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3 February 2012 at 11 : 57 AM
Water Jet Pack Lets You Fly Above The Waves Like A Superhero
Everybody has at some point in their lifetime wished they could fly. This isn't flying, per se, but it might just be the next best thing. JetLev has introduced a new jetpack that pulls water from a tube that hangs below you and propels it out through a couple of jets so powerfully, that it propels you about 20 feet into the air and lets you cruise ...
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3 February 2012 at 10 : 06 AM
Unidentified Creature Washed Up in San Diego – What is it?
This week, a the corpse of a rotten dead animal washed up on the beach in San Diego, California. People are still trying to figure out what it is, and of course the internet starting trying to guess what it is, and a lot of people are saying it's some sort of monster or demon. Of course, it's far more likely to be something really boring. My guess is, ...
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1 February 2012 at 10 : 54 AM
Hilarious Word & Name Pronunciation Videos!
There are a couple of related YouTube channels that offer really easy and fun - and often pretty hilarious - guides to pronouncing various words in English, including names of famous people that are hard to pronounce. Of course, this is fantastic because it would be absolutely embarrassing to loudly and completely botch the name of some famous celebrity ...
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30 January 2012 at 10 : 18 AM
Insane Dirt-bike Ride On Mountain Summits in Snow
It's one thing to take your dirt bike down to the local motocross track and go for a spin. It's another thing to take it down some gnarly trails in the mountains. But almost nobody - except for this guy - would think to take their dirt bike into terrain normally reserved for people in crampons and mountain-climbing gear. According to the rider, ...
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27 January 2012 at 09 : 34 AM
Man Builds House out of 1.4 BILLION Shredded Euros
Why would you build a house out of 1.4 BILLION shredded Euros, you ask? Simple. To prove a point. Money is just worthless paper. Worthless paper is what people are committing suicide over, hurting and killing other human beings over, and ruthlessly abusing one another for. It's pathetic, and it's disgusting. It needs to stop. People need to wake up and ...
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26 January 2012 at 10 : 42 AM
7 Stupid Misconceptions About Home-schooled Kids
As a kid, I was home schooled for 5 years. Those five years were probably the best and most enjoyable 5 years of my entire educational career. They taught me how to think for myself, how to be self-motivated and driven, how to think outside the box, how to ignore stereotypes, and how to work independently. The hilarious thing is just how many ridiculous ...
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24 January 2012 at 10 : 30 AM
What the Google Privacy Policy Changes Mean to You
The internet is a bit up in arms again, as Google has announced its new privacy policy. This new policy takes over 60 different privacy policies and combines them into one new one, written in easy-to-understand, plain English. The funny part is that Google has actually changed little. The main difference here is that they are now telling you in plain ...
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23 January 2012 at 10 : 12 AM
Who Needs Rock Climbing When You Have Urban Freeclimbing?
Some people get a thrill from rock climbing, you know, in the mountains. That's fairly normal. They usually use safety lines and such. This guy is not one of those people. Instead of climbing mountains or cliffs, he decided to get into climbing buildings… without any safety gear. He just puts on a helmet cam and begins climbing really tall ...
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23 January 2012 at 10 : 09 AM
See 10 Popular Misconceptions Debunked
Most of us fall for at least one or two misconceptions, and some of us less fortunate (or less blessed in the IQ and knowledge departments) fall for all kinds of them. Here are 10 popular misconceptions held by millions of people, debunked one at a time in a really funny manner. Now, the next time one of your less fortunate friends or relatives ...
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20 January 2012 at 10 : 00 AM
Here’s Why Everyone Protested Yesterday
PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo. First off, PROTECT IP, SOPA, and PIPA are all basically variants of the same bill. They're all bad, and they all need to be stopped. The same way we stopped COICA last year, we need to stop these this year, and whatever awful laws the lobbyists cook up next year. It's absolutely ...
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