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May 1, 2015 at 12:45 pm

Just a Puppy Barking at His Own Hiccups

Just a Puppy Barking at His Own Hiccups

Buck is only 8 weeks old and this is his first time ever having hiccups, so he does what he knows best, bark!

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May 1, 2015 at 12:14 pm

You Can’t Ride This Backwards Bicycle

You Can't Ride This Backwards Bicycle

How learning to ride a backwards bicycle teaches us about knowledge, understanding, bias and neuralplasticity.

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May 1, 2015 at 10:29 am

The Shirk Report – Volume 315

The Shirk Report - Volume 315

Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 25 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles from Twitter, RSS and email; videos come from everywhere. Any suggestions? Send a note to submit@twistedsifter.com 25 IMAGES – Friday! – Well…

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April 30, 2015 at 6:17 pm

This Woman Turns Boxes and Bags Into Monsters

This Woman Turns Boxes and Bags Into Monsters

Mellie Z is an artist and craftswoman specializing in fine leatherwork. Based in Leighton, Pennsylvania, she is best known for her embroidered leather products and famous ‘Dragonhide’. In an ongoing series of amazing creations, Mellie hand pigments strips of leather, turning boxes and bags into monsters. The artist sells her work through Etsy and…

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April 30, 2015 at 12:10 pm

The Time Richard Branson Flew a UFO Over London in an ET Costume

The Time Richard Branson Flew a UFO Over London in an ET Costume

It was the early morning of April 1, 1989. Under the cover of darkness, Richard Branson took off in a custom hot air balloon shaped like a UFO. It was 4am and the strobe lights on board were blinking every ten seconds. As the sun began to rise the UFO was making…

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April 29, 2015 at 6:40 pm

Picture of the Day: Rare Quadruple Rainbow Spotted

Picture of the Day: Rare Quadruple Rainbow Spotted

Photograph by Amanda Curtis on Twitter Amanda Curtis snapped this pic of a rare quadruple rainbow while waiting for her Long Island train to New York on the morning of 21 April 2015. Curtis was waiting at Glen Cove station when she spotted it. The area had recently received a large amount of rain…

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April 29, 2015 at 1:54 pm

30 Rare Color Photos of the Russian Empire from 100+ Years Ago

30 Rare Color Photos of the Russian Empire from 100+ Years Ago

Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky (August 30, 1863 – September 27, 1944) was a Russian chemist and photographer best known for his pioneering work in color photography of early 20th-century Russia. Around 1905, Prokudin-Gorsky envisioned and formulated a plan to use the emerging technological advances that had been made in color photography to document the Russian…

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April 28, 2015 at 1:58 pm

This Bonsai Master’s Greatest Work of Art is a Loving Tribute to his Grandkids

This Bonsai Master's Greatest Work of Art is a Loving Tribute to his Grandkids

Goshin (Japanese: “protector of the spirit”) is a bonsai created by Bonsai Master John Yoshio Naka. It is a forest planting of eleven Foemina junipers (Juniperus chinensis), the earliest of which Naka began training into bonsai in 1948. Naka donated it to the National Bonsai Foundation in 1984 for display at the United States…

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April 27, 2015 at 2:33 pm

Cloud 9 Fiji, the Floating Bar in the Middle of the Ocean

Cloud 9 Fiji, the Floating Bar in the Middle of the Ocean

Cloud 9 is a floating paradise located close to the main island of Fiji, Viti Levu. Situated in the turquoise waters of Vanua Malolo on Ro Ro Reef, Cloud 9 is a 40-45min boat ride from Port Denarau, and a 10 minute speed boat ride from Musket Cove Resort, Lomani Resort and Plantation Resort.…

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April 24, 2015 at 2:18 pm

10 Highlights from the 2015 Nat Geo Traveler Photo Contest

10 Highlights from the 2015 Nat Geo Traveler Photo Contest

The 27th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest opened on April 7 and there have already been a slew of amazing entries. Official categories include: Travel Portraits; Outdoor Scenes; Sense of Place; and Spontaneous Moments. Our friends at National Geographic were kind enough to let us share a gallery of notable submissions already received…

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