пятница, 1 августа 2014 г.

Howard the Duck Apparently Makes a Cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy

Howard the Duck Apparently Makes a Cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy


Remember Howard the Duck? Probably not in detail, but the unusual, somewhat existentialist Marvel character is about to make a comeback with an apparent cameo in the new Guardians of the Galaxy movie. And he actually looks pretty bad ass.


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888,246 Handmade Poppies Surround the Tower of London to Commemorate WWI

888,246 Handmade Poppies Surround the Tower of London to Commemorate WWI


The moat that surrounds the Tower of London has long stood empty and dry. This summer, it's getting filled with 888,246 red ceramic poppies, one for each British and Colonial soldiers who perished during World War I.


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A Book of Tweets By People Claiming They're Working on Their Novels

A Book of Tweets By People Claiming They're Working on Their Novels


Novels aren't going to write themselves, you know. But when they don't, simply turn to Twitter. A new book features tweets by would-be authors who are totally working on their novels, but had to stop working on their novels so they could post something to Twitter about working on their novels.


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Chance the Rapper's Cover of the Theme to Arthur Will Make You Smile

Chance the Rapper's Cover of the Theme to Arthur Will Make You Smile


Remember Arthur, the bespectacled little Anteater who reminded us via PBS to study hard, imagine, and most importantly believe in ourselves? Chance the Rapper just recorded a cover of the theme from the show and as the title suggests, it's just wonderful.


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PlayStation Now Is Still Way Too Expensive

PlayStation Now Is Still Way Too Expensive


Right now, on your PlayStation 4, you can enjoy 90 days of the PS3 racing game F1 2013 for the low, low price of $49.99.


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Record-Breaking Galaxy Is So Big It Acts Like a Magnifying Glass

Record-Breaking Galaxy Is So Big It Acts Like a Magnifying Glass


Some galaxies are so positively massive that their gravity actually distorts the light from objects behind it, turning the entire galaxy into our very own intergalactic magnifying glass. And now, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope just found the most distant one ever.


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What's the Generic Word For Skype? Videophone? Video Chat?

How To Portion Pasta When You're As Hungry As a T-Rex

How To Portion Pasta When You're As Hungry As a T-Rex


The original version of this pasta portioner was a clever play on the phrase "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse." But DOIY Design has improved on the original in every way with a new version featuring a famished T-Rex in pursuit of a fleeing family.


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Less time separates us from T-Rex than T-Rex from Stegosaurus

Less time separates us from T-Rex than T-Rex from Stegosaurus


Some of the most well-known dinosaurs that we think about today were separated by tens of millions of years. In fact, we're closer to the time of the T-Rex than T-Rex was to the time of the Stegosaurus. Unfortunately, that documentary The Land Before Time was totally lying to us.


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Scientists Made This Entire Mouse Transparent Using Detergent

A Beautifully Convincing Reason To Use a Pencil Again

A Beautifully Convincing Reason To Use a Pencil Again


Remember back in grade school when you were finally able to upgrade from a pencil to a pen? No longer being able to easily fix your mistakes was a rite of passage towards adulthood, and there was no looking back. At least until today, because this lovely chunky mechanical pencil from Wöther might actually have you downgrading from your pen.


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