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Wingsuit Basejumping - The Need 4 Speed: The Art of Flight

Wingsuit Basejumping - The Need 4 Speed: The Art of Flight

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JCBDataViewer - a TEM image of a 5 dpf zebrafish embryo sagittal section You can use the "Rendering Details" dialog box to change the settings for viewing this image. To change the color displayed for a channel, click on the color box at the right, which opens the "Choose Color" dialog box. You can choose the color using the interactive features at the top. Hex color codes can be input in the text box. Preset colors can be selected at the bottom. Photos of Really, Really Scared People The Nightmares Fear Factory in Niagara Falls, Canada struck viral advertising gold with their online photo gallery of people at the peak of absolute terror. There are literally hundreds of photos like this, family and friends tackling their loved ones, desperate screams, unbridled fear the moment they encounter some unspeakable ghoul in the depths of this haunted house. It’s the most hilarious thing I’ve ever seen.

BIGGEST TEAHUPOO EVER, SHOT ON THE PHANTOM CAMERA. // Surfing Videos iframe This day at Teahupoo- Aug 27th 2011 during the Billabong Pro waiting period is what many are calling the biggest and gnarliest Teahupoo ever ridden. Chris Bryan was fortunate enough to be there working for Billabong on a day that will go down in the history of big wave surfing. The French Navy labeled this day a double code red prohibiting and threatening to arrest anyone that entered the water. Kelly Slater described the day by saying "witnessing this was a draining feeling being terrified for other people's lives all day long, it's life or death.

Bizarre Suicide 1994's MOST BIZARRE SUICIDE At the 1994 annual awards dinner given by the American Association for Forensic Science, AAFS President Don Harper Mills astounded his audience in San Diego with the legal complications of a bizarre death. Here is the story. "On 23 March 1994, the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus and concluded that he died from a shotgun wound of the head.

Jurassic Spark: Early Ancestor of Mammals Found What is nearly 200 million years old, furry, weighed less than a paper clip and scurried beneath the feet of dinosaurs? A team of fossil-finders, led by researchers at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of Natural History, suggest the answer may include one of your relatives - a distant cousin of modern mammals. Classified as a new species, the newly discovered miniature mammal is the closest known relative to living mammals. It displays crucial mammalian features - a large brain and detached ear bones - yet it is forty million years older than any mammalian fossil previously found.

Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived Additional notes from the author: If you want to learn more about Tesla, I highly recommend reading Tesla: Man Out of Time Also, this Badass of the week by Ben Thompson is what originally inspired me to write a comic about Tesla. Ben's also got a book out which is packed full of awesome. There's an old movie from the 80s on Netflix Instant Queue right now about Tesla: The Secret of Nikola Tesla.

Unique Photography by Denis Darzacq Denis Darzacq is a French photographer who works with street dancers and performers to creates the illusion of people flying or falling through space. Documentary film shows French photographer Denis Darzacq working with street dancers in the suburbs of Paris. For more photographs by Denis Darzacq [click here]

Skateboarder Robbyn Magby's stunning 720-degree double kickflip in slow motion By Lee Moran Updated: 10:42 GMT, 12 January 2012 It's one of the toughest tricks in skateboarding - but Robbyn Magby makes it look easy in this stunning slow-motion video. Captured in astonishing detail, his 720-degree double kickflip can be seen from several angles. His perfect style, outstanding athleticism and nerves of steel all combine for the awe-inspiring 1 minute and 12 second clip shot by Adam Shomsky.

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