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Watch A Girl Use Just A Basketball To Paint A Portrait Of Yao Ming

7:30AM January 25, 2012 | Casey Chan

I like that balls with baskets game very much and enjoy the hell out of Yao Ming, so it’s no surprise that I really like this picture of Yao Ming miraculously painted with JUST a basketball. That’s it! No brushes, no nothing. Just a basketball dipped in red paint, a few swipes and a lot of dribbles. More »


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This Fish Has Teeth So Big It Bites People’s Balls Off

4:30PM January 4, 2012 | Casey Chan

Piranhas might have razor sharp teeth andthe ability to communicate but I’d rather have them feast on my body than this Pacu Fish. Why? Well, you see, the Pacu Fish has human-like teeth and loves to bite off testicles to ensure you die a slow, ball-less and bleed-full death. Ow. More »


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Every Baseball Is Rubbed With This Special Mud Before It’s Used

5:30AM October 17, 2011 | Casey Chan

Baseball is a pretty quirky game with quirkier players and quirkiest traditions. Chew tobacco! Sunflower seeds! Rally caps! Seventh Inning Stretch! And even a “special mud” that gets rubbed onto every single baseball in the major and minor leagues. Huh? More »


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Hand-Cranked Machine Plays Catch With Itself

9:30PM May 6, 2011 | Davey Alba

There’s something that’s oddly hypnotic about watching this hand-cranked machine slice, drop and catch these small spherical rare earth magnets one at a time. The little 5mm ball magnets start out as a connected string, and are continuously fed through the contraption in a loop. More »


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This Biodegradable Golf Ball Is Made From A Lobster

9:40AM April 14, 2011 | Casey Chan

Lobsters! Not only do they have delicious meat, their shells have use too! Researchers at the University of Maine have developed a biodegradable golf ball from lobster shells. It’s cheaper than the typical biodegradable ball ($US0.19 vs $US1) and can be hit straight into the ocean without the environment weighing down on your game. More »


Gadgets

The Geekiest Way To Perfect Your Football Spiral

7:40AM April 1, 2011 | Sam Biddle

So you’re at the park, and you want to impress the sunbathing supermodels lying there, watching with gaping mouths as you prepare to launch your football into the air. But your spiral – it sucks. A geekier football might help. More »


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What Are 25,000 Ping Pong Balls Doing In This Tiny Apartment?

3:00PM January 22, 2011 | Rosa Golijan

Recently some guy decided that perfect way to decorate his 90 square foot apartment was by plastering its walls with 25,000 ping pong balls. For some reason I think he was on to something. More »


Science

Because Watching These Ball Shaped Objects Bounce And Break Is Beautiful

2:40PM January 8, 2011 | Casey Chan

GE is trying to explain the breakthrough of capturing lost energy and something called dynamic braking. I would care, but watching an egg, christmas ornament, water balloon, and watermelon fall in succession (and slow motion!) has me mesmerised. It’s…beautiful. Watch it. More »


Science

Could Stonehenge Have Been Built With Balls?

1:00PM December 12, 2010 | Casey Chan

Stonehenge. How the heck was it built? The latest theory, from a student, says since the Stone Age men didn’t have the wheel, they could have built rails with wooden balls inside to transport the massive stone pieces. More »


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Snake Wrangler Captures Five Rattlesnakes With One Hand…Films It With Another

4:00AM November 24, 2010 | Joel Johnson

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/Wf5puynSYOI&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); When you’ve got rattlesnakes in your winter Arizona home, call Phoenix Snake Removal. Using only a pair of snake tongs, a headlamp, and a secure bucket, they’ll clear out your dark basement and bring home a souvenir video to match. More »