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Hilarious Japanese Fart Scrolls
Scholars at Waseda University have scanned and uploaded images of the “Fart Battle Scroll” (hegassen emaki – 屁合戦絵巻), one of the Edo Period’s most bizarre works of art:
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Stunning Books Carved With Surgical Tools
Using knives, tweezers and surgical tools, Brian Dettmer carves one page at a time. Nothing inside the out-of-date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books, or dictionaries is relocated or implanted, only removed. Dettmer manipulates the pages and spines to form the shape of his sculptures. He also folds, bends, rolls, and stacks multiple books to create completely original sculptural forms. Dettmer is originally from Chicago, where he ...
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Darth Vadar-Inspired Burger
In conjunction with the release of ‘Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D’, French fast food chain, “Quick”, released a blackened burger. The folks over at Quick might be a little too excited about the latest Star Wars craze to hit the big screen, but we’re thankful that the black burger looks hideously awesome enough to share with you on WHOA!. Now, before you freak out and ...
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iPad Dock Inspired By Very First Apple Computer
The iStation is a desktop stand for the iPad or iPad2 that is made to resemble the original Apple I and Apple II computer designs. While we think the designers at M.I.C. have taken some liberties with the original design (it’s not exact, we know, we know), we think this unit is still super cool and makes any iPad a workable desktop with a cute retro ...
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An Artificial Arm From Victorian England
This late 19th century artificial limb from the Victorian England era gives us the willies. It was used as a prosthetic arm for a victim of war or disease, and is now on display at the London Science Museum. Considering it’s one OLD artificial limb made of steel and brass, the elbow joint could be released by adjusting a spring, and the wrist could be rotated ...
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Yummy Sounding Pop-Culture Icon Popsicles
Russian advertising agency stoyn has developed a line of popsicles that are based on iconic characters and items of recent history. Ranging from Marilyn Monroe to Darth Vader, Vladimir Mayakovsky to Donald Duck, the project is an experiment in pairing flavours to personality and context in a playful, tongue-in-cheek fashion. The three-dimensional popsicles are created in custom moulds with great attention paid to likeness, and use ...
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Absolut Bottle By Gorillaz Artist Jamie Hewlett
Absolut vodka has launched a limited edition bottle called London in collaboration with one of the UK’s leading graphic artists, Gorillaz’ Jamie Hewlett. Set against a London backdrop, the bottle introduces key characters from the past who have influenced and shaped London’s present fashion scene. The seven characters encapsulate the city’s diverse heritage, spanning the ages from Dickensian and 18th Century Dandy, through to Pinstripe gent, ...
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Stunning Video Of A Tornado On The Sun
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory posted this stunning video, which shows the sun’s plasma sliding and spinning around in the star’s magnetic fields for 30 hours earlier this month. Terry Kucera, a solar physicist with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, told Fox News that the tornado might be as large as the Earth itself and have gusts up to 300,000 miles per hour. By comparison, the strongest ...
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Super Funky Paper Dolls Of T.V. Characters
‘Trim Doll’ is a collection of paperdolls, created by Argentinia-born, Madrid-based illustrator Andrés Martínez Ricci in the forms of pop culture icons from TV, movies, and music. The inaugural two models of the series are Walter White from the TV series ‘Breaking Bad’ and Don Draper from ‘Mad Men’. Like traditional children’s paperdolls, each figure can be clothed in a variety of different outfits included in ...
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A Crazy Tattoo Of A Tattoo Info-Graphic
Polish artist Paul Marcinkowski tattooed an infographic about tattoos on his neck, arms and torso as a school project, putting the rest of us who consider ourselves passionate about either tattoos or data visualization to shame. One of the many things I want to know is if/how he plans to keep the numbers up to date. EDIT: Upon closer inspection (read: berating from my lovely Twitter ...
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Dash: Turn Your Smartphone Into Your Car Stereo Deck
Dash is the convergence of the car stereo and your smartphone. Today’s smartphones provide a level of connectivity, accessibility, and usability that has not been possible in the car audio market. Dash doesn’t require that you learn a new interface to use your stereo. You already know how to use your phone to access your music, your navigation app, your phone calls, and the incredible number ...
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North Brother: Photos From NYC’s Lost Leper Colony
As it was: North Brother Island circa 1937 Just 350 yards from the crowded tenements of the Bronx, North Brother Island was first employed as a quarantine centre in 1885. It was soon a home to six lepers. Its most notorious resident was ‘Typhoid Mary’ – the first healthy carrier of any disease ever to be identified – who spent years confined in its bleak woods. ...
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Famous Classical Paintings Improved With Cats
Over at Great Artists’ Mews there is a real obsession over fat cats in fine art taking shape. As you view the images they have created, classics like Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus”, Rembrandt’s “Danae” and even Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”, all yoru knowledge of classical fine art starts to flicker on, but then, in the blink of a eye, its gone and you are ...
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Zombie Presidents Of The United States
Etsy artist Jeremy Plemon imagines George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and founding father Ben Franklin in their respective undead states. Fingers crossed they stay in Plemon’s imagination, because I’m guessing Washington’s hatchet of truth wouldn’t be used for cherry trees in his cursed afterlife. Source: Buzzfeed JUSTIN BIEBER ZOMBIE & OTHER UNDEAD CELEBS WALDO AND OTHER CREEPY CARTOON ZOMBIES 5 CREEPY PRODUCTS FOR ZOMBIE LOVERS
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iWatch: An Apple Wrist Watch Concept
Italian outfit ADR Studios has introduced another wild concept that has people wishing it was really on the market. The iWatch2, a follow up to their previous iWatch Concept. It packs many of the same features as its predecessor, and with FaceTime now beginning to pick up pace, it also includes a front-facing camera. Much like the transition from the original iPad to the iPad 2, ...
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Kitschy Fish Tank Toilet
The glorious throne comes in many sizes and colours, but this toilet design is one of the craziest we’ve seen in a long time! And yes, to answer the burning question in your heart, it IS real and it DOES work without harming the fish or the human using the toilet. The innovative designers behind Aqua One Technologies came up with this quirky idea one day ...
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Orphan Chimp Adopted By Dog
In a zoo in Russia, this poor chimpanzee baby found himself abandoned by his mother and left to fend for himself. A zoo employee took pity on the chimp and decided to bring him home only to discover that her pet mastiff immediately took the chimp under her “paw” so to speak, and treated the chimp like one of her own puppies. The two are inseparable ...
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Retro Volkswagen Camper Van Tent
If you love music, mud and Mother Nature you’re probably heading to a camp site at some point this summer. But why take shelter in some dull, conventional tent when you can recreate the Summer of Love in the hippie-tastic VW Camper Van Tent. Officially licensed, this stunning four-man (or lady, natch) tent is a luxe, full-size replica of the iconic 1965 VW Camper Van synonymous ...
