Self-Experimentation of the Day: Sometimes you just have to stick your hand inside the flame a 7,000-degree oxyacetylene welding torch to make sure your heat-resistant concoction works.
Why? Because science.
[@alex_ogle.]
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Burger Chain Beef of the Day: McDonald’s agreed to stop airing the above ad in Germany after Burger King released a statement saying its fast food rival has “broken the rules of comparative advertising by degrading the Burger King brand.”
Translation: “Your ad is memorable and makes us look bad and we’re not smart enough to come up with a clever retort so quit it you big meanie.”
Also: Streisand effect.
[eater.]
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Life-Altering Spray Nozzle of the Day: “Stem” — Quirky’s latest design-concept-turned-real-life-device — makes it possible to extract juice spray directly from the citrus fruit of your choice.
Plug it in, twist it around, and spray it on — that’s all there is to it.
Watch it in action below:
[wired.]
Lights Out: Professional superhero Damien Walters shows off his latest bag of sick trick moves in the 2011 edition of his official showreel.
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Can Dexter come back already?
Alternate Animated Dexter Title Sequence of the Day: Ty Mattson, who you may remember from his awesome Saul Bass-ian Dexter poster series, joins forces with Fashionbuddha to transform his poster series into a full-length Saul Bass-inspired Dexter title sequence.
[drawnblog.]
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Well That’s Just Plain Unfortunate of the Day: At the University of the West England, a Balloons for Orphans event doesn’t quite go as planned (assuming, of course, they didn’t plan for it to fail in a very hilarious manner, which they may have).
[tasteoff.]
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Internet Filtration System of the Day: A modest proposal from Matthew Baldwin (AKA defective yeti): Internet Access Captchas to keep certain less-desirable types off the Information Superhighway.
Here’s what happens when
you’reyour grammar skills aren’t up to snuff:
Problem solved?
[thd.]
Looks Legit of the Day: Either someone hacked this Lexington, Kentucky road sign, or we’re gonna need to find a forehead-scarred orphan with a posse to take care of this sh*t stat.

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Life-Altering Spray Nozzle of the Day: “Stem” — Quirky’s latest design-concept-turned-real-life-device — makes it possible to extract juice spray directly from the citrus fruit of your choice.
Plug it in, twist it around, and spray it on — that’s all there is to it.
Watch it in action below:
[wired.]](http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw3no5OZhE1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
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Internet Filtration System of the Day: A modest proposal from Matthew Baldwin (AKA defective yeti): Internet Access Captchas to keep certain less-desirable types off the Information Superhighway.
Here’s what happens when you’re your grammar skills aren’t up to snuff:
Problem solved?
[thd.]](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpfninPyJZ1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)

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Looks Legit of the Day: Either someone hacked this Lexington, Kentucky road sign, or we’re gonna need to find a forehead-scarred orphan with a posse to take care of this sh*t stat.
[lex18 / io9.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loc3bcKS7h1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)