Zorse - Zebra and Horse Cross Breed
Yes it is real. The zebra and horse cross breed is very common in parts of Africa where zebras are more resistant to diseases and horses are not. By crossing zebras with horses it makes for a healthier hybrid. Such hybrids are commonly called zorse. Zebras crossed with ponies are commonly called zonies. Temperament of the hybrid cross is more like the horse than the zebra. Most resulting offspring of the zebra and horse matings are sterile with the occasional fertile animal resulting. This type of cross breeding of the horse with the zebra has been going on for at least 150 years now.
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Ice Sculptures
Ice sculpture is a form of sculpture that uses ice as the raw material. Sculptures from ice can be abstract or realistic and can be functional or purely decoration. Ice sculptures are generally associated with special or extravagant events because of their limited lifetime.
Ice car for kids.
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Giant Van Gogh in Goodland, Kansas
There is a small town in Kansas - Goodland - surrounded by sunflowers fields and cut apart by I-70 highway. It is a typical Kansas town with one giant difference. It has Van Gogh. Though just a reproduction but the huge one.
A 24 by 32 foot reproduction of Van Gogh’s “3 Sunflowers In A Vase” on a 80 foot steel easel is created by Cameron Cross in 2001 as a part of The Big Easel Project. Here you can find more information about it.
Via Spiral Pocus.
Pat Says Now Mice
Swiss luxury computer peripherals manufacturer with a fancy name - Pat Says Now - has announced a new line of computer mice decorated with genuine Swarovski crystals, diamonds and white gold. The cheapest one will cost you “just” US$200. But the diamond and white gold version will be hellish US$30,000.
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Stockholm Subway
“The Stockholm Subway is sometimes called a long art exhibition.” (c) vargklo
Näckrosen (”The Water Lily”) subway station in Stockholm. Made like water lily pond on the roof and walls.
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Porche Tractor
Porche is the best renowned for its luxurious sports cars and a few know that Porche is a brand name in the agricultural machinery market. Here is good example of Porche style: 1954 Porsche-Allgaier P312 coffee tractor.
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Tetris - Russian Secret Weapon Against Hollywood
Russians are plotting to rock the Hollywood with their new sci-fi game-based blockbuster - Tetris: The Movie. A brother dies. A chalange arises. The love, the friendship, the betrayal and the deadly game… Tetris.
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Laptop Cover Artworks
Russian website GelaSkins offers a load of famous artworks printed on the sticky tape to customize and individualize your laptop. Each of them offered for about $50 (which is not so pricey but shipped to Russia only) and available for all most popular laptop sizes from 12″ to 17″. You can give your laptop a touch of the Flying Spaghetti Monster or put a bit of frustration with the most known M.C. Escher’s artworks.
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Huge Hole in Quito, Ecuador
Photo by Stern. A huge hole in the ground ate a part of the road in the Ecuador capital city Quito after heavy rains in the beginning of April, 2008. According to Latin American news agency Prensa Latina the hole measured 262 feet (80 meters) in depth, 98 feet (30 meters) in diameter.
NASA finds a black hole in Milky Way
THE discovery in our own galaxy of the smallest black hole known in the universe is a feather in the cap for NASA, but it will present new challenges to future space travellers who may venture too close.
The Daily Telegraph “NASA finds a black hole in our Milky Way galaxy“