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This photo shows the entrances to an indoor playground area at a Dairy Queen restaurant. Keep to the right, kid. That's the way for all children and Spider-Man.
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Leon Keer is an artist with a gift for 3-dimensional renderings. In the past, we've seen his street art paintings of LEGO figures and Pac-Man that almost pop out of the ground. More recently, at the Malta Street Art Festival, he painted several huge gummy bears on a sidewalk. When viewed above, they appear to be alive, wibbling and wobbling down the walkway with other pedestrians.
In this particular scene, Keer explains, three gummies are mourning a green companion who has died. You can see more photos from the series here.
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Theirs is a truly electrifying love story.
Dr. Stefan Reynoso says that it was a good thing that teenagers Dylan and Lexie were holding hands. This likely diffused the electrical current that coursed through their bodies when the couple was struck by lightning on Thursday.
The couple was walking in Claremont, California when they were hit. Although they were momentarily stunned, Dr. Reynoso says that Dylan and Lexie are fine. CBS Los Angeles reports:
“These two were lucky they that they were holding hands. It helped to diffuse the electrical current that ran through their bodies,” Reynoso said.
Reynoso suspects the bolt first hit Dylan’s head and traveled through his hands to hers and exited through Lexie’s foot. […]
Both now joke they have an “electric love.”
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Whenever I leave home, I wear a multi-tool on my belt. It's a Winchester-branded knockoff of a Leatherman PST that I find myself using on a daily basis. Like many classic multi-tool designs, it's based on a pair of pliers.
Pliers are handy. But Instructables member M3G finds that hammers are, too, and converted an old hammer into a multi-tool.
His modified hammer is a bottle opener, screw driver, ruler, and nail holder. The bottle opener is a simple nail driven in at the optimal place on the hammer head. The screwdriver is a reversible bit holder held in place with a magnet glued inside the shaft. The nail holder is circular magnet glued onto the head.
Although it may not be practical for everyday carry, this hammer multi-tool could be a great item to keep nearby whenever engaging in crafting projects. You never know when you will suddenly need a particular basic tool or be able to put one to advantageous use--if only have it were within arm's reach. I always keep my multi-tool in my pocket while doing carpentry for this reason, even if I though I have all of my multi-tool's functions duplicated in single-purpose tools.
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It is the world's purest, most elemental sport. It is an event that, more than any other, connects with the human experience.
This is the Beer Mile. The participant runs a full mile while pausing to drink a 12-ounce beer every quarter mile. Only athletic titans can even attempt this feat. And Josh Harris, a 25-year old Australian, is their new king. He recently ran the Beer Mile in 4 minutes and 46.2 seconds. The official Beer Mile organization has recognized Harris as the new world champion. You can watch his run in the video below:
Harris's run is truly inspiring. I will immediately begin intensive training for this event. Well, half of it.
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You're not ready for a dirt nap, but you're ready for a good night's rest in a warm bed. And what could be warmer than being deep inside the Earth, ever closer to the core. This bedding set sold by the Land of Nod shows the layers of the Earth, from the core up to the crust and even the stars above. It comes with throw pillows that look like a shovel and an erupting volcano.
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Believe it or not, the object in this photo is a clock. It's called the Mengenlehreur and can be found in Berlin. The yellow light at the top blinks, showing the seconds. The top row shows the hours. The bottom row shows the minutes.
This is 1 of 11 unusual clocks in public places rounded up by Atlas Obscura. They include a sandglass that takes a full year to flow and an animatronic clock in Dubai designed 900 years ago.
Charles Fréger, a French photographer, travels the world to reveal to his audiences great mysteries. In the past, we've seen his depictions of the Wild Men of Europe--costumed representations of a folklore stock character. In 2013, he attended and photographed an elephant festival in Jaipur, India. The Daliy Telegraph reports:
The elephants are decorated specially for the festival, their hides painted bright colours, ears adorned with dangling jewels, anklets decked with bells, and tusks decorated with gold and silver rings. Their mahouts dress up in brocade jackets and brightly coloured turbans.
For every other day of the year the elephants are working animals. Traditionally bred and trained for heavy forest work, nowadays they carry tourists up to the Amber Palace, a 12-mile round trip from Jaipur. They are dressed and painted for weddings and special ceremonies, and of course for the festival.
You can see more photos of the elephants at Lost at E Minor.
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Something strange and wonderful is happening in Australia. A few weeks ago, the justifiably named "Freakshow" milkshakes surfaced in Canberra. Now the outbreak has spread to Sydney. Foodcraft Espresso and Bakery is offering what it calls the Tella Ball Shake. It consists of ice cream, milk, chocolate syrup, and an enormous donut filled with Nutella. You drink it by ramming a sturdy straw through the donut into the ice cream.
Mashable reports that Tella Ball Shakes have consumed Sydney, no doubt while baker and inventor Aki Daikos cackles diabolically. As of this reporting time, we have been unable to make contact with Sydney. We can only recommend that people in surrounding communities to begin evacuating away from the city.
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Your task is to make your way from the Cripplegate to the Shard. So ride the Fortifications Line until you get to Bishopsgate, then get out and walk south, turning at that weird blue box. Clear?
If the ancient Romans who built London (then Londinium) had also built a subway line to match their roads, then a map of the network might look like this. You can find a larger version at The Londonist.
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From the earliest of ancient Greek philosophers and the first Indian mystics, humanity has searched for the answer to a question written into its collective psyche.
Until then, we must check our phones one more time--always one more time--cycling through Facebook, Twitter, and our favorite blogs until the internet is finished.
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P.S. This image appears to be the more light-hearted original comic.
The work is done. The chores are done. The kids have finally stopped popping up out of bed. Every item on the to-do list is crossed off. I have to be up in 8 hours to get to work.
And then my wife looks at me with that seductive glance of exhaustion . . .
(Fowl Language Comics/Brian Gordon)
Anyway, back to work!
In recent decades in India, many men have moved from the countryside to large cities in order to find work. Their wives often remain at home on farms and in villages. Their husbands use wire transfer services, such as Vodafone's M-Pesa, to send money back home. The women walk into town to get the money. Criminals lie in wait for them and attack.
In response to this problem, Vodafone asked the ad agency Oglivy Mumbai to design a self-defense tool. The result is this umbrella. It's not a sword cane, but a sturdy and otherwise ordinary umbrella. The key difference is that its segments contain pictographic representations of self-defense techniques. They show several ways the umbrella can can be used as a weapon.
Rose, a Boston Terrier, has invented a great game! She wants to keep the balloon in the air. She bumps it with her nose, keeping it from hitting the ground. And Rose is good at this game!
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For over 70 years, Marvel Comics has thrilled us with the most compelling heroes and villains in exciting, inspiring, and even heartbreaking stories. Its legion of heroes and criminals have inspired many people to get inked with their favorite characters, scenes, and memories. BuzzFeed rounded up 31 great Marvel tattoos, including this beauty by Paul Boxall. Spider-Man doesn't have the fame or the resources of other heroes in the Marvel Universe, but he'll get the job done and leave a riveting image behind.
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