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Prince Philip's Top 10 Gaffes
10 June was the Duke of Edinburgh's ninetieth birthday, and Asylum took the time to prepare a list of his top ten verbal gaffes. This is one of the more uncomfortable lists I've made.
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Handmade Legend Of Zelda Chess Set
I'd certainly shell out all the rupees in my Giant's Wallet for this.
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Canada Is Making Dinosaurs From Chicken Embryos
This is definitely a case where the chicken didn't come first. Hans Larsson, a research chair at McGill University, believes that, by flipping certain genetic "switches," he can create a new breed of animals that hypothetically resemble dinosaurs. Unfortunately, he also believes that a "dinosaur hatchery" is "too large an enterprise" to be financeable. Is this because of the whole velociraptors-had-feathers thing?
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Hot Chicks Eating Tacos
No, not those kind of tacos. Get your mind outta the gutter.
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Epic Lawn Mower-Powered Beer Train
"I ain't got time for stuff like this."
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29 Cats In Circular Things
We all have different ways of getting comfortable.
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Hipster Bicycle Wheelie Fail
Fixed gear rides again! The dislocated wheel flopping around at the end is really sad.
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Things That Cause Rape
Well, she does have a point there.
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Hayao Miyazaki's Films As LEGOs
For BrickCon 2010, Iain Heath constructed many of Hayao Miyazaki's famous characters from his films entirely out of Lego. He even built a Japanese garden around them using real flora and fauna, and ultimately "Miyazakitopia" won in the "Big in Japan" category.
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Drunk British Man Flops Down Stairs, Presses On
After getting kicked out of a party at The Savoy in London, this "rolling-drunk reveller" falls down a stairway but continues into the night. This is a real man of steel.
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Unreal Video Of Norway's "Midnight Sun"
Norwegian photographer/filmmaker Terje Sørgjerd just finished a stunning time-lapse video of the days leading up the Arctic "midnight sun" on the archipelago Lofoten. The footage is from April 29-May 10, 2011.
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Pokemon Hover Hand
Pokédex 3D, unveiled at Nintendo's E3 convention yesterday, allows you to take photos with your Pokémon. Despite that they're supposedly your "best friend," this dude still looks a little nervous about it.
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Don't Have Time For A Shower?
Then here's an arguably better, but certainly more expedient way to do it.
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Incredible Photos Of The "Mothball Fleet"
In a bay thirty miles northeast of San Francisco lies several dozen retired Navy ships, which served in four wars. These "ghost ships" are slowly being scrapped one-by-one, and by 2017 they'll all be gone. Fortunately, photographer Scott Haefner and his friends sneaked past 24-hour patrols to photograph these heroic relics.
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Behind The Scenes Of Classic Films
Photographer Angus Shamal has taken a number of behind the scenes photos from some of the most unmistakable films around. Here's just a sampling of the most incredible ones. For more, check out his site.
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Exploring Gulliver's Kingdom, Japan
Named after Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, this theme park 2.5 hours outside Tokyo was only open from 1997-2001, until it closed from lack of visitors. Before it was demolished in 2007, urban explorers crawled over every inch of it. Here's some of what they saw. (From Web Urbanist and Sleepy City, via.)
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Top Ten Things Apple Revealed At WWDC
At the annual "Worldwide Developer's Conference" today, Steve Jobs and other Apple executives announced a flurry of new products and upgrades. Here's the top ten, according to Business Insider.
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Puppy Chain Reaction
That puppy in the middle was certainly dealing with some kind of a nightmare.
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The Saddest Dogs You've Ever Seen
Whether they're constrained by bars or by blankets, dressed up as aliens or brides, or just plain depressed, these dogs have never looked sadder. (Courtesy of the awesome new Tumblr, Sad Dogs.)
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The World's Most Expensive Kebab
Chef Andy Bates has set the record for the world's most expensive kebab, at $1225. The "King of Kebabs" includes champagne-infused mint and cucumber yogurt, barrel aged ewe's milk feta cheese (obviously), coeur de boeuf, and--of course--edible gold leaf and platinum. If you wanna make it for yourself, check out the full list of ingredients.
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