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It's called Fantasia. It looks like a human-sized dollhouse that fits into a single slot in a parking lot in the seaside town of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, UK. You can find it on Google Street View here. A local travel information website says Fantasia has a kitchen, a bedroom, and a bathroom.
LEGO is fun--until you step on one barefoot. It's a deeply painful experience felt by anyone who has been a parent. Your kids' LEGO will try to kill you one day. Why are they so painful? Sonali Kohli of Quartz explains:
The sharp corners also exacerbate the pain, New York University physics professor Tycho Sleator tells Quartz via email. Pressure is equal to the amount of force divided by the area to which that force is applied, he explains. “When you step on something with a sharp corner, the force from the corner is concentrated over a very small region of your foot. This would result in a very high pressure on that small region of your foot.”
That also means that Lego encounters probably hurt you more than they do your lighter-weight kid, because the surface of the Lego matches the amount of pressure bearing down on it. When walking, that isn’t just the pressure of gravity: Movement multiplies your standing weight. For example, you might be exerting pressure of up to twice your body weight with each step just by walking, and running produces pressure of up to nine times your weight.
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Feadship is a Dutch yachtbuilding company. It recently sent this massive ship out of its shipyard. At 333 feet long, Symphony is the largest yacht Feadship has ever built. Here it is traveling down the Gouwe canal, which crosses over the A12 road from Arnhem to The Hague.
Beth Jackson Klosterboer has a great food craft that takes advantage of the natural shape of hard boiled chicken eggs when sliced vertically. I had never thought of it before, but now I won't be able to look at one without seeing tiny rabbit paw prints.
For these Easter-themed eggs, Klosterboer made a paste consisting of the boiled egg yolks, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, paprika, and pink food coloring. She pressed the paste through a fine sieve to give it a smooth texture. Finally, Klosterboer used a plastic bag as a pastry bag to squirt the paste into just the right shapes for adorable bunny feet.
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Erika Zorzi and Matteo Sangalli of Matherly Studio call it the Josie Chair. They take their inspiration from the 1999 romantic comedy movie Never Been Kissed. The main character of that film, Josie Geller, had a terrible high school experience. She was socially ostracized, had no friends, and was always sitting alone at parties. Sitting in a solitary chair was a symbol of defeat.
Zorzi and Sangalli wanted sitting down to instead be a celebratory and victorious act. So they built this beechwood chair. The seat is held up in the back by strings. Sitting down pulls the strings out of pressurized confetti containers, which then spray up over the sitter.
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Asia Ford of Louisville, Kentucky has always struggled with her weight. At her heaviest, she weighed 474 pounds. When her then-husband lost a limb to diabetes, she knew that she had take action to avoid a similar fate. So she began exercising vigorously and losing weight. To motivate herself, Ford set a goal: she would complete the Rodes City Run, a 10-kilometer race that was held yesterday.
Even though she had lost an impressive 217 pounds, the race was a great struggle for her. Thankfully, her son Terrance and a police officer that Ford describes as her "angel" intervened to encourage her. Wave 3 News reports:
"He was like my angel," said Ford. "He came at the moment I really needed him."
Ford said Lt. Gregory shared stories of his mother and her struggle with diabetes. Step after step, Ford realized Lt. Gregory had kept her mind off the pain - and on the goal. Hand in hand, Asia, Lt. Gregory and Asia's son Terrance crossed the finish line.
"Watching her cross the finish line," said Lt. Gregory, "I felt it all over. it was great moment and I'm glad she let me be a part of it."
Asia's son Terrance calls her a hero.
"Looking at her and how she used to be, it's inspirational and makes me push harder to do the things I want to do in life," said Terrance.
Hand in hand, the three crossed the finish line together.
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Sybille Paulsen, an artist in Berlin, calls her project Tangible Truths. Cancer patients often lose their hair as a result of chemotherapy. Rather than surrendering their hair through gradual loss, Paulsen gives them a different way to wear their hair. Locks of hair become woven pieces of jewelry that patients can wear even after recovery. Pictured above is Mary Beth, her first client in the project and now a friend, wearing her hair as a necklace.
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C-SPAN, the American cable television network that broadcasts government events and holds political discussions, hosts the show Washington Journal. This show invites viewers to call in and share their opinions. One recurring caller, known only as "Jack Strickland," uses the opportunity to play pranks. On Tuesday, Strickland called in and, in a serious tone, read from the lyrics of the opening song to the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
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Chocolate Easter Bunnies are traditionally hollow. This is to teach children at an early age how to be disappointed with life. But Amy of the food blog Oh, Bite It! discovered another purpose: a decapitated chocolate bunny can serve as a cup!
In a step-by-step tutorial, Amy shows you how to saw off the heads of chocolate bunnies, then convert them into completely edible jello shots. She used strawberry Jell-o, vodka, sprinkles, and whipped cream. Once assembled, re-attach the top of the rabbit's skull and serve.
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These mesmerizing beauties are called Big Poppa Tart donuts. They're the latest creation of Santiago Campa, the owner of the Donut Bar, a small donut shop chain in southern California. Each of the Big Poppa Tart donuts has a whole Pop-Tart stuffed inside. It's 2 inches tall and weighs about 1 pound. ABC7 describes how Campa developed it:
Campa says his son helped him come up with the idea of using Pop Tarts.
"I laughed for about ten seconds and then I said, 'Well, actually you might be on to something,'" Campa said.
That was six months ago. Since then, the "Poppa Tart Donut" has become popular through social media. What was supposed to be a one week special is now permanently on the menu.
"It tastes like heaven," says Orange County resident Andrew Biggins after trying the doughnut for the first time. "It's like a Pop Tart on steroids."
The store also sells a second flavor that uses S'mores Pop Tarts. It has a huge toasted homemade marshmallow on top and is dipped in fudge chocolate.
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This clever lamp shade design makes good use of old x-ray radiographs. The craftsmanship looks precise. It would be ideal for macabre settings, such as a preschool classroom or a wedding chapel.
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The mysterious artist Sleevebucks doodles on coffee cup sleeves that he gets from Starbucks. The iconic Siren becomes the Bride of Frankenstein, Heisenberg, Maleficent, Snape, and other characters from popular culture.
I really like this one of Princess Leia that fits so well with the pre-existing shapes in the logo. It's appropriately called Café au Leia.
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In a recent Twitter exchange with a fan, William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk on Star Trek, hinted that he's a fan of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
.@CalfCorset I could be a brony
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 20, 2015He even has a favorite pony:
@Iouisaimh @CalfCorset Rainbow Dash
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 20, 2015Shatner pushed back against a bronyphobe who showed up:
.@leohoratio What are you talking about? Friendship is Magic!
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 20, 2015Welcome to The Herd, Captain.
Greg Benson of Mediocre Films pulls off a decidedly non-mediocre prank by acting like a classic weatherman giving his cheery report, all while inside a small elevator. He even has a weather map!
And he's just getting started. No morning news broadcast is complete with just the weather. Other reporters have to share their segments, too.
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In the movie 127 Hours, a mountain climber amputates his own arm after getting it stuck in a boulder. That's cool, but not really applicable to most people's lives. So the marketing manager wants it punched up a bit. He wants clicks--lots of them. There are common word formulas for web ads to get precisely that.
For a Photoshop contest, Cracked readers retitled 37 famous stories, including novels and movies in order to boost web traffic. They include Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.