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Six-year-old Roller Skater Gagan Satish

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A super flexible schoolboy has become a limbo legend – by roller-skating under 39 cars in a row. It took six-year-old Gagan Satish just 29 seconds to cover a distance of nearly 70 metres with his face just five inches from the ground. (Photo by Arkaprava Ghosh/Barcroft Media India)
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The Mystery of the White Flags on the Brooklyn Bridge

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Two bleached-white American flags mysteriously appeared atop the Brooklyn Bridge Tuesday morning. It is unknown whether this stunt was an art project, a political statement or just tomfoolery. Investigators are trying to determine how two bleached-white American flags mysteriously appeared atop the Brooklyn Bridge Tuesday morning—and whether the stunt was an art project, a political statement or just tomfoolery. (Photo: AP)
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This Is What Different Foods Look Like When Separated Into Monochromatic themes

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Photographer Isabella Vacchi gives us an idea of what different meal settings look like when color variety is absent. Entitled ‘MONOCHROME’, the series organizes food and dining ware according to just four color palettes: black, white, grey, and brown.
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Patterned Paint Roller Kit

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These patterned paint rollers from The Painted House, based in the UK, come in a range of different designs and are a really good alternative to wallpaper. Each design roller is reusable and interchangeable, and can be used with either the fabric applicator or the wall & paper applicator. You can use them on walls, perk up old wooden furniture, make reams of wrapping paper and meters of fabric. Continue reading »

Model Transforms Into a Tarantula

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Tarantulas are some of the creepiest creatures on the planet but this is just amazing. Model Lowri Thomas is transformed into a human tarantula by body painter Emma Fay, who used water-based paints to turn the ultra-flexible model into the giant arachnid. The artwork was captured by photographer Jonathan Macauley, who recorded the progress of the animalistic designs as they developed.
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Custom Built DIY Swimming Pool

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These people decided to build their own swimming pool and it ended up looking a lot cooler than any swimming pool they could have purchased. Continue reading »

The Thorny Dragon or Thorny Devil

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The thorny dragon or thorny devil (Moloch horridus) is an Australian lizard, also known as the mountain devil, the thorny lizard, or the moloch. This is the sole species of genus Moloch. The thorny devil grows up to 20 cm (8.0 in) in length, and it can live up to 20 years. Continue reading »

World’s First “Kitten Bar” Opens in Japan

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According to Dailymail, a “Kitten Bar” Akanasu opens in Tokyo, Japan. It becomes hot for comforting lonely people. The owner Koyanagai has adopted kitties for years. Continue reading »

Mushroom, UFO or Superstorm?

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Photographer Jody Miller has been storm chasing and the results are outstanding. These vivid images capture the fury of mother nature in some extraordinarily beautiful landscapes.
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Amazing Sceneries of Inverse Image by Victoria Siemer

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The group of photos is created by Victoria Siemer, a graphic designer and photographer from Brooklyn, New York, the United States. As a creative designer, Victoria Siemer is keen on changing visual spaces so as to create an unusual visual effect. Continue reading »

The Alligator Wrestler

These amazing pictures show a five-year-old boy who is already extremely comfortable around alligators. Blaise’s dad T-Mike runs the Kliebert Gator Farm, the biggest and oldest in the world and which was started by his grandfather Harvey in 1957. The monsters of the Mississippi grow up to 18 feet – and some were even hatched by a young Harvey the year the farm was opened. T-Mike hopes that his young son will take over the family business when he grows up. The family make a living by opening their farm to the public, with the star attractions being a young Blaise wrestling the gators and sitting on a 15ft-long beast.

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T-Mike Kliebert and his son Blaise tackle Chinaman a 12 foot alligator in Hammond, Louisiana. (Photo by Barcroft Media)
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KamaSurra – To End the Police Abuse During Street Protests in Brazil

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KamaSurra it’s a series of posters based on the original positions of Kama Sutra, but instead of portraying couples making love, we see policemen spreading hate, while abusing innocent citizens. The illustrations portraits real events seem on street protests that have been taken place in Brazil since the beginning of 2013. Continue reading »

The Face of Death

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This stunning photographic series is a collaboration between the British photographer Rankin and the talented Andrew Gallimore. These images offers faces are completely transformed by decorations and make-up, made on the occasion of the Mexican day ‘Dia de Los Muertos’. Continue reading »

“Random Faces” by Todd Borka

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A homemade wooden game for children and adults, created by artist Todd Borka. 3 “heads” of wood, mixing at your convenience, in 3 different wood species. The number of combinations is infinite! Continue reading »

Otocycles Launches Its First Line of Electric Bikes Retro Style

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Otocycles, Barcelona craftsman electric bike comes in the market with two models inspired by the bikes of the fifties. Classic Design, Otor and Otok opt for sustanaible movility with bold retro style and a sporty. Ideal for getting around town, Otocycles weigh about 23 kilos and have a very quite engine with autonomy of 40 to 65 kilometers.
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Sun Magazine Underwater Photo Shoot

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The underwater fashion photos featured in the May 2014 Sun Magazine were taken by Sun photographer Lloyd Fox in a pool at the home of Mary Kay and Chuck Nabit. Styling was provided by Sun reporter John-John Williams IV, and the art director for the shoot was Sun design editor Leeann Adams. Photos: The Sun magazine’s under water fashion shoot with resort style clothes, March 25, 2014
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Soviet Ghosts: The Ruins of the Communism

Only the most intrepid urban explorers cross the tattered ruins of the old iron curtain to endure the excessive bureaucracy, military paranoia and freezing winds of the East to hunt for the ghosts of an empire.

Rebecca Litchfield is one who couldn’t resist the haunting allure of the ruins of the Soviet Union. Time and again she risked radiation exposure, experienced arrest and interrogation, and was accused of espionage while collecting the stunning photography in Soviet Ghosts. Join her on an adventure through the ruins of soviet bloc, never before seen by western eyes.

The emotional affect of this poetic collection will keep you coming back for more, while a series of expert articles offer in-depth analysis of the historical context. Contemplate the uncanny and disturbing emotional power of the imagery. Discover the story of the rise and fall of the USSR, the empire whose ghost continues to haunt Europe even today…

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Hungary, MAV 424 Steam Train. Continue reading »

Travel Photographer of the Year Contest Exhibition

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Pokot tribe, Amaya village, East Pokot, Kenya. (Photo by Roberto Nistri)
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Chinese Workers Prepare Australian Sheep’s Wool for Fashion Industry

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Chinese workers prepare sheep’s wool before it is processed and bleached at a factory on July 12, 2014 near Zhangzhou, China. The facility prepares wool to be used in the manufacturing of footwear and clothing for export to Western markets and for consumption within China. (Photo: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images AsiaPac) Continue reading »

Artifacts from the Central Intelligence Agency Museum

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An essential part of the survival kit for American forces in the Philippines, China and Burma, this knife was ideal for cutting through jungle brush. It also had potential as a combat knife – its manufacturer provided instructions on how to use the Woodsman’s Pal to defeat a Japanese soldier armed with a samurai sword. (Photo by Central Intelligence Agency)
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The Robot Skateboards

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Artist Sanja Cezek created this series of illustrations of skateboards painted in the image of her favorite robots, ever. Continue reading »

Sew Awesome: Fun Sci-Fi Kitty Pincushions

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Artist FatCatCrafts offers all kinds of cool Sci-Fi pincushions. Whether you sew or not, these fun pincushions are just plain fun to have around and display. In her shop, you’ll find Boba Fett (Bubba Fatt), Ewoks, R2-D2 (Purr2D2), Doctor Who, Jawas (Catwa) and more. All looking like fat cats and ready to be poked if you need somewhere to park your needles. Continue reading »

Godzilla Invades Tokyo: Midtown Meets Godzilla

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Crewmember Tetsuo Hayashi airbrushes the final touches to a 6.6 meter replica of the famous Godzilla at Tokyo Midtown on July 15, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. The “MIDTOWN Meets GODZILLA” project is in collaboration with the Japan release of the Hollywood film version of “Godzilla”. The Godzilla built on the lawns of Tokyo Midtown will host a light show everynight complete with mist, audio and fire rays. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) Continue reading »

Redhead Day – Dutch Summer Fest

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Redhead Day (Roodharigendag in Dutch) is the name of a Dutch summer festival that takes place each first weekend of September in the city of Breda, in the Netherlands. The two-day festival is a gathering of people with natural red hair, but is also focused on art related to the colour red. Activities during the festival are lectures, workshops and demonstrations which are aimed specifically at red-haired people. The festival attracts attendance from 50 countries and is free due to sponsorship of the local government. Continue reading »

Real-Life Futurama Is Gorgeous

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Artist Alexey Zakharov has created a lovely 3D-animated “test shot” of the exceedingly complicated 31st-century world of Futurama, starring the Planet Express ship and Mom’s Old-Fashioned Robot Oil. It’s just… wow.

On his website, Behance, Zakharov has posted a collection of videos and gorgeous pieces of concept art that brings the Futurama world to life. You can even see a tiny Leela sitting on the loading dock. Wow. OK, so it may not be photorealistic, but it’s the closest we’re going to get for a long time.
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