1   | The Brazen Bull & other Most Painful Execution Techniques |
Certain crimes in certain countries carry guaranteed death sentences. That doesn’t mean the sentence will come quickly or be anywhere near enjoyable. Some methods are so heinous – and so excruciatingly painful – that they have made the toughest men scream (and plead, and cry, and cower) like little girls. Here are some techniques… pulled from the history books… some of which might just g...
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1 | The World's Strangest Bathrooms |
Bathrooms, whether public or private, encounter plenty of abuse. The constant inflow and outflow of water paired with limited space and high demands on hygiene and efficiency make it one of the most difficult rooms to design. But there are plenty of architects who have stepped up to the challenge. Here are some of the most innovative bathroom engineering in the world.
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1 | The LSD Blotter Art Gallery + *Mind States Highzzz* documentary |
Blotter Art is a term that refers to the artwork that liquid LSD is dropped onto. The artwork is printed onto “blotter” paper and then perforated into tiny squares or “hits,” which can be torn apart into easy to manage quantities. In the 1960s, when LSD was legal, it was distributed in large pills, sometimes called “barrels” because of their shape. It was also ...
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1 | Murals, propaganda art and Anti-American Posters in North Korea |
Stylistically, North Korean art is far more than a mere copy of Soviet Russian socialist realism. As was the case with the revolution itself, North Korean socialist realist art had to accord with Korea’s specific historical conditions and cultural traditions. Kim Il Sung pronounced that “Korean Painting” [Chosonhwa], the indigenous post-revolutionary development of traditional ink painting, ...
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1 | What anarchism really means + history of *Anarchist Studies Network* |
Direct action is part of creating direct democracy, but the student protests saw the media painting a caricature of anarchism. Protesters are never a homogenous group, but those who protested under the anti-cuts banner last week were united in the view that the marketisation of higher education should be opposed. Typically, however, property destruction magically transformed a sizeable subset into...
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2 | Don Kenn's frightening childrens book - Monster Drawings On Post-It Notes |
Don Kenn’s Monster Post-its are definitely incredibly intricate. The artist has taken regular yellow Post-It notes and created these monster masterpieces using his amazing sketching skills. The artist is known for his work on children’s shows so it’s no wonder these works are so well done. Don Kenn’s Monster Post-its are definitely something to glance through, even if you have an aversion ...
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1 | How i-dosing or Digital Drug Really Work? |
Spaced-out adolescents in headphones litter YouTube, some panting and others wincing as they listen to droning, pulsating soundtracks known as iDoses. hey have fallen victim to an insidious new digital drug culture that preys on vulnerable young teens with money to burn. ith nothing but an mp3 player and an internet account they can can legally download ‘binaural’ audio downloads that ...
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1 | Psychopaths among us + 3 full documentarys |
According to popular wisdom, psychopaths are crazed and bloodthirsty serial killers. The reality is not so simple. While many psychopaths do commit violent crimes, not all psychopaths are criminals and not all criminals are psychopathic. Psychopaths are found in many walks of life and are often successful in competitive professions. However they are also ruthless, manipulative and destructive. Equ...
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1 | The National Ignition Facility - £2.2billion superlab Creating a miniature star on Earth |
It may look like any average building but behind closed doors could lie the answer to safe renewable energy of the future. Here at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore California, scientists are aiming to build the world’s first sustainable fusion reactor by ‘creating a miniature star on Earth’. Following a series of key experiments over the last few weeks, the £2.2 bill...
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1 | Vadim Chernobrov & Russian secrets experiments with time machines |
Russian author Gennady Belimov published an article in which he described experiments led by Vadim Chernobrov, the inventor of a time machine in 1987. Chernobrov claims his machine can slow or speed up the course of time by tinkering with the Earth’s magnetic field. His biggest success was the slowing of time for 1.5 seconds. One of the problems remote viewers have is acquiring time lines fo...
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