"Obama did not plagiarize his whole campaign from Jimmy Smits fictional campaign on The West Wing. No, no, The West Wing plagiarized Obama's campaign from the future." picked by gammerus 5 months ago 0 comments edit related share politics |
Great commercial for an awful toy from the 1960s called the Swing Wing. It's a beanie with a pendulum. 1 comments edit related share weird(props to Boing Boing) picked by Bornbad 12 months ago |
A chunk of a US Airways wing separated during a flight from Orlando to Philadelphia and cracked a passenger's window. picked by dollyllama 4 months ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
A swift adapts the shape of its wings to the immediate task at hand: folding them back to chase insects, or stretching them out to sleep in flight. Ten Dutch and Swedish scientists, based in Wageningen, Groningen, Delft, Leiden, and Lund, have shown how 'wing morphing' makes swifts such versatile flyers. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
186 miles per hour. He has my vote for the most uber tech awesome dude of 2008. picked by Moe 2 months ago 6 comments edit related share technology |
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At the end of the 1,300km journey, rescuers at Vnukova airport were initially unable to take off his coat and shoes because his arms and legs were so badly frozen. Crazy kid. picked by misswinkle 10 months ago 4 comments edit related share weird |
For decades, it was just another empty building in Chinatown. But first thing Saturday morning, the lines began to form. The long-neglected East Kong Yick Building had been transformed into the new Wing Luke Asian Museum picked by bingo 2 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
this is about the best cover of little wing i've ever heard. i wish i knew what this girls name is. picked by indisguise 9 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
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I was saving this for an Elvis FAF but it didn't happen so I'll just share it now. 11 comments edit related share plime.comI don't want to give anything else away..just check it out! picked by Fizz71 11 months ago |
Buffalo wings for the whole planet. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share science |
Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! is shouted by six bearded imans with expected reaction, including passengers having to endure a 3 1/2 hour layover while a search of the plane was done. 3 comments edit related share plime.com"Allahu Akbar" may be a prayer meaning "God is Great", but was done specifically to cause the action that resulted. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago |
Air_ray is a remote-controlled hybrid construction consisting of a helium-filled ballonet and a beating wing drive. Its light design makes it possible for it to “swim” in the sea of air, boosted by helium, in a similar way to the manta ray in water. picked by misswinkle 11 months ago 1 comments edit related share technology |
The common car door has seen many designs in the century-long history of the automobile. picked by topofall 5 months ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
The right engine of the Boeing 737 "separated from the wing. The aircraft continued to climb out," the airline said in a statement. 4 comments edit related share plime.com*well, I'm completely reassured about my fear of flying now. Edit: Fixed your link picked by dollyllama 9 months ago |
A smear campaign launched against a kid for his statement about the Children's Health Insurance Program. picked by mandolinorange 10 months ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
Sean Avery is a Dallas Star. The Stars has signed the free agent left wing to a four-year contract that will pay him a total of $15.5 million ($3.5 million next season, and $4 million in 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12). 3 comments edit related share sportsAvery rubs some guys the wrong way, even guys in his own dressing room. And (Stars General Manager) Brett Hull is OK with that. picked by icepigs 3 weeks ago |
Jeb Corliss wants to fly — not the way the Wright brothers wanted to fly, but the way we do in our dreams. He wants to jump from a helicopter and land without using a parachute. picked by muppet 8 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
The GLBT wing of Amnesty recently highlighted that in the UK, the National Blood Service still refuses donations of blood from gay men. picked by pocksucket 3 months ago 28 comments edit related share science |
Title says it all :) picked by thecritters 1 year ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |