Oldie but goodie - This 2 minute ad for Honda called "Cog" aired in the United Kingdom in 2003. The ad took 606 takes to shoot, and was completely real - no trick photography or computer graphics used.

All the parts you see actually are from the car.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/honda-ad.html (Thanks Kandra!)

Brandon Bird slips in references of pop culture into his cool paintings. Check it out: Link

What do things look like when they move near the speed of light? Relativity visualized here: Link

Portraits of child labor in the United States between 1908 and 1912, as documented by Lewis Hine. This one above is from Newberry, South Carolina. Link

From the website:

The overseer said apologetically, "She just happened in." She was working steadily. The mills seem full of youngsters who "just happened in" or "are helping sister."

This is the Newspaper Rock or Tse' Hane (Rock that Tells a Story) records 2000 years of human activity near Monticello, Utah. Basically, passer-by people of the Fremont, Anasazi, Navajo, and other tribes add their own graffitti to the rock.

More amazing pictures at The Gigapixl Project's Portrait of America.

Mel Kadel's illustrations are pretty cool & funny. Check it out: Link

More of Philip Straub's neat illustrations: Link

Police in Tampa, Florida discovered a mobile strip joint, complete with a pole and disco ball, at a football tailgate outside the stadium.

From the website:

"For $20, men were allowed to enter the mobile home, according to the report. Undercover police said the men were given alcohol and then offered nude lap dances for money."

Wasn't there a CSI episode on something like this? Link

US Patent #6966840 titled "Amusement Device That Senses Odorous Gases in a Bathroom" is why the USA is great!

From the website:

When gases from a bowel movement are detected, audible statements are transmitted and synchronized movements are effected in the automated character."

Once activated, a humorous audible message is broadcast. The massage may say "What a stench! Somebody open the window! There are rules against cruelty to animals!" A countless number of messages can be used. The messages can be simple and benign or can be highly X-rated.

The canary may drop over dead.

Link (via Fawn Jotter)

The Bosnian town of Mostar unveiled a golden statue of Bruce Lee, who was worshipped by the Muslims, Serbs and Croats population of the ethnically divided city. Link(via BoingBoing)

Who says money can't buy style? $8 buys you a very stylish duct tape wallet. Other items for sale: duct tape purses, hats, belt ... see a pattern here?

Link

From the website:

"Mattel sent The Body Shop a cease-and-desist order, demanding to pull the self-esteem posters featuring Ruby - a rubenesque anti-Barbie - from American shop windows, because she was insulting to the real Barbie. Then, in Hong Kong, posters of Ruby were banned on the Mass Transit Railway because authorities said that in her nude (albeit nippleless and pubic-hair-free) condition, she would offend passengers. One shop in the US was forced to take down a Ruby poster after a mall patron said his daughter had been traumatized by seeing it."

For other rejected and banned ads, see: Best Rejected Advertising (click on the trash can).