Feb 22, 2012
Sailor Alex Thomson in an ad for Hugo Boss…
It’s not photoshopped. Here’s a glimpse at the making-of…
(via MetaFilter, PetaPixel)
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The folks at Centive have taken the time to figure out how much it would cost to build the Death Star…
First, they figured it would take…
…about 1.08×1015 tonnes of steel. 1 with fifteen zeros.
Which seems like a colossal mass but we’ve calculated that from the iron in the earth, you could make just over 2 billion Death Stars.
And the cost?
At 2012 prices, about $852,000,000,000,000,000. Or roughly 13,000 times the world’s GDP.
Oh, and do keep in mind that mining that much iron would take over 800 millenia.
Read the article for all the essential details.
(via Kottke)
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This is more amazing than I ever would have expected a bunch of men running around in their underwear to be.
Seriously, though, it’s crazy…
This event is a Spartakiad, which was…
a mass gymnastics display, which was held every five years at the Strahov Stadium in Prague, Czechoslovakia, when the country was under Communist rule.
(via Miss Cellania)
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From Business Insider…
During a match this weekend between Burnley and Reading of England’s second-division, all hell broke loose in front of Burnley’s goal following a free kick. And with a player from Reading eyeing a gimme from about 2 yards, Ben Mee of Burnley threw his face in the path of the ball for the save.
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Recently 63 couples in Hefei, China participated in a kissing contest. Whoever kissed the longest while one partner held the other would win a 1-carat diamond ring.
While most couples took a fairly straightforward approach to the game…
One couple decided this position would be their best strategy…
(via MSNBC)
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