Crazy Stuff – Page 50

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Blind man trained to be a scuba diver along with his white stick

October 5, 2011

Underwater exploring in a whole different way.

Despite being blind from birth, Robert Ainsley-Raffel has never let his disabilities stop him achieving his ambitions. He is already well on the way to becoming a qualified plumber, and even trains his own greyhound. Now the 25-year-old from Hexham is training as an underwater diver. Robert passed his dive theory test with a flying 100% mark and is now looking forward to his first open water dives en route to a full Ocean Diver qualification…

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This dog food commercial has sounds only a dog can hear

October 5, 2011

What’s that sound?

Commercials have become so effective at focusing on what us human people want that we can’t stop watching them. Oh scantily clad women. Oh short attention spans. Dogs can join in the braindead fun now too, there’s a commercial made with sounds only a dog can hear…

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Researchers design locks that can be opened with certain hand gestures

October 4, 2011

Hand gestures have a whole new meaning.

Researchers from Taiwan have developed a machine that reads people’s hand gestures and thereby permits them to open doors by waving a few fingers:

“In the future, you won’t have to worry about losing or forgetting your keys,” said Tsai Yao-pin, who teaches at the Technology and Science Institute of Northern Taiwan…

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When foreclosure isn’t the end of the nightmare

October 3, 2011

Foreclosure may not be enough any more.

An underwater homeowner decides to walk away from his house, which then goes into foreclosure. The bank takes the house and then sells it. End of story, right?

Maybe not. Some banks are suing “strategic defaulters” for the amount of money they lost!

Joseph Reilly lost his vacation home here last year when he was out of work and stopped paying his mortgage. The bank took the house and sold it. Mr. Reilly thought that was the end of it.

In June, he learned otherwise…

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Mud run – world’s messiest fitness trend

October 3, 2011

USMC Mud Run North Carolina 2010

All types of runners are going wild for mud runs. A mud run is a hybrid of Marines training and adventure racing, the multi-mile events mix running and military-style obstacles such as wooden walls, water crossings, and mud pits to challenge competitors. These grimy races have exploded in popularity—hundreds of competitions are scheduled in 2011, and there’s still time to sign up for one near you. Here’s a guide to popular mud runs across the country.

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Top 10 Photos of the Week

October 2, 2011

When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat

“I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw that my bath toys were a toaster and a radio.” – – Joan Rivers

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The World Record for riding a unicycle down a line of beer bottles

October 1, 2011

Lutz Eichholz has accomplished the impossible. He previously set the world record for riding a unicycle down a line of beer bottles (a highly competitive event) at 7.99 meters.

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Orange festival in southern France (Photos)

October 1, 2011

Orange Festival in France

In the south of France they actually grow citrus and as you will see they are very creative. These images from the Orange Festival in France will lift your spirits and may just make you thirst for a glass of orange juice with a twist of lemon. (Pics)

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Toilet Bike Neo – a poop-powered motorcycle

October 1, 2011

Toilet Bike Neo

Japan’s top commode manufacturer, TOTO, has just unveiled a crazy poop-powered motorcycle topped with a toilet. The motorcycle, dubbed the Toilet Bike Neo, will travel across Japan to promote the company’s “Green Challenge” of reducing emissions 50% over the next five years. The vehicle runs on biogas that is produced by an on-bike toilet, communicates in Japanese using LED lights, plays music, and talks. A poop and ride motorcycle!

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Is digital money the new way to buy drugs?

September 30, 2011

Are ones and zeros gonna pay for doobies and lines now?

I’m not gonna name names, but someone just mentioned paying for weed with a Square account. It’d be equally easy to use Paypal, Venmo, Bitcoin (RIP) or any of the myriad mobile payment systems that allow you to send money from your phone…

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12 Books that have (ironically) been banned in the U.S.

September 29, 2011

September 24th through October 1st is Banned Books Week.

Talk about an easy subject to research! It might have been easier to write up a “books that have never been banned anywhere” list. The banning of books seems so ridiculous, simplistic, and stupid to most of us. But man, in all his Jeckyll and Hyde glory, will all-too-often, when trying to solve a problem, come up with a solution much worse. This is “the 29th annual Banned Books Week” The week is used to condemn censorship and “thought police.”

O.K., let’s take a look at a brief (in the scheme of these things) list of books that have been (ironically) banned here in the U.S….

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