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Friday, August 13, 2010    |    Unusual
I Write Like…
Ever wonder what notable author your writing style most resembles?
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Friday, August 06, 2010    |    Unusual
History Pin
Ever wonder what the urban and rural landscapes of today looked like decades ago?
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Monday, June 21, 2010    |    Unusual
Faux Bear Skin Rug
The project is eco-friendly through its material reuse and avoids using actual bear skin, which means the stars of The Country Bear Jamboree can sleep easier.
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Monday, June 14, 2010    |    Unusual
Pencils Made From Human Remains
These aren’t your standard number two pencils. Created by Nadine Jarvis, these pencils are made using carbon from cremated human remains.
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010    |    Unusual
World’s Largest House of Playing Cards
Card stacking. It’s a tedious process requiring heavy concentration, a delicate touch and patience, patience, patience. After countless man hours and attention to detail one careless move, a sneeze or strong vibration could send everything crashing down. Luckily, card stacker Bryan Berg doesn’t seem to have those problems.
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010    |    Unusual
Food Sculptures
His traditional sculptures are fantastic, he’s been sculpting portraits of notable figures since the 1970s, but it’s his food sculptures that pay the bills.
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Friday, April 23, 2010    |    Unusual
Rainbow Roses
Want to say “I Love You”, “I Care” or “I Merely Tolerate You” with flowers, but in a way that really stands out?
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Monday, April 19, 2010    |    Unusual
Sleep Anywhere in a Sleep Suit
The Sleep Suit, designed by Forrest Jessee, is here to accommodate your odd sleeping habits.
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010    |    Unusual
Taxidermy Needlework
>“Wow” is the only word that comes to mind when looking at these creations. And not a that’s the greatest thing since the invention of everything sort of “wow”. This is more of a stare blankly “wow”.
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Friday, March 19, 2010    |    Unusual
International Cryptozoology Museum
If you’re tired of the predictability of traditional museums or have an interest in the mysterious and unexplained, you might want to check out Loren Coleman’s International Cryptozoology Museum.
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Friday, March 12, 2010    |    Unusual
It’s Friday: Blow Off Some Steam By Blowing Stuff Up
What better way to blow off residual steam than to take your frustrations out on inanimate objects?
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Friday, February 26, 2010    |    Unusual
Contractor With Tape Measuring Skills
I don’t know if this contractor can actually build anything, but he possesses some mad tape measuring skills that’ll make for an entertaining if unproductive build.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010    |    Unusual
Box of Applause
Now you can model your life after mediocre 80s sitcoms with this Box of Applause!
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Friday, February 12, 2010    |    Unusual
iPhone Dummy
Do you really want an iPhone to help you look cool, trendy and tech savvy, but are scared off by the price tag? Fret no longer!
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Thursday, February 04, 2010    |    Unusual
Loafers…Get It?
These Bread Shoes were created by Remigijus and Egidijus Praspaliauskas of Da Da Da Studios.
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010    |    Unusual
Maskatorium
Flickr user EYE-talian has made a hobby of collecting weird masks from around the globe.
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Monday, December 21, 2009    |    Unusual
Read-Along Adventures Repository
In the days before home video really took off, the best way for kids to experience retellings of their favorite stories, movies or character adventures was through Read-Along Adventures.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009    |    Unusual
Costume Test
Halloween is almost upon us. To celebrate, let’s have some fun and be envious of how much more awesome other people’s jobs are.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009    |    Unusual
3D Garage Door Covers
Well, this is unusual.
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Friday, October 02, 2009    |    Unusual
Pet Airways: Travel For Your Best Friend
In lieu of petitioning airlines for the better treatment of pets, the two decided to use their consulting backgrounds and business savvy to launch Pet Airways in 2005.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009    |    Unusual
Fancy Fast Food
Fancy Fast Food is a new blog dedicated to making your typical fast food look a little more appealing.
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Friday, August 14, 2009    |    Unusual
A Bloodbath in Your Home!
Here are two brilliantly designed products that would either make a great Halloween decoration, a gag gift or, if you have a really twisted sense of humor, an everyday addition to your home decorum.
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Monday, July 27, 2009    |    Unusual
Anti-Theft Bike & Car Decals
Dominic Wilcox has developed a quirky idea to prevent property theft – rusty decals.
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Friday, July 17, 2009    |    Unusual
Christoph Niemann’s My Life With Cables
Constantly lost or tangled, cables and wires can quickly become the bane of anyone’s existence.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009    |    Unusual
Edible Play-Doh
Yummy Dough allows you to sculpt, create and snack.
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009    |    Unusual
The Toy & Action Figure Museum
Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma, has officially become a Nerd Mecca thanks to its Toy & Action Figure Museum.
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Monday, June 08, 2009    |    Unusual
Pledgie
Pledgie is a resource for organizations and individuals who are looking for a new way to strengthen their fundraising efforts.
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Thursday, June 04, 2009    |    Unusual
Letter Museum
Berlin’s Letter Museum is on a mission to preserve and document letters, regardless of culture, language and font styles.
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Monday, April 27, 2009    |    Unusual
For The Air Guitarist In Your Family
There are some things in this weary world of ours that we look at and say ‘that shouldn’t exist’. And then there are others that make us think ‘if only I had been that clever’. I think this is a melding of the two: Air Guitar Strings. Genius and stupidity, side by side.
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009    |    Unusual
Post Secret
Do you have a secret you’d like to share with the world? Post Secret may be able to help.
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Monday, March 30, 2009    |    Unusual
Scouting New York
Scouting New York is a blog by an anonymous film location scout. The Scout spends his/her days scouring the streets of the Big Apple in search of just the right locations to appear in feature films. Probing the city, the Scout photographs buildings and streets and uncovers some sights that are often forgotten or ignored by hurried citizens.
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Tuesday, March 03, 2009    |    Unusual
Nokia’s The Unloader
Nokia’s The Unloader wants to help you make it through the workday by removing everything that upsets your workflow.
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009    |    Unusual
Scab Bandages
When you need a bandage your options are rather limited - the traditional boring old band-aid or some embarrassing cartoon character-endorsed variation. Sometimes you just want something a little different and what can be better than these twisted scab bandages. They're gross, fun and are far better than having Hello Kitty cover your boo-boo.
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009    |    Unusual
Macabre Plush Toys
I must not be in the best of moods today to keep going back to these articles featuring warped creations. Must be something in the weather.
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008    |    Unusual
Scientist Designs Program to Translate Alien Languages
Keeping with yesterday’s theme of “Space, the Final Frontier”, today we bring you news of a British scientist who has developed a computer program that can translate messages from extra-terrestrials if the need ever arises.
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Thursday, December 18, 2008    |    Unusual
Larry, the Fire-Breathing Robo-Dog
Who wakes up and thinks, ‘Gee, what the world really needs is a giant robotic dog with fire-breathing capabilities that can be ridden. Oh, and I think I’ll build it.’? Apparently, that would be the good folks at London’s Mutoid Waste Company.
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008    |    Unusual
When You Just Want to Break Things...
We all have our days, the ones where the slightest thing can light our fuse and set us off. Maybe it was a horrible day at the office, trench warfare with a significant other, the swerving idiot at the intersection, economic woes or you just woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Sometimes the only way to feel better is to vent that frustration. But you can’t go around smashing stuff up in a civilized society; not without painting yourself green and donning a pair of stretchy purple shorts first. Of course, all that pent-up stress and anger isn’t good either. What’s a stressed yuppie with anger issues to do? Before you go berserk in public and get yourself arrested maybe it’s time to pay a visit to Sarah’s Smash Shack.
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