August 2007
42 posts
I hate BioShock! It’s too… wet?
Man Loses Top of His Head to a Faulty Fridge →
A Berliner had to have the top of his head replaces with plastic because of a faulty hospital fridge. The skull section removed during a brain surgery was not kept cool enough to be reattached afterwards. (via DU)
“I personally believe that us Americans are unable to do so because Osama. People...”
– Miss Teen South Carolina 2007
Coffee Drinks Illustrated →
Side-by-side diagrams of a few common espresso drinks.
WatchVery Clever Elaborate Prank (via DU)
Father of 78 Aims for 100 Children →
Food cravings are how our bodies express their need for some mineral found in foods we crave! (via LH)
WatchEmergency Light Source from Pencil (via LH)
T H E S H O E P R O J E C T →
Cats in Boxes →
WatchMinesweeper: The Movie
Woman calls police about 'fake' cocaine! →
Time travel possible, says boffin →
Albania's Sworn Virgins →
An ancient northern Albanian tradition allows women to take an oath of lifelong virginity in exchange for the right to live as men. Sworn virgins cut their hair and wear baggy men’s clothes and take up manly livelihoods as shepherds or truck drivers or even political leaders, and are treated as men.
I’m wearing a 3-button suit and a necktie, and I hate it!
WatchBorder Jumpers Cross During Bush Interview (via DU)
7 Tips for Microsoft Word →
A keyboard shortcut that takes you back to the exact location you were editing before you saved the file last week and another to rearrange paragraphs by literally bumping them up and down and a handful more! (via LH)
“One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.”
– Rita Mae Brown
WatchPull a vehicle uphill with only a rope (via LH)
Chocoholic Squirrel →
A Finnish squirrel with a sweet tooth heads to a Helsinki grocery shop at least twice a day to steal “Kinder Surprise” chocolate-shelled eggs.
Russia plants flag on Arctic floor →
Russia staked a symbolic claim to the resource-rich Arctic on Thursday when a submersible dived beneath the ice directly under the North Pole and planted a Russian flag on the seabed.
