Joe Wos, a cartoonist, has long desired to get into the Guinness Book of World Records. As he neared his fortieth birthday, he formulated a specific record that he could set: the world's largest hand drawn maze. Wos approached Guinness with his idea:

Guinness accepted Mr. Wos's proposal on condition that it be 10 square meters, or 107.6 square feet, drawn by him alone, with witnesses—five people are witnessing and signing off at regular intervals—and that it be solvable.

It is this last requirement that is preventing Wos from completing the record. No one wants to take up the laborious task of solving the maze:

"Let's face it, it will be a pain," acknowledges Mr. Wos, who estimates the task at 30 to 40 hours. There is also a slim chance he has inadvertently sealed the winning path. "I'm 99.4% sure it can be solved," he says.

His 10-year old son is willing to try, but only for $20 per hour.

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Fighting zombies? Fixing your alternator? You'll need a tool for both jobs. Enter the Mechanic's Machete, a tool designed specifically for post-apocalyptic scenarios. Its maker, Instructables member EV Builder, is also working on a solar-powered electric vehicle that will be ideal after the collapse of civilization.

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In this clip from the old TV show Record Breakers, five Royal Marines turned on and off the engine of a Ford Escort, took it out, put a new one in, then drove the car ten meters.

...in just 42 seconds.

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I prefer bolo ties although (or because) my wife forbids them. Maybe I should try this bow tie look as an alternative. Etsy seller Caryn cut it out of a copy of Danielle Steele's Fine Things.

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Since deep frying improves all things and all things can be deep fried, it follows that all things should be deep fried to promote the general welfare. Nick of DudeFoods, a skilled practitioner of the craft, has done precisely that by successfully deep frying unmelted blocks of nacho cheese.

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Why didn't these catch on? Oh, the surfboards may have been unwieldy in heavy (road) traffic. But they were clearly effective at attracting the attention of fetching young ladies.

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Judith Huf spotted this gigantic puffball fungus while photographing butterflies at the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in Wisconsin. She put her hat and glasses on it to give you a sense of its size.

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First, boil the onions to soften them. Then core them down to one or two layers. Don't go too thin, or you'll later suffer a containment breach. Fill them with the soufflé mix and bake for 30 minutes at about 400°F.

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In proper grenade fishing, you're supposed to throw grenades, not catch them. Tell that to Matt Tucker, who was fishing in a lake near Springfield, Missouri:

He noticed an old sock near his lure and pulled the odd bit of trash out of the lake.

Inside the sock? A Vietnam-era pineapple hand grenade with the safety pin still intact.

“I felt the weight to it and felt the ridges of the pineapple and knew what it was,” said Tucker, who formerly served in the Army. “I looked at it and found it wasn’t a dud — it wasn’t drilled out."

Was it a live grenade? According to a US Army bomb disposal technician, yes:

“The pin was still in it,” Herbert said. “Based on the X-rays we saw, I’m going to call it armed,” Herbert said.

Let's just be glad he wasn't noodling.

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It has hearts, inlaid Swarovski crystals and a cool camouflage pattern. In short, this customized Sig Sauer P226 by TJ's Custom Gunworks has everything a man would want to keep in his holster. 

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Why? Because YOLO. Because Equestria is best seen with the wind whipping through your mane. That is probably why Anime Amy sculpted this custom pony with a working LED headlight and, presumably, thunderous pipes.

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Care for some Wensleydale babies? No? Well, the offer is open.

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The value of pi has been calculated to ten trillion places, so these skywriters in the San Francisco area have a bit more to go for their Pi in the Sky project. But keep it up, guys. You're doing great so far. 

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There's no pen in this picture, but it took me a few seconds to notice. Annie Ralli, an artist in London, made this and other eye-tricking body paintings for an ad campaign.

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Jacqueline Lou Skaggs made twelve tiny oil paintings not on canvas or wood, but pennies. This one, "Field of Sleeping Peasants," is an homage to Pablo Picasso. You can view the rest at the link.

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