Miss Cellania's Blog Posts

Who Played (Doctor) Who?


Doctor Who fans will get a kick out of today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss.
In the 45-year history of the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, ten different actors have played The Doctor (not counting movies, one-off charity specials, stage shows or audio dramas). Can you name all ten before time runs out?

You have three minutes. I didn't even attempt this, since I don't know the answers. You will, no doubt, do better. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16282

Ferrets in a Cup


Can anything be cuter than three baby ferrets in a cup? From Flickr user Dosh Dosh. Found at The Pet Blog. Link -via J-Walk Blog

Line Forms for 3G iPhone

Who are these people eating apples at the Apple Store in the Big Apple? A week before the product is available, a line began forming Friday for the new 3G iPhone at the Apple Store in Manhattan. Who would stand (or sit) in line that long? It's not so much Apple fanboys. Ten people from the group Waiting For Apples began the line, but after a rainy night, only five are left. Their goal is -get this- to set a record for waiting in line. Link

Energy from a Giant Rubber Snake


(YouTube link)

200-meter-long rubber snakes in the ocean could harness the power of waves to produce energy! The device is called the Anaconda, and is being tested by researchers at the University of Southampton. Link -via Digg

8 Crazy Championships

If you've read Neatorama for a long time, you've heard of the Wife Carrying Contest and the World Beard and Moustache Championships, but did you know about the Gumboot Throwing Festival? And who knew there was a thing called competitive sauna? Listverse has a rundown of 8 Crazy Championships. Who knows, you might want to enter one someday! Link -via the Presurfer

Techno Chicken


(YouTube link)

This is just silly, but it made me smile. -via Arbroath

Super Chuck Norris Bros.

WeGame link

Chuck Norris is the baddest video game character ever! And he has the weapons to prove it. I'm surprised this wasn't created years ago. (via Unique Daily)

Wear Your Helmet!

11-year-old Savannah Haworth was riding her bike home when a car ran over her arm, shoulder and head! She was taken to a hospital, but suffered only minor scrapes and bruises.
The helmet she was wearing bore the brunt of the impact and shattered into pieces.

Savannah's parents Harvey and Gillian believe if their daughter had not been wearing the protective head gear, she would now be dead.

Accounts manager Harvey said: 'Without her helmet Savannah would have sustained serious head injuries or would have been killed. She's been a very, very lucky girl.'

Link -via Unique Daily

I Met the Walrus


(YouTube link)

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it.

Directed by Josh Raskin with illustrations by James Braithwaite and Alex Kurina. -via Viral Video Chart

Husky Singing


(YouTube link)

This dog is singing along to Gwen Stephani's Sweet Escape. He's not that good, but he puts his heart into it! -via Arbroath

Volkswagen's One-Liter Car


Volkswagen's new microcar will seat two people and get a stunning 235 miles per gallon!
Volkswagen's had its super-thrifty One-Liter Car concept vehicle -- so named because that's how much fuel it needs to go 100 kilometers -- stashed away for six years. The body's made of carbon fiber to minimize weight (the entire car weighs just 660 pounds) and company execs didn't expect the material to become cheap enough to produce the car until 2012.

But VW's decided to build the car two years ahead of schedule.

A limited number of cars will be produced in 2010. The car will use a two-cylinder diesel hybrid engine, and will automatically shut off at stoplights -and (we hope) automatically restart when you hit the gas pedal. http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/laugh-at-high-g.html -via the Presurfer

Jedi Gym


(YouTube link)

A Star Wars nerd opens a gym for like-minded individuals. Just when you start to think this is too long, unexpected events make it something very different. -via Metafilter

The Fattest States


Calorie Lab's Fattest States rankings for 2008 are out, and Mississippi is number one for the third year in a row. Colorado has the smallest percentage of obese people.
West Virginia passed Alabama to become the second fattest state in 2008. The four states of Mississippi, West Virginia, Alabama, and Louisiana have obese populations that exceed 30 percent over a three-year average and two-thirds of the citizens of Mississippi and West Virginia were either overweight or obese by CDC standards in 2007.

Link -via Digg

Washington's Boyhood Home Found

Excavations at Ferry Farm in Virginia have turned up the foundation of George Washington's boyhood home. Half a million artifacts have been uncovered and are being studied for clues about Washington's early life.
"When you look at the normal biographies of Washington, they start when he's 23," said David Muraca, who oversaw the excavation as director of archaeology at the George Washington Foundation, which owns Ferry Farm.

"This piece of the story is very difficult for historians to get their hands around," he said. "This dig will let us start our stories much earlier."

Washington first lived in the house at Ferry Farm in 1738, when he was six years old. After seven years of work, the team has identified the floor plan, despite the fact that stones were recycled when the home was altered and remodeled over time. Link

(image credit: L.H.Barker (c) 2008.  All rights reserved.)

The Origins of Your Favorite Muppets

Many of the Muppet characters were inspired by real people or other fictional characters. Some Muppets changed over time as they became viewer favorites. Read the stories behind ten of them at mental_floss. Link

Email This Post to a Friend
""

Separate multiple emails with a comma. Limit 5.

 

Success! Your email has been sent!

close window

Page 2,477 of 2,623     first | prev | next | last

Profile for Miss Cellania

  • Member Since 2012/08/04


Statistics

Blog Posts

  • Posts Written 39,333
  • Comments Received 109,546
  • Post Views 53,127,280
  • Unique Visitors 43,695,590
  • Likes Received 45,727

Comments

  • Threads Started 4,986
  • Replies Posted 3,727
  • Likes Received 2,681
X

This website uses cookies.

This website uses cookies to improve user experience. By using this website you consent to all cookies in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

I agree
 
Learn More