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Potato Chip Boat Proves There’s Far Too Much Air In Your Bag Of Snacks
We all know the frustration of tearing open a huge, tantalising bag of chips or whatever and realising the bag’s mostly air. Two South Korean college students just proved how empty our snack vessels are, by paddling a raft made of unopened potato chip bags across a river.
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These Vented Slippers Breathe With Every Step To Prevent Hot Foot
Unless you live in one of those weird homes where they wear shoes indoors you’ve probably got a pair of slippers at the ready for when things get chilly. They will keep your feet warm, but it’s a delicate balance as you never want them too warm. So with every step, these vented GoodFoot Optimal…
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How Star Wars Turned Toys And Action Figures Into A Cultural Phenomenon
To hordes of fans who grew up with the original Star Wars trilogy, owning the action figures was a fantastically hands-on way to connect with the big screen blockbusters. Plastic Galaxy is a new documentary that tells how those collectibles came to be — and ultimately changed the toy industry forever.
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Timelapse: How To Counterfeit A (Giant) Dollar With Pencil And Ink
Video: 32-year-old self-taught Italian artist Giorgio Arcuri likes to make photorealistic drawings. He told me in an email that he loves the tiny detail work and this giant 70 x 29.8cm reproduction of a US one dollar bill is a great example of that. Watch the time-lapse of how he created it.