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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
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Car crashes through gate, teeters off dock
A woman crashed through a gate onto a Florida man's dock before her car splashed into the water. CNN affiliate WPTV reports. Image unavailable: Image for Car crashes through gate, teeters off dock. This image was not available in the recove
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Would You Try 3D-Printed Meat?
Free-range? Grass-fed? How about 3D-printed next to the Nespresso on your kitchen island? That could be the beef of the future, friends. And two German design students have ginned up the latest plans for a slick-looking machine that could m
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If Fast Food Commercials Were Honest
via FAIL Blog bit.ly
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The Key to Longer-Lasting Smartwatches Might Be Stupidly Simple
Smartwatches are not endowed with the greatest battery life, thanks to the limited space available. But for the increasingly large number of circular smartwatches on the market, there’s one simple change that could yield a quarter more powe
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* * by Darian
* * by Darian Darian : Photos Image unavailable: Image for * * by Darian. This image was not available in the recovered archive. View the original reference.via 500px: bit.ly
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Fight Back Against Drone Surveillance... With Fashion
via The Huffington Post | Full News Feed huff.to
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The Difference Between Road Rage and Regular Rage (and Why It Matters)
No matter how calm of a person you are, driving has a tendency to bring out the worst in us. Perhaps it’s the personal armor of being in a steel case on wheels, but road rage feels different than regular old rage. Let’s take a look at why t
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Apple Music Launches With iOS 8.4 At 8 AM PT On June 30
Apple Music is coming tomorrow, and Apple Music Senior Director and former beats CEO Ian Rogers wants you to be ready, so he has revealed the specifics of when it’ll star rolling out. The official launch time for Apple Music is June 30 at 8
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Apple Music Launches With iOS 8.4 At 8 AM PT On June 30
Image unavailable: Apple Music Exclusive. This image was not available in the recovered archive. View the original reference. Apple Music is coming tomorrow, and Apple Music Senior Director and former beats CEO Ian Rogers wants you to be re
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This deep fried Big Mac is the pinnacle of fast food ingenuity
Today is a momentous day. Just by existing, this deep fried Big Mac has brought humanity forward. Because the only thing missing from the poster child of fast food, a Big Mac, is the key ingredient to most junk food goodness: getting deep f
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Cook S'mores Inside a Waffle Cone for a Mess-Free Treat
S’mores are a sign of summer and camping, but they can get a little messy if you’re not careful. Center Cut Cook suggests that one way to keep them contained is by cooking them inside a waffle cone. All you need to do is stuff the waffle co
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Force Touch is Reportedly Coming to iPhone
Ahoy, an Apple rumor! Unnamed sources tell Bloomberg Business Apple has begun production on an iPhone model equipped with Force Touch, the same haptic feedback feature that made its debut this year in the Apple Watch and the company’s new M
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Engineers Just Broke the Capacity Limit For Fiber Optic Transmission
So, that Internet apocalypse that’s going to befall us when the our fiber optic cables max out? Maybe not so much. On Thursday, engineers reported in Science that they’d broken the “capacity limit” for fiber optic transmission, opening the
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Foreigners fighting Islamic State in Syria: who and why?
DERIK, Syria (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - While illegally crossing the Iraqi-Syrian border, Canadian Peter Douglas was adamant that his incursion was for humanitarian reasons - to help the people of Syria.Image unavailable: Image for Fore