The Weird News, all in one placeTumblr (3.0; @theweirdbit)http://www.theweirdbit.org/<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/presurfer/~3/OjITuQgwmHA/10-spectacular-sand-sculpting-festivals.html">10 Spectacular Sand Sculpting Festivals</a>: <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6B8tPuW7TwQ/TFP5LehIEVI/AAAAAAAARr4/LNBZLzgwZjo/s1600/sascfest.jpg"><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width:400px;height:277px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6B8tPuW7TwQ/TFP5LehIEVI/AAAAAAAARr4/LNBZLzgwZjo/s400/sascfest.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500013545515389266"/></a><small><i><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eggplant/2696628809/">image credit</a></i></small><br/><br/>While most people see summer as a chance for some fun in the sun, swimming and tanning aren’t the only things going on at the beach. In fact, each year, artists from all…</p>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883946094http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883946094Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:02:48 +0200<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WeirdAsiaNews/~3/KGdhifNsSDA/">Zhang Huan: An Artist With An Eye for Incense Ash</a>: <p>The depiction of the human soul is not a task every artist can handle. For Zhang Huan, one of the most recognizable names in Chinese art and a man acclaimed for “getting naked in the name of art,”…</p>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883946096http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883946096Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:02:48 +0200<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/presurfer/~3/YsmF3qn4SLY/top-10-longest-living-animals.html">Top 10 Longest Living Animals</a>: <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6B8tPuW7TwQ/TFP2vX2dC-I/AAAAAAAARrY/jwk1_TpJ62c/s1600/tlolimal.jpg"><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width:400px;height:228px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6B8tPuW7TwQ/TFP2vX2dC-I/AAAAAAAARrY/jwk1_TpJ62c/s400/tlolimal.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500010863666203618"/></a><br/>Small animals such as birds and squirrels rarely live to their maximum life span, usually dying of accidents, disease or predation. Grazing animals accumulate wear and tear to their teeth…</p>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883946104http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883946104Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:02:48 +0200<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/presurfer/~3/GVcsvz9MwyE/tim-halperin-she-runs.html">Tim Halperin: She Runs</a>: <p>Music video of Tim Halperin performing ‘She Runs’. The video is one continuous dolly shot (it was done in one single take) and cost $500. It’s meant to look like a stripped down elementary school…</p>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883946098http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883946098Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:02:48 +0200<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/presurfer/~3/wr8yMegNBQg/pencil-sculptures.html">Pencil Sculptures</a>: <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6B8tPuW7TwQ/TFP3iJ8mXEI/AAAAAAAARrg/F2ca67cYXrM/s1600/pensculpt.jpg"><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width:195px;height:325px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6B8tPuW7TwQ/TFP3iJ8mXEI/AAAAAAAARrg/F2ca67cYXrM/s400/pensculpt.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500011736107211842"/></a><br/><b><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://refreshingnews9.blogspot.com/2010/07/pencil-sculptures-miniature.html">Pencil sculptures</a></b> by Dalton Ghetti. Dalton uses three basic tools to make his incredible creations - a razor blade, sewing needle and sculpting knife. He even refuses to use a…</p>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883946102http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883946102Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:02:48 +0200<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/presurfer/~3/MRc3Fik966A/keyboard-man.html">Keyboard Man</a>: The crazy things people put on YouTube. First there was <b><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J---aiyznGQ">Keyboard Cat</a></b>.<br/>Now there’s Keyboard Man, a guy impersonating Keyboard Cat.<br/><br/><iframe class="embeddedvideo" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tu0qtEwb9gE&hl=nl_NL&fs=1?rel=0&ap=%2526fmt%3D18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="294"></iframe><br/><br/><small><i>(via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.b3ta.com/">b3ta</a>)</i></small><div class="blogger-post-footer"> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://presurfer.blogspot.com">The Presurfer</a><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4622293537556367218-4911896611564505866?l=presurfer.blogspot.com" alt=""/> </div> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8xJ6qCJtRgvqCzdfvBqn9EqgWk8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8xJ6qCJtRgvqCzdfvBqn9EqgWk8/0/di" border="0" ismap/></a><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8xJ6qCJtRgvqCzdfvBqn9EqgWk8/1/da"><img/></a></p>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883946092http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883946092Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:02:48 +0200<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/presurfer/~3/E4D04MVJK3U/chocolate-hills-of-bohol.html">The Chocolate Hills Of Bohol</a>: <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6B8tPuW7TwQ/TFP4rlWpygI/AAAAAAAARrw/q5J8B_JCAG4/s1600/chobohol.jpg"><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width:400px;height:192px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6B8tPuW7TwQ/TFP4rlWpygI/AAAAAAAARrw/q5J8B_JCAG4/s400/chobohol.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500012997594696194"/></a><small><i><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hulivili/4537481169/">image credit</a></i></small><br/><br/>Bohol in the Philippines is home to a dramatically unusual geographic feature - the <b><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kuriositas.com/2010/07/chocolate-hills-of-bohol.html">Chocolate Hills</a></b>. A shame, but a certain Mr Wonka has not been visiting (and…</p>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883946095http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883946095Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:02:48 +0200<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/presurfer/~3/hlJUtYSsDiM/edible-drinking-glasses.html">Edible Drinking Glasses</a>: <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6B8tPuW7TwQ/TFP39jdHZKI/AAAAAAAARro/jyPKY_1rQaQ/s1600/eddrglass.jpg"><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width:400px;height:250px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6B8tPuW7TwQ/TFP39jdHZKI/AAAAAAAARro/jyPKY_1rQaQ/s400/eddrglass.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500012206810948770"/></a><br/>Edible, flavored and naturally biodegradable gelatinous <b><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2010/07/edible-drinking-glasses-that-encourage.html">drinking cups</a></b>. The cups are made entirely out of agar agar (a gelatinous substance made from red algae) and cast in different…</p>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883946099http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883946099Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:02:48 +0200<a href="http://cbs2.com/watercooler/south.dakota.hailstone.2.1835161.html">Giant South Dakota Hailstone Breaks U.S. Records</a>: <p>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says a giant hailstone that fell in central South Dakota has broken U.S. records, even though the man who found it says it melted somewhat while…</p>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883036448http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883036448Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:30:47 +0200<a href="http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CbsNewsApStrange/~3/kdeDYjvqcpY/main6729920.shtml">Woman With Broken Leg Calls 911; Suspect Collapses</a>: <p>Police Find Man Passed Out After Woman, 82, With Broken Leg, Crowbar Reports Break-in Attempt</p> <div class="feedflare"> </div>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883036484http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/883036484Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:30:47 +0200<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/7918759/Toy-Story-3-meets-Inception.html">Toy Story 3 meets Inception</a>: <p>Trailer for cartoon animation sequel re-cut with trailer for Inception.</p>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703149http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703149Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:32:10 +0200<a href="http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CbsNewsApStrange/~3/MXGv_ZnO3kM/main6727990.shtml">Police: Ohio Driver In Chase Stopped At Red Lights</a>: <p>Cincinnati Police Say Speeding Driver Fled But Kept Stopping At Red Lights During Chase</p> <div class="feedflare"> </div>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703221http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703221Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:32:10 +0200<a href="http://newslite.tv/2010/07/30/drivers-escape-from-amazing-tr.html">Drivers escape from amazing truck race crash</a>: <p><iframe class="embeddedvideo" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nOar0MrX7B4&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="250" width="300"><b>A pair of drivers have survived a dramatic truck race crash in Brazil. <br/></b><br/>As one of the speeding truck drivers lost control during the Formula Truck series event at Interlagos, he ploughed…</iframe></p>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703140http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703140Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:32:10 +0200<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7918639/Council-bans-miniskirts-because-revealing-clothing-can-be-offensive.html">Council bans miniskirts 'because revealing clothing can be offensive'</a>: <p>Female council workers have been banned from wearing miniskirts because bosses fear their employees’ attire could be offensive to some families.</p>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703218http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703218Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:32:10 +0200<a href="http://newslite.tv/2010/07/30/dutch-brewery-produces-worlds.html">Dutch brewery produces world's strongest beer</a>: <p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"><img alt="275x250.jpg" src="http://newsliteimgs.s3.amazonaws.com/100730_beer.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="float:left;margin:0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="300" width="300"/></span><b>A Dutch brewer has revealed what they claim is the world’s strongest beer — with a whopping 60%ABV. <br/></b><br/>That’s even stronger than ‘The End of History’ by Scottish firm BrewDog, which was…</p>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703211http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703211Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:32:10 +0200<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/insurance/pet/7918469/Pet-insurance-is-no-laughing-matter.html">Pet insurance is no laughing matter</a>: <p>After four claims in four years, The Telegraph’s Personal Finance Editor decides its time to write about pet insurance.</p>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703227http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703227Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:32:10 +0200<a href="http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CbsNewsApStrange/~3/i588yDs1ovk/main6729073.shtml">Inmate Sues Man He's Convicted Of Burglarizing</a>: <p>Fla. Inmate Sues Man He’s Convicted Of Burglarizing, Claiming He Was Hurt In Citizen’s Arrest</p> <div class="feedflare"> </div>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703246http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703246Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:32:10 +0200<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WeirdAsiaNews/~3/_w7HnsoZt3A/">Japan Proposes Holographic World Cup 2022</a>: <p>Japanese officials have made a six million dollar bid for the 22nd edition of the World Cup (2022) that proposes the actual tournament be broadcast all across the world via real-time holographic…</p>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703173http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703173Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:32:10 +0200<a href="http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com/click.phdo?i=f814852a93691e4a81828ee9f6448ce0">'What gall!' Inmate sues his crime victims</a>: <p>A Florida inmate has filed a lawsuit seeking $500,000 in damages from 3 men who caught him red-handed with a stolen bicycle, claiming they roughed him up, a newspaper said.</p>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703168http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703168Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:32:10 +0200<a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/324/f/4509/s/c6562cb/l/0L0Smetro0O0Cweird0C8366570Edutch0Ebrewer0Ereclaims0Eworlds0Estrongest0Ebeer0Ecrown0Efrom0Ebrits/story01.htm">Dutch brewer reclaims world's strongest beer crown from Brits</a>: <p>Barely a week after British brewers BrewDog unveiled the world’s strongest beer, their title has been snatched away from them once more by Dutch rivals - who have produced a beer that is 60% alcohol.</p>http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703194http://www.theweirdbit.org/post/881703194Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:32:10 +0200