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Saturday, July 04, 2009

Video: How Not To Rob A Shop

Video: Freight Train vs Tornado. Who Will Win?

Thursday, July 02, 2009

102-Word 'Gobbledygook' Sentence = Worst Use Of English Language

If you can't understand this 102-word sentence you're not alone. The sentence has just won an award for the worst use of the English language.

'The promise of reform which the Green Paper heralds holds much for the public and Service alike; local policing, customised to local need with authentic answerability, strengthened accountabilities at force level through reforms to police authorities and HMIC, performance management at the service of localities with targets and plans tailored to local needs, the end of centrally-engineered one size fits all initiatives, an intelligent approach to cutting red tape through redesign of processes and cultures, a renewed emphasis on strategic development so as to better equip our service to meet the amorphous challenges of managing cross force harms, risks and opportunities.'

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Video: Confused Dog

A dog gets confused when it sees a cat on the computer that's also sat in the room.

Ant Mega-Colony Takes Over The World

Scientists have discovered a mega-colony of ants that have colonised much of the world.

Originally from South America, the Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) have been introduced to all continents apart from Antarctica.

These introduced Argentine ants are renowned for forming large colonies, and for becoming a significant pest, attacking native animals and crops.

In Europe, one vast colony of Argentine ants is thought to stretch for 6,000km (3,700 miles) along the Mediterranean coast, while another in the US, known as the "Californian large", extends over 900km (560 miles) along the coast of California. A third huge colony exists on the west coast of Japan.

While ants are usually highly territorial, those living within each super-colony are tolerant of one another, even if they live tens or hundreds of kilometres apart.Each super-colony, however, was thought to be quite distinct.

But it now appears that billions of Argentine ants around the world all actually belong to one single global mega-colony.

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Video: Airplane Toilet Paper Trick

Flight Diverted After Passenger Takes All His Clothes Off

A flight had to be diverted after a man suffering from bi-polar disorder stripped naked. Two off-duty police officers were on board who subdued the man whilst it was being diverted. Read more.

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Video: Lego Arcade

Classic arcade games recreated with Lego.

New iPhone Knock-Offs Are Nearly Indistinguishable From Original

This video shows an example of an 'iPhone' from China. They've done a pretty good job of copying the hardware and the software looks similar but is almost unusable. More at Wired.

Video: Mini-Hulk is Freaky!

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Video: Sticky Road Causes Some Shoe Problems

Monday, June 29, 2009

Carnivorous Clock That Eats Insects

UK-based designers James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau have created a robotic clock that feeds on flies which then powers the clock. They've also created one that feast upon mice.

The New Scientist has a gallery as well as a video of the robots. [via]

Lego Art

A collection of Lego art made by New York-based artist Nathan Sawaya.

Video: Dresser Crab Camouflage

A Dresser Crab dons some pearls to avoid being seen.

Video: World High Kick Record

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Video: Most Spiders On A Body For 30 Seconds

That's a world record that he can keep to himself!

Video: iPhone 3GS Survives Being Dropped In Swimming Pool

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Video: Abbey Road (and London Calling) Recreated With Rubik's Cubes

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Video: Michael Jackson Flashmob Moonwalk, Liverpool St. London

Footage of a flash mob at Liverpool Street, London. The aim was to get a large group of people to do the moonwalk but appears to be a large group of people watching a few people dancing.



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