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Watch This NASA Engineer Beat Porch Pirates With a Glitter Bomb | Digital Trends
NASA engineer Mark Rober had a package stolen from him and the police wouldn't do anything about it, so he took matters into his own hands and built a glitter bomb package to thwart would-be robbers. His bit of vigilante justice includes launching glitter into the air and releasing fart spray.
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Dog sniffs out owner’s cancer, not once, but three times
A Siberian husky may want to go into medicine. Sierra, who is owned by Stephanie Herfel, has found Herfel’s cancer not once, not twice but three times, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Sierra was a gift from Herfel’s son, who was leaving for duty overseas with the Air Force. He gave his mother the dog in 2011.
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I Made a Large Wood Engraved Map of the World
I am a maker/engineer/cartographer with a passion for maps and woodworking. With my laser cutter in my garage, I have been making wood maps over the last year which is budding into a small business. Each map is custom made and tells a story. I have decided to share the details of the process so that it may inspire others to explore the wonderful world of maps too!
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How Mate Rimac is supercharging electric cars
Not for nothing is Mate Rimac sometimes called “Europe’s Elon Musk”. Both run groundbreaking electric carmakers that have claimed speed records and won plaudits. Both have unconventional manufacturing locations — Tesla in California, Rimac Automobili on the outskirts of Zagreb in Croatia.
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ISS Footage of Soyuz Rocket Launch Puts Hollywood Directors to Shame
In a video that looks like something a special effects shop would produce, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst has captured one of the most remarkable views of a rocket launch we’ve ever seen. This extraordinary timelapse shows the launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket that took flight on November 16, 2018 from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A Progress MS-10 spacecraft filled with 5,652 pounds (2,564 kg) worth of cargo sat atop the rocket, which is seen en route to the International Space Station.
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Microsoft thanked a veteran for his service by having an Xbox One X with Battlefield V delivered to him by a skydiver — here's the video of the jump
To celebrate the release of Battlefield V, Microsoft and Electronic Arts partnered to give a Florida veteran a limited-edition Xbox One X bundle, delivered via an outrageous skydiving stunt. Motorsport driver and stunt performer Travis Pastrana of Nitro Circus dove from a height of 13,000 feet to deliver the first Xbox One X Gold Rush Special Edition Battlefield V bundle to retired Navy Corpsman Jeff Bartrom, who lives in Paisley, Florida. Pastrana hit a peak speed of 140 mph during the dive, and the jump took less than 55 seconds.
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'Bus driver from heaven' rescued young children from California wildfire
Kevin McKay drove the school bus along gridlocked, dark roads as pockets of fire burned all around. Nearly two dozen elementary school children were on board with him. Smoke began to fill the bus, so McKay took off a shirt. He and two teachers on the bus tore it into pieces and doused them with water. The children held the damp pieces of cloth to their mouths and breathed through them.
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For $150,000 you can now order your own Hoverbike
This crazy looking motorcycle-styled hoverbike appeared in early 2017 and we were skeptical the contraption would ever move beyond just an odd engineering curiosity. However, Hoversurf has revealed its hoverbikes are now ready for production and preorders are open, with delivery scheduled for 2019.
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Genius: Denmark to label food according to effect on climate
New labelling on food packaging will enable consumers in Denmark to see the effect of their shopping on the environment. Food products will be marked with stickers showing their environmental impact, according to a proposal expected to be included in a new climate package to be presented by the government this week. “We want to give consumers the means to assess in supermarkets the environmental impact of products,” Minister for the Environment Lars Christian Lilleholt said.
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Epic McDonald’s prank goes viral as Texas student's fake 'Asians' ad remains hanging over 50 days
A couple of friends in Texas are going viral for a prank they pulled at a McDonald's. “We were eating McDonald’s one day and we looked around and saw there were posters around that didn’t have any Asians,” explained Jevh Maravilla, a University of Texas student. “They had other races but no Asians so we felt like it was our duty to put ourselves up there.”
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Now There's a Water Gun That Shoots Liquid Bullets and Refills Itself
Until the Super Soaker came along in 1990, water guns hadn’t changed much in over a century. But the Super Soaker was 28 years ago, and a group of German engineers and designers think it’s finally time for water guns to evolve again. They’ve created the self-filling Spyra One that fires quick bursts of water instead of a steady stream, which promises to improve accuracy and distance.
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From Prank to Product: Nekobusou (Armored Cats)
On April 1, 2018, Japanese toy-maker Bandai announced a new lineup and innovative figurines. Nekobusou, or “Armored Cats” in English, were essentially adorable kitty transformers that could wrap themselves with lethal killing machines.
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Tony Bussey is half the man he was after losing 326 pounds
Tony Bussey, 43, took up two seats on a plane fleeing Fort McMurray in 2016 — and the fact he prevented another person from getting a place on the plane because of his weight changed his life.
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Paralysed man to walk London Marathon
A paralysed man is hoping to become the first paraplegic male to walk the London Marathon. Simon Kindleysides, 34, from Norwich, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2013 which left him paralysed from the waist down. It will take the father-of-three 37 hours to complete the course wearing an exoskeleton suit.
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He applied to 20 of the best colleges and got a full ride to all of them
Micheal Brown stared at the acceptance letter in front of him: It said yes. So did the next one. And the one after that. The 17-year-old from Houston applied to 20 of the best universities in the US. He was admitted to every single one with a full ride and $260,000 in additional scholarship offers. "It's something I'm proud of because I see my hard work paying off, determination paying off, sacrifices paying off," the student told CNN.
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36-year-old accountant forced into NHL goal crease, plays 14 perfect minutes
Scott Foster thought it was going to be just another night. Then the 36-year-old accountant signed a contract, put on his goaltender gear and waited in Chicago's locker room. Then he got into the game. Then, it was his night. Foster was pressed into action when Chicago lost Anton Forsberg and Collin Delia to injuries, and the former college goalie stopped all seven shots he faced over the final 14 minutes of the Blackhawks' 6-2 victory over the playoff-bound Winnipeg Jets on Thursday.
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Make-A-Wish Kid Now A Doctor In The Hospital That Treated Her
Make-A-Wish kids like Ella grow up to change lives, like Jen Pratt. Doctors diagnosed her with bone cancer more than 20 years ago, and now she’s back in the very place that saved her life. She still has a scrap book chronicling her battle with cancer. “I had about a year of chemotherapy and surgery to remove a tumor in my leg, and during that experience I was introduced to Make-A-Wish,” she said.
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A waitress takes time to cut elderly diner’s ham. Kind act wins her a college scholarship
Waitress Evoni Williams worked the hectic morning shift at the Waffle House in La Marque, Texas, saving up for college. Amid clanking plates, a sizzling grill and customers on the go, an elderly man timidly asked Williams to cut his ham. She did. Someone snapped a photo that spread across social media. Now Williams has a college scholarship.
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Girl all smiles in viral photo after teacher shows up with identical hairdo
A photo of a Texas teacher and her young student has gone viral after the woman kept her word last week and showed up at school with a hairdo identical to the girl’s. Leigh Bishop, a pre-K teacher at Lakeview Elementary in Sugar Land, is being called “teacher of the year” across social media platforms after a photo of her with her student, who she identified only by the first name August, went viral. Bishop posted on Facebook Jan. 30 about an exchange she and August had the day before.
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1969 Dodge Charger 500 Hemi Vintage Road Test.
Watch this amazing vintage road test of 1969 Dodge Charger 500 Hemi. Is it different from the standard charger? How Hot is the Hemi? Will the suspension system handle all the power? Well, these are a few of the questions that our road test crew asked the day they wheeled the Charger 500 on to our test track.
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