YO HOMES TO BEL-AIR! Photograph via Will Smith on Facebook Spotted: Will Smith (who’s first name is actually Willard, who knew!), Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton Banks), Tatyana Ali (Ashley Banks), James Avery (Big Phil!) and Karyn Parsons (Hillary Banks). Apparently the guy on the right is Blake Ross, co-creator of Firefox (and now…
McDonald’s Tamago Double Mac – Japan Serving approximately 64 million customers daily in 119 countries around the world, Mcdonald’s is easily the world’s largest fast food restaurant chain. Employing over 1.5 million people in more than 31,000 chains, McDonald’s offers a variety of exotic dishes to cater to the unique local tastes of…
ARTHUR WYNNE’S ‘WORD-CROSS’, THE FIRST CROSSWORD PUZZLE, IS PUBLISHED – DECEMBER 21, 1913 On December 21, 1913, Arthur Wynne, a journalist from Liverpool, England, published a “word-cross” puzzle in the New York World that embodied most of the features of the genre as we know it. This puzzle is frequently…
THE INDIAN-PAKISTAN BORDER AT NIGHT FROM SPACE Photograph by NASA A night time view of India-Pakistan borderlands is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 28 crew member on the International Space Station. Clusters of yellow lights on the Indo-Gangetic Plain of northern India and northern Pakistan reveal numerous cities both…
Photograph by FLASHFLOOD STUDIOS The Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), also known as the dwarf leopard, is a wild cat distributed over South and Central America and Mexico, but has been reported as far north as Texas and in Trinidad, in the Caribbean. The ocelot is similar in appearance to a domestic cat. Its fur…
As 2011 nears its end, the Sifter looks back at all of the homes posted this year. Below you will find a collection of our 10 favorites. The reasons are varied but each home features a unique trait that was worthy of inclusion. From the most excessive to the most excellent, there was no…
POLAR PANORAMA OF PROTESTS IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA Photograph via English Russia On December 10, 2011, an estimated 50,000 people converged on Bolotnaya Square, Moscow, to protest against the ruling party and alleged electoral fraud. Demonstrators were demanding a rerun of the election and freedom for anyone arrested in protests earlier in the…
Artwork by CALDWELL TANNER @ College Humor Caldwell Tanner of College Humor created these hilarious illustrations that imagine some of the world’s most popular websites as Internet Superheroes (love the thumbs up on Facebook’s masks), or as Tanner calls them: The Internet Justice League. Enjoy! And be sure to check out Caldwell’s other…
Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find the 20 funniest images, 10 most interesting articles, and 5 most viral 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 Stay sifty…
Photograph courtesy of HOM Sotheby’s International Realty Set on 30-acres of oceanfront property, the Montage Laguna Beach Resort features 28 private residences in addition to the 250-room resort. The 5-bedroom, 8,400 sq. ft. monster bungalow featured in this post is listed at a mind-boggling $32.5 million USD (that’s $3,869 a sq ft!). The…
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