That's the Canon 1200/5.6L USM telephoto lens that can take a clear photo of an object a mile away. Oh, and at the price of $99,000, no wonder photographers call it the mother of all telephotos:The Canon 1200/5.6L USM (p...

In high school, would be computer scientist Donald E. Knuth (later known as the "Father of Analysis of Algorithm), developed a Potrzebie System of Weights and Measures, after a running gag in Mad magazine. The basis...

Nicole Cotroneo at Girl Eats World is in St. Lucia, and has a delightful account of eating cocoa fresh from the tree in the Venus Rainforest Preserve. Link -via Grow-A-Brain...

There is perhaps nothing else so distinctive of the condition and character of a people as the method in which they treat their dead. - William Tegg, 1876Throughout the history of human civilization, different c...

It's been a while since Neatorama's last co-blogging post, so it was a pleasant surprise when Hanan of the always neat grow-a-brain blog suggested that we do another one, with the topic of: the world's smallest. Also che...

Mike Pelonzi and his partner Joe curran developed "My Child's Backpack" a bulletproof backpack that features a ballistic panel sewn into the back of the bag.According to the company, the backpack has been certi...

If one bullet is good, then a million bullet has got to be better, right? At least that's the thinking behind Metal Storm weapon systems, which got its inspiration from an ink jet printer...Hit play or go to Link [YouTub...

On fredflare.com they offer this Japanese kit that lets you create your own 35mm pinhole camera. Assemble the heavy cardstock pieces without any cutting or glue, add a roll of 35mm film ‘n snap away. Item ca...

The scene shown here is Alessandro Botticelli's illustration of Dante's Inferno, Canto XVIII. It is a colored drawing on parchment, 320 x 470 mm, dating from the 1480's and is part of the collection of the Staatliche Mus...

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