One of the things young people wonder about a lot is how they are going to look when they get older, and older people are looking at photos of themselves when they were young wishing they could turn back time. Artist Bobby Neel Adams has mixed these two aspects by making photo montages of two pictures of the same person, only one half of the photo is the face of the person when they were a child, and the other [...]
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the volcano emitted ash as high as two kilometres (1.2 miles) on Sunday and have recorded at least twenty-eight (28) volcanic earthquakes were recorded by Bulusan Volcano’s (12°46.2’N, 124°03’E) seismic network since 6AM today. One of which was an explosion type earthquake that ejected a grayish volcanic ash, 2km high and drifted to southwest direction.
Children in the Chilean capital, Santiago, claimed a new world record on Saturday. With a little help from adults and a large crane, they spent three days building what’s claimed to be the world’s tallest LEGO tower using interlocking plastic LEGO bricks. The organisers said the structure topped the previous record of 30.76 metres (101 feet), set last August in Duisberg, Germany, by about a fraction of a metre at 31 metres (101 feet, 8 inches).
Are we so different? If it wasn’t for the leftover archaic Puritanical societal conventions we still live by, the psychology of sex between the genders would be a moot point. With the gradual lifting of these societal blankets on women, the perceived gap on attitudes towards sex is narrowing rapidly.
Looking at the paintings on these photos, the first thing you will realize is that they are not painted on the wall but on a human body. Only that little fact draws attention because it is done in such an interesting way. Chadwick Gray and Laura Spector are the brains behind this project that they call “Museum Anatomy”, where they simply mix up fine art and body painting.
The levels of security in a prison system are categorized differently around the world, but tend to follow a distinct pattern. Most developed countries divide prisons into separate security classes depending on the inmate population and the security needed to keep them under control.
Maybe you wouldn’t eat them, but you have to admit that they are pretty cute. The so-called flag pizzas are a work of Jen from Tiny Urban Kitchen. She wanted to do a little food traveling project where she makes mini pizzas that looks like flags from the countries that she has visited. As you can see she has traveled to a lot of places, hence the great number of flag pizzas.
Pure cocaine was first extracted from the leaves of the coca plant in 1859 & was marketed in a fortified wine in France as early as 1863. Cocaine was first used in the U.S in the 1880s, where it was applied as an anesthetic in eye, nose & throat operations.
US currency bills are 2.61 inches wide and 6.14 inches long; they are .0043 inches thick and weigh 1 gram. Bills are composed of 25% linen and 75% cotton; red and blue synthetic fibers are distributed throughout the paper. Read more in interesting infographic below this post.
Is there anything more boring than fences? Cold and gray iron fences or three planks placed after one another. So it is just brilliant that someone has taken something so boring and made it look interesting. That someone is Dutch design house Demakersvan, and they have called this project The Lace Fence. The metal fences that they have been using are now shaped like flowers.
