Movie quotes that count themselves down! Alonzo Mosley of the La-La Land Library took on quite a challenge for his first video project. Push play or go to YouTube. http://dieselpowerednuns.blogspot.com/ to Mosley’s blog. -via Militant Platypus

The white marble of the Taj Mahal in Agra is looking yellow due to air pollution. India’s parlaiment suggests a mud pack treatment may be in order.

"To restore the pristine glory of the Taj Mahal, as a conservation measure, the clay pack treatment, which is non-corrosive and non-abrasive, should be carried out for the removal of the accretionary deposits," the report said.

The report recommends that the application of a mud pack should be a regular event to keep the marble's surface clean.

The treatment is expected to take two months and cost around $230,000. Link -via Arbroath

Marek Turowski rode a rear-engine couch sponsored by Sofa.com at 92 miles per hour to break the world’s fastest furniture record! Turowski won an eBay charity auction for the priviledge of “driving” the sofa. Push play or go to YouTube. Link to story. -via the Presurfer

The Earth Guide from the Japan Science and Technology Agency is a beautiful infographic that answers science and geography questions such as “Where does the sky become space?” and "How is the Earth different from other planets?” You’ll learn a lot more on the way to the answers! http://jvsc.jst.go.jp/earth/guide/english/data/top.html -via Dump Trumpet

At Flower Garden, just click to plant a flower. Or a lot of them! Link -via Grow-A-Brain

You can have a wall clock or a desk clock made with your arms telling the time! I Got Clocked will make a clock with your picture and your choice of backgrounds. Link -via Ursi’s Blog

A collection of 111 different designs used for “Add to Cart” buttons on the top internet retailer’s sites. If you can’t guess who they belong to, a click on each button will take you to the online store. Link -via Metafilter

The Panda Chair was designed by Brazilians Fernando and Humberto Campana. My daughter would kill for this, but its a limited edition of 25 chairs. Link -via Dump Trumpet

If you want to set up a meeting with a friend somewhere between where you both are, you can consult A Place Between Us. Enter your location, your friend’s location, and the type of place you want to meet. For example, if I were in Charleston and wanted to meet a New York friend for lunch, Gaithersburg, Maryland is about halfway between. This Google Map-based application suggested four restaurants in the area. Link -via the Presurfer

Plupon is an addictive math game. You get big points by combining three numbers to total ten or twenty. Smaller points if you go under, and you can combine small numbers to make a bigger number. Minus points if you go over. Unused numbers count against your time. http://ece4co.vis.ne.jp/sw/2007/05/post.html -via Metafilter

Tvashtar is a volcano on Io, one of Jupiter’s moons. The New Horizons space probe captured five frames of an eruption, which became the first "movie" of an otherworldly eruption. The plume in the image reaches 200 miles above the surface. http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/gallery/missionPhotos/pages/051407.html -via Metafilter

New York City’s deadliest terror attack before 9/11 took place at the corner of Wall Street and Broadway on September 16, 1920, when a horse-drawn wagon was abandoned by its driver.

A bomb consisting of one hundred pounds of dynamite packed with five hundred pounds of cast-iron slugs violently vomited red-hot shrapnel and destruction in every direction. A number of passers-by were instantly vaporized by the extreme heat and pressure. The blast sent a nearby automobile careening through the air as countless jagged iron fragments ripped through the crowd.

Damn Interesting, where you often find history you’ve never heard, has the story. Warning: gory details. Link

Georg Gerster is a Swiss aerial photographer whose work spans 40 years, six continents, and 111 countries. This photo is Grand Prismatic Spring at Yellowstone National Park, taken in 1982. I could spend way too much time looking through his extensive gallery. Link -via Ursi’s Blog

A light made of ice? Yes, a ball of ice with an LED inside. Instructables has directions on making your own, with plenty of cool pictures. Link -via PAgent’s Progress

Jennifer Strunge makes monsters out of recycled clothing and linens. Each is a one-of-a-kind creation that she sells at Cotton Monster. According the the FAQ, they need to be handled gently, and although they may pretend to eat your arm, they prefer broccoli. Link -via Everlasting Blort