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Yesterday, was held a presentation of a new strategic helicopter in China, which has no equal in the world!
Soon the Chinese military forces will use it and after that they will conquer the world, because nothing can stop them to do that with such technology ;) 
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All these houses are located relatively close to each other, near a well known place in the state of California, Hollywood Hills.
The prices of these beautiful houses are from $5 million and more, but they worth it. Ah, I would love a house like that! ;) 
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These old devices were used by our grandparents a long ago. 
It is a copper electric kettle of 1926. The last time the author tried it, it worked perfectly.
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As mentioned in the title, Trondheim (Norway) is the first city in the world equipped with a lift made especially for cyclists.
The lift is called Trampe and allows you to go easily and without much effort on top of a very steep hill.
Since its opening in 1993, the Trampe has pushed more than 220.000 cyclists on the top of the hill.
To see how the Trampe works, check out the whole post.
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The ‘TP paper on the home prank’ is quite a common prank but I’ve never seen one that big. “It must have taken hundreds of rolls”, said Meredith Summer who was driving along Maplefield Road (Pleasant Ridge, Michigan) when she saw this “redecorated home”.
Apparently, this house is often a victim of such pranks. Good luck to the owner to clean all the mess up.
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It’s the biggest Swiss flag in the world and certainly one of the biggest flags in the world (the second behind is the Israeli one, I think,).
Saturday, August 1st, was the Swiss National Day and for the occasion, they mounted on mountain Saentis the largest Swiss flag ever. It measures 120 meters by 120 meters (14.400 m²) – that’s huge! 
Here is an impressive way of celebrating the National Day, so don’t miss it, take a look on the pics inside the post.
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Look at the TOP-12 of unsuccessful cosplay outfits from Comic Con 2009. 
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Wacken Open Air (W:O:A) is one of the leading summer open air heavy metal music festivals. It takes place annually in a small town in northern Germany. It attracts all kinds of metal music fans, such as fans of black metal, death metal, power metal, thrash metal, gothic metal and folk metal, from around the world.
The 2009 edition set a sales record; it sold out on December 30 2008. All 70,000 tickets were sold over 200 days before the opening of the festival. 
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Personally, I think that such activities should be prohibited. Just look what they did with little pretty girls.
After watching the video, it made me even sadder for the world we’re living in. But it is even more difficult to understand the girls’ parents, who’d like to this to their children… 
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This is not just a place to work, you can also live there.
The company has made great effort to create a good working place with a great comfort for its staff 
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Something never seen before.
The most interesting thing is that this is not some funny briefs made for a joke. These briefs were really on sale in a Chinese shop where they were photographed. Look at them inside the post. 
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Everybody knows Mortal Kombat, I’m sure even if you didn’t play the game you’ve certainly heard about it. Well, as it happens with many popular games, cosplayers also desguise as the Mortal Kombat characters.
So, here is a compilation of cosplays taken from this famous fighting game.
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Only for amateurs. A little big for a flash drive but nice and quite original.
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Such exercises are often held in the Chinese army.
Looks like they’re not only increasing their GDP, but also their military capability ;) 
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A small village in the region Ilaka in Madagascar is the home for a sapphire site and it is the source of half the production of sapphires in the world.
Illegal miners work here in conjunction with large-scale productions. All sapphire businesses here operate almost without any control, in an atmosphere of "Wild West" with its lawlessness and crime.
According to official studies, 19 thousands of children out of 21 who live there are working in sapphire mines. 
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At the Chelsea Flower Show 2009, many visitors were attracted by a little corner of the garden where everything was made from modeling Clay by artist James May.
It is a true artificial "paradise"! 
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Do you remember the post about the mini office in the closet?
Here’s another man who decided to build a safe place from peeking and bothersome colleagues.
The truth is, I think his boss won’t be ok with it ;) 
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Planes are a fast and convenient means of transport. But they could be cooler if they were all painted that way.
Look at the selection after the jump.
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The paintings are fantastically beautiful! A mix of originality, creativity and great ideas :)
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Friday was the Sysadmin Day or System Administrator Appreciation Day (SAAD) – I know I’m late but, happy SAAD to all the system administrators )
A short note for those who don’t know it: “the Sysadmin Day was created by system administrator Ted Kekatos. He was inspired to create the special day by a Hewlett-Packard magazine advertisement in which a system administrator is presented with flowers and fruit-baskets by grateful co-workers as thanks for installing new printers. The holiday exists to show appreciation for the work of sysadmins and other IT workers. It is celebrated on the last Friday in July. The first System Administrator Appreciation Day was celebrated on July 28, 2000. The next holiday is Friday, July 30, 2010.”
So, to celebrate this day, a compilation of funny pics related to this topic is awaiting you inside the post.
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Here’s a great recreation in Lego of historical moments that marked the 20th century.
Enjoy!
