One Froggy Evening 9 Sep 2010, 5:24 am

One Froggy Evening is an animated short film released on December 31, 1955. It is regarded as one of the finest cartoons ever made. Steven Spielberg called One Froggy Evening 'the Citizen Kane of animated film.'

In 1994 it was voted #5 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field. The film is ranked at IMDb as the fourth best short movie ever. In 2003 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film 'culturally significant' and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.



(thanks Cora)

Fisherman Catches Massive 30lb 'Goldfish' 9 Sep 2010, 5:23 am

It's actually not a goldfish but a koi carp. It took angler Raphael Biagini ten minutes to reel the creature out of a lake in the south of France.

The orange koi carp weighs 30lb - the same as an average three-year-old girl - and is thought to be one of the largest of its kind ever captured. The fish was eventually returned to the water.

Good Dancing May Be Sign Of Male Health 9 Sep 2010, 5:21 am

Scientists from Northumbria University in the UK say they've carried out the first rigorous analysis of dance moves that make men attractive to women. Movements associated with good dancing may be indicative of good health and reproductive potential.

The research that women paid more attention to the core body region: the torso, the neck, the head. And not just the speed of the movements, but also the variability of the movement.

First Klingon Opera Set To Launch In The Netherlands 9 Sep 2010, 5:19 am

The first authentic Klingon opera on Earth will be hosted in the Netherlands at the Zeebelt Theater, The Hague from the 9th to the 12th of September 2010. The opera, while attracting Star Trek fans from around the world, also invited some honoured guests. On April 18, a radio message was broadcast to the assumed location of Qo'nos, the Klingon home planet, approximately nine light years away.

Klingon opera uses the principle of musical combat. Beauty in Klingon music comes from the impact of two opposing forces. To quote a well known Klingon proverb 'qa’ wIje 'meH masuv' or 'We fight to enrich the spirit.' The Klingon orchestra is made up of various indigenous Klingon instruments, some that have never been heard on earth before.

Klingon Opera web site.

Dogs On Logs 9 Sep 2010, 5:17 am

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Dogs on logs? There may seem little point to a series of pictures of dogs atop big pieces of wood - but perhaps that is exactly the point. And why not? Cats at least have the lol variety - dogs seem a little left out.

(thanks Robert-John)

5 Days In The Bathroom 9 Sep 2010, 5:14 am

Mark Malkoff is a comedian/filmmaker in New York City and he had a serious internet addiction. As a result he recently went on a 5 day online cleanse. No email. No Facebook. No Twitter. No internet. And he did it from the only place he knew he had zero distractions or temptations: his bathroom.



(thanks Mark)

Mark Malkoff web site.

How To Become An Early Riser 9 Sep 2010, 5:13 am

Some people aren't made for waking up early, and that's okay. It's not a character flaw or a sign of laziness; your sleep cycles are just geared for staying up late and sleeping in. But if you read the biographies of history's greatest men, you'll find that most were early risers.

They used each morning to write, read, ponder, and plan for their day. The benefits of waking up early are increased productivity, creativity, fitness, and decreased stress. Learn how to become an early riser.

The Double Life Of Lurancy Vennum 9 Sep 2010, 5:10 am

Mary Lurancy Vennum was born in April 1864 in Milford, a small town near Watseka in eastern Illinois, USA.

She had an ordinary, remarkable childhood until, for sixteen weeks in 1878, her body was supposedly possessed by the spirit of Mary Roff, another Watseka native who had died in a mental institution thirteen years previously.

The Watseka Wonder web site.

Trees Completely Fill Front Garden 9 Sep 2010, 5:05 am

Plymouth, UK, residents have complained to the council about the trees outside David Alvand's home, completely filling the front garden. Planted in 1991, shortly after the 66-year-old moved into the area, the famously fast-growing trees - better known as leylandii - are now more than 10 metres tall.

As well as completely obscuring the front of Alvand's home, their higher branches overhang his neighbors' roofs, as well as the pavement. One neighbor said they block out sunlight and make the street look bad.

(via Boing Boing)

Pacific Sun Cruise Liner In Very Heavy Seas 8 Sep 2010, 7:00 am

(thanks Cora)

Nic Cage As Everyone 8 Sep 2010, 6:28 am

Nic Cage As Everyone was founded on the belief that everything in life would be better with a little more Nic Cage, the most unique and versatile actor of his generation. Shown above is Nic Cage as Hannah Montana.

6 Unique Uses Of Morse Code 8 Sep 2010, 6:25 am

I was a counter-intelligence officer in the army and used to work with Morse code. As usage of Morse code wanes, it's somewhat comforting, and surprising, to learn that its legacy lives on in the strangest of forms.

Here are six unique examples of Morse code being used in a variety of different items, some more successfully than others.

Blues Maker 8 Sep 2010, 6:23 am

For those days that everything is so messed up, all you have left is the blues. The Blues Maker lets you select the pieces of lyrics and harmonica effects to make your own piece of music. Let the sadness out of your heart and sing along. Foot stomping is recommended.

(via Everlasting Blort)

Ghosts In The Hollow 8 Sep 2010, 6:21 am

Ghosts in the Hollow is a video of abandoned coal mining towns by Jim Lo Scalzo. The images pull you into the story that the song makes. The song is called 'Sprinkle Coal Dust On My Grave' and was written in 1933 by Orville Jenks.



(thanks Cora)

South Korean Woman Passes Driving Test At 960th Attempt 8 Sep 2010, 6:18 am

South Korean grandmother Cha Sa-soon, 69, whose surname coincidentally means 'vehicle' in Korean, has become a national celebrity by passing her driving test at the 960th attempt. For three years beginning in April 2005, she took her driving test once a day, five days a week. After that, her pace slowed, to around twice a week.

It is believed that Mrs Cha will not be a danger in traffic, since it was on the written part of the test, rather than the practical side, that she had failed so many times. I wanted to get a driver's licence so I could take my grandchildren to the zoo, Mrs Cha explained.

(via Neatorama)

Food With Faces 8 Sep 2010, 6:16 am

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Have you ever looked into your food's eyes and know who it truly is? Does your banana have a soul, and if so, why is it so sad? Why is the persimmon angry, the kiwi confused? Here's a photo collection of food with faces.

The Future Of Screen Technology 8 Sep 2010, 6:10 am

A video showing the future of screen technology with stretchable screens, transparent screens and e-ink displays, to name a few. Experience a normal day in 2014.



(via J-Walk Blog)

Sun Boxes 8 Sep 2010, 6:07 am

Sun Boxes is a solar powered sound installation. It's comprised of twenty speakers operating independently, each powered by the sun via solar panels. There is a different loop set to play a guitar note in each box continuously.

Because the loops are different in length, once the piece begins they continually overlap and the piece slowly evolves over time. When experiencing the piece, Sun Boxes allows the participant to slow down, and notice the subtleties of the composition unfold.

See a video of the Sun Boxes in the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada, USA.

25 Best Nutrition Secrets 8 Sep 2010, 6:01 am

The way you like to eat is the way you should eat. If you want to make big changes to your health, forget about following somebody else's diet. Just make a bunch of little changes to the diet you're already following.

Here are 25 of the best new nutritional tweaks you can make that will improve the way you look and feel.

Eccentric Witness Describes Robbery Attempt 7 Sep 2010, 5:45 am

A woman getting coffee tells what happened when two would-be robbers walked into the Shell gas station.



(via J-Walk Blog)

Shadow Hawk Vehicles 7 Sep 2010, 5:44 am

Shadow Hawk makes Super Terrain Vehicles that look awesome. The boldly styled vehicles use impressive power-to-weight ratios, 46 inches of wheel travel, active suspension, and caster and camber control systems to challenge the sports cars of today and dominate off road environments.

The London Smog Disaster Of 1952 7 Sep 2010, 5:38 am

The Great Smog of 1952 was a severe air pollution event that affected London in December 1952. A period of cold weather, combined with an anticyclone and windless conditions, collected airborne pollutants mostly from the use of coal to form a thick layer of smog over the city.

It was not thought to be a significant event at the time but in the following weeks however, medical reports estimated that 4,000 people had died prematurely and 100,000 more were made ill because of the smog's effects on the human respiratory tract. More recent research suggests that the number of fatalities was considerably higher at around 12,000.

Ugliest Website In The World 7 Sep 2010, 5:37 am

Frithjof Arngren is a Norwegian entrepreneur in sales of electronics. He graduated in electrical engineering at the University of Newcastle in England. He started Arngren Electronics in 1983 and was a pioneer in mail order sales.

Here's his web site.

Japanese Precision Marching 7 Sep 2010, 5:35 am

Want to know what the 'precision' in Precision Marching means?
Take a look at this video and you'll be amazed.



(thanks Cora)

Cross My Heart And Hope to Die 7 Sep 2010, 5:31 am

The sign, or letter X, has a long history of use in the Ancient Mystery Religions, in apostate Judaism, in Freemasonry, and in the occult. The Illuminati elite use it to this day to symbolize key phenomena and mark significant events.

The mysterious letter X seems to take on a wide and varied life of its own, with or without the secret aid of the elite sponsorship.

We have Microsoft's X-box, the movie X-Men, off-brand products are called 'Brand X,' today's youth have been called Generation X, and a lot of folks are concerned about a planet, or star, reported to be speeding toward us called Planet X that has occult significance.

The Mysterious 'X' Factor.

(via Majaak World)