You’d never think it’s possible: the Japanese have now trained circus flies.

Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] – via digg

Thorsten took this photo in Moritzburg Castle [wiki], Germany. See more cool photos: Link

From Wikipedia:

GOD-JESUS was a 1980s toy sold in Japan, made by Bandai. The toy is in the form of a robot brandishing a Christian cross. The toy was asked a question and would give an answer in a similar way to a Magic 8-ball.

Link | Photo from Engrish

If you want to rob a bank, don’t:

• - Wear an outfit that stands out in a crowd
• - Drop your fake gun
• - Let the bank put in a smoke tracer in your bag
• - Get your getaway car blocked – and flattened – by a dump truck
• - And … don’t ever get your car pummeled by a chef wielding a rolling pin!

From the website:

“They were definitely not professionals,” said Taylor Walker, 19, of the men who tried to rob the Bank of America at 249 S Hyde Park Ave. Thursday. Walker helped slow the robbery by beating the getaway car with a wooden rolling pin he uses to make beignets at NOLA Cafe.

You’ve got to read the St. Petersburg Times article: Link – via Arbroath (where does he get all these good stuff?)

Neatorama reader Jeffrey Martin wrote:

The PIXIES took a break from their mega-concert european tour and played the (relatively) tiny club AKROPOLIS in Prague last night. They used the old trick of starting horribly late, getting everyone into a frenzy for forty-five minutes before they finally stepped onto the stage. They did look pleased to be the subject of such a rabid howling mass of fans. And the music was pretty good too until my ear drums burst.

Link [QVTR Panorama] – thanks Jeffrey!

Korean company Robo3 builds this robot, called R7, which looks like a beast of burden that you can ride!

Link – via The Raw Feed

From the website:

The clash of weather was seen above the affluent city of Fort Smith, in the Southern state Arkansas.

One onlooker said: "It was awe inspiring. The lightning made a huge rumbling sound and when you looked up there was also this incredible rainbow forming on the horizon."

The intracloud lightning, known as an anvil crawler, is the most common form of lightning, with the electrical charge contained within a single cumulonimbus cloud.

Link – via Cellar Image of the Day and Boing Boing

Created entirely using the true voice of Vader: James Earl Jones himself! See what happens when Darth Vader has a nervous breakdown: hit play or go to Link [YouTube] – via metafilter