These incredible drawings are proof that some pictures really are worth a thousand words. Keira Rathbone 'drew' the works of art using just a humble typewriter. She has spent up to 90 hours hammering away at each picture using a variety of letters and punctuation marks thousands and thousands of times. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

This is a video of 21 members of the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe performing the "Thousand Hand Bodhisattva" dance. Looks amazing! picked by shredtone 3 years ago

Ten Thousand Cents" is a digital artwork that creates a representation of a $100 bill. Thousands of individuals working in isolation from one another painted a tiny part of the bill without knowledge of the overall task. Workers were paid one cent each via Amazon's Mechanical Turk distributed labor tool. Site also has a video with all 10,000 parts being drawn simultaneously. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

San Francisco conceptual artist and journalist Jonathon Keats is trying to rejuvenate literature in the age of hyperspeed media by writing a story that will take a millennium to tell. picked by suebe 5 months ago

A forward thinking artist from Zurich started an internet phenomenon, paintings of numbers, between 1 and 1000. How are they valued?
Value = 1,000 – number

The idea and experience is written up in the December issue of Wired Magazine picked by c1010010 3 years ago

ESO's Wide Field Imager has captured the intricate swirls of the spiral galaxy Messier 83, a smaller look-alike of our own Milky Way. Shining with the light of billions of stars and the ruby red glow of hydrogen gas, it is a beautiful example of a barred spiral galaxy, whose shape has led to it being nicknamed the Southern Pinwheel. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

When he was 15, Seb Green stole a boat and got into difficulty. The subsequent rescue and hospital treatment cost approximately £20,000.

Now aged 18, Seb is trying to make amends by undertaking 5,000 mile walk round Britain's coastline for charity.

His website explains more and also keeps track of his progress via GPS. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

This instructable will show you how to make a picture worth more than a thousand words (literally).

This is a self portrait using the text of Thoreau's "Walden".

PS. its not mine. picked by squirmster 2 years ago

ONE hundred thousand men sick of copping a monthly serve from cranky wives and girlfriends have signed up for an online reminder service that warns when pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) is about to hit. Update to an earlier story picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

Ten thousand copies of a food magazine were recalled in Sweden after a mistake in one of its recipes left four people poisoned, the magazine said Thursday.
"There was a mistake in a recipe for apple cake. Instead of calling for two pinches of nutmeg it said 20 nutmeg nuts were needed."

What kind is person doesn't realize that 20 nutmegs are too much?!? picked by maven 1 year ago

Doctors' reports show that girls of 12 and 13 have experienced convulsions, fever and paralysis after being given the vaccine, which is now administered in schools as part of efforts to prevent women developing cancer. *England's having a rough week* picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

With a population of just over one thousand, Lake Placid is the only Florida town that has more clowns per capita than any other state. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

The remarkable Rainbow Finch is found in Australia yet there are only around two thousand of them left in the wild. Although conservation attempts are ongoing the question now seems to be whether or not this beautiful species will persevere for very much longer in its own original habitat. picked by pandorarin 8 months ago

Here are three of history's best.

The one about Napoleon's Russian campaign of 1812 is just awesome.
All three are fascinating, worth to spend some time to examine them. picked by ozero 1 year ago

A two million calorie, seven thousand pound, triple vanilla cupcake with pink frosting has set a new Guinness World Record for the largest cupcake. The contest benefitted the Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure. New Hampshire's GourmetGiftBaskets.com claims the bragging rights. picked by meggysue 3 months ago

Just like the title says, over Seven Thousand real bananas cover the wall at Deitch Art Gallery in NYC.

It smells like 7,200 Bananas too... Slightly Rotting. picked by MUPpetMAKer 2 years ago

He wanted a couple of credit cards. He got a couple of thousand. Manhattan accountant Frank Van Buren found himself flooded with plastic in recent weeks, as the ExxonMobil cards kept on coming. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Recent advances in DNA research have established that there was an Eve who lived about 250 to 270 thousand years ago, a first mother from who all modern humans stem, no matter what their racial heritage. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

In just a couple days this 5 second clip has had over 800 thousand views and many parodies. picked by cycostinkoman 2 years ago

Google just introduced a new service that seems a great idea, and a free one. With Gmail Paper you can print one, one thousand, or one hundred thousand of your emails. Photo attachments are also printed on high-quality, glossy photo paper, and secured to your Gmail Paper with a paper clip. picked by studio 3 years ago