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Watch a 95-year-old grandpa play Nintendo Wii [Video]

Ashraf May 12, 2013 2
Watch a 95-year-old grandpa play Nintendo Wii [Video]

95-year-old grandpa plays boxing on the Wii and “kicks arse”.

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Lady writes a real letter to a company asking to be unsubscribed from email newsletter [Image]

Ashraf April 29, 2013 14
Lady writes a real letter to a company asking to be unsubscribed from email newsletter [Image]

You can unsubscribe from most email newsletters from a link at the bottom of every email. Apparently this lady didn’t know that. So she wrote a physical letter and sent it via snail-mail asking a company to stop sending her emails.

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This is why geeks fail with girls [Comic]

Ashraf April 29, 2013 10
This is why geeks fail with girls [Comic]

Funny comic illustrates a geek failing with a girl.

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Movies vs real life [Video]

Ashraf April 29, 2013 4
Movies vs real life [Video]

Comical video compares the differences between movies and real life.

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What hurts more, childbirth or getting kicked in the balls? [Video]

Ashraf April 28, 2013 3
What hurts more, childbirth or getting kicked in the balls? [Video]

Another very interesting and informative video by AsapSCIENCE.

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“How humans eat their food” [Video]

Ashraf April 28, 2013 5
“How humans eat their food” [Video]

Hilarious video mocks different cultures from around the world.

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Awesome water slide at Atlantis Paradise Island resort in Bahamas [Amazing Photo of the Day]

Ashraf April 27, 2013 5
Awesome water slide at Atlantis Paradise Island resort in Bahamas [Amazing Photo of the Day]

This is a water slide that shares water with sharks.

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Man tickles a tiger [Amazing Photo of the Day]

Ashraf April 20, 2013 3
Man tickles a tiger [Amazing Photo of the Day]

This isn’t fake; it is real.

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Awesome 3D street art of a tiger [Amazing Photo of the Day]

Ashraf April 18, 2013 4
Awesome 3D street art of a tiger [Amazing Photo of the Day]

This isn’t one of those photos that can be described — you have to see it for yourself.

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The difference between working at work and relaxing at home [Comic]

Ashraf April 15, 2013 6
The difference between working at work and relaxing at home [Comic]

In today’s world of technology, I have no doubt this is true for many, many people.

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Lion kisses the lady that rescued him [Amazing Photo of the Day]

Ashraf April 9, 2013 2
Lion kisses the lady that rescued him [Amazing Photo of the Day]

If you are thinking “WTF”, then you aren’t alone.

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How guys cook dinner [Comic]

Ashraf April 9, 2013 1
How guys cook dinner [Comic]

If it weren’t for our better halves, I’m pretty sure must guys would die of starvation of obesity. Myself included.

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Forget food, water, and shelter — having Internet access is more important [Image]

Ashraf April 8, 2013 1
Forget food, water, and shelter — having Internet access is more important [Image]

Maslow was mostly accurate in his hierarchy of needs — he just forgot to include the Internet.

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“Linux users don’t have relationships” [Comic]

Ashraf April 3, 2013 2
“Linux users don’t have relationships” [Comic]

You know what they say

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Difference between life in 1990 and life in 2010 [Graph]

Ashraf March 29, 2013 2
Difference between life in 1990 and life in 2010 [Graph]

This graph is a bit dated but still holds true today.

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Should you really watch that TV show your friend recommended? [Infographic]

Ashraf March 27, 2013 0
Should you really watch that TV show your friend recommended? [Infographic]

Friends always recommend shows to watch. But do you really want to watch it? This infographic helps you decide.

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I believe the proper term for this is “tigerback” [Amazing Photo of the Day]

Ashraf March 23, 2013 9
I believe the proper term for this is “tigerback” [Amazing Photo of the Day]

Today is the turn of tigers.

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What teachers do when they confiscate the phone of a student [Image]

Ashraf March 18, 2013 3
What teachers do when they confiscate the phone of a student [Image]

Revenge of the Teachers, coming to a classroom near you.

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What would you do in this situation? [Amazing Photo of the Day]

Ashraf March 16, 2013 5
What would you do in this situation? [Amazing Photo of the Day]

You walk into an elevator and…

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iPads are replacing men [Comic]

Ashraf March 15, 2013 5
iPads are replacing men [Comic]

Women prefer iPads over men?

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Grandma’s computer is broken — “everything moves backwards”. Can you fix it for her? [Image]

Ashraf March 11, 2013 10
Grandma’s computer is broken — “everything moves backwards”. Can you fix it for her? [Image]

Poor computer-challenged grandma.

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Man gets 3D-printed replacement for 75 percent of his skull

Enrique March 9, 2013 5

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In a surgical procedure earlier this week, a man was fitted with the first ever 3D-printed skull replacement. A whole 75 percent of his skull was replaced with the replica, which is made out of polyetherketoneketone. (Say that ten times fast.)

It is unclear why this particular man had 75% [...]

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So you think flying first class is fancy? Wait until you see how royalty travels [Amazing Photo of the Day]

Ashraf March 1, 2013 5
So you think flying first class is fancy? Wait until you see how royalty travels [Amazing Photo of the Day]

Money may not be able to buy happiness, but it sure comes close

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This poor kid is probably scarred for life after being hit with a basketball like this [Image]

Ashraf February 24, 2013 4
This poor kid is probably scarred for life after being hit with a basketball like this [Image]

Although I am the stereotypical geek now (who just happens to love playing cricket), in a previous life (aka when I was a child) I used to be very active playing a variety of sports. One of my favorite sports was basketball. Even though I was never very good at [...]

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Play tug-of-war with tigers at Busch Gardens Zoo in Florida [Amazing Photo of the Day]

Ashraf February 24, 2013 3
Play tug-of-war with tigers at Busch Gardens Zoo in Florida [Amazing Photo of the Day]

As dangerous as they may be, we have seen plenty of instances of humans interacting safely with tigers (and lions). And this applies to playing tug-of-war, too.

The following photos are of Busch Gardens Zoo in Tampa Bay, Florida (USA). As you can see, zoo visitors get to play tug-of-war [...]

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Horrific crash at NASCAR Daytona causes car parts to fly into the stands, injures 14 fans [Video]

Ashraf February 24, 2013 6

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Yesterday the NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 race took place at Daytona International Speedway. Unfortunately for a select few, the race ended up in disaster when Kyle Larson (#32) and Brian Scott (#2) collided near the end, sending Larson’s car into the fence that separates the race track and onlookers. [...]

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“Hey guys watch my sweet trick!” — funny animated GIF of the day [Image]

Ashraf February 23, 2013 5
“Hey guys watch my sweet trick!” — funny animated GIF of the day [Image]

When it goes to physically potentially dangerous stuff, as I have admitted before, I am a bit of a panzy. For example, roller coasts scare the shit out of me. So it is safe to say I have not, and never will, skateboard (besides, I do not know how anyway). [...]

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“You read that wrong” — this will blow your mind [Image]

Ashraf February 23, 2013 2
“You read that wrong” — this will blow your mind [Image]

In the past we have shared interesting things like optical illusions that trick our minds into seeing what isn’t there. Ready to have your brain confounded yet again? To confuse the heck out of your senses? To blow your mind? Then read the following… and I must warn you, you [...]

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Road rage + bus driver + bicyclist = Ouch [Video]

Ashraf February 22, 2013 2

How many dotTechies suffer from road rage? I admit, I have a mild form of the disease and, although I have learned to subdue it, cuss words are often heard coming out of my mouth while driving. It is safe to say the following bus driver has a more severe [...]

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Who needs a school bus: kid hitches ride to school by holding onto back of speeding dump truck [Image]

Ashraf February 22, 2013 5
Who needs a school bus: kid hitches ride to school by holding onto back of speeding dump truck [Image]

Kids do crazy things. Fortunately I was (am) one of the cooler headed ones (read: panzy) and never did anything really that insane during my childhood. I cannot say the same for the kid in the following image. I am not sure where he is going (presumably school due to [...]

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It is safe to say the wife had a better lawyer in this divorce [Image]

Ashraf February 22, 2013 2
It is safe to say the wife had a better lawyer in this divorce [Image]

Earlier we had shared an image of a homeless man that held up a sign proclaiming: “My ex-wife had a better lawyer”. Originally I thought he was simply joking. However, now I know he was serious. Indeed, in his previous life he was loaded — I just found his old [...]

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“How to use a floor buffer” — today’s hilarious animated GIF [Image]

Ashraf February 20, 2013 4
“How to use a floor buffer” — today’s hilarious animated GIF [Image]

You ever see a janitor or cleaning person or someone with a similar job use a floor buffer, also known as a floor cleaner or floor polisher? They typically use it very calmly and slowly (and, for some reason, always while listening to music, podcasts, or whatever else you can [...]

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Awesome photo of a “ghost” in a cemetery [Amazing Photo of the Day]

Ashraf February 19, 2013 2
Awesome photo of a “ghost” in a cemetery [Amazing Photo of the Day]

I am very much a left-brained person, meaning I lack creativity. Sometimes I wish I was more right-brained so I could come up with awesome projects like the following.

The following is a long-exposure photo of a man who “ran around a cemetery like a ghost covered by a sheet [...]

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LMAO! This guy is clearly not fit for a career in boxing [Image]

Ashraf February 19, 2013 7
LMAO! This guy is clearly not fit for a career in boxing [Image]

Ever hurt yourself by accident? I am not talking about dropping something on your big toe. Rather, I am referring to things like accidentally biting down on your tongue, kicking your leg while walking, and… punching yourself in the face. If you have done the latter than you probably know [...]

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And father of the year award goes to… this firefighter [Image]

Ashraf February 19, 2013 1
And father of the year award goes to… this firefighter [Image]

Reddit user ‘Burnstyle’ is single father who works as a firefighter. Has a son who enjoys going to the firehouse and playing on the firetrucks. So what did Burnstyle do? He built his son a firetruck replica bed… fit with a working siren, its own working pump panel, a radio [...]

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