This is one of the most creative advertising methods that I have ever seen. The vending or atm machine has a side picture which shows someone working inside it to deliver the product to you.

“Small enough to fit in your hands but too prickly to hold” is a good description of the hedgehog. Though small, it is by no means defenseless. Thousands of stiff, sharp spines-harder and sharper than those of a porcupine-cover the animal’s back and sides, like a pincushion filled with needles.

Shanxi Province, whose name means land west of Taihang Mountain, lies in the middle reaches of the Yellow River and on the eastern edge of the Loess Plateau. The Yellow, Haihe, and Fenhe Rivers flow through Shanxi, whose splendid landscape is graced by the celebrated Taihang and Liliang Ranges and Hengshan and Wutai Mountains. Most parts of the province are more than 1000 meters above sea level.

Tallest trees refer to the height of the tree. In August 2006, a new “tallest tree in the world” was found. It was found in a California redwood, and it’s location was Redwood Forest ( Redwood National Park, California). This tree has been named “Hyperion” (from Greek mythology) and stands 115.61 meters (379.3 feet) tall! The Coast Redwood is probably the tallest tree on earth, although one occasionally hears of  [ Read More ]

Located just outside of San Antonio in Alamo Heights, is Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Art Museum. The collection can not be found in a huge commercial building, but rather is situated snugly in Barney’s small garage.

The Kockice Lego club based in Zagreb, Croatia is hosting a large Lego expo in Tehnical Museum, Zagreb from May 13 to June 24. Here’s some info on what’s included in the expo from the coordinator Matija Grguric: There will be featured lots of large models, including all current exclusive sets, a large city diorama, scaled models of Croatian buildings, a steampunk diorama featuring more than 30 aircrafts, castle diorama,  [ Read More ]

Top 10 tennis stars Robin Soderling and Fernando Verdasco exhibited their tennis skills on a terrace of a hotel in Barcelona, overlooking the beach and port, ahead of their participation at the Barcelona Open BancSabadell.

Frederik Braun and his then-girlfriend and today’s wife were visiting the alpine city of Zurich in July 2000. Sauntering together through the alleys of Zurich’s center, they came across a railway model shop, which at once evoked childhood memories in Frederik.

Who says the end of civilization has to be totally drab? Dave DeGobbi’s massive eco-punk crawler city brightens up the post-apocalypse, looking like a Mardi Gras float designed by Master Blaster himself. Degobbi’s epic LEGO sculpture isn’t just some pretty colossus – it has a history, too.

A homeless dog dodged through busy highway traffic to pull another dog hit by a car. A surveillance camera captured the rescuer dog dragging the dog onto a median strip, away from oncoming cars. Check out an amazing video of a dog saving another dog.