The Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon is not the only television marathon happening this Labor Day Weekend. Interesting Pile has a list of the marathons various television networks will be running. Take your pick! I'm not familiar with all of them, but it seems the oldest is Star Trek: The Next Generation. Link (via Fark)

I collect antique cobalt glass, and I would love to have this old poison bottle! It's part of the The Antique Poison Bottle Hall of Fame, where you'll find all kinds of poison bottles submitted by owners from all over. Link -via Everlasting Blort

Cats with wings? The pictures are making the rounds of the internet, but it's not the first time. Link to pictures. Link to the explanation.

During the Cold War, the Unites States and the Soviet Union raced to see who would reach the moon first. But they also competed going the other way -drilling down through the earth. Both countries wanted to bore all the way through the Earth's crust to reach the mantle. The Soviets went down seven miles, and dug the earth's deepest hole.

At the Kola Institute, pictured, the Russians drilled for more than 15 years to reach a crust depth of 40,226 feet, a record that's never been broken. But however successful the mission was as an exploration, the geological findings from the site remain murky and obscured by the way they emanated out of the fading Soviet scientific machine.

Stanford geologist and drilling expert, Mark Zoback, said that the Kola borehole was "an anomaly" even within the rather grandiose field of superdeep drilling projects.

Read how they did it at Wired. http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2008/08/gallery_kola_borehole

Martha Stewart has put her name on an astounding array of products, from the truly mundane to the totally inexplicable.

Today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss asks you to guess which products can be found and purchased at Martha Stewart's website. No fair peeking! I only guessed four out of ten, because I didn't peek! http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17860

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Some stone monuments last forever. Sometimes a video lasts longer. -via Arbroath

Smashing Magazine has a collection of charming pictures showing how a motion blur effect can add a sense of speed to photographs. Link -via the Presurfer

Michael Weiss-Malik works for Google. They don't normally announce when the Street View vehicles will be out, but they did once to allow people to line up and get their pictures taken. Matt took advantage of this to "upgrade" his proposal to Leslie. She had already said yes, but this gives her something for the scrapbook! See the result on Google Maps. Read the story at a site Matt created for the occasion. Link -via Digg

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The Cat House on the Kings is a no kill, no cage shelter for homeless cats. Lynea Lattanzio has cared for 16,000 cats since 1992. -via Gigglesugar

The studies revealed that millions of years ago, penguins, snow seals and koalas ruled the earth. For sustenance, they feasted upon whales, dolphins, and other sea mammals to the point of near extinction. But the Narwhal went into hiding beneath the ice of the North Pole, biding their time, planning their revenge and sharpening their tusks. Finally, they re-emerged, tusks gleaming with newfound magical power, and fought back against the adorable creatures that threatened their existence. The battle was long, and many Narwhal were lost, but their strong will and sharp tusks were enough to stave off the cute ones temporarily.

See a closeup and read the full description from the back of the package at the West Virginia Surf Report. Available from Archie McPhee. Link -via Reddit

Paul Ives of Dartford, England, came home to find a man hanging in the window by his shoelaces! 32-year-old John Pearce, who was holding a hammer when found, tried to convince Ives that he became stuck while trying to stop burglars from gaining entrance to the house. Police though otherwise. Pierce's foot became stuck in the top of the window after he smashed it. He was left hanging for more than an hour.

Now the red-faced 32-year-old thief has appeared before Dartford magistrates in Kent where he admitted burglary with intent to steal.

Paul, 44, said: "The man must be the world's dumbest thief."

Pierce will be sentenced next month. Link -via Unique Daily

In the game Coign of Vantage, you are presented with a 3D cloud of pixels. Use your mouse to rotate it each way until you line it up to see the icon displayed in the corner. You are timed, if you care about scoring, but I just had fun doing it! http://www.bobblebrook.com/games/coign-of-vantage -via b3ta

Where did the nerd originate, both as a word an individual and, possibly, a species? What were the original societal perceptions of the nerd? How have these changed over the decades? Enter the world of the nerd and discover for yourself this fascinating and light hearted illustrated history of the origin of the species. Darwin, eat your heart out.

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Link four Furbys together to make a musical instrument! There's even one for sale on eBay. David Cranmer makes custom electronic musical instruments. He's posted step-by-step process for making a Furby Gurdy, with videos, pictures, and audio commentary. Link -Thanks, Moodindigo!

An alien species has been invading Britain for over 100 years, and they were just now noticed. They are snails!

For the past 110 years, a colony of snails has managed to crawl unnoticed from an imported stone balustrade brought from Italy in the 1890s, to claim a piece of British territory up to the terrace of the house just 27m (88ft) away.

A National Trust volunteer spotted the snails while cleaning some statues in the garden. It was the first time that anyone had realised that the Mediterranean mollusc had managed to establish a bridgehead into Britain – at the dizzy pace of about 25cm a year.

The snails are tiny, only about a centimeter in length. Link -via Digg