There’s a rather heart-warming tale circulating on Reddit at the moment about a guy who tracked down an engaged couple after his boss’ wife took a photograph of the man proposing. It’s really an epic tale and only hints at the power of a little intuition. I’ll leave the rest to the original author to [...]
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World’s Longest Insect Discovered
[source: http://www.welt.de]
Non-surprisingly it’s none other than a type of Stick Insect (or Phasmids). This monster measures exactly 56.7 centimetres (or 22 inches) if you include its legs. The insect was discovered in 1989 by Datuk Chan Chew Lun, a local villager, and was therefore fondly named Phobaeticus chani, or “Chan’s megastick”. The amazing animal looks [...]
Huge Rice Field Art
This is an incredibly interesting way of creating art. Somewhere in Asia, these insane works are created with different types of rice! Instead of painting the rice and wasting the food production, they simply use a combination of species of rice to create a picture. This obviously takes a lot of planning and practice, but [...]
A Special Special
04 Mar 2008 at 16:54
The Internet Journalist
Neat Stuff, Photos - Humour, Photos - World, World Around Us
This is just a great splash of humor for everyone, for a rather boring Tuesday.
from News.com.au
Enjoy!
Going Green in 2008: 10 Consumer-based Ways of Saving Electricity
Picture credit: armisteadbooker
I’m a complete sucker for anything that has been proven to save energy (as scams still exist throughout!). Light bulbs, fans, fridges, even Energy Star computer screens. I love what they’re trying to do: decreasing the amount of energy increasingly more advanced technology required. So I decided I’d compile something that you [...]
Man Builds Second Paradise Island That Floats On Empty Bottles
What? Did you read the title correctly?
I’m afraid you did:
I absolutely love people like Richie Sowa, the creator of this personal island. He built his paradise in 1998, which was destroyed later by a hurricane. His island was a bamboo and pine structure that literally floated on 250,000 plastic bottles, which are attached as shown:
The [...]
10 Places To You Have to Visit Before You Die
This stunning photograph was taken by Aaron P
Ah traveling. The one thing almost everybody dreams of. Having been in New York, Paris and Morocco (All 3 feature on the list) I can easily say that it was an experience I won’t ever forget, and neither should you.
From the colours in Morocco, to the concrete [...]
