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The Forgotten History of One of Coca-Cola's Biggest Failures
Feb 09, 7:00PM
The Breakmate was supposed to revolutionize how we consumed soda, on par with the advent of the soda fountain and soda bottles, and bring delicious sugary soft drinks to millions of disenfranchised American office workers. So why did Coca-Cola's foray into small-scale commercial vending during the 1980's flop so miserably?
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These World War II Images Are Made Out of Armies of Toy Soldiers
Feb 09, 6:00PM
Did you ever stage toy soldier battles with your friends on the living room floor when you were a kid? Well, French-Canadian artist Jean-Pierre Séguin would have beat you every time. His latest work is akin to a toy soldier war—for art's sake.
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Flappy Bird Is Officially Gone From the App Store and Google Play
Feb 09, 5:46PM
As promised, Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen has removed his torturous app from Apple's App Store. Flappy Bird is gone. It is survived by knockoffs like Clumsy Bird and Happy Poo Flap, and by the nightmares and thumb pain it has caused you these last few weeks.
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Sunday Deals On The iPad Mini Retina, Kindle Paperwhite, 2DS, And More
Feb 09, 5:25PM
Today in the rarely discounted/most desired items we cover category, we've got great deals on both the iPad Mini Retina and the Kindle Paperwhite. Best Buy is the proprietor of both discounts, knocking $50 off all iPad Mini with Retina Display models, and 20 bucks off the Paperwhite.
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How Jurassic Park Made Tiny Flesh-Eating Dino Puppets So Scary
Feb 09, 5:00PM
There's a lot of CGI deployed in The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and you'd be forgiven for assuming that most of the dino-action was cooked up by a computer. Not so the tiny little compsognathus, a carnivorous chicken-like beast that was cooked up with plastic molds and fishing line.
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If MySpace Had a Facebook Look Back Video
Feb 09, 4:00PM
Facebook's look-back videos are a delightful—if sentimental—look at the last few years of your social media existence. But that's because you've had a great decade! What about the less fortunate? What would, say, MySpace's look back video be? Oh, right, it would be hilarious.
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There Are 1000x More Ways to Knot a Tie Than We Thought
Feb 09, 3:00PM
You've got your Windsor, your half-Windsor, and... well, that's pretty much it. Except, of course, for the 168,998 other ways that science has determined it's possible to knot a tie. That's a thousand times more than we previously thought. All it took to figure it out was a repeat viewing of The Matrix Reloaded.
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A Rechargeable LED Cork That Turns Empty Bottles Into Lamps
Feb 09, 2:00PM
For many of us it will still be a few months before dinner parties on the back patio are feasible again—but there's no reason you can't start preparing now. A winter of heavy drinking has probably left you with a mountain of empty wine bottles that can now easily be repurposed as stylish lamps with these $15 LED corks.
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This Week's Top Comedy Video: Reggie Watts Teaches Science
Feb 09, 2:00AM
Man, imagine if you could go back in time and replace your dull, boring high school science teacher with someone cool. Someone who'd help make you smart, and listen to your feelings too. Someone like Reggie Watts. You literally wouldn't believe all the stuff he'd teach you.
Find more hilarity, including Paul F. Tompkins' interview with Eric Andre, over at Splitsider.
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Even On His 180th Birthday, Mendeleev Is Still Predicting New Elements
Feb 09, 1:00AM
If Dmitri Mendeleev was alive, we'd be wishing him a happy birthday today. He's not—and thank goodness, because he'd be a 180-year-old science-zombie. But Mendeleev's periodic table of the elements is a scientific treasure, one that's still predicting elements we haven't yet discovered. Talk about prescient.
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Are Olympic Athletes Listening to Performance-Enhancing Music?
Feb 09, 12:00AM
You've probably noticed a lot of Olympic athletes jamming out with their headphones on moments before competition. Is this just a little last-minute entertainment? Or are they listening to specially-designed playlists to give them some sort of competitive edge?
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No GPS Signal? No Problem: This Little Chip Knows Where You Are
Feb 08, 11:00PM
GPS is a godsend when it works. Problem is, there are plenty of places it doesn't work—tall skyscrapers, concrete overpasses, and other huge structures all block the satellite signal you need to navigate. Luckily, Swiss company u-blox just devised a chip that keeps you on course when the satellites drop out, using the most old-fashioned of navigation techniques: dead reckoning.
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Do You Ever Click On In-App Advertisements?
Feb 08, 10:00PM
"I'll just ignore the ads," you tell yourself whenever you choose a free app instead of paying for the no-ad version. But nobody can really ignore those ads—they're splattered all across your screen. And somebody's gotta be clicking on them. Is it you? You can tell us.
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This week in Tech Reads: Microsoft's new CEO, Steve Wozniak's view of where Apple should head next,
Feb 08, 9:00PM
This week in Tech Reads: Microsoft's new CEO, Steve Wozniak's view of where Apple should head next, ancient computer art, and much more!
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Wait, What? Flappy Bird's Creator Says He's Removing The Game (Updated)
Feb 08, 7:33PM
A tweet from Dong Nguyen, creator of the maddening and virally popular game Flappy Bird, says the game will disappear from the Android and iOS app stores at noon tomorrow. And here I'd just gotten past the first three pipes!
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Real Sochi, Fake Viral Sochi, Streetlights Changing Cinema, And More
Feb 08, 7:00PM
This week, in the run up to the now-underway Winter Olympics, we've been talking a lot about Sochi: can it be built in time? Are those bathroom pictures real? We also got a cool glimpse at how new streetlights will change cinema and learned about some cool gadgets. Check out our best stories of the week.
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How the Drought Is Devastating California's #1 Food Export: Almonds
Feb 08, 6:00PM
California grows a mind-boggling amount of the nation's produce: 99 percent of artichokes, 97 percent of kiwis, 97 percent of plums, 95 percent of celery, and on and on. That's why the record-breaking drought (yes, it's finally raining—no, it won't help much!) can affect your grocery bill, even if you live nowhere near California. But with almonds—the state's most lucrative agricultural export—the effect could reverberate for years.
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This incredibly touching ad is better than most movies
Feb 08, 5:21PM
This moving commercial about Bell's whisky does more in two minutes than most movies do in two hours. Give it a try. I went in expecting nothing—I mean, it's a commercial!—and walked away gently holding my heart. It's definitely better than any commercial that aired during the Super Bowl and probably more heartwarming than some Oscar movies.
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Lead a Better Life by Obsessively Tracking Every Aspect of It
Feb 08, 5:00PM
Blame the RPG's. After a generation of character building and class development in video games, quantifying our own personal stats has become as second nature as Second Life. And with these handy apps and gadgets at your disposal, you'll be power leveling through your days in no time.
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Great, Hackers Can Use Snapchat to DoS Attack Your Phone
Feb 08, 4:00PM
When it comes to security, this hasn't been Snapchat's year. First hackers leaked a massive amount of private user data; then we discovered how dumb easy it is to circumvent Snapchat's anti-robot feature. Now, cyber security researchers have shown that Snapchat can be used to launch a denial-of-service attack that freezes your smartphone, according to the L.A. Times.
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This Is The Awesome Way Railroads Keep Tracks Warm In Winter
Feb 08, 3:05PM
Keeping your commute functioning in winter often means keeping the tracks unfrozen. That's why when temperatures dropped to well below freezing last week, the Long Island Rail Road needed to do something to keep all the moving parts working. And this crazy-looking fire mechanism is how they did it.
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The 98-Year-Old MS Paint Prodigy in Microsoft's Super Bowl Commercial
Feb 08, 3:00PM
Remember Hal Lasko, the 98-year-old semi-blind artist who makes beautiful prints using Windows 95-era Microsoft Paint? He was in Microsoft's gorgeously sentimental commercial that aired during last Sunday's Super Bowl, as Mashable points out. Which is great, because we love the guy and his gorgeous work.
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U.S. Bobsledder Busts Through a Door to Escape His Sochi Bathroom
Feb 08, 2:20PM
Team USA bobsledder Johnny Quinn got trapped in his Sochi bathroom while taking a shower when his door jammed and wouldn't open. Luckily, the former NFL football player turned slider had more than enough muscle to breach what looks like a rather flimsy door.
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This Diesel-Powered Scooter Packs More Utility Than a Swiss Army Knife
Feb 08, 2:00PM
If I started telling you about a new all-wheel-drive, turbodiesel-powered off-roader, you'd probably think I was talking about a 4x4 truck or SUV, right? Wrong. Check out the RNT, a concept from Indian motorcycle company Hero that could be the only back-country survival tool a motorcycle adventurer would ever need.
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This image showing every second of Jurassic Park looks like dino skin
Feb 08, 5:30AM
To be fair, if you put together every second of any movie in one image, that image would almost always look like the skin and scales of dinosaurs but I swear my mind is making me believe it even more for Jurassic Park. It also kind of looks like a Magic Eye picture and I half expect T-Rex to pop out and chase after me.
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