Partofthefunoftravelisenjoyingthelocalflavor.Soonyournexttrip,eatthelocalfood,seethelocalsights…andstayinatinyunderwatermotel.
Image:AftonbladetHotel:HotellHackspett
Location:Vasteras,Sweden
Description:Oneofthetiniesthotelsintheworld,theHackspett(Swedishfor“woodpecker”)accommodatesjustoneperson,oracoupleiftheydon’tmindsharingatwinbed.ButwhatreallymakestheWoodpeckerdifferentistha...[
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There’snothingfunnyaboutHitler,butheisendlesslyfascinating.SinceCongresspassedtheNaziWarCrimesDisclosureActin1998,almost3millionclassifiedfileshavebeenopenedtothepublic-includinga1942secretprofileofAdolfHitlercompiledbytheOSS.Herearesomeexcerpts.PERSONALAPPEARANCE•Hitlerneverallowsanyonetoseehimwhileheisnakedorbathing.Herefusestousecologneorscentsofanysortonhisbody•Nomatterhowwarmhe...[
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15MostAlienLookingCaterpillarsonEarth
Image:thrillseekrGiventhatcaterpillarsarenotthemselvesaspeciesbutjustthein-betweenstagefrombutterflyormotheggtopupaandthenfinallyadult,theyhavemadequiteanameforthemselves,especiallyaspests.Someofthemarealsosoalienlookingthatonewonderswhereintheworldtheyhavecomefrom.CaterpillarsbelongtotheLepidopteraorder,theinsectorderthatismadeupofbutterfliesandmot...[
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《十大樣板戲》現代舞劇《白毛女》
現代京劇《杜鵑山》
現代京劇《紅燈記》
現代京劇《海港》
現代芭蕾舞劇《紅色娘子軍》
現代京劇《龍江頌》
現代京劇《平原作戰》
現代京劇《奇襲白虎團》
現代京劇《沙家浜》
現代京劇《智取威虎山》
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IftheShoeFits,FlingItbyRJEvans,Dec20,2008
Thereiscurrentlyacertainvogueforshoeflinging-wheretherestoftheworldlearnedexactlywhatitmeansinoneplace.ButwhatdoesitmeantotheWesternWorld?Aninquiringmindinvestigates. ImageCreditShoeshavebeeninthenewsalotrecently-orrathertheuseofshoesasaformofprojectile.ManyhavesomesympathywiththebravebutpossiblyfoolhardyMuntadharal-Zaidiwhodispensedwithprotocol...[
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30StrangestAnimalMatingHabits.
Ah,sex.Birdsdoit,beesdoit.Waitaminute!Howexactlydotheydoit?Thematingritualsofsomeanimalsarewonderfullybizarre.Forexample:didyouknowthatsomeinsects’genitalsexplodeduringsex?Orthatsomefishcanchangegender?Intrigued?Readonfor30ofthemostbizarreanimalmatinghabits.HoneyBee:ExplodingTesticles.Thereproductivecycleofbeesisfascinating-andcomplex.Buthere’sthes...[
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AmazingCityscapeArtMadeFromUnusualObjects
Mostofusplayedwithbuildingblockstocreateourownmakebelievebuildingsandcities.Fortunately,notallofusoutgrewthishabit.Herearesomecityscapeartworksmadefromunusualobjectslikeegg,cookware,andJell-O.Yes.Jell-O.
UnrealScene(2008)byLiuJianhua
Photo:cinghialino[Flickr]
Photo:cinghialino[Flickr]ChineseartistLiuJianhuacreatedthiscityscapeofShanghaiou...[
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Soyouthoughttheancientandmodernwonderscreatedbymankindweresomething?FromundergroundantcoloniesthatextendfartherthantheGreatWallofChinatotermitemoundsthattoweratnearlytwicetherelativeheightoftheBurjDubai(tallestskyscraperintheworld),andfromthelargestmulti-speciesspiderwebeverdiscoveredtothelongestbeaverdamontheplanet,herearesevenofthemostawe-inspiringanimalarchitectsandarchitectonicstructure...[
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America's10MostConfusingTrafficSigns
ByMattHardigree, 12:00PMonWedSep32008 Copythiswholeposttoanothersite Slurp cancel selectsite advertisingconsumeristdeadspindefamerfleshbotgayfleshbotgawkergizmodoidolatorio9jalopnikjezebelkotakulifehackervalleywagartistsgawkershop ...[
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TheWeirdestInsectsintheWorld
Thereareoveramilliondescribedspeciesofinsects,andevenmorethathaven’tbeenstudied.Alittleresearchindicatestheyareallstrangeindifferentways.Itwasnoteasytopickadozenforthislist,buttheseareallprettyweird.
TheLongestInsect.
TheBorneowalkingstick(Phobaeticuskirbyi)cangrowtoupto32centimeterslong,
withanother14centimetersifyoumeasurethelegsstretchedout!But
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