Nobody Wants to Get Married at Eric Schmidt’s House, Because of Kim Kardashian
Eric Schmidt is the owner of a mansion in Montecito, California that’s so beautiful and gorgeous that even the rich and famous use it to hold their weddings and parties. But apparently, not anymore....
View ArticleThis Is One Awesomely Perfect and Refreshing Example of Surface Tension
Missing the Olympics? Trapped in the office dying to dive in a pool or the sea? Love physics? If the answer is yes to any or all of this questions, you will love this amazing image of a swimmer about...
View ArticleEvery Time You Torrent, Feds Log Your IP in Just Three Hours
Anyone who has downloaded pirated music, video or ebooks using a BitTorrent client has probably had their IP address logged by copyright-enforcement authorities within three hours of doing so. So say...
View ArticleMIT Develops Way to Magnetically Separate Oil from Water
After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, it seemed everyone was on the brink of discovering the definitive method for separating oil from water. Hair. Straw. Sand. A lot of...
View ArticleSitting in Line for an iPhone Has Somehow Gotten Even Sadder
iPhone line-sitting has never been a proud endeavor, but at least there was something pure about the diehards and wackos that set up shop outside Apple Stores for days, even weeks ahead of launch. This...
View ArticleNetflix Is Getting a Ricky Gervais Comedy Show
Ricky Gervais, excellent roaster of Hollywood and the funnyman behind The Office and Extras, is taking his talents to Netflix. His latest show Derek—in which he writes, directs and stars—will be...
View ArticleIran Shuts Down Google; Will Completely Cut Citizens Off the Internet
While Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in New York saying some words nobody believes, his cronies at home are shutting every single one of their citizens out of the internet. Their excuse: ‘we...
View ArticleTop of the First Antarctic Explorers’ Packing List: Lots and Lots of Cocaine
Headed out to explore the frigid Arctic? Better pack some blow. Scottish author Gavin Francis details the medical supplies early 20th century expeditions took on their treks to the South Pole, and they...
View ArticleThe Twitter CEO Paradox: Loves Jokes, Hates GIFs?
Twitter is many things to many people; a boring logo, a social media dictator, a chance to keep up with the insane murmurings of former Professional Baseball Player Jose Canseco. It takes a gigantic...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Photobomb
I love this image. Two kids playing basketball while NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour peeks from a corner on the background. It’s like, “Sup boys? No interest in f*cking science or what?” According to...
View ArticleThis Is What Live-Tweeting a War Looks Like
A conflict is escalating in Gaza, where the Israeli Defence Force has been engaged with Hamas for the past several days. And whoever is running the IDF’s Twitter account has decided to live-tweet the...
View ArticleAutonomy Founder: HP’s a Bunch of Lying Liars
The HP-Autonomy multi-billion dollar ticklefight has escalated quickly from buck-passing to finger-pointing; in an interview today with the Wall Street Journal, Autonomy founder Mike Lynch gently...
View ArticleYou Can Download Your Whole Archive of Tweets By the End of the Year
From the first sandwich you ever described in 140-character form to the last joke you tweeted that disappointingly fell flat—by the end of 2012, you should be able to download every tweet you’ve ever...
View ArticleThere’s a Major Grand Canyon Controversy Going On Right Now
Conventional Grand Canyon wisdom holds two things to be true: it is exceptionally deep, and about five million years old. A new study, though, has pegged the yawning chasm’s age as more than 10 times...
View ArticleA Round-Trip Ticket to the Moon Will Cost You a Mere £466 Million
Let’s face it; you’re never going to be an astronaut. And even if you were, there’s no chance NASA would send you anywhere but the ISS. Lucky for you, a company called Golden Spike is officially...
View Article10 James Bond Gadgets That Actually Exist — And One That Needs To
There have been 23 Bond movies made In the past 50 years — full of lethal, handy, futuristic, awesome, and sometimes funny gadgets. Most are still too fantastic to be real, but some have transcended...
View ArticleWild Dolphins Giving Gifts to Humans Is a Real Thing That Happens
According to a new scientific paper, dolphins at the Tangalooma Island Resort in Australia have been observed giving gifts to humans 23 separate times since 1998. Yep. This is adorable. The gifts...
View ArticleThis Dust Storm Is So Huge It Looks Like a Crazy Tsunami Wave
Our planet is absurd. Take, for example, this crazy dust storm off the coast of Australia. It looks like something out of a Michael Bay film. The photos were taken by Fishwrecked message board poster...
View Article22 Beautiful Rotary Phones From The Past Century
It’s possible that some of you have never seen a rotary phone in real life. It’s likely that many of you have never used a rotary phone: heard the pulse take the place of the tone, mustered your...
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