A Welsh View

Video: Incredible Lightning Strike

Beer Lens

If you like beer (and who doesn't!), you may be interested in a photo blog that me and @shotbykim have started called Beer Lens. The blog will feature photos of beer and everything beer related from the UK and the US.

Hungry Ants Carry Crisp Up A Wall

A photoset showing some hungry ants carrying a cheese and onion crisp up a wall<./p>

Video: Let's Paint, Exercise & Blend Drinks TV

All whilst wearing a suit.

Video: Kitten Mittens

Love it!

Video: Very Close Lightning Strike

Faces in Places

Faces in Places is a photographic collection of faces found in everyday places.

Are You As Smart As A Crow?

Apparently crows can tell us apart, can you tell them apart?

The Big Picture: Lightning

Stunning photos of lightning from the Big Picture.

'Oldest' Pot Plant To Get New Pot

A tree believed to be the "oldest pot plant in the world" is being re-potted in a delicate operation at Kew Gardens in south London.

The ancient cycad was collected in the early 1770s from the Eastern Cape in South Africa by Kew's first plant-hunter Francis Masson.

The tree, which weighs 1 tonne, is almost as old as Kew Gardens which celebrates its 250th anniversary this year.

View video here.

Video: Gas Leak Explosion Of 2-Story House Caught On CCTV

Video: Mattress Dominoes World Record

[via @autografik]

Pilot Flies 'Convertible Jet'

This photo shows a stunt pilot flying a jet without its canopy for a Russian movie.

“The maximum speed I achieved on the jet plane without a canopy glass was around two times greater than speed of sound. While on this speed I even managed to pull out my fingers in glove for an inch or two outside - it became heated very fast because of immense friction force plane undergoes with the air.“, writes the pilot.

View more photos at English Russia.

Animal Sculptures Made From Horseshoes

Tom Hill is a 23 year-old self-taught sculptor who creates life-size animal sculptures using nothing but recycled horseshoes.

His website shows a selection of his sculptures including horses, elephants, camels, birds, dogs and big cats.

Video: How Not To Drive Around A Corner

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Car Visits A Pharmacy

Perfect shot. More photos here.

Video: The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog (Literally)

Video: Danger Crab

McDonald’s Logo Mania

LogoBlink has published a huge post about the history and use of the McDonald's logo.

North Korea Opens US-Style Fast-Food Restaurant

A US-style fast-food restaurant has opened in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.

According to Choson Sinbo, a North Korean newspaper operating out of Japan, the restaurant sells "minced beef with bread", rather than hamburger and one will set you back $1.70 (£1.03) which is almost half the daily income of an average North Korean.

Link

Video: Incredible Hole-In-One

He earned a $50,000 BMW Z4 Roadster for the shot.

Video: Simon's Cat 'Fly Guy'

Video: Man Creates A Deer From A Block Of Wood Using A Bandsaw

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Video: Man Rides A Scooter With A Watermelon On His Head

I think he's done this before.

Bear Parts For Sale

Funny classified adverts posted by a man selling various bear parts. His bear anus didn't get printed but it managed to find it's way onto the online version.

Video: World's Largest Prawn Cocktail

The Shellfish Association of Great Britain (SAGB), in association with Royal Greenland, has created the world's largest prawn cocktail.

Constructed in a 1.5m tall champagne glass and using of 50kg of prawns, the equivalent of 550 regular portions, the dish also used a crate of lettuces and more than 10 litres of Marie Rose sauce. Link

Video: Chicken Lays A Kitten

Video: Police Chase Ends In Shootout

Both suspect and police officers survived. Background story here.

Video: Ferrari-Powered Citroen 2CV Van

This 180mph 'bread van' constructed from a Citroen 2CV and a Ferrari F355 Berlinetta cost £150,000 and took almost 5 years to build.

You can read more info here and view photos, including construction photos, here.

Video: The Shweeb - A Human-Powered Monorail

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Video: Rescued Lion Gives Animal Shelter Owner A Birthday Hug

Jupiter the lion, who was rescued from a travelling circus by the owner of an animal shelter in Colombia, gives her a big hug on his tenth birthday. [via]

Video: Japanese News Programme Uses Toys To Re-Enact Crime Scene

You gotta love Japanese TV.

The Artist Who Turns Himself Into The Invisible Man

Liu Bolin from Shandong, eastern China, uses his body as a blank canvas on which he paints to merge with whatever is behind him. You can view some of his work here.

4 Million Matchstick Oil Rig

A former oil rig worker has spent 15 years making a model of an oil rig using four million matchsticks.

David Reynolds, 51, spent up to 10 hours each day painstakingly crafting the half a ton model of the Brent Bravo rig in his living room.

Each matchstick was individually polished and then glued in place to create the 21ft long, 12ft high masterpiece.

View more photos.

Video: Baboons Figure Out How To Open Car Roof Boxes

This demonstration video shows how baboons at Knowsley Safari Park, Merseyside have worked out how to get into car roof boxes.

According to park manager David Ross, "their technique involves the largest baboons jumping on the box, flexing it until the lock bursts open. Then the rest pile in to see what they can find."

Video: Amazing Laser Magic

Video: Naughty Ashes

Not everyone wants to call the 'Bang Babes' for a saucy time. (There's no nudity)

Woman Changes Name To Princess-Rainbow.com

A woman from Manchester has become the first person in the UK to change her name by Deed Poll to a web domain, according to the Legal Deed Service.

Twenty-four-year-old Claire Forshaw changed her name to Princess-Rainbow.com last week because she really liked rainbows!

She had previously been put off changing her name by her boyfriend, 23-year-old Robert Morris, who had tried to dissuade her by claiming it would cost hundreds of pounds. Then she found out that she could get it changed for as little as £10.

The Legal Deed Service says it “firmly believes” the former Ms Forshaw is the first person to change her name to a web domain. Princess-Rainbow.com, who currently works as a care assistant, plans to use her namesake web domain to set up an online business selling artwork. Link

Video: Pilot's Eye View of a Three-Day Trip

Video: 3 Planes Fly Close To Another (Cockpit View)

Is this normal? (Particularly the first one)

Video: Woman Passes Out On 'Deal Or No Deal'

Deal or No Deal is so crap it causes people to pass out whilst playing.

World's Largest Cupcake

Londonist has some photos of the world's largest cupcake (2m x 1.25m) that was unveiled in Covent Garden, London.

Erupting Volcano on Krakatoa

A stunning photograph of a volcano erupting on Krakatoa taken from a neighbouring island. Read more.

Video: World's Shortest Scheduled Flight

What is probably the world's shortest scheduled flight is operated by Loganair and takes just two minutes (view map).

Video: Black Pastor Rants About Black People

20 Scary Old School Surgical Tools

20 scary surgical tools including this artificial leech tool which looks far more scary than having real leeches.

Video: Two Bad Car Accidents

Video: The World's Fastest.........Everything

Best 'Yahoo! Answers' Answer Ever

Is my vagina too tight?

Giant Rainbow Cake

It looks like layers of foam.