Arborsculpture: The Art Of Tree Shaping

On September 15, 2013 by Tim Newman
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I’m always pleased when I learn a new word. Today’s welcome addition to my brain pipes is “arborsculpture.” Arborsculpture is the teasing of trees into useful or attractive shapes. Not only did I...

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Seamore The Screaming Seal

On September 15, 2013 by Tim Newman
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Who’s this Seamore the screaming seal then? I dunno. I don’t know where he lives or what his favourite band is or anything. I just know that he enjoys making a really weird...

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3 Weird Animals

On September 14, 2013 by Tim Newman
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Whenever I see a picture of an animal that I’ve never seen before I’m always taken aback which is a pretty stupid response really. After all there’s between 3 and 30 million species in the world (depending...

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The Potoo: Nature’s Most Surprised Bird

On September 14, 2013 by Tim Newman
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British birds are wonderful and hold their own private mysteries, but if you want to see some really weird birds, you have to fly further afield. This feathered wonder — the potoo —...

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Goat On Cliff - Werid Place

Photos Of Goats In Weird Places

On September 14, 2013 by Tim Newman
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Goats. Are. Amazing. They’re pretty stupid too, though, which sometimes comes across as bravery. They certainly don’t suffer from vertigo either way. There’s over 300 breeds of goat, and they were one of...

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Google’S Hot Search Visualisation Is Mesmerising

On September 14, 2013 by Tim Newman
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I put up a post a couple of days back about the Google Trends tool which enables you to chart the popularity of search terms over time. It’s a little on the geeky...

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Sơn Đoòng – World’s Biggest Cave

On September 14, 2013 by Tim Newman
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There’s a good few contenders vying for the accolade of largest cave in the world, the newest in this stagnant race is Sơn Đoòng cave in Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, Vietnam. Sơn Đoòng was only discovered...

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Watch South Koreans Eating Live Octopus

On September 13, 2013 by Tim Newman
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These pictures come from a recent food festival in South Korea which featured this magniloquent delicacy: live octopus. The larger ones are cut up and eaten whilst the tentacles are still wriggling and the...

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The Duck Billed Platypus: Weirder Than You Thought

On September 13, 2013 by Tim Newman
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Everyone knows that this hairy egg laying mammal with a beak is weird. I had a read about these little chaps today, and it turns out they are even weirder still. So as...

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6 Graphs That Prove Humanity Is Doomed

On September 12, 2013 by Tim Newman
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I’ve been running lazerhorse.org for a little while now, other than the lashings of fame and cash that it brings me, my favourite thing is the data. I know I sound like a right old...

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