Squid vs. robot

A squid got stuck in a Petrobras' ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) that is rising to the surface: the data shows that it got attached to the robot at 430m deep and although it was "poked" by the robotic arm, it escaped (or choose to left) only when the vehicle reached 180m.

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Underwater view of a bird attack

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Dalmatian Riding a Bike

Don't you love the Japanese TV shows?

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Put some bacon on the internet

People say that anything gets better with some bacon on it... But can we apply this to the internet?

See what you think by clicking the image above...

If you want to put some bacon in any website, just put the address of the page you want AFTER http://bacolicio.us/ , like this: http://bacolicio.us/http://www.zootropole.com

Yeah ... there's always something useful for us to do, right?



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Duck vs Jet Engine

This is a cool demonstration on what happens to jet engines when a single duck is flown into it.


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Stopping a joyrider...

... à la française.

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Cornstarch Monster on a Speaker

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Corkscrew snowmobile

Take a look at this interesting video. It shows a tractor/snowmobile driven by screw-type drums, which resemble a corkscrew. These drums function as an" Archimedes screw" (see one in operation in the picture at right).

The vehicle in question is the 1926 Fordson Snow Devil.



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Google killed Bambi

Google Maps car hits a deer - and records the scene.

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Japanese paratrooper's jump from helicopter goes wrong

A line that is supposed to open a soldier’s parachute gets snagged during an Self-Defense Forces training exercise this week in Hokkaido.

The situation was resolved when the helicopter slowly descended and allowed the soldier, who was a member of the GSDF’s elite 1st Airborne Brigade, to cut the line and fall safely to the ground. He suffered a bloody nose, but was otherwise okay.


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Pigeon Baseball

What are the chances of it happening again?

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How to hallucinate with ping-pong balls and a radio

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Butane tyre fitting

It works, but if you exaggerate the amount of butane then things will go wrong (below)...

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Hello Kitty Death Cake

They could have put more blood, in my opinion.

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The Pyramid of Capitalist System

Above, the "classical" pyramid. Below, the new reality...

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Web 2.0 names

Have you created a website or a service and want to give it one of those typical Web 2.0 names?

Maybe this would be helpful: Dot-o-Mator. It suggests several names from the combination of prefixes and suffixes. Even if you don't like the suggestions this could be useful as inspiration (I guess)...

And if you want direct suggestions try the simpler version, the "Web 2.0 Name Generator".


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The "Bootroom"

See the making of Cesc's Tiempos, Ronaldo's Mercurials and Rooney's T90's at the NIKE's Bootroom.

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Wanna play drums?

Make some noise: play drums online.

Click the image above to start and use your mouse to play...

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Pool tricks

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Dogs and dolls

Dogs and look a like dog dolls...

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Internet Movie Cars Database

The IMCDb is a database of vehicles (cars, bikes, trucks etc.) that appear in films and TV series.

If you watched a movie and got curious about the vehicle that was used, just visit their website and enter the movie title and all vehicles that appeared in it are listed.

Not exactly useful, but it is interesting ...

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Extreme rope jumping

Rope jumping can be radical...

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Akinator

Meet Akinator, the genie that reads your mind...

You think about a character or person (anyone really, from yourself to Hunter S. Thompson, including General Custer) and he will try to guess who it is by asking a series of questions.

Most of time it works.

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Stress relief: shoot something

Wirecutter my friend, this one is for you...

Are you in a bad mood? Is your boss annoying you? Now you can have some stress relief: shoot something (or somebody).

Click the picture above to start (in a new window).


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How NOT to land a helicopter

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Have you seen this? Google's first storage system

This image shows the first Google storage system. In 1996 Google had its headquarters in one of the founders' dorm.

At that time 4 GigaByte hard disks were the largest available, so they assembled 10 of these drives into a low-cost LEGO cabinet.

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Hot bath

Most monkeys are happy swinging in the trees of tropical jungles but from the look on the face of this one there is nothing like indulging in a hot bath after a long day.

These incredible pictures are of Japanese macaques relaxing in a hot spring in Yamanouchi, central Japan.

Nicknamed the snow monkey, the cheeky-looking animals live a much chillier existence than their tropical cousins and they appear to like nothing better than keeping warm in steaming-hot pools such as this one.

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The global rich list

Every year people gaze enviously at the lists of the richest people in world, wondering what it would be like to have that sort of cash.

But where would you sit on one of those lists? Here's your chance to find out (just don't get depressed, ok?).

The Global Rich List: LINK.


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Tornado vs. Bus

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Antique Soviet Christmas Cards

A gallery with lots of antique Soviet Christmas cards, all space-themed.

The most interesting part, in my opinion, is that these cards are soaked in ideological propaganda...

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Beer logo generator

Want to make your own custom beer logo? Then you can use it in your webpage, your emails or wherever you want.

There are three options: Heineken, Budweiser and Corona (but Heineken is the best one, I guess...)

You can do it HERE.




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Your Google

With Google My Way you can make your own Google-like search page. You can use it to perform searches, and you could also bookmark it or make it your default homepage.

Click the image above to see what it looks like and then do yours. It's free. Just click "Google My Way" right above the search button.

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Diet = $$$$

The focus of the next diet fad might be cash rather than carbohydrates. Kevin Volpp of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia found that obese people offered a financial reward for every kilogram shed lost more weight during a 16-week trial than those given standard diet advice.


The drawback? Like other weight-loss methods, many of the participants put the pounds back on once the programme ended. To achieve longer-lasting results the monthly payments, some totalling several hundred dollars, might have to be made for longer periods.

Volpp's results mean that obesity may join the list of social maladies that can be addressed using financial incentives. Previous experiments have shown that smokers and cocaine addicts can be weaned off their habits by paying them to stay drug-free. Incentives have also successfully been used to ensure that parents in developing countries send their children to school.

One of the biggest incentives schemes ever run in a rich nation got underway last year in New York. Over 5000 families are being studied to see if cash incentives can improve the rate at which children receive regular health check ups and adults attend work training courses.

Journal reference: Journal of the American Medical Association, vol 300, p 2631

Source: newscientist

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Google: top searches 2008

Google announced the top searched terms within 2008 for 34 countries, as long as these global fastest-rising queries:

1. sarah palin
2. beijing 2008
3. facebook login
4. tuenti
5. heath ledger
6. obama
7. nasza klasa
8. wer kennt wen
9. euro 2008
10. jonas brothers

Social networks comprised four out of the top 10 global fastest-rising queries (facebook, tuenti, asza klasa e wer kennt wen), while the U.S. election held everyone's interest around the globe.

After the jump, the top Brazilian queries.



In Brazil:

Maiores Subidas (Fastest Rising)

1. orkut
2. jogos
3. download
4. fotos
5. youtube
6. videos
7. musicas
8. musica
9. msn
10. globo

Mais Pesquisados (Most Popular)

1. jogos de meninas
2. naruto
3. you tube
4. claro
5. youtube
6. jogos
7. jogo
8. esporte
9. tradutor
10. o dia

Google-related

1. google maps
2. tradutor
3. google earth
4. orkut
5. google videos
6. google talk
7. youtube
8. chrome
9. gmail
10. google toolbar

Futebol (Soccer)

1. sao paulo futebol
2. santos
3. futebol ao vivo
4. futebol feminino
5. palmeiras
6. flamengo
7. futebol americano
8. federação paulista
9. corinthians
10. campeonato brasileiro

Elections 2008

1. resultado
2. vereadores
3. candidatos
4. apuração
5. eleição municipal
6. eleição para prefeito
7. obama
8. lei seca
9. tribunal superior eleitoral
10. lula

Celebrities

1. juliana paes
2. juliana knust
3. malu mader
4. dudu azevedo
5. britney spears
6. amy winehouse
7. deborah seco
8. vanessa hudgens
9. sabrina sato
10. michael buble

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A wine with "Peace of Mind"

If you are looking for a reason to start drinking wine, there you go: Iron Maiden's official wine!


The "Eddie's Evil Brew" is a Chilean Merlot only available at the band's online store: LINK.

Obviously they didn't mentioned anything else but the fact that this is a Merlot, but so what? Who cares about such details?



From their store: "You can have Piece of Mind that this fine Chilean Merlot tastes great on it's own or with a very very rare steak! Comes in a wooden presentation box 'IRON MAIDEN Eddie's Evil Brew' printed on top sliding lid which would make a great gift."

And to celebrate: one of their best songs ever, Wasted Years. Loud, please...

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A nuke in your city

This is interesting - and scary.

Have you ever wondered what would happen if a nuclear bomb goes off in your city?

With Google's Maps framework and a bit of Javascript, you can see the outcome.

And it does not look good.

Just insert the name of your city (or your address - or the address of your boss!) and nuke it.


This mapplet shows the thermal damage caused by a nuclear explosion.

Search for a place, pick a suitable weapon and press "Nuke It!" Then click the center to see the physical effects.

And since we are talking about bombs, take a look at our article about the Tsar Bomba (one of the nukes you can use in the mapplet): LINK.

Developed by Carlos Labs


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Teddy Bears in space

Strange but true: four teddy bears were sent to a suborbital flight...


Four teddy bears voyaged to the edge of space on Monday December 1st as an experiment run by Cambridge University Spaceflight.

The bears were lifted to 99,000ft above sea level on a latex high altitude balloon filled with helium. The aim of the experiment was to determine which materials provided the best insulation against the -53 ° C temperatures experienced during the journey. Each of the bears wore a different space suit designed by kids ranging 11-13 year olds.



The payload which carried the bears was designed by Cambridge University Spaceflight and contained several cameras, a flight computer, GPS and a radio. During the 2 hour and 9 minute flight, the radio broadcasted the location of the payload to a chase team on the ground. The team predicted the landing site using wind speed data and arrived in time to see the payload and teddy bears drift slowly back down to earth by parachute. The teddies landed in a field 4 miles north east of Ipswich.

“We want to offer young people the opportunity to get involved in the space industry whilst still at school and show that real-life science is something that is open to everybody” says Iain Waugh, CU Spaceflight’s chief aeronautical engineer. “High altitude balloon flights are a fantastic way of encouraging interest in science. They are easy to understand, and produce amazing results.” remarks Daniel Strange, treasurer of CU Spaceflight.

There are more images from the flight HERE).



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Look mommy, no hands!

Jessica Cox was born without arms and learned to fly (and she plays the piano and she's a taekwondo black-belt)...

The plane she is flying is an Ercoupe and it is one of the few airplanes to be made and certified without pedals. Without rudder pedals Jessica is free to use her feet as hands.

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Dog rescuer

Dog rescues a wounded pal from a busy road... Amazing.

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Rough seas

Do you know that the structure of a ship should be flexible, otherwise the vessel would break due to the movement of the waves?

Even knowing that it's amazing to see (from the inside) a huge ship serpenting as if made of gelatin...

This video shows a 300m-long ship (4500TEU Container Vessel) navigating japanese waters during a strong storm.

From 15" to 30" and from 01'00" to 01'14" you will see the structure moving from the inside.

Really interesting.

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One in a million, part 2

What are the odds of this happening again?

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Creativity with food

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Levitating water

Interesting effect done with stroboscopic lights and water. It gives you the impression that the water is levitating - or moving backwards.

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PMS Ring

If your girlfriend/wife/sister shows up using a ring like this - specially during PMS days - you better shut up and quietly leave the room.

Why?


Because this ring is also a gun.


The "Femme Fatale" uses .6mm caliber bullets (seven bullets!).

Luckly this ring was made in 1870, and it appears that you can't find it anymore (at least easily).




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Aerocar at eBay

This flying car isn't exactly modern... It was made in 1956! But it works and flies like a small airplane when the wings are connected (see the fantastic video at the end of this post).


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El Caganer: Catalonia's Fecal Christmas

Some of the world's most curious Christmas traditions can be found in Catalonia, where the idea of holiday cheer seems to involve some of life's more basic bodily functions.

A caganer -- or "pooper" -- is a small figurine of a person squatting down with lowered pants (or raised skirt) to answer nature's call. They have been around since the 17th century and can often be found hiding in an obscure corner of a Nativity scene.

Some say that the figurines originally became popular among farmers who believed -- quite practically -- that the caganer's "offerings" would make the soil rich and productive for the coming year.

The Wikipedia entry mentions how the caganer might represent "the equality of all people" because "everyone defecates" or it may be meant to reinforce that "the infant Jesus is God in human form."

Young children in Catalonia still play a Where's-Waldo-like game that involves searching for the caganer in the Nativity scene arrangement. According to the Friends Web site, the caganer is "placed under a bridge, behind a haystack or otherwise discretely hidden" as it "would show a lack of respect" to have him near the arrangement's manger scene.

The original el caganer is a wooden or clay figure of a peasant wearing the traditional floppy red Catalan cap with a black band (barretina) and smoking a cigarette or a pipe. But the figure's popularity has led to a massive expansion in the range of defecating figurines.

After the jump you will see images and a video of some caganers made after celebrities: Barack Obama, Lula (Brazilian President) and Ronaldo (soccer player).

More caganers through these links: Spiegel Online and Terra I Mar

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Hagfish - sliming self defense

The Pacific Ocean Hagfish has a disgusting way of defending itself. When under attack, it oozes a suffocating slime from its many pores that envelops its predator in a fatal mass of fibrous goo.

The hagfish, unfortunately, sometimes falls prey to its own defense mechanism, but normally it twists itself into knots to escape the gelatinous goop.


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Around the World in 116 Beers

Beers from 116 countries, like Staropramen (above), from the Czech Republic, or the Golden Star Beer (below), from Eritrea.


The Brazilian representative isn't one of my favorites... but anyway it definitely worth a view.

This compilation was made by Sloshspot: LINK.

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Do you think you know your astrological sign? Think again...

It's a great conversation starter: "What's your sign?"

But before you ask or answer that question, consider this: your zodiac sign corresponds to the position of the sun relative to constellations as they appeared over 2200 years ago!

The science behind astrology may have its roots in astronomy but don’t confuse these two disciplines. Astronomy can explain the position of the stars in the sky but it’s up to you to determine what, if anything, their alignment signifies.


The Constellations of the Zodiac

The ecliptic, or the position of the Sun as it’s perceived from the revolving Earth, passes through the constellations that formed the Zodiac - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Zodiac signs were originally determined by which constellation the Sun was "in" on the day you were born.

Early astronomers observed the Sun traveling through the signs of the Zodiac in the course of one year, spending about a month in each. Thus, they calculated that each constellation extends 30 degrees across the ecliptic.

However, a phenomenon called precession has altered the position of the constellations we see today.

Precession and Astrology

The first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere was once marked by the zero point of the Zodiac. Astronomers call this the vernal equinox and it occurs as the ecliptic and celestial equator intersect.

Around 600 BCE, the zero point was in Aries and was called the "first point of Aries" (Figure 1, below).


The constellation Aries encompassed the first 30 degrees of the ecliptic; from 30 to 60 degrees was Taurus; from 60 to 90 degrees was Gemini; and so on for all twelve constellations of the Zodiac.

Unbeknownst to the ancient astrologers, the Earth continually wobbles around its axis in a 25,800-year cycle. This wobble—called precession—is caused by the gravitational attraction of the Moon on Earth's equatorial bulge(figure 1.1, left).

Over the past two-and-a-half millennia, this wobble has caused the intersection point between the celestial equator and the ecliptic to move west along the ecliptic by 36 degrees, or almost exactly one-tenth of the way around. This means that the signs have slipped one-tenth—or almost one whole month—of the way around the sky to the west, relative to the stars beyond.

For instance, those born between March 21 and April 19 consider themselves to be Aries. Today, the Sun is no longer within the constellation of Aries during much of that period. From March 11 to April 18, the Sun is actually in the constellation of Pisces! (Figure 2, below)


See also Figure 3 (below), which demonstrates the precession of the equinoxes from 600 BCE to 2600.


Your "Real Sign"

The table below lists the dates when the Sun is actually within the astronomical constellations of the Zodiac, according to modern constellation boundaries and corrected for precession (these dates can vary a day from year to year).

You will most likely find that once precession is taken into account, your zodiac sign is different. And if you were born between November 29 and December 17, your sign is actually one you never saw in the newspaper: you are an Ophiuchus! The eliptic passes through the constellation of Ophiuchus after Scorpius.

Now you really have something cool with which to start that conversation!

Check out your “real” zodiac sign below and see what the sky looked like on your birthday by going to the Birthday Sky application.

Capricorn - Jan 20 to Feb 16
Aquarius - Feb 16 to Mar 11
Pisces - Mar 11 to Apr 18
Aries - Apr 18 to May 13
Taurus - May 13 to Jun 21
Gemini - Jun 21 to Jul 20
Cancer - Jul 20 to Aug 10
Leo - Aug 10 to Sep 16
Virgo - Sep 16 to Oct 30
Libra - Oct 30 to Nov 23
Scorpius - Nov 23 to Nov 29
Ophiuchus - Nov 29 to Dec 17
Sagittarius - Dec 17 to Jan 20

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Andy Warhol and Pelé

Just found this curious image and decided to share.

Pictured above, Pelé talking to Andy Warhol. Click to enlarge.


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Explosive beer

This happens when you heat a frozen beer bottle...

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Robot jockey

A robot jockey is commonly used on camels in camel racing as a replacement for human jockeys. Developed beginning in 2004, the robotic jockeys are slowly phasing out the use of human jockeys, which, in the case of camel racing in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, often employs small children who reportedly suffer repeated systemic human rights abuses. In response to international condemnation of such abuses, the nation of Qatar and UAE has banned the use of human jockeys in favor of robots.

Camel racing has been around for thousands of years. "The Sport of Sheiks" almost exclusively utilized small children, usually boys around the age of four, to ride and direct the camels. Often, the boys would be starved to be as light as possible. Many of the boys used for the races were often sold to race organizers or camel owners, and there was an active child slave trade for camel jockeys, involving victims of kidnapping or the children of destitute families who sold them into servitude. The children were rarely schooled, and were sometimes the victims of sexual abuse



The government of Qatar initiated development of the robots beginning in 2004. A Swiss robotics firm named K-Team designed the robots. Part of the initial problems faced by the design team included that the camels were conditioned to the use of human jockeys. Early designs confused or frightened the camels.

The designs were modified to include more human-like features, including a mannequin-like face, sunglasses, hats, racing silks, and even traditional perfumes used with human jockeys. Other issues included the conditions that the robots and the computers would be put under: usually high temperatures in dusty environments, atop a fast moving and turbulent ride.

The robots are small, light weight, and are remote controlled, usually by operators paralleling the race in SUVs. The robots, which are aluminum-framed with a "thorax" about the size of a large book, contain small hinged arms that control the whip and the reins. The robot can also monitor and transmit the speed and heart rate of the camel.

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Angel Wings (flares)

Nothing to do with new age stuff... Angel wings are smoking formations that are created when an aircraft releases (decoy) flares to avoid enemy missiles.

A (decoy) flare is an aerial infrared countermeasure to counter an infrared homing (”heat seeking”) surface-to-air missile (SAM) or air-to-air missile (AAM). The aim is to make the infrared-guided missile seek out the heat signature from the flare rather than the aircraft’s engines.

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The coolest dog I've ever seen...

... is called Faith, and has only two legs.

Isn't that great? More images and a video after the jump.

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The Most Powerful Bomb Ever Constructed

Tsar Bomba was the largest, most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated. Developed by the Soviet Union, this hydrogen bomb was originally designed to have a yield of about 100 megatons of TNT; however that was reduced by half in order to limit the amount of nuclear fallout that would result.

It detonated at 11:32 on October 30, 1961 over the Mityushikha Bay nuclear testing range, north of the Arctic Circle on Novaya Zemlya Island in the Arctic Sea.

Even at half strength, the Tsar was a hydrogen bomb with a yield of about 50 megatons. This is equivalent to TEN times the amount of ALL the explosives used in World War II combined, including the Little Boy and Fat Man, the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively.


The explosion:

The fireball touched the ground, reached nearly as high as the altitude of the release plane, and was seen and felt almost 1,000 km (621 miles) from ground zero. The heat from the explosion could have caused third degree burns 100 km (62 miles) away from ground zero.

The subsequent mushroom cloud was about 64 km (40 miles) high (nearly seven times higher than Mount Everest) and 40 km (25 miles) wide. The explosion could be seen and felt in Finland, even breaking windows there. The seismic shock created by the detonation was measurable even on its third passage around the Earth. Its Richter magnitude was about 5 to 5.25.



The Tsar Bomba (codenamed Ivan) was so powerful that it was completely impractical: much of the explosion's energy radiated upwards into space, and that which didn't was so excessive that using the device on any populated targets world would have resulted in adverse effects on Russian interests. It served as nothing more than a show of force.

Only one (real) unit was built, and a real sized mock bomb is stored in the Russian Nuclear Weapons Museum in Sarov.

Footage from the lauch:

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Speed painting with cheese puffs

Speed Painting with Cheetos: Elvis portrait.

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Spiders on dope

How would be the net of a spider on LSD? And what about the net of a spider that is high on caffeine?

See after the jump...


Above is the image of a regular 'drug-free' spider net. Below you see what spiders can do after eating flies soaked in these substances: hashish, mescaline, LSD, caffeine.

Images from the book "Spider Communication: Mechanisms and Ecological Significance".

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The longest beard

Surrey teacher Sarwan Singh, a devout Sikh, now has the world's longest beard as officially measured at 1.895 metres last night at the Akal Academy in Surrey.

His beard, measured in an elaborate ceremony witnessed by three judges, many members of the media and close to 200 people, will be submitted to Guinness World Records officials for recognition.

The previous record was held by Shamsher Singh of the Punjab in India, with a beard last measured at 1.83 metres in 1977.

As he posed for pictures with his wife and two children, Singh's beard hung from his chin to the floor.

"Thank you to the all-mighty God," said Singh, 42, dressed in a traditional white Sikh garment. "This is a gift from God. I have a feeling of divine happiness."

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One in a million

What are the odds of this happening again?

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You are going to have nightmares...

The friendly look... the sweetness...

See all the (gulp) beauty and (double gulp) grace of female bodybuilders: LINK.



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Nevermind: now and then

The Nirvana "Nevermind" cover has always been one of my favorites. Maybe it's the most creative cover of all (pretty cool, huh?)

This is Nirvana's second album, released in 1991 (the first album, Bleach, was released two years earlier). Wow... that's the kind of thing that make people feel old: 17 years has passed since 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' started playing in the radios.

But back to the point: Spencer Elden, the (then) baby has 17 years now, and he recreated that historic cover.

See how it looks after the jump(click to enlarge).





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Stop motion: moving

2.800 pictures taken within 3 weeks resulted in this 3'30" video that shows a trivial (but interesting) thing: a guy moving to a new apartment. It's kind of mesmerizing...

And the music is great: The Way You Look Tonight (Brian Ferry's version).



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How to hide an airplane factory?

Before

After

During WWII an airplane factory would be a potential target, so it's better to camouflage it. But how to do it?

Using trompe l’oeil and a lot of camouflage nets. And so Lockheed became a nice rural area (at least if seen from above).

See more images after the jump.









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Einstein's FBI files

According to the FBI, an investigation was conducted regarding the famous physicist because of his affiliation with the Communist Party. Einstein was a member, sponsor, or affiliated with thirty-four communist fronts between 1937 and 1954. He also served as honorary chairman for three communist organizations.

Albert Einstein: LINK

See also these files: John Lennon and Elvis Presley.



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The whale and the surfer

Have you noticed that beneath the surfer there is a huge whale? Click to enlarge.

Seconds after this photo was snapped remotely by David's camera, mounted on the kite apparatus, the whale flicked up its tail and gave him an almighty blow on the back of his head.

Because the camera was programmed to take pictures every 10 seconds it missed the moment when the whale struck David - but this incredible shot of the massive creature swimming beneath him is reminder enough of his close encounter...

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The Worlds Trickiest Runway Approach

There aren't many (if any at all) runway approaches that compare in terms of trickiness to that of Runway 02 at Toncontin International Airport in Honduras. It's almost as if the planners decided to include every potential hazard they could imagine when considering the landing strip's location. First of all, take a look at the runway itself.

In case you hadn't noticed it's pretty small and with a landing distance of 5'442ft it is without doubt one of the shortest runways in the world to welcome aircraft the size of a Boeing 757. However, if this was the only scary part worth mentioning, this airport certainly wouldn't be unique as there are many runways all over the world that boast runways of a similar size, if not shorter. Have a look at this next photo.



Notice the angle of approach? That's no mistake on the pilot's part, it's an absolute must for anyone wishing to touch down at Toncontin, an airport whose runway is already a dangerous destination due to its length. The problem is, the area surrounding the airport is made up of mountains and it's physically impossible to approach this airport head on from distance due to the terrain. So the aircraft have to approach from a different angle, resulting in the need to make a sharp turn just prior to landing and giving very little time for the pilot to level the plane. Watch this video and you'll get the idea.

It's also worth noting how close the road is to the runway. There's a very short distance between the traffic and the aircraft as it approaches. For an even better understanding of the nerves needed for even an experienced pilot to land at Toncontin, watch the next video, filmed from inside the cockpit. At the very end of the clip, after the plane has landed, you'll hear confirmation that this runway is certainly not loved, even by the very people trained to land these machines.

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30 sec watermelon peeling

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Lego Obama

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Meet Captain Fantastic

A teenager has changed his name to Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined.

The record-breaking name, now thought to be the world's longest, was the idea of music graduate George Garratt, 19.

He changed his name by deed poll online for £10 last week.

Captain Fantastic said: "I wanted to be unique.

"I decided upon a theme of superheroes."

Captain Fantastic joins a number of people with unusually long names, including Rhoshandiatellyneshiaunneveshenk Koyaanisquatsiuth Williams, a girl born in Texas in 1984.

The teenager, from Glastonbury, Somerset, added that while he thought the new name was "crazy", his grandmother was no longer speaking to him.

Last month in Italy, a couple was banned from naming their son Friday - Venerdi - because the name could expose him to ridicule.

Named after the manservant of Daniel Defoe's famous novel Robinson Crusoe, the court ordered the boy's name be changed to Gregorio, named after the saint's day on which he was born.

In February, a judge in New Zealand made a young girl a ward of court so she could change her name from Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii.

Other banned names include Sex Fruit, Keenan Got Lucy and Yeah Detroit.

In New Zealand again, last year a couple was banned from naming their baby 4Real, so they chose Superman instead.

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100 faces

From 100 pictures of faces artists Julien Lassort and Matthieu Burlot created mosaics that, once mixed, became many different faces.

Interesting and creative work...

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Soccer ball

Images showing the process of making a soccer ball (Adidas, in this case).













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Killer soccer

In a previous post (HERE) I published 3 great videos about Street Soccer. If you liked those, you'll enjoy this one as well:

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The alphabet

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How to spend 1.4 billion dollars

It's easy: destroying an aircraft like this, a B2 Spirit bomber.

These images were taken when one crashed at Andersen AFB (Guam) in February 2008. Investigators demonstrated that moisture in the flight computers caused the aircraft to adopt a nose-up attitude - which reduced the airspeed and stalled the bomber.

Both pilots were able to eject in safety. The following video shows the accident (starting at 1:55).

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How to castrate sheep (with your teeth)

Dirty Jobs (Discovery Channel) segment featuring how to castrate sheep with a knife and your teeth.

If you think that you can't deal with it, drop it now. If PETA doesn't mean anything for you and if you have some morbid scientific curiosity about this, I suggest you to fast-forward the video straight to 4:40.

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Private F-35 (and it drops confetti)

This scaled down replica of the Joint Strike Fighter was constructed by dutch artist Arthur van Poppel, and it is amazingly full of details... It just doesn't have jet engines nor drops bombs - just releases smoke and confetti.

The fighter is conducted like a car, and it's intended to appear in fairies and parties. Click to see the video.

More pictures at the artist's website (where you can also find a music bike and a music car...) using this LINK.

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Motherhood vs mucus

Another curious product available at "The Land of the Rising Sun": "Mama's Snot Remover" (Hana-mizu tote). As far as I understood one straw is inserted in the baby's nose and the other one is kept into the mother's mouth, which aspires and then makes the snot to fall into the plastic reservoir.

Useful or not, the idea of sucking mucus from a baby's nose (even if the baby in question happens to be yours) isn't tremendously disgusting?

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In a financial crisis you better trust in a currency with a future

Starbuck, byMark Brooks

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Bad idea: to land a Harrier on a pile of mattresses

The Harrier is an airplane with vertical/short takeoff and landing capabilities, operated by Navies and Air Forces of several countries.

What to do when the landing gear of such a plane doesn't work? Since it could manage to land like an helicopter somebody came with the great idea of making it land over a pile of mattresses.

See what happens...



The turbine aspired the mattresses, causing more damage than if the landing were made directly onto concrete.





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AC/DC music video using Excel

It's possible to run audio-visual content using Excel, and the first music video using '.xls' files is a AC/DC one, featuring "Rock'N'Roll Train".

Below you have a short demonstration of it, and if you want to see it working in Excel, download the file HERE (the file name is ACDC.xls).

By the way, the music is great.

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Caves

Nice images featuring caves from Bonito (MS) region, Brazil. More images after the jump (Grutas - 'caves' - Lago Azul and Mimoso).








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The best defense? A glowing blue spit cloud...

And this is true for Heterocarpus laevigatus shrimp. Know as "smooth nylon shrimp" it inhabits the dark depths of the Pacific and employs a brilliant method of defense. When threatened with attack, the creature spits a cloud of glowing blue fluid from its mouth, temporarily blinding predators and allowing it to escape.

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How is the view of Earth from Mars?

Like this... (click to enlarge)



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The Simpsons - Mad Men parody

The opening sequence of Mad Men gained a spoof à la Simpsons to the Halloween special: "How To Get Ahead In Deadvertising", a segment from "Treehouse of Horror", which will be aired this Sunday.

And here you have the original Mad Men opening sequence:

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BMW 633 Hovercraft (Back To The Future II)

A Back To The Future fan has found and restored the BMW 633 Hovercraft used by Griff Tannen in BTTF 2.

Here you will find pictures of the reconstruction process.

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Implosions

Nice images from implosions. More footage after the jump.

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Skip conversions

Why not to convert those skips that every now and then appear at our streets? That's the idea developed by Oliver Bishop-Young: to transform skips into places for fun and integration.

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Turn your name into a face

Something useless to fulfill your Monday: insert your name and turn it into a face. The one above is mine...

Access the website HERE.

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Nunchaku baseball

Martial arts master uses a nunchaku instead of a baseball bat... Amazingly precise.



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German scientists think LEDs are the new Botox

If a new German study about wrinkle reduction is correct, the use of Botox will soon be a thing from the past. This study reveals that the intense visible light from light emitting diodes (LEDs - those miniature lights used in an array of products, from TV remote controls to traffic lights) applied daily for several weeks resulted in rejuvenated skin, with reduced wrinkle levels and increased resiliency.

And its not from any special LEDs either; its the same ones that are used in all the products that you use daily. Only these ones need to be high intensity ones.

Apparently the light penetrates the molecular structure of a layer of water on elastin (the protein that provides elasticity to the skin), allowing the skin to regain its elasticity - and so reducing the wrinkles.

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Lucky skateboarder

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