Top 10 Kitchen Tricks That Speed Up Cooking
So you’ve started beefing up your cooking skills, but the process is still a little tedious. Here are 10 surprising kitchen techniques that will save you a bunch of time — not to mention wow your friends. Please enable JavaScript to watch this video. 10. Deseed A Pomegranate In Seconds Using A Wooden Spoon
Top 10 Most Disturbing Novels
Books Not everyone has the stomach for disturbing literature, but there is such a large amount of writing in the genre that everyone should give it at least one try. This list will help to introduce you to the darker side of novels – the disturbing, macabre, and oftentimes downright sick. The only rule to this list is that the book must be a work of fiction.
30 Ways to become the Most Interesting Person You Know
How much money is being boring costing you? ANSWER: Too much. Boring ideas lose.Boring people fade.Boring organizations fizzle.
17 cultural reasons why this European never wants to live in America
Warning: If you are pissed off easily, don’t read this post. Although plenty of (American) commenters agree with me, I’m also getting a flood of angry comments and hatemail, but this is my (as always) frank and honest non-watered-down opinion, take it or leave it! Read on to the conclusion to see my positive thoughts about Americans before you conclude that this is Anti-American propaganda. If you are coming here from Stumbleupon or Facebook, please share this post with your friends if you enjoy it :). You may also enjoy reading my post about the 29 life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight, and make sure to look around the site for some language learning tips!
5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness
Much of the brain is still mysterious to modern science, possibly because modern science itself is using brains to analyze it. There are probably secrets the brain simply doesn't want us to know. But by no means should that stop us from tinkering around in there, using somewhat questionable and possibly dangerous techniques to make our brains do what we want. We can't vouch for any of these, either their effectiveness or safety. All we can say is that they sound awesome, since apparently you can make your brain... #5.
L’Inconnue
In the late 1880s, the body of a 16-year-old girl was pulled from the Seine. She was apparently a suicide, as her body showed no marks of violence, but her beauty and her enigmatic smile led a Paris pathologist to order a plaster death mask of her face. In the romantic atmosphere of fin de siècle Europe the girl’s face became an ideal of feminine beauty. The protagonist of Rainer Maria Rilke’s 1910 novel The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge writes, “The mouleur, whose shop I pass every day, has hung two plaster masks beside his door.
Motorcycle Inspired Optical Frames
Harley-Davidson eyewear reflects not only a fashion sense but an entire lifestyle as well. The Harley-Davidson optical and sunwear collections fully embody the gritty appeal of Harley-Davidson and the sharp, stylish designs of a culture that truly represents cutting edge American fashion. The Harley Davidson collection pays homage to iconic American styles while adding its own Harley twists and accents. Most frames come with either a classic Harley bar-and-shield logo or with the Willie G. skull collection logo.
World's most unsolved mysteries.
Few stories have the power to captivate us more than those that remain unresolved. Codes, puzzles and cryptic public art tease us with their intrigue: Why is their message coded? What great secrets might they hide? Despite the efforts of our most learned historians, cleverest cryptographers and most determined treasure hunters, history is replete with riddles that continue to confound us today.
Brain Hacks
...For answer Holmes clapped the hat upon his head. It came right over the forehead and settled upon the bridge of his nose. "It is a question of cubic capacity, " said he; "a man with so large a brain must have something in it.
Incredible and Scary 3D Pencil Drawings by 17-year old Fredo
Realistic pencil drawings are always interesting. It is nice to watch how artist has managed to draw something like it was photographed by camera. However, the plenty of the pencil drawings you have seen by now probably cannot be compared with the following drawings which are literally mind-blowing.Those drawings were made by Fredo, a 17-year old guy from Chile who has found an interesting way to create 3D drawings.Fredo has started to think more seriously about his drawing skills when he was 15.
Win a trip to Hungary and a walk on part on Strike Back!
New Recruits Section 20's latest recruits Robson Green, Dougray Scott and Martin Clunes are ready for action. Watch video
