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From ABC World News webcast, here’s a story of San Francisco Chronicle reporter David Rubien who uses marijuana for medicinal purposes (no, he’s not deathly ill – he has repetitive strain injury): Link
Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes serendipitously discovered four gigantic galaxies merging into one:
"The galaxies that live in the middle of clusters like this are the biggest galaxies anywhere in the Universe," Dr Rines told the BBC News website.
"When this merger finishes, the giant galaxy left at the end will be one of the biggest ones in the Universe. This shows how these giant galaxies get assembled."
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A man smuggled a monkey onto his flight by putting it under his hat to go through security and customs!
It appears the man tucked the monkey under his hat when going through customs. The monkey stayed there when the plane took off, but started fidgeting around, so the man took the monkey out and held it in his arms. The monkey was never loose on the plane.
Link – Thanks Tiffany!
See also: Fish Smuggler Caught Because Her Pants Made "Flipping" Noises
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After the tragic Minnesota bridge collapse, many people are worried about the safety of our nation’s infrastructure.
Turns out, the American Society of Civil Engineers had released an Infrastructure Report Card in 2005 warning us about the dangers we faced.
And now the scary part: amongs all the potential trouble spots, American bridges had the best grade on the report!
Link – via mentalfloss (Image: mrjoro [Flickr])
Bounty Fishing has a neat list of The 27 Aquatic Lifeforms You Never Caught While Fishing. This one is a lumpfish.
See also: Mr. Blobby: Ugliest Fish Ever!
Image: Paul Vreeker/Reuters
This life-size LEGO minifig washed up on a Dutch beach of Zandvoort.
Workers at a drinks stall rescued the 2.5-metre tall model, which had a yellow head and blue torso.
"We saw something bobbing about in the sea and we decided to take it out of the water," said a stall worker. "It was a life-sized Lego toy."
A woman nearby added: "I saw the Lego toy floating towards the beach from the direction of England."
Maybe the guy’s just tired of the dreary weather of England: Link – via Fark
Here’s the latest of the Ball Revamped Flash game series (#5) – the rule is straightforward: use the arrow keys to guide your ball through the maze toward the goal.
Sounds easy, right? Link
Researchers at the University of Tokyo unveiled this special "glove" called the Haptic Telexistence, which lets its user to "feel" the sensation of holding an object in remote places.
Here’s how a tombstone of a pet dog get some people really upset:
When Judy Hagan lost her beloved rat terrier she bought two plots at the local cemetery, one for her and one for her dog. Eight years later she decided that it was time to put a memorial stone at the dog’s grave. And that has stirred up a lot of controversy, because the dog has a name that some people say are not appropriate for display on a tombstone…
The dog’s name? Shithead.
Link – via Boing Boing
Tired of drivers speeding by in front of his house, Mike Wood of Ohio created life-size cardboard cutouts of his children and put them up in his front yard.
So far, Wood said it has worked. Motorists have slowed down, and some have even yelled at Wood for letting his children play so close to the street. [...]
His idea has already been posted on some law enforcement Web sites around the country. He’s now selling the signs for $60.
Link – via Hemmy and Blue’s News
From John Reese’s Income Blog:
there’s a guy here right now in my house cleaning my 1,000 gallon saltwater aquarium. I already knew it was big (I designed it and had it custom-built) but seeing it being cleaned today really reminded me how freakin’ big it actually is…
Link – via eBaum’s World
And if you think that’s big, check out Arapaimag’s Monster Home Aquarium. His is a 50,000 gallon behemoth!
Want to play Super Mario Bros. on your iPhone? Check out the NES Emulator for the iPhone: Link | See it in action: hit play or go to Link [YouTube] – via Gorilla Mask
Dr. Jeannine Mosely created this awesome fractal cube called Menger’s Sponge from 60,000 business cards! And there you thought that math was useless … Link – via mentalfloss
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