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Here’s a video of a cat from Croatia that just isn’t afraid of dogs. I’m in awe of the way it just stands there where other, lesser cats would have long since run and hid. The poor dog even seem to have wore itself out from barking so much. That kitty [...]

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Here’s an amazing video of Oli Lemieux of Cirque du Soleil practicing on trampolines. It’s amazing what a human body can do when pushed to the limit. On a related note, I hurt my back this morning while yawning.
[ Youtube via Gizmodo ]

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After offering to pay for people’s purchases up to five-hundred dollars, a woman claiming to be a lottery winner caused a riot at an Ohio Burlington Coat Factory when it turned out she didn’t actually win. She showed up in a rented stretch Hummer and offered to pay for up five-hundred dollars worth of merchandise [...]

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Here’s a really fun flash app that simply divides and shrinks the colorful circles as you pass your mouse cursor over them. It’s pretty simple, but be careful with it.  If you are anything like me, you might end up spending hours making pretty patterns without even realizing it. You can thank me later for [...]

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Squirrels must be willing to do anything for a peanut. This quick little Youtube clip shows shows a little daredevil taking some amazing leaps to get to a nice, tasty prize. I have a few squirrels living in the trees around my house and it’s amazing to watch the little buggers [...]

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Like a lot of people who spent their adolescence during the 80’s, I had a phase where I listened to Glam Rock. It was a hard force to ignore, with its glitzy clothes, big, poofy product-laden hair, spectacle stage shows, and music that my parents absolutely hated. What wasn’t there to love about it? Besides [...]

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This is an adorable video of a five-year-old performing Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” in Seattle. When I was five, I was playing with Voltron toys and drawing pictures of dinosaurs with my crayolas; this little kid is jamming out to songs by the Man in Black in front of an [...]

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In honor of the fortieth anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landings this past week, here’s a great article from boing boing about how the 842 pounds of lunar rocks brought back to earth by Astronauts are a controlled substance by the US Government. From the article:
One way to obtain a moon rock is by purchasing [...]

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I’m not sure what the seller was thinking when they repeatedly tried to contact this buyer on eBay.
[ Geekstir via Gizmodo ]

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If you wanted to see what is probably the most expensive video game on the planet, take a look at the gold NES cartridge above. A copy of that game, called Nintendo World Championships, was recently purchased by a collector for the tune of $17,500 USD. The games were special made for a contest held [...]

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