The Most Pornographic Statues You Must See Around the World! Since the beginning of time, people around the world have been fascinated with nakedness and have constructed works of art to showcase their fascination for all to see. OTP brings you the raunchiest, the sexiest and the most naked of them all to add to your must see list. Better get you some handy wipes, these are the most pornographic statues you must see around the world... Konark Sun Temple India In the land of Kama Sutra, finding public works of erotica isn't difficult. Vigelandsparken Oslo, Norway Clearly (in the picture above), the guy up front is looking for change for the parking meter and the guy behind him is aiding in the search, right? Manneken Pis Brussels, Belgium Peeing in a fountain is obscene, unsanitary and wildly popular around the world. Pan With Goat Pompeii, Italy This statue touches very deeply on the taboo topic of bestiality. Loveland Jeju, Korea Think of Disneyland except instead of Mickey, there's porn, so much porn. Poseidon Athens, Greece Penis Shaped Rocks
wiseGEEK: clear answers for common questions The 'power fabric' that could charge your phone whenever you hold it (and even if you sit on it) Fabric could be used to power emergency torchesCan turn body heat into electricity By Daniel Bates Published: 16:41 GMT, 27 August 2012 | Updated: 16:41 GMT, 27 August 2012 Next time your phone runs out of battery, just grab it with your hand. Researchers have developed a way to turn body heat into electricity meaning your mobile will never go dead again. Power Felt can keep your phone going for up to 20 per cent longer just through the power of touch. Wake Forest graduate school student Corey Hewitt holds of a sample of Power Felt. Mobile users can even sit on their phones to make the ‘connection’ - passing electricity through their own body to the device. The technology has been created by Professor David Carroll of Wakeforest University’s Centre for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials in the US. He said that it could be the first wave of inexpensive ways to produce electricity that were far more affordable than current renewables such as solar, which was being held back by the high cost.
New York Normal - StumbleUpon The Top 10 Medical Advances of the Decade - in Infectious Disease, Public Health from MedPage Today The first decade of the 21st Century brought a number of discoveries, mistakes, and medical advances that have influenced medicine from the patient's bedside to the medicine cabinet. In some cases these advances changed deep-seated beliefs in medicine; in others, they opened up possibilities beyond what doctors thought was possible years ago. ABC News, in collaboration with MedPage Today reached out to more than 800 specialists as well as a distinguished panel of medical historians to put together a top 10 list of medical advances one decade into this century. 1. In 2000, scientists in with the International Human Genome Project released a rough draft of the human genome to the public. Both groups announced a rough draft at joint press conference on June 26, 2000. In 2003 a "final" draft was released by researchers, and in 2007 more updates to the genome were published by Craig Venter, PhD, chief scientist behind Celera Genomics. 2. 3. Experts in the history of medicine agreed. 4. 5. 7. 8.
Check Out The Awesomeness That Is Guillermo del Toro's Sketchbook August 17, 2013 | 0 Comments | Topics: Interesting “Hellboy II” “Pan’s Labyrinth” “The Devil’s Backbone” “Blade II” “Hellboy” “At the Mountains of Madness” “Pacific Rim” Hot Stories Around The Web Friends Of Caveman Circus 9 Foreign Words the English Language Desperately Needs As we have demonstrated before, the English language has some grievous holes in it. We're talking about everyday phenomena that we have all noticed, yet don't have terms for. Fortunately, while we were busy fumbling with hand gestures and illustrations like cavemen, other cultures just made up the perfect words and phrases to encapsulate those little everyday moments filled with ... uh ... je ne sais quoi. #9. Means: To eat past the point of being full just because the food tastes good. Here is a word that describes such a quintessentially American phenomenon it's shocking that another culture came up with it first. As absurd as that may sound, keep in mind that America has a holiday devoted entirely to shemomedjamo in November. GettyPatriotism comes breaded and deep fried. The literal translation for shemomedjamo is "I accidentally ate the whole thing," which is a charming way of saying "Oh my God, why isn't somebody stopping me?!" Which neatly brings us to ... #8. #7. GettyNo idea. #6. #5.
The Story Behind Harry Potter's Magic | Lund-Wilde | Fresh Ink: Essays From Boston College's First-Year Writing Seminar The Story Behind Harry Potters Magic By Jocelyn Lund-Wilde It was July 21, 2007. I had been waiting for this day to come for two years, the day when it was acceptable for me to spend at least 12 hours doing nothing but reading. The seventh, and last, Harry Potter book had come out, and for me, it was the end of years of staying up late to read all about a world where wizards and witches, ghosts and giants, magic and reality, good and evil all coincided. Harry Potter is a story of an orphan boy who is left on the doorstep of his aunt Petunia and uncle Vernon Dursleys house. The Harry Potter books relate the adventures of Harry, Ron, and Hermione, but also include countless other well-developed characters that influence the story line. J.K. Even before Rowling was in school, she was writing stories and exploring her immense imagination. Rowling has admitted to modeling the character Severus Snape after Mrs. In the fall of 1976, J.K. In J.K. J.K. J.K. The most amazing thing to J.K.
A map of the countries with the most dangerous roads Click to enlarge. Data source: World Health Organization Lots of people think that their home town has the worst traffic, the most aggressive drivers, the craziest cabbies. Sometimes they have strong anecdotal evidence. Russian drivers often employ dashboard cameras to record seemingly inevitable collisions with reckless motorists. So who has the world's most dangerous roads? The Caribbean island nation (it shares the island of Hispanolia with Haiti) reports a staggering 41.7 driving deaths per 100,000 people per year. The next 10 most dangerous countries for driving, in descending order, are: Thailand, Venezuela, Iran, Nigeria, South Africa, Iraq, Guinea-Bissau, Oman and Chad. What do the dark red countries have in common? As I wrote for The Atlantic after the 2011 Blackberry outage so improved road safety in the United Arab Emirates, shouldn't countries with so much money and so few people -- Saudi Arabia also ranked highly -- have clean, clear, open, safe roads?
15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy Luminita Saviuc, Purpose FairyWaking Times Here is a list of 15 things which, if you give up on them, will make your life a lot easier and much, much happier. We hold on to so many things that cause us a great deal of pain, stress and suffering – and instead of letting them all go, instead of allowing ourselves to be stress free and happy – we cling on to them. 1. 2. “By letting it go it all gets done. 3. 4. “The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. 5. “A belief is not an idea held by the mind, it is an idea that holds the mind.” 6. 7. 8. 9. “Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.” 10. “The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don’t know anything about.” 11. “The only fear we have to fear, is fear itself.” 12. 13. 14. 15. About the Author Luminita is the author of the fantastic blog, Purpose Fairy, where this article was originally featured.