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Hang Nga's Tree House, or the Spider Web Chalet, is a hotel in Da Lat, Vietnam. Built by the daughter of an ex-president, it resembles a tree made of concrete. http://www.offbeathomes.com/the-spider-web-chalet/ More pictures here. -via Grow-A-Brain
Brazilian composer Hermeto Pascoal and O Grupo play water bottles, water jugs, and the lake itself. Push play or go to YouTube. Hear more of Pascoal’s music on his MySpace page. -via Metafilter
Flight nurse Chris Fogg was transporting a patient on June 27th when the plane window exploded. The twin-engine piper turboprop was cruising at 20,000 feet at the time! Fogg was sucked halfway out the window, with only his legs and one arm inside the plane. He managed to hold one while the pilot dived to a lower altitude to stabilize the cabin pressure, then pulled himself back into the plane. Uninjured, Fogg flew again the next day. Link (includes video simulation)
What seems to be a new species of squid has been found in Hawaii. The creature was retreived from a deep-sea water filter at the Natural Energy Laboratory.
According to Richard Young, an oceanography professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the specimen tentatively belongs to the genus Mastigoteuthis, but the species is undetermined.
War, who termed the specimen "octosquid" for the way it looked, said it was about a foot long, with white suction cups, eight tentacles and an octopus head with a squidlike mantle.
Mastigoteuthis {wiki} is the whiplash squid. Link -via Metafilter
Although you might be tired of internet image macros, death metal or black metal band publicity photos lend themselves to some pretty strange captions. The link at the end of the article will take you to more images. Link -via Look at This
A rare Sumatran tiger foiled poachers by escaping from a trap and surviving without his foot. The tiger was photographed in March and May by motion-sensor cameras in the Tesso Nilo national park.
In normal circumstances the beast would have been expected to die from blood loss or an infection, or simply to starve to death because of a severely reduced capacity to hunt.
However, to the astonishment of conservationists, the tiger appears to have recovered from the loss and is managing to catch enough food to keep it healthy. “His condition seemed quite stable,†Sunarto, a WWF biologist in Sumatra, said. “He has been surviving – I don’t know how. It’s very surprising he’s still alive.â€
The Sumatran tiger is the most endangered tiger in the world. Link -via Fark
Aerial Archaeology in Northern France has low-altitude photographs of the land and the often confusing images left by past residents. Clues to ancient land registries, past structures, and landscapes changes can often be seen from above. For example, what some would label as a crop circle in the picture above was identified as the traces of an Bronze Age funerary monument.
...this site is primarily a collection of images of the many ways that the past has left its trace, of the memory of the land observed from low altitude. You must first learn to decipher these "land hieroglyphics", which at first will seem puzzling and strange.
Link -via Ursi’s Blog
If you don’t speak the language, you can point to the symbols on this shirt to ask where to find what you need! Ladies may achieve faster results. Link -via Nag on the Lake
Chuck Lamb wants to play a dead body in your next movie or TV show, so he posted an online resume and gallery. He’s had some success, with four movies listed in his imdb page. He also has a list of the “Top 10 Things that has happened to me since I started Dead Body Guy.â€
10. Winning the L.A. Indie Award
9. Touring CNN and slobbering on Lou Dobbs' desk
8. Being in Wikipedia
7. My photo hanging at the world famous Carnegie Deli
6. Being in Penthouse Magazine (how many guys can say that?)
5. 2 page spread in the National Examiner TABLOID!!!!
4. Being a Jeopardy question
3. Playing dead on the red carpet at the Academy Awards
2. Selected as one of the best guest of 2006 on The TODAY Show
AND NUMBER 1!!!!
Hearing the legend Mickey Rooney say the "F" word
Link -via the Presurfer
Joey Chesnut set another world record for hot dog eating today, defeating six-time winner Takeru Kobayashi at Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island. Chesnut downed 66 hot dogs in twelve minutes. Kobayashi had a personal-best 63 hot dogs. Link
Despite the way they are dressed, these guys are pretty good. What, you didn’t know this song had words? Push play or go to YouTube. YesButNoButYes has this and eight other eclectic version of Stars and Stripes Forever, including hand fart, ukulele, and electric guitar. Link
Hot dogs are a traditional part of Fourth of July celebrations. Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories explains how to cook your weiners in a thoroughly unsafe way. Or you could just read about it.
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While we could give you lots of warnings about all the different dangers involved and how to possibly skirt them, the simple truth is that this just isn't safe. If you are foolish enough to attempt this, you will have to deal with pointy things, raw electricity out of the wall, hot steam, and the possibility of fire. If that isn't enough, and you succeed, you are still faced with the possibility of having to eat a hot dog. In summary: do not, under any circumstances, cook hot dogs this way.
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From Colour Lovers, the folks who brought you Butterflies and Their Color Palettes, here are pleasing color combinations gleaned from famous paintings. Link -via Dump Trumpet
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