



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40 Awesome Photos Of The Solar Eclipse

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The best place to see the eclipse was across Asia and parts of the western United States. It was the first solar eclipse of its kind in nearly 18 years.

Car-Sized Turtle Found In Colombian Coal Mine

Excavating in a coal mine in Colombia, paleontologists have discovered the fossil of the world's largest turtle, a 60-million-year-old specimen nearly 8 feet long - the size of a small car. If you were to stand it up, it's 5 foot 7 inches, just shorter than the average male.

And that's just the shell. Its skull is about the size of a football and was equipped with massive jaws that allowed it to eat almost anything. The remains of the turtle, called Carbonemys cofrinii, were found in a Colombian coal mine by a team of NC State researchers.

Why Do Paper Cuts Hurt So Much?

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There are a couple things at play here, some involving the paper, some involving your skin. For one thing, what part of your body comes in contact with paper the most? Right, the majority of paper cuts happen on the fingers and hands. Your hands are pretty complex sensory instruments, and they're absolutely jam-packed with nerve fibers called nociceptors.

These guys sense temperature, pressure and pain, and there are more of them per square inch in your hands and fingers than most other parts of your body. Injuries there are noticed much more than similar injuries elsewhere. The same small paper cut on a less nerve-dense area, such as, say, your leg, won't send nearly as many pain signals to your brain.

iPad Beer At Hofbräuhaus In Munich

Magician and performance artist Simon Pierro shows some iPad magic at the world famous German Hofbräuhaus in Munich, Germany, the beer capital.



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Law & Order & Food

Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series that premiered in 1990 and completed its 20th and final season in 2010. Law & Order & Food is a tumblr photoblog about the food eaten on the TV show.

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Slime Mold - Alien Landscapes On Earth

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Just the thought of mold is something that makes many people involuntarily shudder. There are thousands of known species of molds which include opportunistic pathogens, saprotrophs, aquatic species and thermophiles.

Like all fungi, molds derive energy not through photosynthesis but from the organic matter in which they live. They are like alien landscapes on Earth. Take a look at this enigmatic and beautiful world on our own doorstep.

Nicolas Cage Gifs

Are you a fan of Nicolas Kim Coppola? I mean Nic Cage? Then here's a tumblr blog for you.
An endlesss stream of Nicolas Cage Gifs.

Light Hearted Kites

A train of six kites flying in tandem. The kites are made and flown by Steve Polansky. The Music is 'Lighthouse' by Patrick Watson.



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The Batman Suits Timeline

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An archive of all Batman's significant outfits from comics, movies, games from 1939 until today.

The Bennie Railplane: A Propeller-Driven Monorail System

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A propeller-driven suspended monorail, claiming the speed of aircraft with the safety and reliability of railways, was designed by George Bennie in 1926, and named the 'Bennie Railplane'. A short test track was built over a railroad line near Glasgow, Scotland. Two electrically-powered propellers delivered 240 horsepower in a short burst for acceleration to the cruise speed of 160 kph (almost 100 mph).

There were plans for a high-speed link between London and Paris, with a seaplane to carry passengers across the English Channel, but the grave economic difficulties of the 1930's doomed the Bennie Railplane from the start.

Naked Mole Rat's Long Life Due To Cellular Garbage Men

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The naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is a burrowing rodent native to parts of East Africa. It has a highly unusual set of physical traits that enables it to thrive in an otherwise harsh, underground environment, including a lack of pain sensation in its skin and a very low metabolism.

The naked mole rat is also of interest because it its extended lifespan of up to 28 years. A a new study from the University of Texas, USA, that could be due to differences in protein destroying machinery in their cells.

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