A video slideshow of a photographer Charlie Crane’s trip to the North Korean capital, with commentary. Link -via Reddit

Alex Healy posted this picture of a model that should appeal to a mathematician. http://www.alexhealy.net.nyud.net:8080/images/pi/pi_small.jpg to larger photo. -via Reddit

Pepsi has a cucumber-flavored soft drink that will be released June 12th in Japan. It will only be available for a limited time, unless, of course, it becomes a big hit. Link -via Gorilla Mask

A photo essay on the process of assembling the components of the space shuttle before a mission. http://inspireunderground.com/shuttle/? -via Reddit

The Goof Gallery is a section of Strange Science that chronicles mistakes made by early naturalists when trying to describe or illustrate species without the aid of photographs or first-hand experience. Note where the illustrator placed the tusks on this elephant skeleton. Link -via the Presurfer

These all-electric pink bunny slippers can do 15 mph, which is pretty good for house slippers! Link -via Say No To Crack

In Australia, you can get Chicken Tandoori at McDonalds. The McKebab is on the menu in Israel. Your McDonalds chicken sandwich can be served with salsa -in Japan! Will Work for Food has a roundup of different items McDonalds offers in countries around the world. Link -via Cynical-C

You’ve heard of the 5-second rule: anything that drops on the floor and is picked up within five seconds is still safe to eat. Students at Connecticut College ran an experiment to test contamination of foods dropped on the cafeteria floor.

The results: No bacteria were found on any food left on the floor for up to half a minute. Apple slices and Skittles both got germy after a minute (although one Skittle took five minutes).

That doesn’t mean I would recommend eating off the floor, no matter how fast you are. http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=124914&ran=137637 -via J-Walk Blog

Jamie Wieck designed this business card for Another Bloomin’ Designer.

For this project I set out to design a business card that a prospective client would want to keep on their table rather than in their pocket.

The result was a business card that worked like a miniature house-plant, growing alfalfa or cress when dipped in water - a business card for 'another bloomin' designer'.

http://www.jamiewieck.com/anotherbloomindesigner.htm -via Ursi’s Blog

Here's a chair you can sit in when you 're really "tired." -via Bits and Pieces

This is not a photograph, but a digital painting recreating a photo of a model named Tica. Artist Dru Blair has a detailed explanation of how it was done, including larger images of the process. http://www.drublair.com/comersus/store/workshops/tica.htm -via Militant Platypus

Eighteen-year-old Samantha Larson reached the peak of Mount Everest on May 16th and became the youngest person to have ever climbed all the world’s “seven summits”. Link to story. Link to her website. Link to her blog. -via Arbroath

This gives you an idea of how difficult it was to make progress in a war that spanned five years. There’s a date and casualty counter in the corner. Push play or go to YouTube. -via Reddit

I don’t know how feasible the idea of a single-story -storey skyscraper with one continuous corridor is, but it’s fascinating to think about. The building would be built in a spiral. If you walked around the spiral once, you’d be a level above or below where you started, taking neither stairs nor elevator. http://absidea.free.fr/wordpress/index.php/helix-a-1d-skyscraper-with-a-single-corridor/ -via Reddit

This chart tracks what baseball teams are paying their players vs. their winning record. You can move the date at the top (at the site) to follow how the teams are doing through the baseball season.

A steep blue line means that the team is doing well for its money, which reflects well on the team's General Manager. A steep red line implies that the team is throwing away money. The thickness of the line is proportional to the team's salary relative to the others.

Link -via J-Walk Blog