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"Exquisite Corpse" short movie showcase

"Little Minx", a division of RSA Films, presents a series of short films, made available online - ranging from supernatural fantasy to gritty realism.

Our Favorite? It must be "Waffles for Breakfast" vignette: great script, neat acting.
(click screenshots to watch)

Watch the rest of them here.

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Spaghetti Art - via

(original unknown)

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Tenoumer Crater, Mauritania

Two-kilometer wide crater in the Sahara Desert... Read more.

(image credit: Earthobservatory, NASA)

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Cool Art of the Day
(in cooperation with Red Bubble)

RedBubble is an online art gallery and creative community from Australia.

"Pondering" by Luke Haggis

(art by Luke Haggis, click to buy)

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Abandoned Turbine in a Forest

Indian River Power Company left them to rust in a forest - See the whole exploration article here

(image credit: Peter B. Clark)

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Scorching piano intrumental

Jazz pianist Yosuke Yamashita, 66, plays a burning piano on the beach in Shiga, Ishikawa Prefecture. He was showing his appreciation for his old piano that he no longer uses. Yamashita did the same thing once before in 1973.

(image credit: Japan Today)

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Mixed fresh links for today:

20 Biggest Record Company Mistakes - [music]
Medical & Science Imagery: Award Winners - [gallery]
Fantastic Galaxy Photo - [spacet]
Freakish things to do with your body, sfw - [weird]
Test Your Attention! (you're going to lose) - [cool test]
The Enchanted Forest: Abandoned Park, info - [gallery]
Tropical sand is a parrotfish' poop - [really?]
Russian Drunk Tank Driver Wrecks Houses - [wow video]
Jump Stunt Gone Wrong - [wow video]
Give to charity just by searching the web

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Kris Kuksi's new work: "Afterworld Transporter"

Incredibly detailed sculpture, by a great artist
(click to enlarge)

(image credit: Kris Kuksi)

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New Extreme? Riding on the Frozen Rivers

Another update from DirtragMag: riding on frozen rivers - with specially built bicycles with studded tires and low gearing to ride on the ice and snow.

(image credit: Bolton Mountain Bike Club)

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Recent Storm in England

Cornwall bears the brunt of a storm - stunning photography:
See more here.

(images credit: Daily Mail)

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To Be or Not To Be

(original unknown)

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Say Good-bye to your USB mouse!

(original unknown)

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Mystery Photo

any background is appreciated
UPDATE This is US military photo circa 1941-1945. There are many more

Chrisco tells us a fascinating story in relation with this picture:

"The Air Force understood that it was of paramount importance to maintain absolute secrecy surrounding the mission preparations for the dropping of the first atomic weapons on Japan.

A program was instituted that informed a few hundred Air Force personnel that they had been selected to work on a super secret project. The selected airmen were gathered together onto the same base, where posters such as the one in your mystery photo were hung. The airmen were then fed a phony story about a secret weapon that would somehow win us the war quickly and decisively. They were told not to discuss the project, or any other aspect of Air Force equipment and training with anyone. Then they were all sent home on a short leave before the project was to commence.

Each one of them was followed by a government agent who posed as a fellow traveler, acted very friendly and offered to buy the airmen meals and drinks to show appreciation for their service to their country. After a full stomach and a few drinks, the agents plied the airmen with questions about the war effort and what their particular role was in fighting the Axis. Those who kept their mouths shut went on to work on the real project. Those who didn't went elsewhere."