“Cardioke sounds cheesy but actually the singing and breathing is utilized to excel your workout. You can burn double the calories by singing and breathing properly as you move. This is why our military does cadences while running to build that super human stamina.”

“This is how Turkish people have orgasms.”

“This is what FAILURE looks like.”

“A designer has created a controversial piggy-bank made from a the body of a real piglet, which has gone on sale online for $3,400. The Piglet Bank is the creation of Belfast designer Colin Hart and is made to order by a taxidermist using the body of a deceased baby pig. The poor porker is hollowed out and has their insides replaced a coin storage unit. They then have a coin slot cut in their back and a hole with a cork bung in there belly for removing the cash. But while Colin is keen to stress they only use piglets which have died of natural caused, that hasn’t stopped animal rights protesters sending him death threats. We can’t imagine why they’d be upset.” w/ photos

“This is my walking office. A friend of mine (who is also a computer programmer) does this and I thought it was a good idea, so here’s mine. I started doing this about 6 weeks ago and at first it was very tiring. But now I can walk for 5 hours a day (with breaks) before my feet can’t take it anymore, which amounts to about 12 miles. You can hardly tell you’re walking while your head is busy at work, so it’s like free exercise. If you try this, make sure to turn off or pause the treadmill belt if you leave the room for any period of time. Kids can get their fingers caught in it or someone can trip on it. It’s dangerous. It’s not my fault if anyone gets hurt doing this so be careful.” — egyokeo

“This music video changed my life… twice.”

“There’s a saying about being able to smell a rat – but no longer. Now the much maligned rodent is turning the tables and is ratting out land mines. Giant African pouched rats are being trained to identify the scent of explosives in landmines. They have an acute sense of smell and are small enough not to detonate the mines. Every time they detect TNT, they make a clicking sound and receive a bit of banana as a reward. They are being trained by Belgian charity Apopo in Tanzania.” w/ photos

“Last summer I was at a cottage with a guy who had a few minor mental issues rolled up into one awesome condition that he seemed to have harnessed into its full potential. The first time I met him he pushed his balls into his stomach as a party trick before he got hopped up on a bunch of acid and, totally naked, crashed a Sea-Doo into a shallow pond of reeds. For the sake of anonymity, I’m going to call him Arnold Swiles. Anyway, while we were sitting around Arnold drew me a diagram of this sex machine he built that turned a pool noodle into his own secret wonderland. The little doodle of a squiggly guy pointing at himself in the mirror while fucking a foam plunger was burned into my mind for weeks. Eventually, my unanswered questions became unbearable, and I had to hop on the ol’ laptop machine for an extended Skype interview with Arnold to find out about the science that goes into making a foam vagina.” w/ photos

“Mazda can certainly build wonderful cars but they’re not usually in the million-dollar business. To remedy that, inspiration for the Mono-Posto came from a car which very much is, as surviving examples usually sell for around $1,000,000: Ferrari’s mid-50s sports prototypes. They came in many iterations with two things in common: the name Monza and the supremely un-Ferrari inline-four engine. The latter was designed by Aurelio Lampredi and went all the way up to 3.4 liters in displacement, a monster of an inline-four. Inline-fours are rare in Ferraris but very common in Mazdas, specifically in Miatas, so to stick to the Monza’s twist of using an alien engine, the Mono-Posto had its 1.8-liter inline-four turbocharged. Only used in certain special edition Miatas, the turbo was supremely un-Miata but it was a definite boon to horsepower, boosting it to 190.” w/ photos

“In typical Russian automotive tradition, the Lada Niva that began production in 1977 is still being produced today using almost exactly the same design. This monotony may explain what inspired one Niva owner to cover their car in Astroturf.  Throughout the Niva’s 33 year production history it has at times been exported to Canada as well as parts of South America and Europe where it has been fairly well received thanks to a reputation for being tough and affordable. Jeremy Clarkson almost admitted he liked one in the midst of an (almost entirely true) anti-communist car tirade.” w/ photos