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I can’t believe this fantastic island is real

When I first came across this photo of an impossibly sharp and tall island rising alone in the ocean I instantly thought it was fake. It’s real. Its name is Ball’s Pyramid—”the tallest volcanic stack in the world”—and it’s located just south of Lord Howe Island, off the east coast of Australia. Ball’s Pyramid is…

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Why our planet is fucked up in one single picture

National Geographic’s Your Shot member John Goodmantook this beautiful—and terrible—image north of Manhattan Beach in Los Angeles, California: “A lone surfer returns from the sea, bathed in the sodium light of an onshore industrial site.” Two ways to understand Earth clashing in one perfect image. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us…

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Superhero jacket may save your life one day

The Sporty Supaheroe—a jacket that integrates white and red LEDs within a special fabric to allow joggers and bikers to be seen in the dark—won a Red Dot Design Concept Award in 2013. Now they have an Indiegogo campaign so you can buy it, along with other cool gear. If the jacket’s $1850 price tag…

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You really don’t want to watch this guy french kissing a king cobra

Seriously, why the hell would anyone want to kiss a cobra snake?* The GIF grosses me out, but the video is even worse. That’s when he actually opens his mouth. Ugh. * I wish someone asked me that question after I met my first wife. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us…

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NASA must fast forward the manned use of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft

This new cool SpaceX photo popped in my Twitter feed right after reading how Putin is annexing Crimea to Russia in the same way Hitler annexed the Sudetenland to Germany back in 1938. I don’t know what will happen next but this is yet one more reason why NASA should fast forward the manned use…

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This is how they load nuclear cruise missiles on a B-52 Stratofortress

When I first saw this photo I immediately thought “what the hell is thing?” Then Attila Nagy told me about it: It’s a nuclear armed AGM-86B cruise missile. Three of them, in fact, being loaded on a B-52 Stratofortress. It’s hard to tell because you are looking at the butt of this 1.4-ton nuclear shark,…

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Man on fire jumps off a 3,900-foot cliff in craziest basejump stunt yet

The whole base jumping thing is getting out of hand. The Awesomerer found this video of Tom Erik Heimen setting himself on fire and jumping off a 3,900-foot cliff in Norway. The biggest risk, they say, was that the small parachute—called pilot chute—that it’s used to deploy the actual parachute might catch on fire. Fortunately,…

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New pasta with tomato popsicle may be yummiest or yuckiest thing yet

Japanese people claim that ice cream company Gari-Gari Kun makes the best popsicles in the world. They’re about to introduce a new popsicle flavor: Pasta with tomato sauce. The tomato sauce is inside the popsicle in gelatin form. It sounds terrible but something tells me that it must taste good. Yummy or yucky, I really…

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I want to buy all these amazing retro-futuristic movie posters

Laurent Durieux is one of my favorite illustrators and designers ever. His re-imagined movie posters—recreated in an exquisite retro-futuristic style—are simply a true pleasure. I love to get lost in the fine detail and admire his perfect command of color and shading. You can buy his amazing artwork here. Laurent Durieux has been working two…

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This is the amazing self-driving car we all need right now

The promise of the self-driving car is taking too long to materialize—but it may be around the corner. As soon as 2020, says Nissan. This video shows the XchangE self-driving concept car now on display at the Geneva Auto Show 2014. Imagine being able to take a road trip like this, chilling and relaxing, with…

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Terrifying collision between airplane and skydiver, everyone survives

This accident could have been a total disaster, but fortunately it just ended with one ruined Cessna airplane, a ripped parachute, and no victims. MyFox Tampa Bay got these incredible photos of the mid-air collision between an airplane and skydiver. More photos and information here. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us…

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How every song in each music genre sounds exactly alike

Remember that girl who showed us what foreign languages sound like to people who don’t speak them? She’s back with 14 different music genres. Enjoy! SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

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This 9-foot-long Manhattan model carved in marble is so damn awesome

Yesterday I finally saw this incredible model of Manhattan at New York’s Armory Show. Hand carved on a gigantic 9-foot-long block of marble, this thing is overwhelming when you’re in front of it. The detail is truly unbelievable. Check it out up close: The piece is not new. It’s part of a series of five…

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Weirdest time-lapse I’ve ever seen feels like flying into hyperspace

The Awesomerer found this impossibly mesmerizing time-lapse video taken in Tokyo’s Yurikamome train. It’s also the weirdest and trippiest time-lapse video I’ve ever seen. It’s called Hyperdrive, and it looks like they are traveling in the Millennium Falcon in Tron universe. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

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True Detective Finale Crashes HBO GO

Netflix must be really laughing its ass off right now, as everyone trying to watch the season finale of True Detective complain about HBO GO not being available. HBO GO has crashed—it’s been deader than Rust Cohle’s soul for the last three hours. I’ve tried it at least two dozen times—both through my computer and…

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Astronaut suit spins out of control in macabre real life Gravity scene

Watching this gives me the chills. A cosmonaut floats away from the International space station, spinning out of control as the camera follows it, orbiting planet Earth for seven months before plunging into the atmosphere, burning and disintegrating. A terrifying scene that looks like the movie Gravity, but the video above is real—except no human…

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These unbelievable monsters with seven legs are actually real frogs

Brandon Ballengée made these beautiful prints of “terminally deformed frogs found in nature” using a clearing and staining process. He then scanned the bodies with a high resolution scanner. The results are fascinating. Bellengée’s concept is fascinating too: These reliquaries are created by chemically “clearing and staining” terminally deformed frogs found in nature. This process…

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Watch this guy breaking a Rubik’s Cube world record at insane speed

I never solved the Rubik’s Cube, so when I see this dude breaking the world record for solving six cubes of increasing complexity—2×2, 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6 and 7×7—in just 6 minutes and 23 seconds, I just can think two things: “That’s insane” and “I’m useless.” SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join…

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Behold the New 3,296-piece Lego Star Wars Sandcrawler!

This is definitely the Lego Star Wars Sandcrawler I was looking for. It’s not as massive as the fan built vehicle that every Lego and Star Wars nerd in the world wanted, but with all its moving mechanism and seven minifigs, it’s a must have. Its character and construction seems well resolved. Check out the…

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This is the 3,296-piece Lego Star Wars Sandcrawler you were looking for

It’s not the massive Sandcrawler Ultimate Collector Edition every Star Wars and Lego nerd in the world were claiming for, but it’s pretty damn good. 3,296 pieces! It’s pretty damn big. Here we got all the official images. It really looks fantastic. It includes seven minifigures: Luke Skywalker, Uncle Owen, C-3PO and four Jawas, plus…

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I can’t believe this fantastic island is real

Why our planet is fucked up in one single picture

Superhero jacket may save your life one day

You really don’t want to watch this guy french kissing a king cobra

NASA must fast forward the manned use of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft

This is how they load nuclear cruise missiles on a B-52 Stratofortress

Man on fire jumps off a 3,900-foot cliff in craziest basejump stunt yet

New pasta with tomato popsicle may be yummiest or yuckiest thing yet

I want to buy all these amazing retro-futuristic movie posters

This is the amazing self-driving car we all need right now

Terrifying collision between airplane and skydiver, everyone survives

How every song in each music genre sounds exactly alike

This 9-foot-long Manhattan model carved in marble is so damn awesome

Weirdest time-lapse I’ve ever seen feels like flying into hyperspace

True Detective Finale Crashes HBO GO

Astronaut suit spins out of control in macabre real life Gravity scene

These unbelievable monsters with seven legs are actually real frogs

Watch this guy breaking a Rubik’s Cube world record at insane speed

Behold the New 3,296-piece Lego Star Wars Sandcrawler!

This is the 3,296-piece Lego Star Wars Sandcrawler you were looking for

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