Astronomers have taken pictures of what they believe are planets that revolve around a star other than our sun. If this proves to be so, they are the first such photographs ever.
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Ride a ship through the Panama Canal. A time lapse video takes you all 48 miles in only two minutes.
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34 Great Christmas Gifts You Can Make Yourself. The idea is to save money, but handmade gifts are also highly treasured as a gift of your time. (via Consumerist)
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The dumbest exercise machine you’ll see today. Gee, I sure love my treadmill, but wish I could use it on the road!
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Which came first, the chicken or the chicken egg? Ardvarchaeology gives us the short answer, but more questions are raised in the comments.
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Cat vs. Cat in the Mirror. Guess who wins? Another of those videos that make you laugh and then feel guilty about it.
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Behold the grandissimus! It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the genitalia of an animal which astounds us with its size in so many other respects is also pretty sizable.