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Drug Submarine Seized by Colombian Navy
Mission Impossible Squirrel
The Magic Roundabout
The Cost of Valentines (Infographic)
75 Incredible "Looking Into The Past" Pictures

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 10:49 AM PST

This submarine capable of transporting eight tons of cocaine from Columbia to Mexico was seized by the Colombian Army. The submersible is 100 ft. (30 m) long and can travel completely submerged, which makes it practically undetectable. It was located on the southwestern coast of the Colombian Pacific Ocean.

Mission Impossible Squirrel

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 04:17 PM PST

This takes place in England – the owners of the yard added each piece of the Rube Goldberg contraption slowly so that when the squirrel learned one section and got the nuts, they then added the next section.

Finally it ended with what you see on the clip! It took over 2 weeks to get to this point.

The Magic Roundabout

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 01:28 PM PST

The Magic Roundabout in Swindon, England was constructed in 1972 and consists of five mini-roundabouts arranged in a circle. It is located near the County Ground, home of Swindon Town F.C. Its name comes from the popular children's television series The Magic Roundabout. In 2009 it was voted the fourth scariest junction in Britain.

It may be saying something negative about the town if its most notable feature is a traffic junction, but the Magic Roundabout is truly a wonder of the world. And by "wonder" I don't mean "wow" I mean "I wonder why they built such a stupidly complex junction".

You see, the Magic Roundabout is in fact 5 small roundabouts surrounding one large centre roundabout. For the benefit of our non-British visitors I shall do my very best to explain.

In the U.K. we drive on the left hand side of the road, so on approach to a roundabout you give way to traffic coming from the right hand side. You then go clockwise around the roundabout, exiting where you see fit.

The Magic Roundabout complicates matters in that the moment you leave one roundabout you are at the junction of another. So, by aiming right on each roundabout you would actually traverse the central roundabout in an anti-clockwise manner. At least that's the idea.

The Cost of Valentines (Infographic)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 01:02 PM PST

How do we love Valentine's day? Let us count the ways.
In total, Americans spend approx. $13 billion per year on Valentine's day. 63% of consumers celebrate Valentine's day. On average, each one will spend $120 on Valentine's day gifts. Men spend twice as much as woman.

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Source: onlineaccountingdegree

75 Incredible "Looking Into The Past" Pictures

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 06:22 PM PST

Imagine how drastic your landscape would be if you altered just one aspect of it. These fascinating pictures merge the past with the present with very impressive results. The contrast in the photos will make you appreciate just how much progress we've made since back then.