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18 Outlandish Uses of Real and Fake Body Parts on Etsy

For millennia, artists have been using the human body as a source of inspiration. Here are some of the more innovative uses of the human body, actual and symbolic, available for purchase on Etsy.... READ ON

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12 Things We've Enhanced With Caffeine

What's the buzz? Caffeine's now available in just about everything.... READ ON

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10 Ambitious Yarn Bombing Projects

You've probably seen some greying crocheted yarn around a telephone pole, or a tree trunk that looks like it's wearing a giant leg warmer. That's yarn bombing, a form of graffiti that involves covering objects in public spaces with knitted, woven, or crocheted yarn cozies. Some yarn bombers have gotten even more ambitious than trees and telephone poles. Here are a few of the most beautiful and outrageous examples of yarn bombing we could find.... READ ON

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The U.S. Military's Idiotic Idea for a Gay Bomb

Dan Lewis runs the popular daily newsletter Now I Know ("Learn Something New Every Day, By Email"). To subscribe to his daily email, click... READ ON

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5 Crazy Examples of Fear in Advertising

It’s our duty to tell you about these five things you might not have known were out to ruin your life.... READ ON

Weird Science

5 Extremely Emo Scientific Phenomena

Know someone who still thinks science is boring? Tell them to get a load of these five phenomena, which prove science can be as painfully poetic as a ghost falling in love with a cirrus cloud.... READ ON

History

7 Jobs We’re Glad are Obsolete

Take comfort that time has swept away many horrible, dangerous, and stinky occupations. Here are seven jobs in which redundancy is a relief.... READ ON

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6 Wacky International Reality TV Shows

America has Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and The Apprentice, but other countries have TV shows about burning wood, human Tetris, and Celine Dion gargling during a performance of "My Heart Will Go On." Obviously, the States just isn't competing on the same level. Here are six wacky reality shows from other countries that know what the people want.... READ ON

Animals

Mr. Stubbs Gets A New Tail

We often hear stories of dolphins, eagles, bunnies, sea turtles and other cute animals getting prosthetics. But what about the animals that might gladly bite your hand off if given a chance?... READ ON

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To Great Lengths: 7 Historic Cures for Impotence

We may think of the inability to get or maintain an erection as a problem reserved for the ruggedly handsome 50-year-old millionaires joyously piloting their yachts in the background of Viagra commercials. But there has never been a time or place where men weren’t extremely attached to their penises, and the sexual vitality and youth they represent. Here are seven historic methods men used to regain a firm grasp on their masculinity.... READ ON