The Extreme Sport of Origami

there are only two rules: The folder may use just one sheet of square paper, and the paper cannot be cut or torn in any way

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They're filming Pirates 3 in my neighborhood!!!

So this weekend I was down in the redondo beach neighborhood having lunch, I look out on the water and see the Black Pearl out there...

so after some research..they are doing reshoots for the new movie out the coast of LA..I love it!!

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What exactly is a booger?

A rather unpleasant question, but it's one that needs an answer.

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Census Charts: How Well Is The Typical American Family Doing?

The Census Bureau issued its annual snapshot measuring how well the typical American family is doing, and a second report comparing communities across the country. The reports look at household income, poverty levels and health insurance among other topics. Here's a look at some of the key statistics.

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Call for fertility ban for obese women

The British Fertility Society is recommending women with a body mass index of 36 and over should not be allowed access to fertility treatment.

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Keith Olbermann Delivers One Hell Of a Commentary on Rumsfeld

Olbermann delivered this commentary with fire and passion while highlighting how Rumsfeld
�s comments echoes other times in our world�s history when anyone who questioned the administration was coined as a traitor, unpatriotic, communist or any other colorful term.

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Metal Storm - Worlds Most Powerful Pistol

The "Metal Storm" pistol, which can never jam, is the fastest firing and most powerful handgun in the world. This video also covers the larger "Metal Storm" weapons, which can fire 16,000 9mm rounds per second and 250,000 40mm grenades in a minute.

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Lie by Lie: Interactive Timeline of Bush's Lies

In this in-depth timeline there is a history of the Iraq War which might help to resolve open questions of the Bush era. Using quotes from government leaders it tries to figure out what they knew and when they knew it? And, perhaps just as important, what red flags did we miss, and how could we have missed them?

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Messing with telemarketers

A little while ago I put together a little application on our phone system so that when a telemarketer calls in, I can transfer them to this extension and annoy the hell out of them.

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Tim Ryan tears Bush a new one

Democrat Tim Ryan unleashes an absolutely scathing response to a proposed bill in U.S. Congress, aimed directly at the entire Bush administration. This video is a must-see, straight from the House floor in the United States of America. Hilarity ensues.

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Price Shock: US Homes (Graph)

REAL bubbles pop. They are fully formed one moment and gone the next. Financial bubbles rarely meet with such a definitive end, which has always been the biggest problem with the metaphor. They let out their air in unpredictable bursts, and it
�s usually impossible to figure out whether they have finished deflating or are just starting to.

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(Photo) Amazing Giant Fire Ant Raft Of Hell

Wouldn't want to run into this!

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United States versus $124,700 in U.S. Currency

No really, that's the name of the case.

The Eighth Circuit Appeals Court recently ruled that police may seize cash from motorists, citing that "possession of a large sum of cash is "strong evidence" of a connection to drug activity." Gonzales was never charged with any crime, but his cash was stolen by police anyway.

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Mom come here! There's a Black Guy down here...

What I think has to be a classic line from one of the ImprovEverywhere's series of "Missions" that one can find through YouTube.

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orangutan and cat - why they cant live in nature

Orangutan and cat living peacefully together

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Woman Reporter Gets Owned On Live TV - Grape Stomp

An absolute classic. This video of a news reporter falling off a platform and making HORRIBLE pain sounds on camera is one of those vids you can just never see enough. Best part? When they cut back to the studio: "Ooh, I think she's actually hurt..."

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Giant Swiss Army Knife offers 85 tools

Wenger, the manufacturer of the classic Swiss Army Knife, has revealed a 9-inch long, 2-pound "knife" which carries 85 instruments, or: almost every tool that has ever been on a Swiss Army Knife, ever. The list includes seven different knives, a golf shoe spike wrench, a bike chain rivet setter, and a laser pointer with a 300ft range.

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Czech It Out - Marijuana Isn't The Problem, Drug Laws Are

The Czech Republic is the only place on Earth to have completely thumbed their noses at the common drug charter of the U.N. So you would think that the country must have a serious drug problem right? There must be tons of crime and disgusting elements in public, right?

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A million thanks! Yes... A MILLION!!! (Flash Animation)

Weirdest flash animation ever! You gotta see it for yourself! I think i'll be sending this to all of my dearest friends... muehehehehe

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helicopter crash in new york city (scary)

A news helicopter in Brooklyn crashes in the middle of it covering a news story.

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The Hiroshima Bomb - Computer Generated Remake

Very well made CGI footage of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb blowing up.

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That's Not a Penis Pump, It's a Bomb!

Mardin Azad Amin found himself in a tight squeeze last week when security at O'Hare Airport discovered a suspicious-looking object in his luggage. Rather than admit it was a penis pump, because his mother was standing next to him, he told security the object was a bomb. Now he faces felony disorderly conduct and up to three years in prison.

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Micheal Jackson's chocolate factory

Take a guess what its about

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Angry Irish man threatening "Walk of Shame" gets free Intel iMac

As humorous as the image of an impatient Irishman walking across a large portion of the country with an iMac G5 strapped to his back is, it didn't happen. Not shortly after his complaint hit the media, Apple Ireland got wind of news about the man with the plan and about ninety minutes later, he had a brand new Intel iMac at his door.

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What not to do in jail..

Too funny to describe. It is about 60 seconds of funny...

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225 pranksters shop in slow motion at Home Depot - hilarious

Improv Everywhere is at it again! This past Saturday, 225 people descended on Home Depot in Madison Square Park to shop in slow motion. This is the same flash mob group that organized the fake U2 rooftop concert and invasion of Best Buy with lookalike-employees.

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Refuse to be Terrorized

The people terrorists kill are not the targets; they are collateral damage. The real targets of terrorism are the rest of us: the billions who are not killed but are terrorized because of the killing. The real point of terrorism is not the act itself, but our reaction to the act. And we're doing exactly what the terrorists want.

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Deniro reading terrorist names on SNL

Old but still classic.

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ISS astronaut takes cool photo of erupting volcano

Ubinas is an active volcano in Peru. This image from the ISS captures an ash cloud 1 hour & 45 minutes after it was first observed on satellite imagery August 14, 2006. This photo looks like it could be from another planet. Be sure to check out the full image (link is below photo).

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Ten things colleges should start teaching you

Guy Kawasaki feels that college does not prepare you for the working world, so he made a list of 10 things that colleges should teach you and why. Some of the things are: how to talk to your boss, how to survive a meeting that's poorly run, how to figure out anything on your own, and how to explain something in thirty seconds.

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NASA's World Wind giving google earth a run for its money!

What could be better than google earth? How bout being able to track real time weather, fires, floods, sandstorms all across the globe by the click of the mouse! Also super maps of Saturn, the Moon, EVEN A DEEP SPACE VIEWER! WOW is all I can say. NASA has out done itself with this one, I can't believe this hasn't been covered more on digg...

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Pacman 3D Prank

Pacman is chased through a college by a ghost.

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Official Compilation of Bush's Iraq Claims

"A collection of misleading and inaccurate public statements made by the five Administration officials most responsible for providing public information on Iraq. The source of this information is a report created by the US House Committee on Government Reform." Justice is coming. Resist the Dark Side.

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High Resolution Image of Naboo

Beautiful image.

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You can drive 155 if it's for charity

There, with the road cleared of traffic, Highway Patrol allowed unlimited speeds and planned to 'catch' each car on radar and write out a ticket. The "offender" would pay the "fine" to charity and get to keep the speeding ticket as a memento. Several drivers had planned to frame the tickets as proof they had been "caught" doing 150 or more.

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You can drive 155 if it's for charity

There, with the road cleared of traffic, Highway Patrol allowed unlimited speeds and planned to 'catch' each car on radar and write out a ticket. The "offender" would pay the "fine" to charity and get to keep the speeding ticket as a memento. Several drivers had planned to frame the tickets as proof they had been "caught" doing 150 or more.

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Jon Stewart Slams the Media on JonBenet Ramsey Coverage

Jon Stewart takes the mainstream media to town on their ridiculously sensationalistic coverage of the recent break in the JonBenet.

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Cool map of Starbucks & McDonalds taking over the world

This pair of maps show the global presence of Starbucks coffee shops and McDonald's restaurants. When examined graphically, both companies act as global hubs that connect some of the world's poorest, most remote countries with some of the wealthiest. Very cool yet freaky at the same time!

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Bush: Iraq Had �Nothing� To Do With 9/11

President Bush was in the midst of explaining how the attacks of 9/11 inspired his "freedom agenda" and the attacks on Iraq until a reporter, Ken Herman of Cox News, interrupted to ask what Iraq had to do with 9/11. "Nothing," Bush defiantly answered.

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Uncanny Synchronized Swimming Goldfish

This is either a trick of some kind or the guy who trained these goldfish is a genius (or someone with way too much time on their hands). Must see.

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George W. Bush's Impeachable Offenses

Title kinda says it... Sad as it is, this is sizing up to be one of our only viable options.

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Bush's final gamble: Giving Iraq a dictator?

US-backed dictator may not seem like such a bad option in Mesopotamia. And I feel Rumsfeld will be telling himself he knew it all along.

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How I (color blind person) see the world!

After 26 years I discovered that I see the world in a different way than all others see it!
I'm a successful web designer, and a lot of people were asking me "so, what do you see!!". This post is to make you see what exactly I see.

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I Think You Get Airline Frequent Flier Miles If You Drive This Bridge�..

The Millau viaduct is part of the new E11 expressway connecting Paris and Barcelona and features the highest bridge piers ever constructed. The tallest is 240 meters high and the overall height will be an impressive 336 meters, making this the highest bridge in the world.

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Another Reason To Respect Bush

In relation to how Tony Blair feels about Bush recently in respect to the Israeli conflict, the source said: "We all feel badly let down by Bush. We thought we had persuaded him to take the Israel-Palestine situation seriously, but we were wrong. How can anyone have faith in a man of such low intellect

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How are you going to explain this to the insurance

An accident that the insurance company wouldn't believe..

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Generals: War Over, Bush Must Negotiate

Twenty-one former generals and high ranking national security officials have called on George W. Bush to reverse course and embrace a new area of negotiation with Iran,Iraq, and North Korea. In a letter released Thursday, the group told reporters Bush's 'hard line' policies have undermined national security.

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The College-Football Success Index

Seeking a different way to measure the success of college football programs, we looked at how many of each school's alumni have made it to the NFL and how effective they've been there. After copying down every player who appeared on an NFL game roster in 2005 and sorting them by college, we devised a six-point scale and gave every player a score.

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The Easter Bunny Is a Bada$$

Seriuosly, he'll kick your butt. I always knew there was something not-quite-right about the Easter Bunny ...

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The Easter Bunny Is a Bada$$

Seriuosly, he'll kick your butt. I always knew there was something not-quite-right about the Easter Bunny ...

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Can Govt Make You Look Like A Terrorist? You Bet! Look at this graphic

Don't wrinkle your nose, press your lips together, raise your upper eyelids, or Heaven forbid thrust forward your jaws. If you don't like it, and if you believe that the most suspicious persons of all work for the TSA, you had better furrow your brow in private. Public display might result in detention.
Private security knows what works best

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AMAZING LEGO NEW YORK CITY!!! looks so real!

amazing!

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Bush to dead soldier's mom: How do you know his life would have been good?

Dolores tried to give Bush a sense of what type of person Erik had been. She described her son as a "comedian" whose favorite saying was, "Life is good." The president replied, "How do you know his life would have been good?"

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From 1955 - "The Good Wife's Guide"

This article was in the May 13, 1955 edition of Good Housekeeping. It provided tips for how to be a "good wife." The tone of the article is summed up by the last tip: "A good wife knows her place." A great view in to the past.

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Zero Gravity Dog

Watch this dog go weightless in the back of a plane! One pilot is hit in the shoulder, and doesn't look back!

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Adult's treehouse a dream come true.

This guy built a pretty sweet treehouse for his kid (and himself).

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Witness Glass Shattering from Human Voice Alone!!!!

The Mythbusters do it again! I honestly thought this was impossible until I saw this vid. Check it! Digg it! (For the impatient, human voice detonation at 15:16, but it's all pretty interesting)

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3 Mexican Fishermen Survive 9 Months in Pacific Ocean

A day fishing trip turned into a nine month ordeal of survival. These guys drifted 5,000 miles west across the Pacific Ocean, eating only raw fish and seagulls and rain water. Fortunately, the didn't have to resort to cannibalism and were picked up close to the Marshall Islands on 9 August.

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'Hybrid Mutant' Found Dead in Maine

Residents are wondering if an animal found dead over the weekend may be the mysterious creature that has mauled dogs, frightened residents and been the subject of local legend for half a generation. The animal was found near power lines along Route 4 on Saturday, apparently struck by a car while chasing a cat.

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How Kissing Works

Scientists don't entirely agree on whether kissing is learned or instinctive. Experts estimate that hundreds or even millions of bacterial colonies move from one mouth to another during a kiss. Yet anthropologists report that 90 percent of the people in the world kiss.

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Eat These Specific Foods To Raise Your Metabolism and Help Burn Body Fat

Good list of Thermogenic Foods.

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Scariest airplane landing you may ever see

This passenger jeet comes in too hard, stressing the landing gear and ripping parts of the structure, including the tail, clean off.

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Copperfield says he's found Fountain of Youth

Master illusionist David Copperfield says he has found the "Fountain of Youth" in the southern Bahamas, amid a cluster of four tiny islands he recently bought for $50 million.

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Why Jon Stewart should run for President

"I think that Jon Stewart should run for President of the United States. I know I
�m not the first to suggest it, and I doubt I�m the first to seriously consider it as a possibility, but I�ve given the idea some thought, and I�ve come up with 8 reasons he should run."

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Why College Football is better than the NFL

20 reasons... Begining with Passion...

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What Is Rally Racing?

This video shows you all the aspects of rally racing. Mitsubishi, Subaru, Citroen, Ford, Audi...all going head to head.


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Scariest airplane landing you may ever see

This passenger jeet comes in too hard, stressing the landing gear and ripping parts of the structure, including the tail, clean off.

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Greed Is Good? Yes! It drives us to do many good things in the marketplace

"In a free market, you get more for yourself by serving your fellow man," said economist Walter Williams. "You don't have to care about him, just serve him. Greed gets people to cooperate. If you want to benefit from other greedy people, you have to make sure they benefit from you."

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Tomorrow @ 21:30, the US war in Iraq will outgrow their involvement in WWII

On August 15, 2006 21:30 EST the United States will have been at war in Iraq longer than it was at war with Germany in World War II.

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New Telescope Identifies 2300 Possible Solar Systems in Orion

Astronomers have long scrutinized the vast and layered clouds of the Orion nebula, an industrious star-making factory visible to the naked eye in the sword of the famous hunter constellation. Yet, Orion is still full of secrets. A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope probes deep into the clouds of dust that permeate the nebula.

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Pictures that Lie

Here are some examples of image trickery that's only a few mouse clicks away from us. They include John Kerry, Oprah Winfrey and Iraqi refugees.

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Grade 3 Geography Test

Try to place all of the US states correctly on a map within a certain amount of time. A lot harder than I thought, and pretty fun too.

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Kermit the frog on daily show

Kermit throws Mr Stewart off balance. Great watch.

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Hillbillies Mess With Wrong Guy And Get Gun Pulled On Them

Lots of swearing, but man, it's good to see dumb people get their asses handed to them.

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An old hi-resolution colour photograph of London - circa 1930's?

I found this photo embedded in the Wikipedia article of London, without any comments or even a description. It is an old photo taken at Piccadilly Circus looking up Shaftsbury Avenue. This is a great photo - something that you don't see often as it is in colour!
A great and interesting peek into the past.

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Panda-Dog: The Cutest Dog I Have Ever Seen

What would you get if you crossed a puppy with a panda? Watch this video to find out.

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Dear Senator, I wanna be illegal!

This is freakin' hilarious! A Maryland resident petitions his senator and asks how he can become an illegal alien. read his letter.


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Now For Something Truly Bizarre

Variations in the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii "may explain a substantial proportion of human population differences we see in cultural aspects that relate to ego, money, material possessions, work and rules." It sounds like an absurdly grand claim, but toxoplasma, a protozoan, is such strange organism that it might not be entirely crazy.

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Read This And Tell Me If You Still Respect Bush...

Although George W. Bush is probably not the worst president in U.S. history (Woodrow Wilson may have that dubious honour), the president may be in contention for that title in the post-Second World War era.

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Read This And Tell Me If You Still Respect Bush...

Although George W. Bush is probably not the worst president in U.S. history (Woodrow Wilson may have that dubious honour), the president may be in contention for that title in the post-Second World War era.

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Cool photo of an orbital sunrise

As seen from the International Space Station.

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How NOT to Release a Leopard

Whatever you do, don't poke an angry leopard with a stick!

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Can I hug my son's killer, mom asks judge

"The mother of a Harlem teen gunned down by a 12-year-old told her son's baby-faced killer she forgives him - then asked the judge if she could hug him."

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Some of the most amazing Sept 11th pictures you might ever see

A photographer, who had worked for an alternative New York picture agency, had been carrying three cameras with him, when he left his home in Manhattan that sparkling Tuesday morning, and started walking south towards the plumes of smoke. He took some pretty amazing (and disturbing) pictures.

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Group apologizes for taking three years worth of Taco Bell sauces

The group returned six 40-gallon trash bags filled with approximately, 25,000 sauce packets to the restaurant.

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Survey: People only call an average of four people on their cell phones

Cell phone users spend lots of time talking into their devices, but they generally communicate with very few people. Just how few? Would you believe four?

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Six-hour work day 'key to bliss'

Sydney University academic Dr Caroline West says while work delivers self-esteem, income and social ties, more than four to six hours a day will bring anxiety, exhaustion and a poor quality of life.

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Bush Proposes War Crimes Amendment

When Bush is in trouble, he changes the law! Bush is proposing "amendments that would eliminate the risk of prosecution for political appointees, CIA officers and former military personnel for humiliating or degrading war prisoners." The Supreme Court decided in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, that not honoring the Geneva Conventions was illegal.

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Crossing The Cordillera: 12 Day Traffic Jam at 12,000 Feet (In WInter)

This is the most important cargo point on the entire continent. It is the dead of winter in the Southern Hemisphere, and everyone in this part of the world knows what that means. Along with snowstorms, ice and glacial winds, there are sure to be thousands of trucks and cars stranded for days here at the choke point of commerce in South America.

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A Foolhardy War, Unleashed by Fools

The news about the Mideast most North Americans get is heavily biased by the media's need to cater to reader prejudices and misconceptions.
Last week, Haaretz columnist Doron Rosenblum wrote an explosive analysis that no one would ever dare print in North America, where any criticism of Israel brings a storm of abuse and often terminates careers.

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Video: Bullshit! The War on Drugs

Penn and Teller make the argument that the war on drugs is plain and simple worthless bullshit. Its not really a war on drugs, its a war on personal freedom.

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Human Camera - a Savant Genius

This is the story of an austistic savant who can draw a huge picture of the cityscape of rome that's totally accurate having only had once chance to view it from the air. Even the number of windows on the major buildings is correct. Amazing.

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Swiss Public Toilet

Swiss modern design at its best. Would you dare to pee in this toilet?

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The Book History Conspired to Bury

If the topic in question is economics, the book that puts it all together is Human Action by Ludwig von Mises. What is it like to encounter the book for the first time after years of reading in economics? It is a bright light in a dark mansion.

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Random Tornado hits soccer field while children are playing

Watch a mini tornado from start to finish. Kids and parents scramble in fear.

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Random Tornado hits soccer field while children are playing

Watch a mini tornado from start to finish. Kids and parents scramble in fear.

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How to undress in 7 seconds

for when you just don't have any time...

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Liquid Time Machine Freezes Drops Mid Fall

Nate True has developed yet another impressive hack using UV strobe lights, luminescent-dyed water, and a timer to create the illusion of water stopping in the air, slowing down the splashes into the pool beneath, and even travelling upward. You have to see it to believe it.

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The Patriot Act is 100's of pages.Voted on 5 minutes after presented!!

This kind of thing happens ALL the time in congress now, and we NEED to change it! This site has a good running start, let's get digg to help. GET CONGRESS TO READ BILLS. For six figure salaries, I think they can read a few of the laws we pay them to vote on.

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Specify the caller ID and Setup a scary-as-hell phone call for a friend.

Give this program a time & number to call, specify text, and even what the caller ID should read. Hit enter, dust off hands, go enjoy a cookie and wait for your friend to be terrified as "The Government" calls and tells him he's a suspected terrorist.

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ABC Nails Exxon and Republicans for Fake Al Gore Video

A video spoofing Al Gore's anti-global warming campaign has recently been a popular attraction on YouTube. An investigation by the Wall Street Journal determine that an expensive Republican marketing had actually created the video and deceptively posted it on YouTube as if it had come from an amateur source.

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How To Get Out of A Speeding Ticket

The best, most comprehensive article on how to get out of a speeding ticket, addressing every issue imaginable.

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Research: Smart People Choke Under Pressure

People perceived as the most likely to succeed might also be the most likely to crumble under pressure.

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AOL Releases Search Logs from 500,000 Users

AOL just released the logs of all searches done by 500,000 of their users over the course of three months earlier this year. That means that if you happened to be randomly chosen as one of these users, everything you searched for from March to May (2006) is now public information on the internet.

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Governors Bristle At Bush's National Guard Proposal.

The nation's governors are closing ranks in opposition to a proposal in Congress that would let the president take control of the National Guard in emergencies without consent of governors. The idea, spurred by the destruction that followed Hurricane Katrina is part of a House-passed version of the National Defense Authorization Act.

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Amazing touch screen that could change computers forever!!

Even though this is most certainly not ready for prime-time.. the concept looks like an interface full of possibilities. Much more advanced than the trippy cocktail table amusements found today in a few swanky bars.

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Images of webs spun by spiders after eating flies laced with various drugs

Flies were fed either LSD, mescaline, hashish or caffeine. Just say no, kids!

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Apples Typical Product Liife Cycle and WWDC Rumours

Here is accurate and yet satirical description of apples product life cycle

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Pentagon Bans Soldiers' Trophy Videos

The Pentagon and the mainstream media doesn't want US citizens to see what is going on in Iraq. Not even if the videos are from US troops themselves. Now they've even banned use of laptops outside of designated areas. Soldiers want Americans to know the truth the US media refuses to show. Maybe America can't handle the truth.

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QVC Porno User

This video is hilarious but i don't want to give it away so see for your self.

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How I learned to break in to Apple and Code for them without Permission.

One man was so determined to finish his project, he broke into Cupertino every day, to code for them without pay or permission. Six months later, he sneaked the app into the final version of Mac OS 9, without Apple ever knowing.

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Another PowerBook violently explodes.

Just when we think these explosive batteries can't get any worse, then you see a PowerBook that looks like it was hit with a high powered explosive charge -- which, in a manner of speaking, it was. This unit was apparently a year old and wasn't even powered at the time. (pics included)

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Astronomy paintings from the 19th century

"These were produced using the [Harvard] observatory's 15-inch refracting telescope made by Merz of Munich, Germany. "

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Reutergate: "Picture kill"

Kathleen Carroll, AP's senior vice president and executive editor.
Carroll said in addition to personally speaking with photo editors, "I also know from 30 years of experience in this business that you can't get competitive journalists to participate in the kind of (staging) experience that is being described."

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Transform a Face from a Photo into a Different Race, Gender, and More

This on-line java-based tool allows you to upload a photo of someones face and then transformer it into a variety of different things including, baby, young adult, Afro-Caribbean, Caucasian, east-Asian, manga cartoon, masculine, feminine and many more. It works well and can create quite a few laughs.

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Lego Improves Its Robots

A robot kit by Danish toy maker Lego could expand interest in automatons, possibly bolstering a multibillion-dollar market. This latest kit could help even hobbyists and startups with their initial ideas...


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Do You Know What LIBERTY Is? Really?

The philosophy of Liberty is based on Self-Ownership. Watch this simple, but elegant and hard-hitting flash animation to understand all that that means. It's a great tool anyone can use to educate children and adults about our right to life, liberty and property - and our responsibility to think, speak and act.

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Phone numbers stations mystery revealed at DEFCON

For three months, mysterious telephone numbers have been appearing on the Craigslist classified ad site which, when called, play recordings which sound much like shortwave numbers stations used by certain governments to communicate with intelligence agents in the field. Now the secret behind these phone numbers stations has been revealed.

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The PaperCut Galleries: The Phenomenal Work Of Peter Callesen

Take a piece of A4 paper, just a normal ordinary blank one as it comes out of the copy machine tray. You can write on it, draw on it, but also cut into it. Peter Callesen does so. Since 2004 parallel to his performance practice, he has been transforming two dimensional surfaces into three dimensional sculptures by the means of a paper cutter.

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Slot Machine paid 10x the amount put in WITHOUT ANYONE GAMBLING

"When she put in a $20 bill the machine registered it as $200. She tried another $20 bill and the same thing happened, she said. Ford said she put eight $20 bills in the machine and received vouchers that could be redeemed for $1,600 in cash -- without even playing.
Other gamblers noticed."

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Amazing!! 380 people "review" gallon jug of milk sold on Amazon.com

These people are crazy

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Kudzu: The Plant That Can Destroy a City in a Week

How fast does kudzu grow? Kudzu can grow up to 7 feet (over 2 meters) per week if conditions are right. How can kudzu be controlled? Most herbicides have no effect. Those that do have little effect and it can take 20 years to get a kudzu patch under control. Some herbicides even make kudzu grow better.

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200 Years ago, human skin was used for book binding

The use of human skin to bind books would disgust us today, but it was fairly widely practiced up until about 200 years ago, particularly with medical books.

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Mortgage defaults up 67% in California

The number of defaults on mortgage payments rose to a three-year high in the second quarter in California, a 67% increase from the year earlier period, according to DataQuick, a real estate data-compiling firm. Lenders sent 20,752 default notices to homeowners across the Golden State, up 10.5% from 18,778 the previous quarter.

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The Bermuda Triangle - What we do and don't know

You won't find it on any official map and you won't know when you cross the line, but according to some people, the Bermuda Triangle is a very real place where dozen of ships, planes and people have disappeared with no good explanation. Look at the facts about the area and some of the bizarre and mundane theories.

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Wife gets pregnant. I take photos every other day. You watch the gestation.

I took a picture of my wife every other day and then animated them into a movie. You can watch the gestation happen in 20 seconds. Enjoy!

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Japan is Producing Electricity from Train Station Ticket Gates

Busy train stations (those with large numbers of passengers willing to bounce heavily through the gates) will be able to accumulate a relatively large amount of electricity. It works by embedding piezo elements in the ground.

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Shocking before-and-after morphing picture of destruction in Beirut (PIC)

Click on the 'July 12' button then the 'July 31' button.

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A Subwoofer You Have NEVER Seen Before! NO CONE! It Looks Like A Table Fan!

Want to hear what 5Hz sounds like? A new woofer technology unlike any other and a new product category for home audio. This is the first home audio woofer delivering true response to DC. The Thigpen rotary woofer is the worlds first true infrasonic home audio or home theater woofer. Conventional subwoofers roll off rapidly below 20Hz.

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Really Cool Photo of Lighting Striking a Skyscraper in Toronto

shot from this user's kitchen...

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Gallery of intricate crop circles.

The crop circles are very well done, and wired gives a short description. Nice Photos.

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BusinessWeek DIGGS Cover Boy Kevin Rose - Millionaire! Valley Boy!

August 14 BusinessWeek. The cover blurb reads: How This Kid Made $60 Million In 18 Months. Digg.com's KEVIN ROSE leads a new brat pack of Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs. -- The writers grant Kevin rock star status. Oh, yes, they talk about other young web luminaries as well.

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Jackass 2

Finally a movie I know I'll see. Click here for the trailer.

� Gallery of Most Bizzare RAINBOWs Ever!

These are actually Natural Rainbows - not some Photoshop Abstract finger painting.

What would you think if you look up and saw THESE in the sky????

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"what the f***?!?"

check out this hilarious, albeit terrifying clip of a missile launch. priceless commentary.

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Mom uses Technology to Get Teens.

Teenagers who toilet-papered and damaged a home now face felony vandalism charges because of a mother's extraordinary sleuthing.

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Left Behind Video Game

Take one part The Daily Show, stir in one part violent religous video game Left Behind: Eternal Forces, and roll it all up with a nice portion of This Week in God's Rob Corddry. The results: a delicous, snarky treat comparing "murder-simulator" Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas with, uh, saving-simulator (?) Left Behind.

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Letterman's tribute to Bill Gates and Microsoft

Turn down sound if at work. Direct YouTube link.

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The Onion: Bush Grants Self Permission To Grant More Power To Self

WASHINGTON, DC
�In a decisive 1�0 decision Monday, President Bush voted to grant the president the constitutional power to grant himself additional powers.

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$25 million Creation Museum being built in Kentucky

Like most natural history museums, this one has exhibits showing dinosaurs roaming the earth. Except here, the giant reptiles share the forest with Adam and Eve.

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Amazing basketball shot

This kid couldn't be luckier. Turned a horrible attempt into one of the best shots I've ever seen!

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Life After Earth: Imagining Survival Beyond This Terra Firma

The article looks at 'bio-vaults', be they in the frozen north or on the moon, which might allow the human race to continue on after a globally catastrophic event.

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Will Ferrell: Jon Stewart "single-handedly saving our democracy"

Will Ferrell opened up his interview on the Daily Show last night (7/31) by declaring that Jon Stewart "works his ass off...single-handedly saving our democracy." I couldn't agree more.

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What would you do with Eight Treadmills?

Awesome music video made by four guys using eight treadmills.

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What would you do with Eight Treadmills?

Awesome music video made by four guys using eight treadmills.

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Abundant Power from Universal Geothermal Energy

An MIT chemical engineer explains why new technologies could finally make "heat mining" practical nearly anywhere on earth.

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RAD AD

By far one of the coolest ads ever.

Click here to watch.

Waitress Shown HER OWN License When Asking For ID

Last week, a waitress at the Moosehead Saloon in Westlake, Ohio, asked a woman to show proof of age after the customer ordered a drink. When the waitress looked at the ID, she realized the customer's ID was actually her own license, police said.

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The REAL Stephen Colbert: Interview on 60 Minutes Part II

See the real Colbert. This is part one of the 60 Minutes interview with Stephen Colbert. Part 2 is located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R-rBwrTHss

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The REAL Stephen Colbert: Interview on 60 Minutes

See the real Colbert. This is part one of the 60 Minutes interview with Stephen Colbert. Part 2 is located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R-rBwrTHss

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'My scariest IT job ever'

If Stephen King ever wants to hear a really scary story, he should talk to me.

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Rare cloud formation seen in Antarctica

Some of the coldest temperatures on Earth brought a rare cloud formation to the skies over Antarctica, scientists said Tuesday. The clouds only occur at high polar latitudes in winter, requiring temperatures less than minus 176 degrees Fahrenheit. A weather balloon measured temperatures at minus 189 degrees Fahrenheit on the day pictured.

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Great Photos of the Big Dig House - Gorgeous

It is an amazing looking home with a Frank Lloyd Wright feel. The site includes time lapse photos of the construction as well.

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Cubs Trade Maddux To the Dodgers for SS Izturis

Legendary right-hander Greg Maddux is leaving the Chicago Cubs after all: He's headed to the Los Angeles Dodgers, who acquired him seconds before the trade deadline Monday for shortstop Cesar Izturis.

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Who Needs Congress or Courts With Bush?

As of July 11, President George W. Bush had said no (or, not unless I want to) to 807 provisions enacted by Congress that he signed into law. This compares to some 600 provisions challenged by all of Bush's predecessors combined. Whatever happened to following the laws passed by Congress?

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When ice sculptures go wrong!

Things don't quite work out for this artist while applying the finishing touches to this ice masterpiece. Jump to 1min 40s if you are impatient but it's worth watching the full 2 minutes for the full effect.

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Civil engineer, Paul Pedini built his home from salvaged Big Dig scraps.

He spent a decade working on the the Big Dig and found it illogical that his company was being paid to junk high quality materials. So built a home out of them. Some people are resentful that he got the materials for free, but it saved money and he paid to haul it away. He is now pushing for more construction recycling.

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