Are you in college? Do you have a blog? College Scholarships.org is gearing up for third annual Blogging Scholarship giveaway. One blogger will win a $10,000 scholarship. You must enter by writing an essay and get it in by October 30th. Judges will narrow the competition down to ten finalists, who will be voted on by the online community. Link -Thanks, Giovanna Villanueva!
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Ew, what's that on your floor?
Do you know the feeling that you do not want to take a look at something, but you still do? The Road Kill carpet is a continues struggle between attraction and repulsion. It’s a warm, soft, cuddly carpet that attracts you to take a nap on it. But at the same time its a repulsive image of a car-flattened, bloody fox.
From Studio OOOMS. Link -Thanks, Jon Jason!
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Ben Stiller mugs it up in a Japanese drink ad. It's just one of a slew of videos in The Top U.S. Celebrities as seen in Japanese Commercials. Also see Madonna, Harrison Ford, Britney Spears, Anthony Hopkins and many more. Link -Thanks, chris!
Imagine staying in a castle built several hundred years ago. If these walls could talk! But some are rumored to do just that ...or have ghosts of former residents walking the halls. This post details ten such locations. Pictured is Brissac Castle in France, which was suddenly sold by its owner, Jacques de Breze, after his wife Charlotte and her lover were killed there. Her ghost is said to have remained afterward. Link -Thanks, Lauren Axelrod!
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Socyberty has a nice collection of vintage Halloween postcards from bygone days. Link -via the Presurfer
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Have you ever wanted to live in a round home? There are plenty of ways to do it!
See 25 different dome homes. Pictured is Steve Miller's (not the guitarist) Ply Sphere. Link -Thanks, Brian T!
Now, designers have planned dome homes, tents, personal mini-domes and fantastical structures that serve as beautiful homes, that save up to seventy percent on heating and cooling and that can withstand many “Acts of God.” While domes have their opponents, their objections - more often than not - have been overturned. Building codes, sound problems, privacy and weatherproofing all have been resolved through compromise, extensions, building in levels, and building with new materials. This type of home uses less material and labor and are suited to mass production.
See 25 different dome homes. Pictured is Steve Miller's (not the guitarist) Ply Sphere. Link -Thanks, Brian T!
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A youngster learns about lobsters. Wow! Can I touch them? No? I don't like to touch them! -via Arbroath
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Travis Fessler of Florence, Kentucky breaks the world record of putting the most Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches in his mouth by stuffing 11 roaches into his mouth at one time. This beats the previous record of 9 which was set by Jungle John Lamedica. The recod was broken by Fessler to promote Mayhem Mansion a charity haunted house in Morning View, Kentucky.
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Update: Check out Travis Fessler's website and business. And the site for information on Mayhem Mansion, the charity haunted house.
Today is the United Nations first ever Global Handwashing Day.
Have you washed your hands? Link -via Simply Left Behind, where you'll find more links on the subject.
Unicef says using soap to wash hands, particularly after contact with excreta, can reduce diarrhoeal diseases by over 40% and respiratory infections by 30%.
Diarrhoea and respiratory infections are the main cause for child deaths in India.
Nearly half the population of South Asia has no access to toilets, whilst in sub-Saharan Africa this figure is as low as 28%.
With such poor sanitation standards, it is little surprise that children in the region are susceptible to diarrhoea, hepatitis and pneumonia - often leading to their deaths, the UN says.
The UN is celebrating 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation.
Have you washed your hands? Link -via Simply Left Behind, where you'll find more links on the subject.
Here's a roundup of articles on research done on the doctor-patient relationship and statistics about medical care. Who knew that surgeons are (on average) taller and better-looking than other doctors? Other results cover more important subjects, like misdiagnosis or incorrect medication instructions. Link -Thanks, Karen!
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The grey-headed flying fox {wiki} is born while its mother hangs upside down! It seems counterproductive, but the I suppose the bat mother knows what she's doing. This was recorded at the Royalk BATanical Gardens last Sunday. -via Arbroath
This PC has been modded into a Battlestar Galactica tribute!
This Battlestar Galactica PC is the most impressive case mods I've seen in a long while, from the front side-loading optical drive player—located behind a laser-cut transparent BSG medallion, so you can actually see the disc spinning—to the opening side bay to see the interior of the PC to the front LCD screens to the top spacecraft carrier bay, with functioning runway lights.
See more photo and videos at Gizmodo. Link -Thanks, Jon Jason!
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Watch as a farmer in Colombia processes coca leaves into cocaine. It's a nasty procedure. -via Digg
The National Hockey League has changed quite a bit over the past few years. Can you name all 30 current NHL teams in 5 minutes? That's the challenge today in the mental_floss Lunchtime Quiz. I didn't even try, as I knew I would fail miserably. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19307
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