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A Shocking Look At Hong Kong’s Claustrophobic Apartments
The world’s population is living longer and as a result space is getting smaller. That leads to expensive housing & cost of living, but due to the discrepancy in income across many parts of the developed world, it’s often the poor who live in the most restrictive and confined of spaces. That’s never been more apparent in capital cities like Hong Kong in China, choking under the weight of 7M people living in a space of 426 sq miles.
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Killer plants glow blue to lure prey
Some carnivorous plants act as blue "fluorescent lamps" to lure prey, according to scientists in India.
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I delivered our baby as my wife lay unconscious on the kitchen floor
Imagine your husband, who had never read a book on pregnancy or even watched an episode of One Born Every Minute, was forced to deliver your baby in potentially deadly circumstances.
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Bridge climbers, Australia
Sydney Harbour Bridge climbers don special suits for the 2.5-hour climb. The suits are meant to blend in with the bridge and are designed not to distract passing traffic below. The climb starts from the southern end. The north shore suburb Kirribilli can be seen to the right of the bridge.
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Amazing: Woman Nearly Crushed by Falling Tree.
This video out of Ukraine is quite incredible. But not for the obvious reason. Sure, it shows a giant tree coming within what appears to be inches of a woman as it crashes down while she's taking out the trash.
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Cool poolside illusion
Looks like a scene from a creepy ass movie.
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Erik Roner's Umbrella Skydive
Erik Roner puts the umbrella theory to the test in this hot air balloon skydive!
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Amazing kid juggles while solving Rubik's Cube
Sir Ravi can juggle and solve a Rubik's Cube at the same time. Your argument is invalid.
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Bay Bridge Cable Walk
WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg took an opportunity to walk up to the first tower of the Bay Bridge on a cable with the people from the Bay Lights project.
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Russian soldier 'missing' since 1980 found in Afghanistan
A former Red Army soldier who went missing in action (MIA) in 1980 during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan has been found alive almost 33 years after he was rescued by Afghan tribesmen.
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Apple Map
This is way better than Apple Map(s)
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Waves vs Rock
Waves win.
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Hundreds of dead pigs fished from Shanghai river
At least 2,800 dead pigs have been fished from a Shanghai river since Friday, but authorities insist that tap water in the city is still safe to drink.
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9 Sexually Suggestive Cartoons From Your Childhood
Was it by accident or did the illustrators and script writers known what they were doing?
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Dubai in new light
Amazing view of a city in the desert.
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Gamer uses "Executive Email Carpet Bomb" to get a refund on SimCity 5 due to its "always on" DRM
Being a loyal Consumerist reader, he says he decided to bust out the EECB and sent the below email to the CEO of EA, John Riccitiello and the Lead Producer of SimCity, Kip Katsarelis. Read below for a good example of how to write a complaint letter — he doesn’t “yell” in all caps, doesn’t use nasty language and states his case as clearly as possible.
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Pencil nunchucks
This took approximately 15 hours to do.
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Honda recalling 180,000 vehicles for brake problem
Honda is recalling over 180,000 vehicles in the United States, almost 250,000 worldwide, for a problem that could cause the car to brake when the driver isn't pressing the brake pedal.
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Urban wingsuit flying (Rio de Janeiro)
Ludovic and Jokke doing a wingsuit flight into Rio de Janeiro. They did not have permission to fly into the city, but to respect the commercial air traffic they did the jump 05:45 in the morning.
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Watch These Real-Life Supermen Wingsuit Dive Into Their Metropolis
When you go sky-diving, there's that all-important business of making sure you don't slam into the ground, but you also have to make sure you don't slam into anything protruding out of it.
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