Table Top Sledding

12/09/10 -- Wacky News

“A wacky winter sport in which pub tables are raced at top speeds down a mountain slope has been invented by a group of boozy students. The event was dreamed up when the sozzled scholars put their minds to work after finding themselves trapped in a cabin high up an Austrian mountain. To get out of their sticky spot they had the bright idea of flipping over a table and using it as a makeshift sledge. When they got to the bottom they promptly flipped the table over and continued drinking. Now scores of teams comprised of athletes and local celebrities have assembled to take part in a three day table-sledging event in Kuhtai, in the Alps, starting on Friday. One of the competitor’s said: ‘The great advantage we have over other sledgers is that when we finish the race we can turn over our equipment and have a great party.” w/ photos

Dudes Break TV Viewing Record

12/09/10 -- Videos

“Hardcore coach potatoes have made it into the Guinness Book of Records for television viewing in America.”

The Robot Girl

12/09/10 -- Pretty Cool

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This Puts Other Trick Shots To Shame

12/09/10 -- Pretty Cool

“I would never play this guy in a game of HORSE.”

World’s Biggest Tuna

12/09/10 -- Photos

“The long-standing world record for the largest tuna ever caught has been shattered by a California man who caught a massive 405.2-pound yellowfin tuna. Mike Livingston caught the huge fish last Tuesday off the Baja coast while on-board the Point Loma-based boat Vagabond during a Mexican trip. His crew pulled into San Diego bay yesterday to a crowd of curious onlookers eager to see the monster catch. The previous record was set in 1977 when Curt Wiesenhutter caught a 388-pound, 12-ounce yellowfin tuna. The world record is pending approval by the International Game Fish Association but even if it isn’t approved, Mr Livingston’s catch is the largest ever landed on road and reel. Mr Livingston, 63, from Sunland is a long-time angler who retired recently as a school superintendent – he said his catch was ‘a fish of a lifetime.” w/ photos

Best Interviewer Ever

12/09/10 -- Hilarious

“I like how the model was the only one to totally understand him. They’re clearly on the same brainwave.” — MusicVideoSpot

Wine Glass Musician

12/09/10 -- Pretty Cool

“It’s not even the glasses that makes this so amazing, it’s the presentation. The amount of work [he] put into synchronizing the swapping and pouring of the glasses. Very fun to watch… You don’t even need to be a Zelda fan to enjoy this.” — PYKSpeedyMix

Is It Human?!

12/09/10 -- Photos

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Top 10 Most Important Discoveries In Astronomy

12/09/10 -- Top Lists

“Astronomy is the cool, sexy field of the scientific world. Sure, biologists and chemists are out there curing diseases or whatever, but they’re just so boring. Meanwhile, astronomers are busy showing us sweet pictures of distant planets and playing around with telescopes the size of buildings. How can you compete with that? You can’t, so here are the ten most important things astronomers throughout the ages have discovered.” w/ photos

Soda Can Siding

12/09/10 -- Pretty Cool

“Got a few thousand soda and beer cans you’ve been waiting to recycle? Architect Richard Van Os Keuls, a resident of Silver Spring, Maryland, might be an inspiration. Van Os Keuls lives in a 1953 brick tract house, to which he built a 230 sq. foot addition on to the back in 2000. The nearly-finished plywood and insulation board structure was covered with building paper, waiting to be sided or otherwise finished. He found bricks too expensive, and didn’t want the usual siding alternatives. After some thought and consideration, Van Os Keuls decided to try a new medium no architect and none of his clients had used before — flattened aluminum soda and beer cans… He soon discovered that readying and applying thousands of cans is a labor-intensive process. Van Os Keuls prepares the cans in small batches — three to twelve at a time. Each can is washed to avoid attracting ants; then it is smashed, twice. Wearing heavy-soled construction boots, he first stomps each one with his feet and then further flattens it with a sledge hammer. Hammering rounds the corners so the cans can’t cut anybody who leans up against the wall. Each can, secured with a long aluminum nail, overlaps the previous one. When a varied assortment of aluminum “shingles” is collected and processed, he puts up 30-40 at a time. He never puts up two cans of the same color together. Van Os Keuls estimates the project will take 22,000 cans.” w/ photos