Because calling a group of animals a ‘group’ isn’t descriptive enough, the English language is curiously filled with a trove of strange collective nouns for different ‘groups’ of animals. Below is a list of 10 of the more bizarre choices. Enjoy! A GROUP OF HIPPOPOTAMUS’ ARE CALLED… A CRASH…
SANDS OF TIME Photograph by George Steinmetz / National Geographic A sea of dunes conjured by wind and water creates a magical sandscape on the northeastern coast of Brazil. Shoals of silvery fish swim in brilliant blue and green pools left behind by the rains. Lagoons are born anew each year after the January-June rains…
Who is Guile? Seriously?!? He’s just your everyday, no-nonsense, all-American tough guy with the baddest haircut on the planet, that’s who! Guile made his first appearance in Capcom’s Street Fighter II (1991), one of the most influential video games of all time. A Major in the United States Air Force, he leaves his country and…
THE SIMPLE LIFE Photograph by Surfer Magazine Breaks, Beach and Bevy’s via Surfer Magazine Every day at 5pm the Sifter will post the picture of the day PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’ GET FEATURED! SUBMIT A PHOTOGRAPH FOR THE PICTURE OF THE DAY!
ANARCHY IN THE UK CANADA? Photograph by Ann Hui / The Globe and Mail A crowd of black-clad protesters at the G20 Summit in Toronto were out damaging property along the way. Several police cruisers were vandalized and two were lit ablaze as flames and black smoke billowed into the air. TTC streetcars were abandoned…
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Welcome to the Friday Shirk Report where you will find 20 images, 10 articles and 5 videos from the previous week of sifting. Enjoy! *For those that prefer the links open in a new tab/window, try holding the CTRL key whilst clicking a link with your mouse 20 IMAGES – Baby got hatchback – What…
FIRST! Photograph by Alan Porritt (AAP) Australia appointed its first woman prime minister, Julia Gillard, who vowed on Thursday (June 24th, 2010) to end division over a controversial mining tax, resurrect a carbon trade scheme and call elections within months. Former prime minister Kevin Rudd made an emotional and ignominious exit, quitting just before the…
English Oatmeal Stout by BevShots Have you ever wondered what your favourite libation looks like under a microscope? Picture a scientist, drunk off White Russians; staring into his glass and thinking — I bet this would look really cool if I magnified it! To the Lab-Mobile! A few years and a few sloshy nights later,…
MARVEL AT THE FUTURE Illustration by GottaBeCarl From the artist: A friend of mine suggested one day that it would be cool to see the characters of Futurama as X-Men and so I drew him Fry as Cyclops. For some reason I couldn’t just stop there…and what came of it was a pretty extensive illustration…
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