6 Ridiculous Animal Attacks

by Ian Fortey

There are plenty of awful things that can attack you n this world; dogs, tigers, killer bees, sharks, hobos and, of course, the dreaded bear. This past week marked the first time a bear had mauled someone in Yellowstone Park since 1986. The bear was protecting its cubs and the unfortunate hiker paid the price. But this news is grim and depressing in a world where most of our news is grim and depressing. So instead of focusing on all the terrible beasts that can destroy you, let’s focus on animal attacks that make you feel bad for the victim, not because of the damage done, but because it’s kind of lame that the attack happened at all.

5 Outrageous Credit Card Receipts That You Wish You Could Afford

Outrageous credit card receipts that you wish you could afford - the title says it all. Don't you feel envious for these people? Take a look at these 5 examples:

Drake’s Night Out In Vegas – $189,375

How To Make A Wax Seal

If you still write letters and want to add a really old school flair to your envelope then why not make your very own wax seal? Follow the steps to create a cool looking seal that will definitely catch people’s attention.

16 Undeniable Universal Laws

Law of Mechanical Repair – After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you’ll have to pee.

Law of Gravity – Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

Law of Probability -The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.

Terrible Flood In China

A terrible flood in the middle of 2011 destroyed many homes and causing chaos all over.

Blood River

Chinese residents who were passing by the river Jana (Jian River) were a bit shocked in Disember 2011 – instead of the usual crystal clear water, the river flow was something very much like the blood. It turned out that illegal dumping of red paint from a nearby chemical plant was the cause of the change in colour. The matter was brought to the attention of the authorities and is under investigation.

 

 

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The Roles They Should Have Taken. Hollywood Fails.

Many actors turn down roles only to regret it later. Maybe their second thought was correct. Everyone can imagine, for example, Brad Pitt playing Jason Bourne but what about other actors and the roles they refused. Have a look at the photos in this post and decide for yourself was their choice a good one or not. Take a look:

The Facebook Bed

Everybody know that Facebook is the leading social network and there are so many Facebook inspired products already in the market. Designer Tomislav Zvonarić has designed this fBed for Facebook fans.

Top 10 Mysterious World Landmarks

The world is filled with ancient monuments built by master craftsmen in order to honor everything from kings and presidents to religious figures. And although most of these landmarks have been carefully studied and researched by scientists and historians, some are simply so old, incomplete, or obscure that we still don’t know very much about why they were built or what purpose they served. The following are 10 world landmarks that, whether by intention or simply due to the passage of time, continue to baffle the people who study them.

Prototype GHOST military watercraft claims a world's first

If you combined a stealth jet fighter and an attack helicopter and stuck them in the water, what would you get? Well, according to the folks at New Hampshire's Juliet Marine Systems (JMS), you'd get the GHOST marine platform. Privately developed for possible use by the U.S. Navy, the boat would reportedly be invisible to enemy ships' radar, while also being faster and more economical than existing military vessels. The company's big claim, however, is that GHOST is the world's first super-cavitating watercraft.

Giant Sand Art by Jim Denevan

Santa Cruz, CA-based artist Jim Denevan makes freehand drawings in sand, laboring up to seven hours and walking for as many as 30 miles to create massive artwork using no measuring aids whatsoever. Sometime Jim uses vehicles to create patterns out of tire-tracks. Sadly, Jim’s creations are temporary as they are eventually erased by waves, rain and weather.

50 Things That Changed Our Lives In A Decade

Was it only a decade ago that a blackberry was a mere warm season fruit? That green was, well, a color, and reality TV was that one show sandwiched between music videos on MTV? There were, of course, huge political and social upheavals that roiled the world in the past decade, but there also were the gradual lifestyle changes that people do not always notice when they are happening; kind of like watching a child grow older. Here is an alphabetical look at 50 things that changed our lives since the beginning of the millennium:

Smoke Art in Bottles by Jim Dingilian

Over the course of the past decade, American artist Jim Dingilian has developed a body of work in which he painstakingly renders ephemeral imagery by hand on found objects such as wooden desktops and aluminum soda cans, and particularly the impressive artwork he does inside discarded bottles.

20 Worst Superheroes

So I'm busy getting psyched for Kick-Ass, which shows exactly what happens if you try to don long underwear and fight crime: you get a brutal beating. Many fictional characters have tried to walk the superhero road. Some are awesome. And some... some are not. Here's 20 garboons who should have hung up the tights and called their therapists.

How To Take Perfect Animal Photo

As these amazing wildlife photos show, it is very difficult to get a great shot of an animal. The photographer has to hide from animals in special hidden places which he builds from natural materials as tree branches, leaves and grass.

 

Cauliflower Explosions by Brock Davis

Brock Davis is a Minneapolis-based artist and musician who works on primarily self-initiated projects in a variety of mediums. Humor is a constant in his work, transforming objects in unexpected ways to surprise the viewer. His Broccoli House and Exhibitionist Coffee Cup were viral hits over the Internet.

His latest addition to the ongoing Food Stuff series consist of famous explosions created with cauliflower heads.

10 Things You Didn't know About Microsoft

It really seems impossible that any one of you might not know about the Microsoft, but here is 10 facts you didn’t know about this company.

Ivanhoe Reservoir Covered With 400,000 Black Plastic Balls

In 2007, the Department of Water Protection in Los Angeles detected high levels of bromate, a carcinogen that forms when bromide and chlorine react with sunlight, in Los Angeles’s Ivanhoe Reservoir. Bromide is naturally present in groundwater and chlorine is used to kill bacteria, but sunlight is the final ingredient in the potentially harmful mix. The 102-year-old facility serves about 600,000 customers downtown and in South Los Angeles. When the Department of Water Protection realized the problem, they began construction of a new underground reservoir in Griffith Park, but while the new facility was being built they had to determine a way to keep the sunlight out of the water.

Energy Sources That Are Renewable

Energy is an inevitable requirement where we want development to take place. Many naturally occurring phenomenons contribute to producing this energy without damaging the environment. They are called renewable energy sources and they help to avoid pollution; both in urban and inaccessible locations on large and small scales. They form a sort of cycle without the deduction of any resource to generate the energy.

Funny Translations Of Movie Titles

A collection movie titles that got lost in the translation.

Six Naked Pigs

China

Die Hard: Mega Hard

Denmark