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• Bizarre But Clever Christmas Decorations

  
  Miss C Recommends — Authority: 431
  Christmas is the time you can get as tacky as you want with lights and decorations, and most of us put up with it because it should come down in a month or so. I’ve written before about how people in my neck of the woods make do with what they have. Christmas gets the same treatment, and the results can be ...
  11 hours ago

• 7 Horrifying Aircraft Landings (in which no one died)

  
  Miss C Recommends — Authority: 431
  Many people board an airplane flight thinking that if anything goes wrong, they will probably die. We board anyway, knowing that the odds of something going wrong are pretty small. In these seven stories, hundreds of passengers thought it was the end for them, but thanks to skilled pilots and crew members (and a fair ...
  2 days ago

• Prove your Mythbusters knowledge to the world or die trying

  
  TV Squad — Authority: 707
  Youve seen every Mythbusters episode the world has to offer. You have them all on a series of categorically detailed DVDs. You once turned down an opportunity to go out with Keira Knightley because you couldnt wait until the morning after to learn if a cannon-fired frozen chicken can penetrate a planes cockpit ...
  5 days ago

• mental_floss Trivia Show This Sunday in New York

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 773
  Wow! Not only did our pal mental_floss just open their very first retail shop , they’re also holding the first ever mental_floss Trivia Show. If you happen to be in New York this Sunday, here’s the scoop: Attention : Nerds, Knowledge Junkies, and most importantly, people who like to leave their house to drink ...
  6 days ago

• Niche Blogs: Found Photos Edition

  
  Miss C Recommends — Authority: 431
  When I posted A Sampling of Niche Blogs last month, people responded positively and said they liked finding new blogs on very specific subjects. Well, there is no lack of variety on the internet, so here are some more niche blogs you might enjoy that feature peculiar found photographs of people, buildings, animals, ...
  1 week ago

• The greatest invention ever!

  
  Lake Neuron — Authority: 130
  I found out about this from the Mental_Floss blog : Amazon is selling a Laptop Steering Wheel Desk . The actual, logical use of such a desk is for truckers or business people who live out of their vehicles and can use this desk when they’re parked. But the first impression you get when hearing about the product ...
  1 week ago

• 5 Odd Holiday Dishes

  
  Miss C Recommends — Authority: 431
  Serving traditional holiday foods can be a great way to bond with family members and create lasting memories. It can also become boring after so many years. Every once in a while, you want to change things around just for the sake of change. These five variations on tradition Thanksgiving foods might be a hits, or ...
  2 weeks ago

• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 773
  The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade rolls through New York every year, but how much do you really know about the annual production? Today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss will test your memory ahead of the big event. I scored a miserable 20%! Surely you can do better. Link
  2 weeks ago

• Run Your Life with Flowcharts!

  
  Miss C Recommends — Authority: 431
  Decisions, decisions -you make them constantly about big and little things. Daily decision making might be easier for you if you used these handy flowcharts. On the other hand, they might wreck your life! Choose wisely, but enjoy the ride in these seven flowcharts I listed at mental_floss. Send messages to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Can you count the Kramers? I couldnt

  
  TV Squad — Authority: 707
  Hey there gentle TV Squad reader! Have you got nothing but time on your hands right now? Do you need a healthy activity to occupy your time? Have you completely lost the will to go on living? Then put down that suicide cocktail and pick a pen or pencil for this "Kramer Counting" challenge! Someone at Funnyordie.com ...
  3 weeks ago

• Natures Stone Giants

  
  Miss C Recommends — Authority: 431
  Stonehenge is impressive, but pales in comparison to the massive stone pillars Mother Nature gave us. The real stories of how they came to be are as fascinating as the legends that people use to explain unusual rock formations. See six of these stone giant locations from around the world in this article I wrote for ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Beverly Cleary Quiz

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 773
  Award-winning author Beverly Cleary gave us books about Ramona and the kids from Klickitat Street. In today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss, find out how much you remember from the books. I scored miserably because I read some of these so long ago, and others weren’t written until I was an adult. Link
  3 weeks ago

• The Mojave Desert’s Airplane Graveyard

  
  The Willinois Nation — Authority: 119
  Found this interesting article about this airplane graveyard. Interesting stuff. This was from the wonderful site, Mental Floss! The Fascinating Airplane Graveyard of Mojave Desert I thought it was a mirage the first time I saw it. I was driving through the wastes of the Mojave Desert, two hours from anywhere, when ...
  3 weeks ago

• Removed Muppets, more than just a lousy name for a college rock band

  
  TV Squad — Authority: 707
  In my never-ending, tireless, four day quest to completely categorize Sesame Street (read my previous features here , here and here ), it seems I have completely missed one. Mental Floss Magazine has tapped a hidden but flowing resource of Muppets who have actually been fired from Sesame Street , characters ...
  3 weeks ago

• Dogs and Dogtags; Cat Grads

  
  Great Product Direct — Authority: 152
  Filed under: Chew on This Rounding up our favorite animal stories, photos, and videos on the web each week! Dogs of War People Pets interviews the creators of the new television series "No Dogs Left Behind," which documents the journey of rescued dogs from Iraq. [via People Pets ] Youre Back! As a response to Veterans ...
  3 weeks ago

• It’s Been Too Long…

  
  Space Monkey X — Authority: 104
  Wow, sorry it’s been so long since I posted. Not that anyone’s reading this anyway. However, I should post a few things. So for the two people who accidentally come to this site while searching for either “Alvin and the Chipmunks” or “Annette Bening”, here’s an update on my life. I had another ...
  3 weeks ago

• Happy Veterans Day from Alpha Software

  
  Alpha Software — Authority: 113
  As you know, yesterday was Veterans Day, and it was truly touching to see the outpouring of gratitude from Americans for the men and women who risk their lives for this country. Naturally, the blogosphere was abuzz with articles and stories of heroism and thanks, but there was one blog post that really stood out for ...
  4 weeks ago

• A Sampling of Niche Blogs

  
  Miss C Recommends — Authority: 431
  A few years after ordinary people discovered the joys of blogging, experienced bloggers branched out into multiple blogs. This led to the rise of niche blogs, blogs devoted to a very narrow subject. The internet audience is so big that even the most obscure topic can gain an audience if it has two things: a good idea ...
  4 weeks ago

• 10 Old School Blogging Tips To Know

  
  Broadcasting Brain — Authority: 420
  I’ve read hundreds (or thousands) of blog posts and articles about blogging.  One of the really timeless ones that I still come back to is a list of ten tips from Jorn Barger that were featured in Wired Magazine .  Barger is generally credited for having coined the term blog , an abbreviation of the term ...
  4 weeks ago

• It’s Veterans Day and that’s really important. It...

  
  vegansaurus! — Authority: 565
  It’s Veterans Day and that’s really important. It sucks that it’s smack in the middle of the week and a lot of people don’t even know it’s happening and we don’t have 19 days off to celebrate it because it’s not a Christian holiday but you know. Anyway, in honor of Veterans Day, you should donate ...
  4 weeks ago

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