Amazing Places To Experience Around the Globe (Part 3) Devetashkata Cave - Bulgaria Ben Bulben at County Sligo, Ireland Shark Island - Sydney Baatara Gorge Waterfall, Tannourine - Lebanon Abel Tasman National Park - New Zealand Myrtos Beach, Kefalonia - Greece Sichuan - China In The Gardens of Prague Castle Neist Point, Isle of Skye - Scotland Aiguill e du midi, Chamonix, France The Hamilton Pool Nature Preserve in Texas, USA 4 Hands - Etretat, France Río Tampaón in San Luis Potosí -México Madeira, Portugal Six Senses Evason Ma’In Hot Springs, Jordan Méandre - En-Vau - Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) More Amazing Places To Experience Around The Globe (Part 1 - click here) More Amazing Places to Experience Around The Globe (Part 2 - click here ) Discovered a place we should include in Part 4 of Amazing Places? We'll be publishing Amazing Places as a book in late 2012
6 Real People With Mind-Blowing Mutant Superpowers If the insane, explosive popularity if superhero movies is any indication, we are fascinated by people who are insanely better than us at any given thing. Probably because, in real life, we're all such a bunch of incompetent boobs that we've been enslaved by blue paint, flashing lights and crying French babies. But it turns out, superpowers are real. And not just the secret ones that everyone has, or even the ones everyone thinks they have -- this Cracked Classic is about a group of people that, in a sane world, would already have multi-colored leather jumpsuits, delightfully mismatched personality traits and a skyscraper shaped like whatever they decide to call themselves. We've all dreamed of having superpowers at some point (today), but the majority of us have to accept the sobering reality that preternatural abilities simply aren't possible. For instance ... #6. As with most superpower discoveries, Xiangang found his by acting like a braying jackass. So What's Going on Here? #5. #4.
Mountains of Books Become Mountains - StumbleUpon I thought I’d seen every type of book carving imaginable, until I ran across these jaw dropping creations by Guy Laramee. His works are so sculptural, so movingly natural in their form, they’ve really touched me. His works are inspired by a fascination with so-called progress in society: a thinking which says the book is dead, libraries are obsolete and technology is the only way of the future. His thoughts: “One might say: so what? See Also INCREDIBLE 3D ILLUSTRATIONS JUMP OUT OF THE SKETCHBOOK Carving into the discarded stacks of books, he has created fantastic, romantic landscapes which remind us that though our fascinations and the value we put on different ideas have changed, we as a species have not evolved that much. “Mountains of disused knowledge return to what they really are: mountains. See more of his beautifully meditative works at guylaramee.com. Via: etoday.ru
7 Innocent Gestures That Can Get You Killed Overseas If you've ever had your penis cut off and/or been executed while on holiday, you'll probably know that it's easy to offend people from other cultures. Unless you learn the ways of the place you're visiting, even the most well-meaning tourist can regularly find his oesophagus stuffed with burning goat. But surely just plain common sense and good manners will save you, right? Wrong. Extend Your Hand, Palm Outward in Greece What you think you are saying: "Phew! What you are actually saying: "Phew! What the hell? SHIT, is what we're saying here. If you really want to piss a Greek person off, you can go for the double moutza, which features both hands splayed above your head. Give the Thumbs-Up In The Middle East What you think you are saying: "Ayyyyy! What you are actually saying: "Ayyyyy! What the hell? The thumbs-up sign has been confusing people for thousands of years. Finish Your Meal In Thailand / The Philippines / China What you think you are saying: "This is a delicious meal.
10 Amazing Slow Motion Videos of Everyday Things We live in a fast-paced world. Maybe that’s why slow motion videos are so appealing to us. Using cameras with ultra-high frame rates reveals details that are usually invisible to the naked eye. In 1878, a camera that could capture images at a higher frame rate even settled a bet between then California Governor, Leland Stanford and some of his friends. The bet rose out of a debate on whether or not all four of a horse’s hooves left the ground while running. Landscape photographer Eadward Muybridge put the debate to rest when he produced the pictures to prove that they do in fact leave the ground. Today, frame rates can exceed 12,000 fps and still capture images in crystal clear HD resolution. If you relished the cut back to the van to see that it had moved another few centimeters, you’ll get a great kick out of the videos we’ve compiled for you here. Is slow motion amazing or boring to you? Calling all drummers. View As One Page » View As Slideshow » 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
The 11 Most Unnecessary 'How To' Guides on the Web The day anyone learns how to drive from reading about it on WikiHow, is the day we abandon the road entirely. Most Important Step: Step 1: "Get a driver's or learner's permit, if your state requires one." FYI, there's only one state in the US that doesn't require a learner's permit: New Hampshire. Then we get to step five: "Watch others while they drive and ask questions." Most Important Tip: "Remember that the person in the car behind you cannot read your mind." Well that's good, because when driving the only thing going through our mind is a mental image of us ramping our car over a row of school buses and a ring of fire. "Vrrrrroooooommm! Most Important Warning: "Don't stop suddenly." Really? Related Article You're Likely To View Next: "How to be a better driver." Damn it, you skipped that "watch others while they drive and ask questions" step, didn't you? "Believe it or not, many people are incapable of advanced and controlled blinking." 99 Blinks per minute = Normal ocular behavior. Almost.
Die for the Money Mar 22, 2011 Artwork by SCOTT CAMPBELL Scott Campbell, Skull Cube, 2010, Cut US currency, 9 x 6 x 4 inches Scott Campbell is a sort of semiotician, studying the signs, symbols, and text, commonly found in tattoo culture. via The OH WOW Gallery The 11 Most Unnecessary 'How To' Guides on the Web Who says there's nothing useful on the Internet? From Yahoo Answers to the countless How-To sites, the web is full of non-experts telling you how to do everything from change a muffler to castrate a llama. But some of these "how-tos" seem so grossly unnecessary, we're wondering if these people aren't just getting paid by the word. How to Use Kitchen Scissors This guide is there to save those of us who didn't take those scissors operation classes in college. Most Important Step: Step 2: "Put the scissors in the kitchen in an easily accessible place." Well, that makes sense. The article goes on to recommend situations where your newfangled kitchen scissors can come in handy. "Chopping up whole tomatoes from a can." Okay, they're clearly fucking with us at this point. Also, "Cutting pizza wedges." No, WikiHow. Most Important Tip: Under the "Things You'll Need" heading, the first bullet point is "kitchen scissors." Most Important Warning: That's right. Related Article You're Likely To View Next: ...
25 Stunning Game Character Designs and Fantasy Digital Art works by Hong Yu-Cheng Learn About CSS3 with Robyn Overstreet Between Bears - best animation award at vimeo's first film festival Dynamic Art in Adobe Illustrator! Video Tutorial The 10 Most Devastating Insults of All Time The French call it "l'esprit d'escalier," or "staircase ghost." To the rest of us, it is known simply as the comeback, that divine and tender coincidence of all the universe's comedic forces at the perfect moment. A truly good comeback can instantly turn tables, elevate the terminally zinged to the status of champion, and reduce the zinger to a stuttering fool. Sadly, many of us will go our entire lives without scoring a decent comeback, doomed to pause awkwardly and mutter some pathetic variation of "your face” for the rest of our miserable lives. For us, it must be enough simply to marvel at the comebacks of the better equipped, and possibly memorize them for later personal use. John Wilkes vs. The Players: Most sources credit this exchange to John Wilkes and John Montagu, the Earl of Sandwich, although occasionally it’s also credited to British Prime Ministers Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone. Setting the Scene: “invoking Satan.” The Zing: The Comeback: What We Would Have Said: