Weird

December 22, 2014

Places, Weird

While travelling through Korumburra in South Gippsland, Victoria on business, JP (who wishes to remain anonymous) saw and photographed a fast moving object in the sky south of town. JP was heading back to his c... Read More...

Candy, Ka-Troo and Nerdalicious Too

July 28, 2013

Ridiculam Mundi, Weird

The term 'nerd' was coined by no lesser nerdish luminary than Dr Seuss, referring to a mysterious animal in the line, And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo, And Bring Back an It-Kutch, a P... Read More...

Next Time You See A Dolphin Punch Him In The Nose

June 7, 2013

Dolphins, the jesters of the sea, always laughing and playing, and when they're not rescuing lost sailors by showing them the way to land they're helping young Timmy defeat smugglers in the Florida Everglades... Read More...

Impossible Object – How To Achieve Your Own

June 6, 2013

Gadgets, Weird

This illusory triangle was first created by Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärd in 1934. Similar impossible polygons are most familiar from the continuous staircases and waterfalls of Dutch artist M C Escher, wher... Read More...

Seven Things You Didn’t Know About Cheese

May 30, 2013

Around the turn of the 19th century, when there was something of a fad for home microscopes and the discoveries of the microscopic world, the sudden knowledge that cheese was inhabited by thousands of microscop... Read More...

Nerdalicious Vs The Flying Cheese – The Ad

May 26, 2013

Events, Film & TV, Weird

Made with 100% Recycled Pixels http://youtu.be/sdDMzcCfIzI No Flying Cheeses Were Harmed In The Making Of This Video... Read More...

1946 The Gayest Ship In The Navy

May 9, 2013

Popular Science, April 1946 Based on established and reliable optical laws, the Navy's World War II camouflage used black and white painted patterns on vessels, producing startling visual deception tha... Read More...

1939 McLaughlin’s 3D Fonts

April 28, 2013

Popular Science, October 1939 Optical illusions are now being turned to the cause of highway safety with the recent development by Frank Mclaughlin, a Chicago, Ill., industrial designer, of road signs that a... Read More...

Artist Uses 200,000 LEGO Bricks for Masterpiece

April 6, 2013

Artist and master LEGO craftsman Mike Doyle spent 600 hours and used more than 200,000 plastic bricks to create Contact 1, the first in a series of mega LEGO builds. In a Kickstarter campaign to raise m... Read More...

What Can Bees Teach Us About Gang Warfare? | Smithsonian Magazine

April 4, 2013

Using Lotka-Volterra equations, usually applied to the territorial behaviour of rival groups of bees or other animals, The LAPD is gaining insight into the behaviour of LA's gangs. “It’s surprising for many pe... Read More...

Psychology of an Internet Troll – Infographics

April 1, 2013

Infographics. Where advertising meets social research and statistics. Amongst the colourful graphics and bold headlines, evidence seems to be only included in the fine print, if at all. Believe with caution. Th... Read More...

Hybrid Taxidermy – The strange animals of Enrique Gomez De Molina

March 25, 2013

If taxidermy wasn't weird enough, check out the bizarre Chimerae created by Enrique Gomez De Molina. See full story on ufunk.net _________________________________________________________________... Read More...

Galapagos Holidays | The Wildlife Experience of a Lifetime

March 25, 2013