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A customer commissioned Glasgow, Scotland vehicle graphics company Clyde Wraps to make a 2014 Volkswagen van look like it had been devoured by rust. The vehicle is actually covered in beautifully designed vinyl stickers of corroded car parts.

From Clyde Wraps:

Taking exact measurements of the entire van over and above the blueprints we already held ensured rust could look like it had ran from door frames, handles, badges and mirrors as well as adding extra fake metal panels that look like they are riveted onto the smooth new van. The more distressed we made it look – the better the end result of the rust!

Once we had completed the artwork – which is not mirror imaged for either side too – we printed in full colour digital vinyl and finished in a Matt Laminate to further dull the colours used. It goes without saying the van stands out in a crowd and our customer had great pleasure in telling us later that it only took 3 days for the police to pull him over to ask what was going on with all the rust…

"Unique ‘Rust-look’ 2014 VW T5 Sportline" (via Neatorama)

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Saying Japan is strange nowadays is like saying rain is wet or the sun is warm, because everybody knows Japan loves the bizarre. But how do we further define that particularly Japanese style of strange?

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While that strangeness may be hard to quantify this collection of creepy-crazy-WTF inducing GIFs put together by Dorkly is definitely a step in the right direction.

Next time someone expresses doubt that Japan is “as strange as they say” you can show them a GIF of a guy floating around shooting bananas out of his nostrils.

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Well played, Japan! I’ll never look at a banana the same way again!

See 25 GIFs That Prove Japan Is Insane here

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Taxidermy is an art form, one that honors deceased animals and gives them new life. But sometimes, the art is bad — and equally terrifying.

Although taxidermy takes skill, patience and a keen eye, every great taxidermist had to start somewhere. Either that, or there are an absurd amount of terrible stuffers out there.

Thanks to the fine and weird folks at r/BadTaxidermy, we've collected some of the creepiest, weirdest and downright WTF taxidermy animals the Internet has to offer. Because we can all learn from others' mistakes Read more...

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Watch: The hatred and ignorance runs so deep — sometimes one has to laugh to keep from crying

Brooke Barker, an artist in Portland, Oregon, loves to draw and loves animals. She feels sorry for a lot of animals who lead a rough life. She illustrates those problems at Sad Animal Facts, which put an amusing spin on what our animal friends have to put up with.

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The reason why Involute gears turn smoothly.

Fig 1) How to draw involute of circle.
Fig 2&3) Move and rotate the observing point.
Fig 4&5) The curves are tangent.
Fig 6)  Involute gears turn smoothly.

We've gotten our first look at the inside of Aston Martin's $2.3 million Vulcan supercar and it is glorious.

The post Peek Inside Aston Martin’s Totally Bonkers, $2.3M Hypercar appeared first on WIRED.

A tiny calico Scottish Fold kitten named Marimo snuggles and plays with an equally tiny baby owl named Fuku at the Hukulou Coffee House in Osaka, Japan. While the cafe is primarily focused on all things owl, the kitten is certainly getting a great deal of attention, particularly from Fuku.

images via Hukulou Coffee

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No, this isn’t a Swarovski crystal creation, but it very well could be! Instead, it’s a Spun Glass Caterpillar (Isochaetes beutenmuelleri) that has dozens of glittering, almost frosty-looking, spines radiating from its body. Don’t be tempted by its beautiful crystalline gaze, though. Those puppies do sting. You’ll want to look, but definitely don’t touch!

Reminds me of when your parents took you to an antique shop when you were little and you were told DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING. Then, you proceeded to secretly touch everything, especially the glass stuff. One time, I ended up breaking something – that was a more of a sting for my parents than for me, though.

If you look closely at the photo above, you’ll notice that you can see right through this creature! That dark green stripe running down the length of its body is actually its stomach.

Ultimately, it’s strange how these truly incredible spun glass caterpillars can transform into such plain Jane adults. Gotta grow up sometime and lose all your mystical qualities… I guess…

The post Spun Glass Caterpillar: A Real Life Crystal Creature appeared first on The Featured Creature.

Staring into a mirror and taking a self-portrait with a camera is nothing new. People have been trying to find ways to take their photographs since the 19th century. As humans, we take an interest in ourselves – a curiosity with a dash of self-obsession. A photograph can acknowledge our existence and allow us to view ourselves from the standpoint of others around us. Here are a collection of mirror self-portraits from years passed.

The Edwardian period, the first decade of the 20th century, gave birth to a self-portrait of a woman using her dresser mirror and a box camera. The photograph depicts the woman taking her portrait; on the side, is a shelf full of other photos. We can assume she was relatively interested in photography at the turn of the century.

One of the first self-portraits of a teenager was believed to have occurred in 1914. Since then, the ‘selfie’ craze has caught on and doesn’t appear to be dying down anytime soon. The photograph of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna depicts her on a chair, taking her picture with the aid of a large mirror. The photograph was then sent to a friend of hers with the attached message: “I took this picture of myself looking at the mirror. It was very hard as my hands were trembling.”

Nikolaevna shot another one with her sister the following year:

In 1917, Australian flying ace, Thomas Baker, snapped a photograph when he was twenty years old. Baker is using a Kodak Eastman camera with the support of a vanity mirror. The desk laid out in the photo includes an empty wine bottle and a glass – we will let you decide if this is the first ‘party selfie’ or not.

Henri Evenepoel was a Belgian artist who lived during the late 19th century. Evenepoel focused on a style of art known as Fauvism. This small mirror self-portrait was taken in 1898, a year before he passed away.

Swiss photographer Frédéric Boissonnas in 1900:

Luxembourgian American photographer Edward Jean Steichen shot a mirror portrait of his own in 1917.

Photographer Ilse Bing used a Leica camera for this self portrait in 1931.

Vivian Maier was a street photographer in the 20th century. You may be familiar with Maier’s work due to an American documentary film that debuted in 2013 entitled “Finding Vivian Maier”. A good selection of her photographs are self-portraits she took on the street using the reflections of buildings. The depicted photo was taken in 1954 with a Rolleiflex TLR camera.

Not every self-portrait was taken with a known individual as the subject. Here is a collection of other great early self-portraits, taken with a variety of different cameras.

Despite today’s craze of self portraits – they are nothing new. People have been photographing themselves since the 1800s and will continue to do so into the predictable future. It is up to you to decide what truly makes a self portrait worthy of display. Now excuse me, I left my selfie stick in the other room.

In any given week, the average US child will watch more than a day’s worth of TV. This subject is the focus of a new photo series by photographer Donna Stevens called Idiot Box. It’s a set of portraits showing blank expressions on kids faces as they watch television in a dimly-lit room.

“TV is just one of the ever present Black Mirrors through which we negotiate our lives today,” the Australian photographer tells PetaPixel. “Idiot Box hopes to explore the darker side of our love for technology.”

“Should we exhibit more caution about the role of technology in our children’s lives? Is our techno-paranoia warranted? No matter what gadgetry we may possess and blame for our undoing, do our problems still just remain human?”

Regardless of what the answers are, it’s clear that these kids are completely lost in a different world while their portraits are being captured.

You can find more of Stevens work over on her website.

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Rock Feast is a series of photos taken recently at the San Diego County Fair that show rocks that resemble food arranged with dishes and silverware.

photos via Weird Universe

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Max attempts to shoot a shotgun only to find that the shells are duds


is Scrooloose a stray War Boy? who knows


people being strapped to the front of a car


Roop and Charlie vs Slit and Nux arguing over who's going to drive


a GIVE WAY sign is shot in the first movie, a Polecat uses such sign as a shield


Max and Toast the Knowing playing a small music box


the Interceptor goes rolling

references to the previous movies in Mad Max: Fury Road

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YouTuber My Pale Skin started posting photos of herself without makeup on social media a few months ago and received dozens of shaming comments. She decided to highlight them in a video to show how false images of perfection and unrealistic beauty standards can damage a person's self-esteem.

Her message is loud and clear — haters are gonna hate all they want. As long as you love yourself, that's all that matters.

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A while ago, I told you about the Dopp kit full of wet shaving gear I put together for my husband so he didn’t have to resort to horrible disposable razors and canned shaving cream when he traveled.  If that kit inspired you to want to give wet shaving a try but you don’t even know where to begin with selecting products, check out the Wet Shaving Club.  They have two subscription plans – one for men (products on top row) and one for women (products on bottom row).  In the first box, you’ll get a brand new safety razor that uses double-edged blades, 10 blades, some shaving soaps, a shaving brush to lather up the soap, an after-shave product, and some instructional cards to help you get started with your new gear.  You can choose just a single kit for $29.00 (US shipping included), or you can purchase 3-, 6-, or 12-month subscriptions.  After the first box, you’ll get samples of soaps, blades, balms and creams, and other grooming items in your monthly shipments.  You’ll pay for the entire subscription when you sign up, with the 3-months at $26/month, 6-months at $24/month, and 12-months at $22/month.  It’s an economical way to try out a lot of products, most of which you would probably never find locally.  Check out the products and the plans at Wet Shave Club.

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Les sculptures de Jeff Nishinaka, artiste basé à Los Angeles, sont étonnantes par leur qualité et précision d’exécution. Ces sculptures immaculées représentent tantôt des créatures folkloriques tels que des dragons, des animaux ou des paysages urbains réalisés au détail près. À découvrir.

Photographer Brad Wilson has captured the arresting beauty of exotic animals in his gorgeous portrait series “Affinity I” and “Affinity II“, many of which have been included in his book “Wild Life“. Individual prints can be purchased through Wilson’s site.

In the midst of our modern human civilization with all its technological complexities, animals still remain stark symbols of a simpler life and a wilderness lost. Perhaps these images can stand as a testament to this other fading world, and remind us, despite the pronounced feeling of isolation that too often characterizes our contemporary existence, that we are not alone, we are not separate – we are part of a beautifully rich and interconnected diversity of life.

images via Brad Wilson

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Photographer Phoo Chan has seen more than his fair share of spectacular moments while photographing birds and other wildlife around his home in California, but perhaps nothing will ever top what he witnessed last spring while shooting near Kitsap, Washington: a crow riding atop a bald eagle. It only lasted for a few seconds, but Chan managed to capture the entire encounter on film. He shares about the image:

Crows are known for aggressively harassing other raptors that are much bigger in size when spotted in their territories and usually these ‘intruders’ simply retreat without much fuss. However, in this frame the crow did not seem to harass the bald eagle at such close proximity and neither did the bald eagle seem to mind the crow’s presence invading its personal space. What made it even more bizarre was that the crow even made a brief stop on the back of the eagle as if it was taking a free scenic ride and the eagle simply obliged.

You can see more of Chan’s bird photography on 500px and Flickr. (via Bored Panda, @pourmecoffee, Stellar)

You’re looking at high-speed footage of a tennis ball being served at 142 miles per hour. The video (below) was recorded at 6,000 frames per second. In the span of twelve frames—two thousandths of a second—the ball transmutes from a sphere into a fuzzy green patty, all but disappearing behind the rim of the racquet.

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