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December 1, 2011 10:05 AM
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Have you ever wished that technology and gadgets in your favorite sci-fi story were true? If you like Star Trek, this infographic will make your day.
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November 24, 2011 5:43 AM
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On November 24th 1991, the British musical icon Freddie Mercury passed away...
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December 2, 2011 3:55 AM
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Brendan Powell Smith has spent a lot of time with Lego bricks. He’s spent about a decade building scenes from the Bible for his website, The Brick Testament, and he shows no sign of slowing down. His latest endeavor is a large softcover print edition called The Brick Bible: A New Spin on the Old Testament. The title is slightly misleading, as it only contains stories from 13 of the 66 39 books of the Old Testament, but that’s still enough to fill 270 pages of photos of Lego re-enactments of famous (and not-so-famous) moments in Biblical history....
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December 2, 2011 3:52 AM
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While this totally epic-looking gingerbread AT-AT may look delicious at first glance, we all know that gingerbread creations do not usually taste all that...
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December 1, 2011 9:57 AM
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A rare and pristine copy of the first issue of Action Comics, famed for the first appearance of Superman, has set a record for the most money paid for a single comic book: 2.16 million US dollars (£1.38 million).
The issue, graded at 9.0, was auctioned starting on November 11 online at www.comicconnect.com. The starting bid was just one US dollar but there was a reserve price of 900,000 US dollars. Neither the name of the buyer nor seller was disclosed.
It is the first time a comic book has broken the two million US dollar barrier. The issue was published in 1938 and cost just 10 cents...
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November 30, 2011 6:36 AM
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The V12 engine that you see in the image to the left and the video below is the work of a Spanish engineer who goes by the name of Patelo. The working engine is the culmination of horas de trabajo, 1200 of them to be precise – he thinks that it is the world’s smallest working V12. The engine, which is powered by compressed air injection, has a total displacement of 12 cubic centimeters from 12 11.3 mm pistons. With the exception of the screws, Patelo built the whole thing from scratch – all 261 pieces of it...
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November 29, 2011 6:43 AM
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Sadly, as our daily lives become more and more digital some things fall by the way side as they are replaced by newer, «better» devices.
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November 24, 2011 11:42 AM
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1. “When someone asks you if you want pie, you say ‘YES!’”
2. “Another helping? Inconceivable!”
3. “I say we take off and nuke the yams from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.”
4. “The stuffing is with you, young Skywalker. But you are not a Jedi yet.”
5. “Ach, Captain, I’m givin’ her all the gravy she’s got!”
6. “Rolls? Where we’re going, we don’t need … rolls.”
7. “That’s no turkey. It’s a space station.”
8. “I find your lack of cranberry sauce disturbing.”
9. “These aren’t the creamed onions you’re looking for.”
10. “Dammit, I’m a doctor, not a dish washer!” (Let us know if this one works; we’re too chicken to try it.)
