Archive for October 2nd, 2009

World’s Deepest Trash Can

In an effort to keep the streets clean, this trash can was created to make it ‘fun’ for people to put their waste in it. 72 kilos of garbage was put in the bin during one day. That is 41 kilos more than the closest standard trash bin. The simplest things can make a huge difference. A great success!

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World’s Largest Bread and Butter Pudding

Save some space for dessert guys, because the world’s largest bread and butter pudding has just been baked, and it’s huge!

The pudding was created to celebrate British Food Fortnight and involved seven chefs, 1,000 slices of bread, 70 apples and 56 whole eggs. It measures 7ft by 5ft!

Jet-Powered Merry-Go-Round

Brooklyn-based arts collective The Madagascar Institute had tested their home-built jet-powered merry-go-round—they’d just never tested it with people on it. So PM’s Seth Porges volunteered his life and limb (a nearby warning sign warned that it “Could Kill You”) to be the first human ever to take a jet-powered ride on this steam punk-inspired machine. Here is his maiden voyage.

11 Unbelievable Glittering Golden Objects

Here’s a great little link from Andy about some ‘not-so-typical’ uses of gold. Andy writes:

“Just in case you ever wondered whether gold was ever used to make anything a bit more extraordinary than a typical piece of jewellery, here are some ludicrous uses!”

Click the link and take a look at some of the amazing golden objects, from golden statues and sculptures to golden golf clubs and toilets.

Link (Thanks Andy!)

Rare Parrot Shows Cameraman’s Head Some Loving

Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine head to the ends of the earth in search of animals on the edge of extinction. This rare parrot needs some loving and he’s very fond of them. Cringe!

Backpack Generates 40 Watts Just By Walking

Here is a really neat invention – a backpack that can generate 40 watts just by walking.

The backpack itself is mounted on rails, so it moves up and down when its wearer moves. The movement generates enough electricity to power your gadgets, and the design actually relieves stress from the user.

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David Letterman Reveals Extortion Attempt‎

Yesterday, David Letterman addressed the live “Late Night” audience regarding a blackmail case involving sexual relations with his female staffers. The audience didn’t seem to take it as seriously as Letterman expected. An arrest was made in the extortion case after a Grand Jury found wrong-doing and Letterman and his attorney offered the man $2 million to keep it private.

The Best Yahoo Answers Response Ever

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Women Applying Make-Up Whilst Driving Cause Half A Million Road Crashes

There are all sorts of reasons why drivers crash their cars, but one of the more startling statistics is that 500,000 road crashes in Britain have been caused by women applying make-up whilst driving.

A poll of 4,000 women drivers by women’s motor insurer Diamond showed that around on fifth of female motorists confess they have touched up their mascara on the move, whilst three per cent admitted causing a collision when distracted by applying cosmetics.

The results comes a year after the introduction of a new offence of causing death by careless driving which carries a prison sentence of up to two years.

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