Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Lithuania from Bird’s View
Afghanistan
Photographers were asked to pick one of their photos they shot in Afghanistan. Here are those images.
Featherless Chicken
World's first featherless chicken was created at the genetics faculty at the Israelis Rehovot Agronomy Institute near Tel Aviv. Such chickens will be more convenient for warm countries and will be able to live there without expensive cooling systems.
Aimee Mullins. The Story of a Strong Woman
Aimee Mullins was born without fibula bones in her legs. When Aimee was just one year old doctors had to amputee her legs below the knees. But the girl never gave up. Aimee Mullins became one of the college's best runners and ran against able bodied runners. She also participated in the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta. The girl acted in a couple of movies, done modeling and even worked at the Pentagon. She has 12 prosthetic legs for any occasion.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The Caring Owl
4 years ago a man from South Africa saved an eagle owl that was injured. The owl stayed in the man's house for two months. An old cat made friend with the owl. After the bird was ok it left the house but regularly comes back to see the cat bringing her presents like mice and rats.
The Funniest Soccer Related Collection of Gifs
Photoshopped gifs of Glasgow Rangers’ player El-Hadji Diouf. I have no idea who he is. Google says that the guy drives a $600,000 Mercedes McLaren. Anyway here is a collection of funny gifs found at the Something Awful Forums.
Original gif
And here it goes
Inspirational Quotes and Notes
These are some very inspirational words of wisdom. They are truly some awe inspiring words that manage to get a ton of meaning over in just a few words. Take a look and be inspired.
How to Make a Camping Stove out of a Can
Monday, October 10, 2011
Real Life Superman
We've found the biggest Superman fan on the planet. 35-year-old Filipino man Herbert Chavez underwent chin augmentation, a nose job, silicone lip injections and thigh implants to look like Superman. What do you think? Does he look like Superman now?
The Messiest Homes of the United States
Hoaders is a TV show that shows the life of the people who failed to keep their homes clean. And now they have personal crisis.
Some of them facing eviction, the loss of their children or divorce. Other people just can't threw away even the tiniest thing. So the experts help people to clean up this mess.
Frankly, I have no idea why anyone would watch something like this, but this show has two seasons already, so I think it has its audience. Anyway, let's take a look at before/after pics from this show.
Before
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