Oh boy…talk about having a bad day, from something being bad to something getting worse.
Fail O’ The Day – Video
| June 18, 2012
Category: Weird
Hide and seek Toddler POV – Video
| June 17, 2012
2 year old wearing a head cam, and playing hide and seek.
Watercross: Racing Snowmobiles on Water
| June 16, 2012
What, you think that snowmobiles only go on snow? Joe Barrett of The Wall Street Journal explores the sport of watercross, where participants race snowmobiles on water:
Most people think snowmobiling is strictly a winter sport. Mr. McCurdy, a rider on the International Watercross Association circuit, disagrees. He and his fellow drivers wait all year to race their machines on northern lakes when there isn’t a snowdrift or a patch of ice in sight.
“It’s totally mind-blowing” for some people that snowmobiles can race on water, said Derek McPheeters, another driver and president of the association. “But they work excellent.”
10 Latin Phrases You Pretend to Understand
| June 15, 2012
1. Caveat Emptor (KAV-ee-OT emp-TOR): “Let the buyer beware”
Before money-back guarantees and 20-year warranties, caveat emptor was indispensable advice for the consumer. These days, it’d be more fitting to have it tattooed on the foreheads of used-car salesmen, infomercial actors, and prostitutes. For extra credit points, remember that caveat often makes solo appearances at cocktail parties as a fancy term for a warning or caution. Oh, and just so you know, caveat lector means “let the reader beware.” (not that you’ll ever, ever need to know that!)
How many other major cities that can fit inside LA?
| June 14, 2012
Los Angeles has infamously been known for its urban sprawl. A recently released map makes it look like LA could easily swallow several major US cities inside its bloated city limits belly. See the map below.
World’s Largest Smiley Face – Video
| June 12, 2012
Over 2000 people formed the world’s largest Smiley Face at Continental Soldier’s Park in Mahwah, New Jersey tonight. The effort crushed the previous Guinness World Record of 768 participants in Croatia March 6, 2011. The event was part of a family fun night by the Mahwah Police Department’s Youth Leadership Academy.
