Odd, Weird, Interesting and Everything In Between
If you’re this creature you won’t be worrying about lung cancer
The frogs lunglessness was accidentally discovered during a disection by David Bickford, a bioligist at the National University of Singapore.
The frog is said to be one of the multiple newly discovered species in Borneo.
Imagine a nearly perfect mirror surface spread across the Earth stretching out miles in every direction. Sounds like something right out of Alice’s Wonderland but Salar de Uyuni is very very real. When covered with a thin sheet of water, this 4,000+ square-mile salt flat creates a stunning reflection of everything above it.
Over 40,000 years ago this part of Bolivia was a prehistoric lake. Today, the area is home to a smattering of flamingos, some tourist hotels (including a salt hotel) and and an estimated 10 billion tons of salt. Just imagine getting lost in this surrealistic environment! More below and at Neatorama, Sarifb and Fogonazos
Drive drunk? You could get an extra-special license plate!
Still drive drunk? These mobile liquor stores may be the answer.
Why on Earth would anyone want an eyeball tattoo?
Want to study abroad? Be careful what you wish for.
Commit a crime? You might not want to confess to your cat.
Strange hiker deaths in Russia.
A plane that was forced to land on a busy interstate was fixed and sent back on its way again after a few short hours and a few thousand very irate commuters.
Russians rate Putin an awesome leader … possibly out of fear of their “awesome leader.”
An 11 year old girl started a website for unwanted pets … how cool is that?
Just to one-up the girl above, though, this 12 year old girl rescued her siblings from a fire.
Still, this 7 year old proves one is never too young to be audited.
Of all places would you have guessed Los Angeles to have the tastiest tap water in the world?
Will Ralph Nader just never leave things alone?
We’ve all heard by now the one about the faked moon landing, that Azerbaijan doesn’t even exist or that the government manipulates the water supply to keep us drugged, right? What you might not have heard is that some people attribute John Lennon’s death to Stephen King or that we are controlled by aliens or bar codes, possibly both.
According to one theorist who has written a short book on the subject, Nixon, Reagan and (for good measure) Stephen King were involved in the murder of John Lennon: “… government codes in major magazines, Including the killers face, and true identity. Mark Chapman’s name attached to a letter to the editor printed weeks before the murder and more that proves a Nixon, Reagan, and yes, Stephen King conspiracy.”
The War of the Worlds broadcast that panicked the populace nearly a century ago was not just a humorous hoax but was instead a controlled psychological experiment: “… what has been