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I wonder if the the illusion only works if the the words are on separate lines? Guess not. (Read that sentence again.) The brain automatically filters out the duplicated “the”s as if they never even existed. With all of our massive brain power, is it intuitive or disruptive for our brain to censor our reading in this case? Some people ...

Have you ever wondered what life would be like if marijuana was legalized? Probably something like this. YouTube user iMakeUTubeVideos took a particularly ridiculous Judge Judy session and slowed it down to half-speed. What are the results? A bunch of people that sound like a very drunk Bill Cosby.

After nearly half a decade of meme stardom, the LOLcat internet meme finally came to an end today when a cat named Mittens successfully haz’d a cheeseburger, marking a milestone in both feline and meme history. Mittens is unavailable for comment until Caturday, though her owner, YouTube user roxy72, seemed happy enough letting her kitty nom on her cheezburger. At ...

Japan’s Kori no Suizokukan, located in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture houses a collection of 450 specimens of 80 or so different species of marine wildlife captured at a nearby port. But there’s one major difference that separates this aquarium from any other — all of the wildlife is frozen in massive blocks of ice. A flash freezing technique is used to ...

Short-sightedness is on the rise across the developed world. With a generation of kids spending their days indoors and a constant stream of urbanization, our eyes are becoming more and more susceptible to short-sightedness because of the lack of glances into the distance. Science might have an answer which can soon solve some viewing woes for good. Scientists have linked ...

The conditions either have to be perfect or you have to make them perfect. A twelve-person tire swing isn’t as logistically simple as it might sound. Attached to a 40-foot overhang, part of the Mmabatho Sports Stadium in South Africa, used tires, wooden poles and “a whole lot of metal bolts and cables” are combined to create Jan Korbes twelve-person ...

One of the major factors that deters people from purchasing an electronic car is the fact that the charge can run out. There’s always that lingering possibility that you can be stuck in the middle of nowhere without a charge. Swiss company Nation-E is attempting to quell some of those worries with Angel Car, the first mobile charging station for ...

Apple accessories have become such an epidemic that at first glance, this product is totally believable, and then you see someone with a plate strapped to their arm and that little part of your brain that makes you scream “FAKE!” in the comment box emits a slight twinge of activity. The iArm is in fact, a prank pack, but not ...

There are times where most of us just want to bury our heads in the sand like an ostrich. If we can’t see you, you can’t see us. Unfortunately for people using the Tunnel Chair, people can see you, and you look ridiculous. The Tunnel Chair by Noga Berman creates little nooks and crannies capable of housing various body parts. ...

Geek hero Adam Lynch decided to put a gamer spin on the traditional act of marriage proposal by creating his own custom programmed version of Super Mario World, titled Super Dez World, in honor of his fiancee Desiree. Saturday September 11th�he tells me he�s been playing around with programming video games. I think this is an awesome idea; he has ...