Random funny/fascinating/cool/odd stuff: ESPN tribute to Coach Corso (tissue alert!!!!) (1 Viewer)

[Nathan R. Jessep]

Hot Dog University — Switchboard Magazine

Hot Dog University in Chicago trains entrepreneurs to master the Chicago-style hot dog. From Vienna Beef traditions to food cart businesses nationwide, Hot Dog U graduates are proving the American dream is still alive — one hot dog stand at a time.

www.switchboardmagazine.com

 

[fatness]

Pair of trainers posted to Orkney island where only cattle live

Swona in Orkney is today home to free-roaming cattle after the last islanders left in the 1970s.

www.bbc.com

archived if you hit a paywall: https://archive.ph/z6ddB

A tiny Scottish island where the only inhabitants are feral cattle has been sent a pair of trainers in the post.
Swona's last islanders left in 1974, but a herd of cows descended from the livestock once farmed on the isle in Orkney still survive.
Alexander Annal, whose family owns the island and lives on nearby South Ronaldsay, was alerted by local postal staff that a parcel had arrived for Swona. Inside, he found a pair of size five women's Adidas trainers.
Mr Annal said he had no idea who the person named on the address was, and has been left wondering if it was just a mix-up or even an elaborate scam.

Somewhere on that island is a cow strutting around, stylin' and profilin' with her new shoes.

 

[El Floppo]

Pair of trainers posted to Orkney island where only cattle live

Swona in Orkney is today home to free-roaming cattle after the last islanders left in the 1970s.

www.bbc.com

archived if you hit a paywall: https://archive.ph/z6ddB

A tiny Scottish island where the only inhabitants are feral cattle has been sent a pair of trainers in the post.
Swona's last islanders left in 1974, but a herd of cows descended from the livestock once farmed on the isle in Orkney still survive.
Alexander Annal, whose family owns the island and lives on nearby South Ronaldsay, was alerted by local postal staff that a parcel had arrived for Swona. Inside, he found a pair of size five women's Adidas trainers.
Mr Annal said he had no idea who the person named on the address was, and has been left wondering if it was just a mix-up or even an elaborate scam.

Somewhere on that island is a cow strutting around, stylin' and profilin' with her new shoes.

with opposable thumbs hammering the keyboard on etsy.

 

[Tick]

Pair of trainers posted to Orkney island where only cattle live

Swona in Orkney is today home to free-roaming cattle after the last islanders left in the 1970s.

www.bbc.com

archived if you hit a paywall: https://archive.ph/z6ddB

A tiny Scottish island where the only inhabitants are feral cattle has been sent a pair of trainers in the post.
Swona's last islanders left in 1974, but a herd of cows descended from the livestock once farmed on the isle in Orkney still survive.
Alexander Annal, whose family owns the island and lives on nearby South Ronaldsay, was alerted by local postal staff that a parcel had arrived for Swona. Inside, he found a pair of size five women's Adidas trainers.
Mr Annal said he had no idea who the person named on the address was, and has been left wondering if it was just a mix-up or even an elaborate scam.

Somewhere on that island is a cow strutting around, stylin' and profilin' with her new shoes.

Might need to send a pair here: https://livestockconservancy.org/chirikof-island-cattle/

 

[fatness]

A 21-story skateboard ramp was built alongside of and attached to an existing building. And a skater is trying it out.

Brazilian skater drops into 21-story building ramp

Sandro 'Mineirinho' Dias, 50, dropped into the curved facade of an 85-meter-tall modernist building in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The Red Bull Building Drop project was closed to the public.

www.surfertoday.com

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

One-of-a-kind golden shark discovered in Costa Rica

Scientists say the golden shark has a rare combination of skin conditions that has never been seen before.

www.yahoo.com

 

[fatness]

Endangered pink river dolphins face a rising mercury threat in the Amazon

Mercury contamination comes mainly from illegal gold mining and forest clearing that wash mercury that naturally occurs in soil into waterways.

www.nbcnews.com

Picture

 

[kupcho1]

One-of-a-kind golden shark discovered in Costa Rica

Scientists say the golden shark has a rare combination of skin conditions that has never been seen before.

www.yahoo.com

I just discovered a golden Honda.

 

[fatness]

Man feels lightheaded

Man Gets Head Stuck in Traffic Light After Crashing into It

A Chinese man went viral after spending almost an hour with his head stuck in a traffic light after crashing into it with an electric scooter.

www.odditycentral.com

A shockingly bizarre traffic accident got a lot of attention on Chinese social media last month, when a young man driving an electric scooter crashed into a temporary traffic light in the city of Chengdu. Following the impact, the man’s head somehow became stuck inside the traffic light, and firefighters were called to free him from the unusual cage. That was easier said than done, however, as even the first responders spent around 40 minutes cutting away at the metal casing to safely release the man’s head.

 

[fatness]

The Dalai Lama repairs watches in his spare time, so he's got that going for him which is nice.

 

[fatness]

A 700-year-old church tower is currently suspended 45 feet in the air while construction takes place around and under it.

Moment historic London church is lifted 45 feet

The Grade I listed tower of All Hallows Staining Church was balanced on stilts above a 60,000 square foot excavation site at 50 Fenchurch Street.

www.dailymail.co.uk

With some incredible pictures and diagrams.

 

[waiver wire]

A 700-year-old church tower is currently suspended 45 feet in the air while construction takes place around and under it.

Moment historic London church is lifted 45 feet

The Grade I listed tower of All Hallows Staining Church was balanced on stilts above a 60,000 square foot excavation site at 50 Fenchurch Street.

www.dailymail.co.uk

With some incredible pictures and diagrams.

some pretty cool pictures of this
I believe I have stopped in and taken pics of this church

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

This Giant Purple Donut is Actually The World's First Inflatable Concert Hall | Moss and Fog

An inflatable purple pavilion by Anish Kapoor and Arata Isozaki reimagines how music, art, and architecture can uplift communities.

mossandfog.com

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

Las Vegas team develops tech to harvest water from desert air

It might sound like science fiction, but in the desert valley, where water is as precious as gold, a team of researchers at WAVR is working to turn the air we breathe into the water we drink.

www.ktnv.com

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

2025 Small World in Motion Competition

View the winning entries from the 2025 Small World in Motion Competition

www.nikonsmallworld.com

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

We Emit a Visible Light That Vanishes When We Die, Says Surprising Study

Life truly is radiant, according to an experiment conducted by researchers from the University of Calgary and the National Research Council of Canada.

www.sciencealert.com

 

[Tick]

This Giant Purple Donut is Actually The World's First Inflatable Concert Hall | Moss and Fog

An inflatable purple pavilion by Anish Kapoor and Arata Isozaki reimagines how music, art, and architecture can uplift communities.

mossandfog.com

I wanted to hate this more than I do. It looks really cool from the inside.

 

[fatness]

Runway Safety Bed Stops Skidding Plane in Virginia

The plane, CommuteAir Flight 4339, was carrying 50 passengers and three crew members when it skidded off a runway at Roanoke-Blackburg Regional Airport at about 9 p.m., said Alexa Briehl, an airport spokeswoman. No one was hurt
The plane was attempting to land at the airport’s 5,800-foot secondary runway in heavy rain, said Jason Kadah, a spokesman for CommuteAir. He said it was unclear what caused the plane, which had taken off from Washington Dulles International Airport, to overshoot the runway.
What’s more clear is that the aircraft was stopped by a bed of crushable concrete blocks. The system is designed to stop a runaway plane by collapsing under its weight.

Gravity wins again!

The safety bed, known as an Engineered Materials Arresting System, is designed to stop planes moving at 80 miles per hour or less. The Virginia airport’s bed had been upgraded last year, and Wednesday was its first use. The Engineered Materials Arresting System is in place on at least 120 runways at about 70 airports in the United States, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The technology is also in use in other countries, including China and Spain.

 

[Tick]

I didn't know this archive.today thing to share NYT articles.

 

[fatness]

I didn't know this archive.today thing to share NYT articles.

There's an Archive Page extension for Firefox that archives a page, or finds it already archived, in one click. Pretty handy for sites with paywalls.