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A Wrecked Luxury Car Built From Over 12,000 Reflective Steel Parts
Reflecting its surroundings with a splintered and imperfect view is Jordan Griska's 2016 sculpture Wreck, a non-functional model of a Mercedes Benz S550 made entirely from reflective stainless steel.
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Florida Man Shoots Out Tires of an AT&T Truck Outside Home
A Hialeah, Florida man took matters into his own hands to remove AT&T workers from his property on Wednesday. Jorge Jove, a 64-year-old retired Miami-Dade firefighter, shot the tires of two AT&T trucks, as seen in video captured of the incident and posted on Twitter. Hialeah Police Sgt. Carl Zogby told WSVN that Jove was “upset that the trucks were parked in front of his house” and that he “asked them to move.”
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Look At This Nintendo Switch Cup Holder
Internet Guy Does What Nintendon’t. Thingiverse user sanzliot is to thank for this custom Nintendo Switch drink holder, which is available here to make if you at all have access to a 3D printer.
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Girl's dog bites man, stops attempted abduction
Authorities say a Virginia girl's dog stopped her from being abducted by biting a man who grabbed her. Prince William County police said in a statement on Facebook that a 10-year-old girl was walking her dog when an unknown man grabbed her by the arm Friday afternoon in Woodbridge. Prince William County police spokesman Sgt. Jonathan Perok says the dog bit the man, causing him to release the girl and run away. The girl was not injured.
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"Ten Meter Tower"
In this documentary short titled Ten Meter Tower, Swedish filmmakers Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson paid 67 people $30 to climb to the top of a ten meter (33 foot) high dive for the very first time all while being filmed. Would they decide to jump? Would they be too scared?
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Free AF - Greetings from Canada!
This one's for all the Canadians who are Free AF.
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KFC’s New Employee Training Game Is a Virtual Reality Nightmare
In case being a fast-food employee wasn’t hard enough, KFC is now putting its workers through a bizarre initiation rite: a creepy BioShock-esque virtual reality “escape room” replete with narration from an omnipresent, mildly demonic-sounding Colonel Sanders. Cool!
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Buddy Rich's Impossible Drumsolo
Placing drum-standards very high.
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Nun With A Chainsaw Becomes Symbol Of Post-Irma Cleanup: 'She Rocks'
When downed trees blocked the road near Sister Margaret Ann's school in southwest Miami-Dade County, she grabbed a chainsaw and got to work.
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Third grader uses CPR to save unconscious mom
Dimitri Meram, of San Carlos, California, quickly administered CPR recently after his mother, who was not identified, hit her head on a car door and fell unconscious. She awoke five days later in the hospital to discover that her son had performed life-saving measures after she collapsed. Dimitri said he had learned CPR during a lesson at Green Elementary School, and he knew that he had to act quickly.
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U.S. Navy swapping $38,000 periscope joysticks for $30 Xbox controllers on high-tech submarines
OK, so my 10-year-old kid could board an advanced U.S. Navy submarine and operate the periscope? That seems to be the pretty cool assumption based on the fact that sailors are now using Xbox 360 controllers to perform functions aboard some vessels. The Virginian-Pilot newspaper reported that the Microsoft game-console controllers have replaced the helicopter-style stick used to control the periscope on Virginia-class submarines.
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'It's-a me, Mario!': Voice of Mario jumps into Edmonton Expo
For anyone who has explored the Mushroom Kingdom of Nintendo's video game universe, Mario's voice is unforgettable. His cheerful "Woo-hoo" and "Ohhhh, Mamma Mia" have made him one of the most beloved characters in video game history — the Mario franchise is the best-selling video game franchise in the world, with more than 210 million units sold internationally. Mario is a household name, and his adventures to save Princess Peach from the villain Bowser have become a standby for players both young and old.
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Ontario girl who was teased for love of bugs gets name in science journal
Sophia Spencer hated it when classmates taunted her for her love of insects, but seeing them kill her pet grasshoppers for fun was even worse. Her first-grade peers couldn’t understand what she found so fascinating about bugs of all sorts or why she’d devote spare time to catching them, reading about them, and generally carrying on like a budding entomologist. As Sophia listened to schoolyard jeers that called her weird, or was forced to watch as her much-loved bugs were taken from her hands and stepped on for sport, she felt her confidence begin to wane.
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"Stranger Things" Season 1 Getting VHS-Style Blu-ray Release at Target!
Yes, the rumors have been officially confirmed. Last week, the above photos began circulating around the net, suggesting that Netflix was finally going to be bringing the first season of “Stranger Things” to DVD/Blu-ray… in retro-style, VHS-inspired packaging! We were holding off on reporting until we got official word, which we’ve just received tonight.
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Man locked in store's beer cooler stays, drinks all night
A 38-year-old Wisconsin man who got locked in a convenience store's beer cooler overnight didn't despair: He decided to enjoy the experience, according to police. The man, whose name was not released, told police that he went to a Kwik Trip here to buy some beer but became trapped inside the walk-in cooler when it was locked at about 11:50 p.m. Tuesday, according to a police report. Rather than bang on the glass door to be let out, he warmed up to the idea of staying inside — where temperatures hover around 32 degrees — all night to sample the merchandise.
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This 7-Year-Old Girl Is Pitching at the World Series With a 3D Printed Hand
On Saturday, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros will meet for Game 4 of the World Series. As with any Major League Baseball game, the competition will kick off with a ceremonial pitch. But this one will be especially awe-worthy, featuring a 7-year-old girl with a 3D-printed hand.
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Japanese firm gives non-smokers extra six days holiday
A Japanese company is granting its non-smoking staff an additional six days of holiday a year to make up for the time off smokers take for cigarette breaks. Marketing firm Piala Inc introduced the new paid leave allowance in September after non-smokers complained they were working more than their colleagues who smoked.
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Here’s the World’s Fastest RC Jet Going 727 km/h (451 mph)
RC pilot Niels Herbrich first set the Guinness World Record on 14 September 2013 with a speed of 706.97 km/h at the WLP Ballenstedt landing strip in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In planning for another official world record time (seen here), Niels is seen here taking his turbine demonstrate stream for a trial and achieving informal rates of 727 km/h (451 mph).
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An American Woman Just Won the NYC Marathon for the First Time Since 1977
Shalane Flanagan dethroned Mary Keitany on Sunday and became the first American woman to win the New York City Marathon since 1977, potentially ending her decorated career with her first major marathon victory. Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya won the men’s race, holding off countryman Wilson Kipsang by 3 seconds for his first major victory.
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Real-life Iron Man breaks record for fastest speed in a jet-powered flight suit
An inventor who built a real-life Iron Man suit so that he could fly through the air like Tony Stark has earned himself a world record. On a dramatic day at Lagoona Park, Reading, British entrepreneur Richard Browning achieved a speed of 32.02 mph (51.53 km/h) on his third timed attempt, before mistiming a turn and dropping into the lake. He has been awarded the Guinness World Records title for the fastest speed in a body-controlled jet engine power suit - a brand new title created just for him.
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