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  1. 29-Year-Old Thief Died Trying to Rob A Condom Machine

    The poor fella needed protection from the protection he so adamantly, and somehow recklessly tried to acquire. ABC News reports the 29-year-old man and a couple his buddies planned to steal the condoms by blowing the rubbers vending machine

  2. 2015 Was a Great Year For Weather Report Bloopers

    via FAIL Blog bit.ly

  3. This Picture of a Dog With Ham on Its Head Asking for Prayers Has Over 100,00 Facebook Shares

    It's unclear how many are in on the joke and how many are genuinely praying for this non-burned pup, but the comments sure are great. via FAIL Blog bit.ly

  4. In 2015, Airbnb Began a Fight for Its Life. In 2016, It Has to Win.

    In 2015, Airbnb Began a Fight for Its Life. In 2016, It Has to Win. Airbnb is the third-most valuable startup today at $25.5 billion, and the now ubiquitous home rental service wants to be nothing less than the hotel-substitute glue holding

  5. Photo taken on December 29, 2015 at 02:23PM

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Fowl Play! Angry Man Leaves Flock Of Chickens Inside Tax Office

    Fowl Play! Angry Man Leaves Flock Of Chickens Inside Tax Office EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Police say an Oregon man angry with his tax situation left a flock of seven chickens inside the state revenue office. Police in Eugene said in a news releas

  9. Ain't No Party Like A Hydrogel-Balls-In-A-Hot-Pan Party

    Ain't No Party Like A Hydrogel-Balls-In-A-Hot-Pan Party Hydrogel balls are tiny bits of polymer that can absorb a bunch of water. And when you put the balls in a sizzling pan, that water wants to go somewhere. November 22, 2015 at 03:59PMvi

  10. How A Food Scientist Cooks Thanksgiving

    How A Food Scientist Cooks Thanksgiving Add some science to your Thanksgiving table with these tips from J. Kenji López-Alt’s New York Times bestselling cookbook The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science. Kenji will be here on Digg

  11. 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

  12. A Drone That Anyone Can Afford

    A Drone That Anyone Can Afford Why settle for one propeller when you could have four? The Snowflake Stealth quadcopter soars, hovers, flips and tilts at high speeds with ease and safety. And, at $35 your new toy won’t make you break the ban

  13. Triple Falls by Kilian Schönberger

    Triple Falls by Kilian Schönberger @kilianschoenberger I N S T A G R A M L A N D S C A P E P H O T O G R A P H Y facebook Kilian Schönberger: Photos Image unavailable: Image for Triple Falls by Kilian Schönberger. This image was not ava

  14. 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

  15. Having Trouble With That Supernative Wenal Sprocket? This Guy Has A Solution For You!

    Having Trouble With That Supernative Wenal Sprocket? This Guy Has A Solution For You! Look, we all took high school physics. Obviously this stuff is child's play. November 13, 2015 at 01:30AMvia Digg di.gg

  16. How Could You Like That Book?

    How Could You Like That Book? Trying to figure out why some people like books that are not very fun to read. November 13, 2015 at 12:59AMvia Digg bit.ly

  17. Photo taken on November 12, 2015 at 06:39PM

  18. Photo taken on November 02, 2015 at 09:04AM

  19. A Couple Dudes Created A Working Magic Carpet

    A Couple Dudes Created A Working Magic Carpet By rigging up an electric skateboard with a rug, Jesse Wellens and Casey Neistat created an amazing Halloween costume. November 1, 2015 at 07:47AMvia Digg di.gg

  20. Here’s When You Should Stop Trick-Or-Treating

    Here’s When You Should Stop Trick-Or-Treating In a survey, a little more than half of respondents said that 12 or 13 is a good age to stop trick-or-treating. November 1, 2015 at 07:44AMvia Digg 53eig.ht

  21. Experience: I grew up in a cemetery

    Experience: I grew up in a cemetery "I invited a girl home once. She asked where we were going. I pointed over the cemetery walls and said: In there. She ran off and never came back." November 1, 2015 at 07:41AMvia Digg bit.ly

  22. If drones are here to stay, n00bs must lead the way

    If drones are here to stay, n00bs must lead the way The drone horror stories you know involve new pilots; how can the community fix that? November 1, 2015 at 07:40AMvia Digg bit.ly

  23. Here Are The Kickstarters That Are Out-Fundraising Presidential Candidates

    Here Are The Kickstarters That Are Out-Fundraising Presidential Candidates Though people in the startup world whine a lot about politics and an entrenched class of Washington bureaucrats who hate disruption, the reality is that the two worl

  24. Reversed Video Of A Backwards Running Competition Is Funnier Than It Should Be

    Reversed Video Of A Backwards Running Competition Is Funnier Than It Should Be It's the Uncanny Valley of Running: It looks like people running normally, but something is just... off. October 24, 2015 at 01:25PMvia Digg di.gg

  25. "My Kind Of America" With Jack Black

    "My Kind Of America" With Jack Black Colbert and Jack Black have created the great political anthem of our time and it’s free for any politician to use. Lincoln Chafee, this could be your moment. October 15, 2015 at 08:46AMvia Digg di.gg

  26. Remembering America's Bizarre War on Margarine

    Remembering America's Bizarre War on Margarine If not for two key developments in the late 1940s margarine might still be barred from grocery shelves. October 11, 2015 at 12:54AMvia Digg bit.ly

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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’