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Time To Mow The Picnic Table

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I Needs Me One Of These

No, not the doggie (Oscar and Dusty would NOT approve) - but one of those mats might be a help.

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Why We Should Ditch The Penny

C.G.P. Grey is a great 'splainer - I've previously featured his clear and concise explanations of the different parts of Great Britain and of the true cost of the British Royal Family. This time Mr. Grey tackles a domestic issue - the fact that pennies aren't worth squat, and why...

What Are The First Four Words You See?

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Mine were: Loyal, Talented, Outspoken, Happy.

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That's Not A Lemon Meringue Pie

THAT (above) is what happens when you microwave THIS (below)...

Yep - it's Ivory Soap.


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Ya Learn Something New Every Day...

Those little bread tags are actually color coded to help stores easily identify when bread is getting old. The same code is also used for twist-ties. I had no idea!!

At first I was a little skeptical, but even SNOPES says it's true. However, one question immediately comes to mind: Doesn't anyone bake on Sunday? Is the bread industry stuck in 1958 ??

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Cool Cherry-Picking Machine

Not sure why - but watching this automated cherry-picking machine absolutely fascinated me. Then again, I'm very easily entertained:

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For The 'Gladys Kravitz' On Your Shopping List

This cool doorknob is perfect for spying on your bad-ass children - or those sexy houseguests staying in your guestroom!

From Gizmodo:

This glass globe lets you catch a glimpse of what's going on in the room you're about to enter.

Hideyuki Nakayama's "A Room in the Glass Globe," developed in conjunction with door handle manufacturer LEVER, shows you a reflection of what's going on in the room behind it, cast in a sort of strange, dreamlike haze. It's currently on display at the Plain People store in Aoyama, Tokyo.

NYC's Abandoned 'City Hall' Subway Station

From HuffPo:

If you ride the 6 train to the end of the line and get off at the Brooklyn Bridge stop, you're missing out on something incredible. As the train loops around to go back uptown, it passes through an abandoned and beautifully preserved City Hall station from 1904.

The city closed the station in 1945, mostly because at its height only 600 people a day used it, and because the loop created an unsafe gap at the platform. In 1995 the city vowed to restore the site and turn it into a part of the transit museum, but those plans were scrapped years later.

The station is still not open to the public, but there's a trick you can use to see it for yourself. Until recently the MTA would force passengers to get off before the train made the loop, but now passengers are allowed to stay on. So the next time you reach the end of the line, keep going.

I am totally doing this.

Size Matters

Just watch this video the next time you start thinking how big and bad you iz ...

Favorite Youtube comment: "Man, Uranus is big!"

Want - Do Not Want

WANT:

Star Trek Enterprise Pizza Cutter

DO NOT WANT:

The Situation Shirt

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Synchronized Swarming

From The Daily What:

A disoriented swarm of ants separated from the main colony forms a circular mill called “The Death Spiral” — so named because the ants will continue to march in circles until they perish from exhaustion.

"The Mosquito"

I read about this over at Joe.My.God on Friday - interesting stuff.  From Wikipedia:

The Mosquito or Mosquito alarm is an electronic device, used for solving loitering problems, which emits a sound with a high frequency. The sound can typically only be heard by people below 25 years of age, as the ability to hear high frequencies deteriorates in humans with age (a phenomenon known as presbycusis). The device is marketed as a safety and security tool for preventing youths from congregating in specific areas.

Some adolescents have found the once annoying sound can be used as a tool, and turned it into a mobile phone ringtone. This prevents disciplinary actions that may be imposed by teachers hearing their phone ring during class.

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Ingenious DIY Knife Block

Plain wooden box + 2700 wooden skewers = Universal Knife Block.  Now why didn't I think of that?...

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You Must Be THIS Tall To Ride and/or Sleep

The Roller-Coaster Bed.  I wonder if it comes with a Landing Pad?

When Life Gives You Lemons...

These gentlemen decided to make a comfy bench out of NYPD police barricades.  Ingenious.

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Perfect Vacation Spot...

...except I'd need air conditioning.

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