⛸️ Here's the fascinating life story of Lyubov Morekhodova, an 80-year-old Russian babushka who became an icon of Lake Baikal. Morekhodova lives alone next to the Siberian lake, where the temperatures can dip to -50 °C (-58 °F - don't miss that negative sign) in the winter. She tends to her little farm, where she has cows and hens in addition to her pets, but what makes the woman famous in Russia is the fact that she skates on the frozen lake with such grace. With homemade skates that her father made for her not long after World War II, no less.
💸 Former Disney cast member Abelina Sabrina explains the mistakes that parents make at Disneyland and Disney World to ruin the expensive magical experience for their children.
🗡️ Need to persuade your colleagues or partners during a complicated business meeting? Just remind them that there is a sword in the corporate conference room that can come in handy when it comes to deciding business matters in a swift manner. Remind them that leaders aren't afraid of making heads roll in order to move the company forward.
🎪 I can't even twirl a hoop more than twice around my waist, so please excuse me while I pick up my jaw from the floor after watching the stunts that these acrobats can do with the hula hoop.
🏠 A group of anarchists from Portland has McGyvered a tent-safe DIY heater for the homeless out of a terra cotta pot, some fencing wire and a metal lid jar with isopropyl alcohol fuel. And it's cheap: the Heater Bloc costs just $7 to build.
🦘 When you think of wallabies, Australia comes to mind. Not Scotland. But there are actually wild wallabies on Inchconnachan, an island in Loch Lomond. The story of how the wallabies got there and what to do about them now includes a power boating racer and a countess, and a TV personality and a hotelier who planned to cull the animals. Needless to say, some Scots are (ahem) hopping mad.
🚑 It's a good thing that there was no patient in this ambulance when it forgot to close its back door.
🕹️ First, it was checkers, then chess, and now Grand Turismo: AI is now capable of beating even the most skilled humans players. Here's a story of how Sony built the artificial intelligence GT Sophy that can race its car with millimeter precision to beat last year's human eSport champs.
🐦This is what 80 escaped ostriches racing through the streets in China looked like.
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