As part of an effort to stay one step of counterfeiters, the U.S. Treasury Department has unveiled a high tech makeover of the $100 bill. These photos show the new version of the $100 bill and how it changed through decades till its appearance in 1860.

The front of the 1890 version of the $100 bill.

We posted an entry with one Chinese girl who transforms into a pretty gal after putting makeup on. Here she is once again, only this time she masters the technique of putting her makeup even better than before. Personally, I think she looks much better here than in her previous transformation. And the fake hair she uses this time looks more natural.

If you watch the news from time to time, then you know that an oil drilling platform has just recently exploded 50 miles off the Louisiana coasts.

126 workers were aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig when it blew up. 100 workers made it to the supply boats but 11 are still missing, seventeen were injured, four of them critically.

They still don’t know for sure what is at the source of the incident, the investigation is still going on…

Those pictures are very impressive, look at the size of the flames and how big the smoke cloud is! A lot of work for the fireboats and coast guards and a lot of pain and sadness for the families directly concerned by the accident…
 

This installation at the Coney Island arcade was created by artist Steve Powers. The purpose of the installation is to get people to think about interrogation techniques. For $1, a visitor can watch an animated robot lean over a man in an orange jumpsuit and pour water into his mouth and nose, which produces convulsions for 15 seconds.

After inappropriate and WTF book covers and unconventional books for children, here comes improper comics covers… Improper but hilarious ))

Atlantis shuttle is getting ready for its final mission. It will take off on May 14. Inside the post, you can see some pictures of the preparations.
 

These wonderful human portraits look like photos. They were painted by Simon Hennesy who is a genius in creating meticulously detailed drawings. I love all his works!

This is how modern bomb shelters look like. Of course, their prices are really high. This one, for example, costs $10 million. Do I need one? The answer is… NO :) But it is great!

This is how our world looks like today, according to Reuters. Great photos made by professionals, both emotional and affecting.

International Wine Challenge is a prestigious wine competition in London. I wouldn’t mind to have such a job: spending the whole day walking and tasting, at your leisure, wines. Easy job, and I will never spit out wine like these judges do :)

This house looks neat until you see the back yard. I would be ashamed to live in such a mess! This yard definitely needs spring-cleaning.

Wild boars are common guests on German roads. They can run into traffic, thus automobile clubs conduct crash tests to see the impact of a collision with a horde of boards. The life-size models were attached to a rolling platform. The car smashed into boars at 62 mph (80 kilometers an hour) damaging the front. The passenger cell was untouched, so if this happens in reality, people inside the car will survive.

One man came home from work and found this mess. It was left by his dog that didn’t like to stay alone at home. Mess itself wasn’t a shock, but the dog itself looked really unusual :)

I love roller coasters that are faster than a car and longer than a mile. Photos of extreme coasters that are both exciting and scary are after the jump.

Nitro (New Jersey, USA)

Height is 229.7 feet, speed is 81 mph