I love this series of photographs by Germany's Oliver Schwarzald of breakfasts from around the world (although from the looks of it they are mostly from the Western world). Can… Read the rest of the article: Artsy photos of breakfasts in different countries

For his latest art project, photographer Spencer Tunick convinced 5,000 Australians — including babies — to pose completely naked in front of the Sydney Opera House. Five-thousand bum salute (via… Read the rest of the article: 5,000 naked Australians (NSFW)

This is an ad for Pedigree, a supermarket dog food brand, and it features a series of mesmerizing slow-motion images of dogs jumping, shaking, and catching treats. The director shot… Read the rest of the article: Video: Dogs in slow motion

In mid-January, 400,000 Nepalis gathered at the Bhrikuti Mandap exhibition hall in Kathmandu to see the latest gadgets and technologies. Well, sort of. On its 16th year, CAN InfoTech, the… Read the rest of the article: Photos from Nepal's biggest tech trade show

I would never buy this, but I give it props for being equal parts creative and kinda nasty. It's $30. Etsy (via Geeksugar)

Treehugger has a list of 10 creatures that can grow back body parts that includes the skink, a type of lizard that can shed its tail on command: They can't… Read the rest of the article: Photos of animals that can grow back limbs

The Washington Post has a fun slideshow that takes us into the world of women's arm wrestling, where ladies with giant biceps dress up as nuns and brides to compete.

It would be neat if the life vests were still functional; then I'd actually consider taking this bag with me on an airplane ride. Link (via NotCot)

These kinda-cute pumps by vegan shoemaker Olsenhaus are made from polyester microfiber extracted from old analog TVs. (via Ecouterre)

It's so sour that just looking at it makes you salivate. At least that's how the saying about umeboshi, or sour plum, goes. There's some truth in it, too —… Read the rest of the article: Taste Test: Umeboshi

I am normally not attracted to pillows that look like gadgets, but there is something very endearing about this smiling floppy disc with rosy cheeks. It's $18. Link (via Geeksugar)

Do you find this puppet's cleavage offensive? Advertisers believed that the politically conservative residents of Colorado Springs might. This poster for the Broadway musical Avenue Q was banned from bus… Read the rest of the article: Puppet cleavage banned from Colorado Springs

When I was in Canada for a wedding earlier this month, my friend from Tokyo told me he and his wife were going into town to buy special edition burned… Read the rest of the article: Photos of 100+ different flavors of Kit Kat

The National Infantry Museum in Columbus, Georgia has a rare collection of private photographs of Saddam Hussein, found when American troops invaded one of his farms in Tikrit. It shows… Read the rest of the article: Saddam Hussein's private photo album

Ruby looks nervous. She sits upright on her bunny-like haunches, her fuzzy red ears point straight up in the air; her round black eyes stare straight at mine. The man… Read the rest of the article: Spa day in a canine hyperbaric oxygen chamber

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i-ramen.net is an amazingly meticulous web site that chronicles one man's daily consumption of different kinds of instant noodles since 1997. It appears from the way they're numbered that he… Read the rest of the article: Ramen geek reviews over 4,000 instant noodles

If you're in LA tomorrow, don't miss Otomatone inventor Maywa Denki's rare US performance at the Giant Robot store in Sawtelle. Details here.

In January, I spent two weeks with the kids at Ama Ghar, a home for underprivileged children* in Kathmandu Valley. It's a narrow four-story red brick building off of a… Read the rest of the article: What we can learn from Nepali orphans

To portray the message that rapid human population growth is pushing other animals out of the habitats and causing specie extinction, the Tucson, Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity has created… Read the rest of the article: Endangered species condoms