Admit it: you're jealous that you didn't think of it first. A man in southern Austria had an ingenious plan to avoid qualifying for work:

Hours before an appointment on Monday for the labor office to check on his health, the 56-year-old man held his left leg against an electric saw in his home workshop and severed his foot just above the ankle, Austrian broadcaster ORF reported.

Bleeding profusely, the man from the province of Styria then threw the foot into an oven, hobbled to his garage and called an ambulance. An emergency operation was unable to reattach the foot, ORF said.

Ah, but was he successful?

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Kids, keep practicing with your skateboard and the plywood ramp that you made. Someday, you could top this accomplishment by Li Yatao. Last September, he defied gravity by driving a Lotus in a circular loop forty-two feet across. In doing so, Yatao set a new Guinness World Record.

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Have you ever added vodka to a watermelon? This recipe takes it one step further. Hollow out a watermelon, then add a spigot. Fill the melon husk with punch and serve.

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This little amigurumi-style crochet hook is so happy. He wants to get right to work replicating himself in ominously vast numbers. You can find Nerdigurumi's pattern at the link.

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Are you a professional? Then look the part, no matter what your career choice. Take, for example, this man, who has been charged with burglary in Marion County, Illinois. His shirt helpfully says "What's mine is mine what's yours is mine."

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Whoever wears this dress is going to have an agonizingly long wedding. A bridal gown train nearly two miles long stretched across the center of Bucharest, Romania on Tuesday. According to Guinness World Records, it's the longest train in the world:

The train, which took 100 days to stitch, was crafted by a team of 10 seamstresses, said salon spokeswoman Lavinia Lascae.

4,700 metres of taffeta, 5.5 metres of Chantilly lace, 45 metres of lining, 1,857 sewing needles and 150 spool threads were used in the creation of the gown and train.

The lace was imported from France, while the taffeta and other fabrics were purchased from Italy, costing approximately £5,000, she added.

You can view more pictures at Bit Rebels.

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These would be great snacks for a children's party. Apple Smiles consist of just apple slices, marshmallows, peanut butter and lemon juice. The plaque-like peanut butter holds the teeth in place. The lemon juice helps preserve the apple slices.

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The well-appointed house is a quiet statement of style and good taste. So, naturally, the blogger behind Obvious Winner merged a Mechagodzilla figure with a lamp. You can view more pictures at the link.

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Filmmaker Freddie Wong has traveled far back into the distant past -- all the way to 1998. He has news to share with his 12-year old self about the future of video games, and it's not good.

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It's a tacomergency! Flooded roads. Wildfires. Riots. But no worries, kids! The Tacocopter will get through and deliver essential nutrients to you:

Indeed, the concept behind Tacocopter is very simple, and very American: You order tacos on your smartphone and also beam in your GPS location information. Your order -- and your location -- are transmitted to an unmanned drone helicopter (grounded, near the kitchen where the tacos are made), and the tacocopter is then sent out with your food to find you and deliver your tacos to wherever you're standing.

You pay online, so the tacos are simply dropped off at your feet by the drone helicopter, which then flies back to the restaurant to pick up its next order.

So far, the Tacocopter is available only to selected users in San Francisco. But after investors flood in, the business will surely expand.

News Article and Official Website -via The Agitator

The medium has come a long way since preschool. Judith Braun composed an enormous mural by spreading charcoal dust with her fingers. It's called Diamond Dust. I love the swirling forms in the plants and can almost feel the breeze drifting through them. You can detailed photos at the link.

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According to YouTube user Phreakwars, if Pac-Man stays in one spot in the maze, the ghosts won't bother him. It doesn't work in an online version that I used as a test, but there are many different Pac-Man programs.

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The Magic Mountain Lodge is a luxury resort set in a private nature preserve in the mountains of Chile. It's built to resemble a hollowed-out mountain. Fountains at the top can pour water over the surface, making it look like a series of caves in a waterfall. You can view more pictures at the link. The photos that show the lodge after a heavy snowfall are particularly striking.

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Game of Thrones returns to television in a week. Who will restore order and peace to Westeros? There's only one man strong and cunning enough for the job.

But it's not Santa. This is Flickr user Duncan Shields. He had the opportunity to watch a taping of Game of Thrones. It was not a coincidence that he was wearing his Santa suit that day.

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Kyung-Eun Oh's planter looks like two halves of a flower pot. The centers have magnetic strips, so you can arrange them on opposite sides of a sheet of glass. If you put the same plant in each side, you can create the impression that the planter is embedded in the glass.

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