The World Worm Charming championship was held yesterday in Cheshire, England. Worm charming {wiki} is the act of attracting worms from the ground, originally for bait, but now also for competition. The world record is held by Tom Shufflebotham, who charmed 511 worms in 30 minutes! Link -via the Presurfer

Time to learn English! And spelling, too. -via Arbroath

It makes you pause when you find out things you bought new are now being sold as antiques. Distinctive Telephones sells antique, vintage, and reproduction telephones (the kind with a dial). I was a bit taken aback when I saw Princess phones for $182, but then I remembered how much Ma Bell charged for those phones new (on the monthly payment plan). http://www.distinctivetelephones.com/ -via Dump Trumpet

Link: PlayMyGame

At the site Play My Game, you can put yourself into a videogame! Upload a picture, choose from five games (boxiong, iDance, SuperMe, Cake Fight, or Birthday), and create an embeddable player. This is SuperMe shown. Link -via Ursi’s Blog

A tuxedo made of wine corks? That’s a corkxedo!

891 Corks Total

686 Corks in the Jacket

181 Corks in the Top Hat

24 Corks in the Cane

More than 240 Wineries Represented

Total Weight: Merely 15 Pounds

Oldest Cork: 1935 Chateau Lynch-Bages

Link -via Grow-A-Brain

In a fine example of cooperation in the animal kingdom, one panda boosts another to make an escape from their enclosure! Push play or go to YouTube. -via Digg

This weekend's full moon hangs lower in the sky than any other full moon of 2007, according to NASA, and it's a good time to be fooled.

When low on the horizon, the Moon can appear to be larger than when it's higher in the sky. It's all an illusion, scientists say, and it does not involve any enlarging effects of the atmosphere. Rather, it's all in your mind.

You can see this illusion Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings. Link

This is too funny. Scenes of Russian life, many from viral videos you're familiar with, set to the soundtrack of the trailer for the movie 300. From English Russia. Link (Thanks, Jan!)

Long before Tron in 1982, computers were used in the film industry. This article looks at the first computer rendering, the first computer animation, the first 3D CGI effects, etc. Link -via Grow-A-Brain

Jose Geraldo Pfau Kings, an advertising executive in Santa Caterina, Brazil makes tiny motorcycles from watch parts! They are not for sale. Link -via the Presurfer

This bizarre bat species hadn’t been seen in 40 years, and has never been photographed before. German biologist Natalie Weber found 16 Maclaud's horseshoe bats in a cave in Guinea and took the picture. The bat’s face folds are thought to be an aid in echolation. Link -via The Pet Blog

Think Geek has a t-shirt you can customize, wash, and customize again! Fill in the blanks for the "I'm in ur..." meme and express your daily geekiness. Comes with a marker. Link (Thanks, Jan!)

The Palm Beach Zoo announced the arrival of red ruffed lemur triplets, born May 21st. This lemur species is critically endangered, with only around 1,000 surviving in the wild. Isn’t this one adorable? Yes, he or she needs a caption. http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2007/06/28/0628lemurs.html -via Fark

The catchy-sounding De Dion-Bouton et Trapardoux was built in France in 1884, and amazingly, it’s a three owner car. Among its many credentials, “La Marquise” is a steam-powered four-wheeled car that is believed to have won the first automobile race.

This car will be auctioned off at Pebble Beach in August. It is expected to bring in 1.5-2 million dollars. http://news.windingroad.com/body-stylesmarket-segment/convertibles/worlds-oldest-car-headed-for-auction/ -via Fark

Cincinnati artist Hilary Wiezbenski designed these melting wall clocks, reminiscent of Salvadore Dali’s Persistence of Memory. Clocks can be ordered in several shapes and many colors, and you can have your clock embellished with an ant or fly if you like. http://pragmaticeffects.com/_mgxroot/page_10779.html -via J-Walk Blog