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Are You Ready For a World Where Santa's Sleigh is Pulled By Robo-Reindeer?
You better watch out, You better not cry, You better not shout in fear, Boston Dynamics is showing you why, Robot Reindeer are here! Boston Dynamics, the makers of some of the most advanced robots on Earth, uploaded this seemingly-in
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gingerbread layer cake
Gingerbread Layer Cake with Whipped Mascarpone Cream and Sugared Cranberries Adapted from Claudia Fleming (cake), Nancy Silverton (stabilized cream) and My Recipes (sugared cranberries) This recipe makes three thin cake layers. As most of u
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Is Cafe Mocha to Winter As Pumpkin Spice Is to Autumn?
Are you feeling pumpkin spiced out and wondering what seasonal stunt flavor comes next? Wonder no longer.via FN Dish – Food Network Blog bit.ly
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Guinness Is Going Vegan
Vegetarians and vegans will soon be able enjoy a nice, fish-bladder-free pint of Guinness.via FN Dish – Food Network Blog bit.ly
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Big Break
An immense wave crashes against the Felgueiras lighthouse in Porto, Portugal. Your Shot member Marco Nuno Faria says the image wasn’t easy to capture, but with some tenacity—and a bit of luck—the shot was his. “I studied the waves’ behavior
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Dreamscape
In the northern slopes of the Tian Shan Mountains in China, a river carves its way through a canyon. The Earth’s rocky layers are eroded by wind and water and exposed, transforming the landscape into these colorful terraces. This photograp
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This beautiful spinning chocolate cake hides hilarious animations
Oh, this is great. Alexandre Dubosc made this wonderful zoetrope that uses chocolate and popcorn to animate itself. As the multi-layer cake spins around, different things begin to appear as if they’re moving and it’s all perfectly matched w
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Project X Lets You Fight HoloLens Aliens In Your Living Room, And It's Freaking Unreal
Well, this is it. The day all my dreams came true. I started out playing 2D side-scrollers in mall arcades in the 1980s, but I’ll soon be able to fight holographic robots bursting through my living room walls using my handheld blaster that’
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Here's our first look at the Surface Book, Microsoft's answer to the MacBook Pro
Wow. Microsoft finally did it. After years of rumors and speculation the company finally unveiled its very own laptop. Not a tablet that could replace a laptop (although there's that too), but a bona fide laptop, with an attached keyboard.
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Glass walkway suspended 3,540 feet above ground cracks under tourists' feet
A section of a new glass-bottomed walkway at Yuntai Mountain Geological Park in Henan Province, China, cracked at around 5 p.m. Monday afternoon, causing the tourists on it to understandably freak out. Lee Dong Hai, a tourist who was on th
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Burger King's Black Whopper is turning people's poop green and everyone is vastly confused
Turns out, there may be an unintentional trick to Burger King's new Halloween treat The Halloween Whopper, a limited-edition burger available throughout the month of October, comes with a black bun to make it extra spooky See also: This i
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Caffeinated Peanut Butter Now Exists
The next time you need a caffeine fix, skip the percolator, auto-drip and cold brew — and instead reach for peanut butter.via FN Dish – Food Network Blog bit.ly
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Strike One by Ted Gore
Strike One by Ted Gore Interested in going on a workshop to the Italian Dolomites with Erin Babnik and I?There is a great 12-page brochure, packed with details that you can download HERE To stay up to date with me and get the first annou
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Congrats (Right in the Face)
via FAIL Blog bit.ly
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Standing on Water by CK Lam
Standing on Water by CK Lam This was a fun shot at Vesturhorn. More photos from Iceland coming up. :) CK Lam: Photos Image unavailable: Image for Standing on Water by CK Lam. This image was not available in the recovered archive. View
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Standing on Water by CK Lam
Standing on Water by CK Lam This was a fun shot at Vesturhorn. More photos from Iceland coming up. :) CK Lam: Photos Image unavailable: Image for Standing on Water by CK Lam. This image was not available in the recovered archive. View
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A Not-So-Fantastical Plan To Save California From Drought With Cacti
Imagine the Central Valley of California not as a patchwork of drought-vulnerable crops but as a network of farms that use almost no water. Not only that, these farms can also filter existing water while providing acres of food for Californ
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'Nice to MEAT you!' ;) by Adrian Sommeling
'Nice to MEAT you!' ;) by Adrian Sommeling No, it's not about food... it's about politics and politicians ;) Models: Marco ter Beek and uhh... Clara the Cow ;) Adrian Sommeling: Photos Image unavailable: Image for 'Nice to MEAT you!'
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In Some Cities a Right Turn on Red Must Yield For Traffic Controller's Clearance
via FAIL Blog bit.ly
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Gender Norms Are Questioned With Hashtag #MasculinitySoFragile
Social Media has been in a frenzy to shine a light on absurd gender stereotypes using the hashtag #MasculinitySoFragile. The social construction of men in today's society is under the impression that masculinity needs to be associated with
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Peanut Butter Cookies
<p>If there is a Hall of Fame for cookies, peanut butter cookies hold a place of honor, along with chocolate chip and <a href="http://bit.ly/1J6XeSN">oatmeal raisin</a>. They also happen to be my mother’s favorite cookie, the one cookie she
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10 Books You Pretend to Have Read (And Why You Should Really Read Them)
Science fiction and fantasy offer a rich legacy of great books—but that abundant pile of reading material can also be daunting. So sometimes, it’s easier to fake it. We asked some of our favorite writers, and they told us the 10 books that
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Escher's Palace by Ian Plant
Escher's Palace by Ian Plant Abandoned buildings reclaimed by the desert in the Kolmanskop Ghost Town, Namibia. Ian Plant: Photos Image unavailable: Image for Escher's Palace by Ian Plant. This image was not available in the recovered
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Escher's Palace by Ian Plant
Escher's Palace by Ian Plant Abandoned buildings reclaimed by the desert in the Kolmanskop Ghost Town, Namibia. Ian Plant: Photos Image unavailable: Image for Escher's Palace by Ian Plant. This image was not available in the recovered
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Kansas City Evening by K S
Kansas City Evening by K S Taken from World War Memorial, overlooking Union Station and the Kansas City Skyline during the sunset hour. I love going to this spot in the evening when I am in Kansas City. It is my favorite place to watch t
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Guy Tries a Beer Brewed with a 7.1 Million Scoville Unit Hot Sauce and Immediately Regrets His Decision
Vomit Alert via FAIL Blog bit.ly
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Microsoft Says Power BI Will Come Out Of Preview On July 24, Open Sources Visualization Stack
Microsoft today announced that Power BI, the company’s cloud-hosted self-service business intelligence service, will hit general availability on July 24. Power BI originally launched as part of Office 365 back in July 2013. Since then, the
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These are the Minerals That Give Fireworks Their Colors
If you want beautiful fireworks bursting in the sky, you’re going to need to mine the Earth first. Here’s the geology of the minerals that give fireworks their vibrant colours. Fireworks get their colour from metal salts. A salt is a che
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Military AI interface helps you make sense of thousands of photos
It's easy to find computer vision technology that detect objects in photos, but it's still tough to sift through photos... and that's a big challenge for the military, where finding the right picture could mean taking out a target or spotti
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Absurd Creature of the Week: If This Wasp Stings You, ‘Just Lie Down and Start Screaming’
The tarantula hawk is actually a kind of solitary wasp, with a sting that causes a fiercely electric pain that could only be described as totally unacceptable. The post Absurd Creature of the Week: If This Wasp Stings You, ‘Just Lie Down a