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This guy is on a year-long quest to live only off of Groupon offers. he is not allowed to use cash for anything. If he succeeds, he earns $100K from Groupon themselves.
NYC brownstone whose second floor wall rolls up like a garage-door
Redefines the concept of an “open floorplan”. Just don’t try to lean against that wall.
This is one of my multitude of photos from Walt Disney World. It recently attracted the attention of Len Testa who asked to include it in his upcoming book, “The Color Companion to Walt Disney World”. I gave permission and got a copy of the recently released book today. Its on page 276 and I am quite happy with the way it was used and his surrounding text/story.
You can get a copy of the book from Amazon through this link.
The Unofficial Guide: The Color Companion to Walt Disney World (Unofficial Guides)
Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota is now home to the largest R2-D2 on record. Students recently dressed up the Goodsell Observatory to look like the lovable droid from Star Wars fame. (Biggest R2-D2 In the Universe Looks Into the Universe)
Satellite phone provider, Iridium, is undertaking the largest commercial space project in the world. They have ordered 81 satellites and spacecraft and are spending over $2.9 Billion to upgrade the existing network.
Samuel Clemons, better known as Mark Twain, penned his autobiography and stipulated that it not be published until 100 years after his death. Well, that is now. The text has been locked away in a university vault and will be published as a three volume set.

Different photographers on land, and one in the air, caught this UFO over Canada. Impressive footage but it still looks like special effects to me.
An unidentified creature found in a small Canadian town has people stumped. The animal has a long hairy body but is bald on its head, feet and face.