Dec 24, 2011

The 12 Facts of Christmas [INFOGRAPHIC]

Welcome to our “12 Facts of Christmas” Infographic for 2011. Just a little something to wish you a Merry Christmas, give you some fun facts to use at your office party and to say a big thank you for being so inspiring to work with in 2011. We hope you have a great Christmas and a prosperous new year! Source...

Dec 23, 2011

Project Mercury Space Capsule Configuration [INFOGRAPHIC]

Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States. It ran from 1959 through 1963 with the goal of putting a human in orbit around the Earth. The Mercury-Atlas 6 flight on February 20, 1962, was the first American flight to achieve this goal. (image source) The program included 20 unmanned launches, followed by two suborbital and four orbital flights with astronaut pilots. Early planning and research were carried out by...

Dec 22, 2011

Top 10 Kim Jong-Il Conspiracy Theories

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Dec 16, 2011

50 Worst Christmas Pictures Ever

It’s amazing the torture a family will put its members through come holiday time, especially when the memories can’t be erased thanks to some fool snaping a picture to document the humiliation for posterity. On the plus side, at least everyone who got one of these pictures in a holiday card got a good laugh.  ...

Dec 14, 2011

How 20 Popular Websites Looked When They Launched

Have you ever wondered how your daily used/favorite websites such as Facebook, Google, Youtube, Wikipedia, and Flickr look like when they were first launched? Below are the screenshots of the most popular websites while they were still in their earliest incarnations. With comparison to their design today, they have definitely evolved greatly and will continue to improve. While, Google had recently rolled out a makeover for all of its products &...

Dec 11, 2011

Tennis: Top Five Biggest Comebacks Of 2011

ATPWorldTour.com reviews the Top 5 comebacks of the 2011 season, beginning with No. 5:   5. Robin Soderling vs Lleyton Hewitt, 6-7(5), 3-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4, Wimbledon 2nd RD Lleyton Hewitt had to feel good about his chances after jumping out to a 7-6(5), 6-3 lead against World No. 5 Robin Soderling at Wimbledon. The former World No. 1 had established a two-sets lead 94 times in Grand Slam competition and won all but one of those matches, his...

Shark Facts [INFOGRAPHIC]

Interesting shark infographic with some unusual facts....

Dec 6, 2011

15 Weird Covers Of The Yugoslavian Science Magazine ‘Galaksija’

Yugoslavian science magazines turned dry inquiry into psychedelia. In the Seventies and Eighties, Yugoslavian science magazine Galaksija pumped out dozens of mind-blowingly weird covers that could easily be mistaken for prog rock LPs. Here's but a sampling of the many triptacular designs that hit Balkan newstands several decades ag...

Dec 4, 2011

‘Sovereign’: The Luxury Superyacht by Gray Design

Cruising a luxurious superyacht with your own custom-built limousine onboard, ready for offshore jaunts, sounds like an experience fit only for royalty. Likewise, lounging in your very own salon designed by one of the biggest fashion houses in the world could perhaps come with a lifestyle limited to supermodels....

Dec 2, 2011

The Biggest Animal In The World - Blue Whale

The Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales (called Mysticeti) At up to 32.9 metres (108 ft) in length and 172 metric tons (190 short tons) or more in weight, it is the largest animal ever known to have existed. Long and slender, the Blue Whale's body can be various shades of bluish-grey dorsally and somewhat lighter underneath. There are at least three distinct subspecies: B. m. musculus...