8 Awesome* Teched-Out Christmas Sweaters
*These are awesome in the sheer sense that they are so terrible. You would think nothing could make them any less terrible. But the thing is, they all have some unusual, surprising use of technology....
View Article10 Sad People Who Already Broke Their Shiny New iPhones
Santa brought lots of good boys and girls across the world new iPhones yesterday. Hurray, Christmas! Unfortunately, with new iPhones come the perils of iPhone ownership, which is to say, that many of...
View ArticleThe 10 Weirdest Deaths by Technology
Technology is supposed to make our lives better: our meat easier to chew, our water easier to carry, our ox carts easier to move. But all too often we weak, squishy, meat sacks of the human variety...
View ArticleAmazing Cliff Houses: Literally Living on the Edge
One of the ultimate desires of humankind: living on the solitary edge between urban luxury and the embrace of nature. Houses on cliffs and rocks reflect this desire well. You might find your dream...
View Article19 Pairs of Batshit-Crazy Sunglasses from the 1980s
What What do you think of when you think of the 80s? Beverly Hills Cop, synthed-out pop music, MTV actually being Music Television, and glaring neon colors, right? Right, with one addition: shades....
View Article22 Stairways That Lead Nowhere
There is something weird and mysterious about stairways that don't go anywhere, and yet they're surprisingly common: inside and outside old buildings, among demolished walls, in big cities and small...
View Article25 of the Deadliest Explosions Man Ever Made
Everybody likes to watch explosions. Come on, admit it: You like looking at enormous blasts on You Tube because they simultaneously thrill you and yet make you feel safer and more cautious in your...
View Article30 Beautifully Haunting Shipwrecks From Around the World
Naval history is full of fatal accidents and wartime losses. Even knowing that, it's astonishing to think that, according to a United Nations report, there are more than 3 million shipwrecks on the...
View Article14 of the Most Bizarre Fast Food Reviews on YouTube
We have our own history of weird food reviews, but man, we've got nothing on YouTube. Here are 14 of the weirdest we could find, but let us know if we've missed any standouts. More »
View Article18 Amazing Art Deco Clocks From a Futuristic Past
Among the many material forms of Art Deco—from buildings to furniture to cars—clocks somehow seem to make the best use of the machine-age motifs that make the style so wonderful. Feverish geometric...
View Article25 Bizarre Aircraft That Don't Look Like They Should Fly
Aerospace engineers have come up with some revolutionary forward-thinking amazing straight-up insane designs. Sometimes these dreams never make it off the drawing board, but sometimes—some wonderful...
View Article21 Amazing Off-the-Grid Houses
Real talk: Between diminishing stores and oil wars, fossil fuel-dependance is officially a bad deal. In the future, as these resources get scarcer, we're going to have to figure out how to live in a...
View ArticleNine Cycling Jerseys That Are Totally Unacceptable
The secret word is "novelty cycling jersey," (AHHHH!) and it's inspired by this incredible PeeWee Herman bike riding outfit that is amazing in that it simply exists. You know what else is great? The...
View Article22 Awesome Rotary Phones: Beautiful Relics of a Bygone Era
It's possible that some of you have never seen a rotary phone in real life. It's likely that many of you have never used a rotary phone: heard the pulse take the place of the tone, mustered your...
View Article19 Adorable Animals Using Technology Adorably
Some say that pets start to take after their owners, but to what extent? Will Socks start bogarting the remote? Are you going to have to pry the iPad out of Buster's paws? Actually, uhm, yeah; looks...
View Article20 Optical Illusions That Might Break Your Mind
Viewer discretion advised! Do not scroll down unless your brain is made of steel and your nerves are Teflon. Some people simply cannot stand optical illusions. For the rest of you: Check out teh...
View ArticleThese 25 Avant-Garde Concert Posters Turn Advertising into Art
Even at the going rate of 1000 words, accurately depicting the the audiological experience of a headlining band delivers is no easy feat. That may be part of the reason why epic concert posters like...
View ArticleThe 20 Loneliest Outposts At the End of the World
When humanity's not trying to destroy itself, its steadily redefining its boundaries. Every passing year, we create further-flung outposts in places nature never intended to us to inhabit. Here are...
View ArticleMost Beautiful Items: February 2-February 8, 2013
This week has been bleakly overcast with constant talk of dull, dreary weather and unwelcome torrents of snow. Take a break from the grayness, and bask in the most beautiful things we laid our eyes on...
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