Commercial air travel has been around for a century. Legend has it that on that first flight from St. Petersburg, Florida to nearby Tampa, a passenger insisted on using both armrests and talking to the guy next to him for the entire trip.
You might think that in all that intervening time, there would be no new way to radically transform the commercial air travel experience. But you'd be wrong. Dante Ramos, a columnist with the Boston Globe, recently flew from Houston to Boston. The woman in front of him draped her ponytail over her seat and across his TV monitor. Ramos photographed her and tweeted about it.
The story goes that, 40 years ago, this little island in the Drina River by the town of Bajina Basta, Serbia was a popular spot for young people to swim and sunbathe. The owner and his friends decided to build a cabin there as a private getaway. It was a difficult task--all of the materials had to be rowed out through the river's swift currents.
Airbnb offers this unique bedroom for rent at the Paris Aquarium. It's surrounded by an 800,000-gallon tank that houses 35 sharks. 3 lucky winners of a contest will be allowed to spend the night there from April 11-13.
The room contains a 2-person circular bed decorated with a marine theme, as well as dinner, breakfast, and linens. While there, shark expert and diver Fred Buyle will teach guests about the sharks that live in the aquarium. You can read more about the event at CNN.
JMC Equestrian Clipping is a horse barbering service in northwestern England. A few months ago, it trimmed into this Welsh horse's hair symbols and icons from The Legend of Zelda.
Think of the cosplay opportunities with this service!
And it's certainly not the first time that JMC has done work like this. Check out these horses:
Core Sea is a marine conservation and research organization in Southeast Asia. Recently, one member of the team came across a porcupinefish while snorkeling in Chaloklum Bay, Thailand. The fish was caught in a net. The snorkler used a broken bottle to cut the fish free of the net. That was a challenge, as the net kept on getting caught on the procupinefish's spines.
Throughout the entire rescue, another porcupinefish insisted on staying close by. When the trapped fish was free, the couple swam off together.
After a long, savage struggle, the underdog hero has finally prevailed against his foe. He is ready to end the battle with a final blow. Now is the time for him to bid farewell to the villain.
Burger Fiction selected scenes from 100 movies when one character is about to dramatically slay another. Here are some of the most famous lines in cinematic history, from the Terminator's "Hasta la vista, Baby" to "Dodge This" from The Matrix. Other titles include The Nightmare before Christmas, Dirty Harry, and Invasion U.S.A.
Some of us--and by "us" I mean "you" and certainly not me--only look good on camera when the lighting conditions are just right. Modern life demands a constant stream of selfies, which creates problems for the photogenically challenged.
Thankfully, there is now the Halo, an invention by MIT doctoral student Nan Zhao.The Contemporist says that it's "like adding a real life filter to your selfies." The Halo is a lighted aluminum frame that is strapped to your torso. When activated, it gently illuminates your facial features, creating the ideal visual mood for a selfie that makes you look thoughtful and intelligent.
You have a lemonade stand? That's cute. Mikaila Ulmer has a multi-million dollar lemonade empire.
This 11-year old girl from Austin, Texas took her great-grandmother's lemonade recipe from 1940 and turned it into a business. She appeared on the TV show Shark Tank last year, where she secured $60,000 of capital for her Me & The Bees brand lemonade. Now the Whole Foods supermarket chain has decided to sell it in 55 stores across the United States.
What makes Mikaila's lemonade special is that it's sweetened with honey instead of sugar. She hopes to not only sell a healthy, profitable product, but to also promote beekeeping.
Mikaila is now famous. But she didn't start that way. She's been working on this project for a long time. NBC News reports:
Mikaila, who started her lemonade business in 2009, said the operation takes organization, commitment and energy.
"I work on the business after school, after I do my homework, and on weekends and during spring breaks," Mikaila said in an interview with NBCBLK. "There are not too many times when I feel stressed." [...]
"I think she is a pretty hard worker," D'Andra Ulmer, Mikaila's mother, told NBCBLK. "I'm impressed with how she gets her homework done during her travels. She has a gift for public speaking but what makes me very proud is that she is not only a smart entrepreneur but she's a good person and she's kind to people. That's more important than business."
Imgur member SchaoLink rounded up photos of 50 funny store names found around the world. They're all amusing puns, except for the last one, which is actually really disturbing.
Terézia Krnáčová is a textile artist in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. For her project titled Everyday Bread, she embroidered six slices of bread. The seventh slice, which is left plain, represents the Sabbath. She explains:
My concept is expression of my personal relationship with [textiles]. I love [textile] art and I can‘t live a day without it.
Now: am I wrong, or are there actually 8 slices of bread in this photo?
With her record, Milla Star Bizzotto would already be a fantastic athlete as an adult. But she's only 9 years old. That hasn't stopped her from mastering the toughest competitions of strength and stamina. Seriously, check out her Instagram feed and be wowed at what this young girl can do.
Her father, Christian, is the owner of a gym and a serious competitor himself. Milla grew up watching him complete obstacle courses. Recently, she joined him in the BattleFrog 24-hour obstacle course race. She was the youngest participant. In fact, she as the only one under the age of 18.
Do you think that a 9-year old doesn't have what it takes to keep running through an obstacle course deisgned for top-tier adult athletes for a full day? You'd be wrong. The Miami Herald reports:
She ran, jumped, climbed, crawled and swam through an eight-kilometer course (roughly five miles) with approximately 25 obstacles. She completed six full laps (about 30 miles) and said the hardest obstacle was the “Platinum Rig,” where athletes swing between ropes, rings and monkey bars without touching the ground. In between, she slept between 2 and 6 a.m.
“I’m so proud of her,” Christian said. “She was so amazing the entire race. She is really so relentless and refuses to quit.” [...]
“She literally murdered it,” Christian said. “I was so convinced the race was going to crush her. I wanted to prove to her that it’s tougher than she thought. But when we finished it, all she wanted to do was another lap.”
This cashier at a Walmart is ready for Hollywood. He would be perfect as a voice actor. Watch him summarize his life at Walmart with impressions of Scooby-Doo and Shaggy from Scooby-Doo.
I'm having trouble reading his name badge, but I think that it says "Brandon." Brandon, this video is going viral. Seize this opportunity to break into entertainment!
In 2015, a race among Porsche 911s at the Circuito de Navarra in Spain resulted in this bizarre accident. One car got on top of the sloped hood of another and kept on going, coming to a halt directly on top. This video shows camera footage from the edge of the track, followed by the same scene shot from inside the car on the bottom.
This video shows how befuddled track workers tried to extract the driver in the top car, as well as safely remove his car from the stack. They ultimately brought in a crane to haul the top car off.
It's a tortilla. But thanks to the experimental work of musician Matthew Herbert, it's also a playable record:
Herbert calls his project at the Science Gallery London Edible Sound. He used laser-cutting technology to etch his own music into tortillas and other foods. The Vinyl Factory reports on his recent demonstration:
Equipped with a larder of ingredients used in processed foods, he laser-etched aubergine, onion, celeriac, potato, ham, cheese, tortilla and sugar into playable, edible records which were then fed to the audience at the end of the performance.
What songs would you like to see etched into which foods?
