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Is This Boy Magnetic? No, Just A Cute Fat Kid With Sticky Skin

12:00AM May 27, 2011 | Casey Chan

Ivan Stoiljkovic, a six-year-old boy from Croatia, might be the next Magneto. He can stick frying pans, spoons, forks, irons, dumbbells, coins and anything metallic onto his chubby stomach. Great power to have, right? Yup! Too bad he’s not magnetic. More »


This Is How You Physically Construct A Mirage

10:31PM August 26, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

A mirage – you know, like an imagined oasis when you’re crawling through a never-ending desert. Or like the phantasmal barge, wrought from 32 tons of welded wire mesh, that’s floating in the lagoons of Venice right now. More »


Croatia’s Blue Volcano Stadium Will Have A Green ‘Cloud’ Above It

3:40PM January 6, 2010 | Adrian Covert

Let’s appreciate for a second that this future Croatian stadium looks like a city fit for a Lando Calrissian. The thing will have a CLOUD suspended above that can display in-game action or information – all while harvesting solar power. More »


Everyone Gets A Room With A View In Europe’s First Rotating Hotel

4:00PM October 17, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

How annoying is it to get to a hotel and find that you’re facing land instead having an ocean view? At the Šolta Island Resort that won’t be an issue, because it rotates to give everyone a nice sight. More »


Lawn Mower Saves Man’s Life From Misplaced Hand Grenade

12:30PM May 2, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

A 39-year-old man who was mowing the lawn ran over a hand grenade, which proceeded to blow up. The man was not injured, however, because his trusty mower took the brunt of the explosion.

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