Facebook Breakup Notifier

You like someone. They're in a relationship. Be the first to know when they're out of it. That's what it says on the Facebook Breakup Notifier site.

All you have to do is login with Facebook, choose the friends you're interested in who are taken, and get an email whenever the relationship status of your chosen friends changes. It's that easy. It's also a little creepy.

(thanks Cora)

Cranes

Kit Kat is the inspiration for taking a break in 'Cranes,' a TV advert from Advertising Agency JWT, London, featuring a group of crane drivers with fun on their mind. Five construction cranes are used during the site break to make a huge 'Newton’s Cradle' device with wrecking balls.



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(thanks Cora)

The Man With 39 Wives, 94 Children And 33 Grandchildren

He is head of the world's biggest family - and says he is 'blessed' to have his 39 wives. Ziona Chana also has 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren. They live in a 100-room, four storey house set amidst the hills of Baktwang village in the Indian state of Mizoram, where the wives sleep in giant communal dormitories.

The family is organised with almost military discipline, with the oldest wife Zathiangi organising her fellow partners to perform household chores such as cleaning, washing and preparing meals. One evening meal can see them pluck 30 chickens, peel 132lb of potatoes and boil up to 220lb of rice. Coincidentally, Mr Chana is also head of a sect that allows members to take as many wives as he wants.

(via J-Walk Blog)

Psykopaint

Paint unique pieces of art from photos. Psykopaint is a new kind of online painting application where you can turn your pictures into paintings by grabbing one of 6 brushes provided and start painting on top of your image while the colors are selected automatically.

(thanks Cora)

Wooden USB Stick

Wooden USB memory sticks by Dutch designer studio OOOMS are always nice tot have around when transferring files from computer to computer. These sticks are made to stand out against its natural environment of computers and offices.

They are picked from the woods and are manually selected on their natural beauty, professionally handmade into unique and personal USB memory sticks.

Ford Model T - 100 Years Later

Wonderful and authentic pictures of the production line and some history of the grandfather of all cars.



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(thanks Cora)

Fairy Tale Architecture

You might think fairy tales are for children. Not always! What would you say about a few sweet colors and some warm materials for a fairytale house with a wonderful architecture almost waiting for a Snow White to come out and greet you with a smile.

Happy Bouncing Dog

Presurfer reader Brian sent me this video of his dog getting really excited when he's about to eat dinner or go for a walk. He starts jumping up and down like he's on a pogo stick. It's set to Jarabe Tapatío (the Mexican Hat Dance).



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Infinity Chilli Is Now Officially The World's Hottest

Measuring a mouth-burning 1.17 million on the Scoville Scale (a measurement of the spicy heat of a chili pepper), this is the the hottest chilli in the world, and it was grown by accident in Lincolnshire, England.

Dubbed the 'Infinity Chilli' the fiery food has been tested by boffins who say it's considerably hotter than previous title holder, the Bhut Jolokia, from India.

It was grown by Nick Woods who runs 'Fire Foods' from his home and says one day he notices the crossbreed chilli in his greenhouse. Intrigued, he decided to sample it, but he soon regretted the move when a powerful burning sensation hit the back of his throat and was so strong he couldn't talk.

Rally Driver Sets New World Speed Record On Ice

Former rally world champion Juha Kankkunen has set a new world speed record on ice after driving at 205.48 mph (330.68 kph) on sheet ice off the coast of Finland. Kankkunen was driving a 6-litre, 12-cylinder, Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible.



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Royal Wedding Sick Bag

British graphic designer Lydia Leith has created the 'Throne Up' bag - a barf bag for people who are already sick of the royal wedding coverage. The April 29 wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton has spawned a cottage industry of inappropriate souvenirs.

The bags come in red and blue and include a drawing of Prince William and his fiancée Kate Middleton along with the words, 'Royal Wedding Sick Bag' and 'Keep this handy on April 29.'

Sleeping As An Art Form

Various artistic and stylish sleeping positions demonstrated by cats and dogs.

Growing Is Forever

Growing is Forever by Jesse Rosten is a beautiful short film that is an ode to the Redwood forests of California, set to a poem by Kallie Markle.



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(via Laughing Squid)

10 Fascinating YouTube Facts That May Surprise You

YouTube is huge. More video content is uploaded to YouTube in a 60 day period than the three major U.S. television networks created in 60 years. The average YouTube user spends between 15 and 25 minutes a day on the site, but how much do we know about the world's largest video sharing website?

Do you know what the most watched YouTube clip is? Can you name all three founders? Do you know how many times per minute a YouTube link is tweeted? There is a ton of interesting data, info and stats to be learned about YouTube. Social media website Mashable delved deep to find 10 fascinating facts.

Bishop Castle - A Medieval Castle In Cowboy Country

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Colorado, San Isabel National Forest - the heart of what many call Cowboy Country. Yet stray of the beaten path and you come across Bishop castle - a 160-foot high structure that weighs in at an estimated 50 thousand tons.

Incredibly, it is the work of a single man - Jim Bishop. Strangely though, if you are a tourist to the state, you will not find a mention of Bishop Castle on any official brochure.

(thanks Robert-John)

7 Idiot Proof Tips For Driving Safely

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Although it is terrifying to refer to one of the most dangerous daily tasks that adults perform as 'idiot proof,' the fact remains that not everyone with a driver's license is a good driver. Whether it is due to a lack of discipline, motor skills, or short attention spans, many motorists are distressingly inept.

If you have a hard time keeping your car out of accident reports, or are paying more for your car insurance than most people pay for their mortgages, these driving tips are for you.

The Great Banyan Tree

The Great Banyan Tree is a 250 year-old tree that covers about 14,500 square meters of land in the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Botanical Garden near Calcutta, making it the widest tree in the world. From a distance, the tree has the appearance of a forest but what appear to be individual trees are actually aerial roots, around 2,800 of them.



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Weird Cars

A car is an item of necessity and also luxury. But for many designers, cars are works of art where they can unleash their creativity and imagination. Extraordinary imagination has given rise to a number of crazy cars with weird designs in recent times.

Bollards Of London

Bollards are posts preventing vehicles from entering an area. Bollards of London is a site dedicated to those rather odd looking pavement objects you find in the most interesting of places.
Bollards have a history richer than most objects placed upon the pavement. Some of them even date back to to the earlier part of the 19th century.

(via b3ta)

10 Most Iconic Photo Portraits Of the 20th Century

They say that 'a picture is worth a thousand words,' but some photographs eschew any such numeric limitation and go on talking to us forever; certain photo portraits have that rare power.

Far more than pictorial representations of celebrated or instantly recognizable figures, they capture so much more, seeming to encapsulate not simply the very essence of the person in shot but all they have come to stand for - the attitudes, beliefs and values of an entire era. Here are ten photographs of iconic individuals which triumph in communicating in myriad and immeasurable ways.

(thanks Ritu)