Fark displayed its 3 millionth active thread today. Fark is an odd news aggregator and networking site launched by Drew Curtis in 1999. Fark now receives around 2,000 submissions a day. Congratulations to Drew and the gang at Fark on the milestone! Link
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Fark displayed its 3 millionth active thread today. Fark is an odd news aggregator and networking site launched by Drew Curtis in 1999. Fark now receives around 2,000 submissions a day. Congratulations to Drew and the gang at Fark on the milestone! Link
The Watercone is a low-tech device for turning saltwater into fresh water for human consumption. You put saltwater into the base, set it in the sun, and as the water evaporates and then condenses, it runs into the trough at the cone’s edge, leaving the salt in the base. Turn it over and pour the water out of the top! Link -via Reddit
It seems solid to me, but to a physicist this is a valid question. Glass is one of the
As water cools to its freezing point, it crystallizes into ice. When glass cools from a hot liquid, it slows down but never crystallizes. Researchers at Emory University have studied the phenomenon for years, but have yet to find a definitive answer, which could greatly impact the science of nanotechnology. Link
"squishy" substances that cannot be pinned down as a solid or liquid. Referred to as "soft condensed materials," they include everyday substances such as toothpaste, peanut butter, shaving cream, plastic and glass.
As water cools to its freezing point, it crystallizes into ice. When glass cools from a hot liquid, it slows down but never crystallizes. Researchers at Emory University have studied the phenomenon for years, but have yet to find a definitive answer, which could greatly impact the science of nanotechnology. Link
Lantern Fish is a beautiful and creepy animation of various deep sea fish, directed by Adam Gault and illustrated by Stephanie Augustine. http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=2669 -via Transbuddha
The Quagga looks like a cross between a zebra and some other animal, like the series of zebra posts on Neatorama just recently, but it was a type of zebra. The Quagga became extinct in the late 19th century. DNA analysis of the preserved remains of several Quaggas revealed that it was not a separate species, but a zebra subspecies. The Quagga Project hopes to selectively breed zebras with DNA similar to the Quagga in order to bring the Quagga back and reintroduce it to protected preserves in its former habitat in South Africa. Link -via the Presurfer
The morphing faces of movie stars. A video from Philip Scott Johnson (eggman913), who also brought you Women in Art. Push play or go to YouTube, where you’ll find a list of the pictured actresses.
The big nations (Russia, China, and the United States) vie to see who can win the most Olympic medals, but when the medal count is adjusted for population, the Bahamas are king! Sure, they’ve only won five medals in the last three Summer Games, but with a population of 331,000 that’s the most per capita medals. This map shows the countries that have won the most medals per million in population. Medal counts are only from the Summer Games since 1996, because the fall of the Soviet Union changed national boundaries considerably. http://www.unusualmaps.com/olympics.html -via Look at This
The Smoking Gun has another collection of mug shots featuring t-shirts with slogans (previous post). If you can’t see the example on the left, it says, “Trust me. I do this all the time.†I believe the photographers sometimes arrange the shots to include the t-shirt phrase! Link -via Fark
Speculation is that this video is viral marketing for the Cloverfield movie (also called 1-18-08), for the Halo film, or for the videogame Crysis (links go to Wikipedia). What do you think? Push play or go to YouTube. -via Viral Video Chart
Update: The secret is revealed!
Professor Robert Krampf demonstrates how to make a flame shoot out of an orange peel, move water with static electricty, or blow smoke rings out of a bottle. These are simple experiments most people could do at home, and will impress your children while teaching them scientific concepts. You can sign up to receive the Experiment of the Week via email, or look through the list of most popular experiments. Link -via Dump Trumpet
This cabin cruiser has been precariously balanced on top of mooring poles for two weeks, since flooding on the Avon River raised the water level ten feet. The £20,000 vessel is completely undamaged. It will be removed as soon as the muddy ground is dry enough to bring in a crane. Link -via Arbroath
My name is James, and I love things that are comically large! Nothing makes my day more than finding a pad of sticky notes that are bigger than they have any right to be, or seeing a story on the news about a woman who won the lottery and got handed a ridiculously large check!
Comically Large Things is a new blog of oversized anything, like this great big ant. If you have a picture of something that’s really big, he’d like to include it. Link -via Metafilter
This inflatable lounger has two joystick-controlled shrouded propellers to move you around. I want one of these, even though I don’t have a pool. How long do you think it would take to get across a lake in this thing? Link -via the Presurfer
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