There have been several shark attacks off the Outer Banks of North Carolina in recent weeks. As a prank, Scott and Sandi Bergman rigged PVC pipes into protective cages and painted them to look like steel. Then they walked out into the water off the beach town of Kill Devil Hills.
I'm not sure if the lifeguard is in on the joke.
-via Stuff
At the Dirt Quake IV rally in King's Lynn, Norfolk, UK, Alan Birtwistle demonstrated how low he could go. With every pass, the track officials lowered the limbo pole just a bit lower.
This should be incorporated into every motorcycle race.
-via Jalopnik
First sea bunnies, now sea sheep? >> http://t.co/LYGFFMYJOq pic.twitter.com/2F6n34RuIv
— AnimalPlanet (@AnimalPlanet) July 22, 2015
This is Costasiella kuroshimae -- the Leaf Sheep. It's appropriately named because it looks like a sheep with green wool. What makes this little fellow so amazing is that it can eat algae and use the chloroplasts inside to absorb energy from light. Ameena Schelling writes for Discovery:
Leaf sheep retain the chloroplasts from the food they eat and use them to manufacture their own energy — just like a plant would. The process, known as kleptoplasty, is only found in certain sacoglossan sea slugs. While leaf sheep aren't particularly good at photosynthesizing, some species can live for months on photosynthesis alone.
-via Geekologie
Kaleb Lechowski's banana came with extra protein. Isn't that nice? Unfortunately, that extra nutrient escaped before he could finish his meal.
Be sure to watch Lechowski's final line.
-via First We Feast
This beautiful and unusual house design is the brainchild of Jono Williams, an engineer and graphic designer in New Zealand. It has 270 square feet of living space and is powered entirely by solar panels. Williams can control all of the electrical appliances with an Android smartphone.
They're not the fashion police, so there will be no citation for that ugly fanny pack that you insist on carrying everywhere. But the New York City Police Department would like for you to wear them on the front instead of the back, if you insist on wearing one at all, which apparently you do.
-via Jalopnik
The Cambridge Science Centre at Cambridge University is located close to the serene Cam River, where punting is a popular form of recreation. Punting is an athletic activity and punters there are traditionally fueled by Chelsea buns, a type of sweet roll. Specifically, they’re fond of the Chelsea rolls made by a particular bakery and restaurant called Fitzbillies.
To promote their activities, the staff of the Science Centre decided to propel a punt down the river using a rocket instead of oars. The rocket itself would be powered by Fitzbillies buns. They made this engineering miracle work by freezing the buns into a solid block, then blowing nitrous oxide through a hole bored through the center of the block. This produced gas, which produced propulsive force. You can see a video of the successful launch at BBC News.
People who carry selfie sticks aren’t vain, just well-prepared. Our case in point today is Erynn Johns, 16, of Austin, Texas. She and her parents were swimming off the island of Nantucket. Erynn had a GoPro video camera on the end of a selfie stick. When a riptide pulled her under, she was unable to rise to the surface of the water. Her father pulled her up by grabbing onto the end of her selfie stick. The Boston Globe reports:
Lou Lou P’s Delights, a bakery in Leeds, UK, has received a lot of attention since photos of its loaves of bread shaped like cats went viral. If you’re a dog person, then this bakery has something for you too. Under a challenge, Lou Lou P invented the Pugloaf, a pug-shaped loaf of bread. There is no dog more loaf-like than a pug, so before you try to eat a Pugloaf, make sure that it’s not an actual pug.
-via Foodiggity
When you’re in prison you may find yourself forced to do whatever it takes to survive, and when you don’t have any regular weapons handy you’re forced to improvise.
Prison personnel try to stay vigilant about rooting out and eliminate anything that can be used to craft a cutter, sticker, strangler or shooter, but cons are crafty. They prove that necessity is the mother of invention by crafting deadly weapons out of whatever’s handy.
You’ve probably heard about a toothbrush or broom handle shiv but incredibly some guy made one out of toilet paper.
While that shank was crappy yet effective, this cleverly crafted crossbow is just plain brilliant in its design:
Check out what was used un the making of this impressive junk weapon:
10 toothbrushes (they should really just limit inmates to rigorous Scope rinsings), tongs, string, a lighter and darts made out of tinfoil and cotton swabs.
Read the Cracked classic 9 Regular Objects Turned Into Insane Prison Weapons
The Nazis were incredibly thorough when it came to whitewashing their public image, and any images that cast them in a humorous, ridiculous or strangely sexy(?) light were simply not allowed.
Meanwhile, Hitler and the Nazis tried to live normal lives, carrying on like normal folks and occasionally cheesing it up for the camera.
These fun photos were the bane of the Nazi’s propaganda department, and they were strictly verboten by Der Fuhrer himself even though he seemed to be enjoying himself while he posed for the pics.
Vintage Everyday has put together a collection of The Secret Photographs Adolf Hitler Wanted to Ban from the World Forever, which includes this sinister moment:
-Via Dangerous Minds
Frodo knows many things- how to trim your foot hair so it doesn’t look too feminine, when to throw rotten fruit at an orc and when to walk away, and the prime season to pick pipeweed.
But Frodo’s knowledge of other things is rather limited, and when it comes to finding his way across Middle Earth he’s absolutely hopeless.
This comic masterpiece from UP and OUT by Jeremy Kaye captures the feeling of being Frodo on the freeway flawlessly!
-Via Geeks Are Sexy
There’s nothing like a group of violent racists marching down the middle of the street to ruin a town’s day, but when the mean marching is accompanied by the soothing sounds of the tuba sousaphone their cause becomes a big joke!
A group of KKK members hit the streets in South Carolina to spread some hatred, but they didn’t know a crafty sousaphone player was waiting to ambush them with a suitably campy soundtrack. Excelsior! (May contain NSFW language)
-Via GOOD
Ever since the internet took over our lives cats have risen through the ranks of petdom to become the ultimate animal superstars!
From grumpy faced curmudgeons to kittehs who prefer the company of boxes to humans, our feline friends totally rule our lives, and now you can show your dedication to them with a fun cat themed NeatoShop t-shirt!
Our love of cats began early on
Catacomb by ivejustquitsmoking
When we discovered that they're just like us in many ways
They get into violent disagreements with other cats
They fight for freedom wherever there's trouble
Capturing pocket monsters can be a lot of fun, but when you snag yourself a Porygon the world becomes a much more radical place! The Porygon unlocks virtual worlds beyond your wildest dreams, and their inherent flashiness will surely cause their trainers to have happy little seizures! The Porygon brings the dance party with it wherever it goes, making pokedex seem like an obsolete hunk of junk, and when those virtual lights start flashing everyone will be doing the stop, drop and squirm like a bunch of Barboach!
Add some totally radical pocket monster style to your geeky wardrobe with this Rad Poly! t-shirt by Miski, it's the flashiest way to catch 'em all!
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