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frostfire — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:56:02 -0800

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Knitted Motorcycle Helmet

frostfire — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:31:31 -0800

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Missing £1m cabinet found in pizza restaurant

frostfire — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:19:12 -0800

The missing section of a 17th century cabinet worth £1 million has been found outside the toilets of a pizza restaurant in Yorkshire. It had been feared that the stand used to hold the intricate piece of furniture featuring scenes of Rome had been lost forever.

But the carved wooden table which forms the bottom half of the cabinet was recently discovered in an Ask pizzeria, in York, by the Head of Sotheby’s Mario Tavella.

The top half of the furniture, which features a main picture showing a view of St Peter’s Square, in Rome with the Pope blessing the crowd, had been kept by Sotheby’s on behalf of a client but since the discovery the two pieces have been reunited and will go on auction next month.

There are 12 other images of Rome on the piece of furniture.

The top half of the cabinet is decorated with monuments of Rome and thought to have been crafted by a sculptor more than 300 years ago.

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Drink away the Art!

frostfire — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:36:45 -0800

Forget about wandering through an art gallery and wondering if you’re the only one who has no idea what anything means.

Hannes Broecker has brilliantly invited the cultural elite to grab a glass at an exhibition in Dresden, Germany, and drink away the art.

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Dog and Squirrel Armors

frostfire — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:22:53 -0800

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Sculpture made from typewriter parts

frostfire — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:04:13 -0800

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Dare-Devil Stunts

frostfire — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:48:41 -0800

Stuntmen perform on their motorbikes and car on the walls of the "Well of Death" at a fair on the outskirts of Jammu November 28, 2007.

The stuntmen earn their livelihood by performing dare-devil stunts by driving their bikes and cars on the walls of the "Well of Death" and attracting a large number of spectators from all walks of life.

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Python & Kangaroo @ Watering Hole

frostfire — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:44:30 -0800

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Model ship made from bones and human hair goes to auction

frostfire — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:18:48 -0800

A model of the British Royal Navy ship HMS Victory made out of beef bones and human hair will go under the hammer today.

The 28in long model, which was made by French prisoners-of-war incarcerated in British jails during the Napoleonic Wars, will go on auction at Bonhams and is expected to fetch up to £30,000 ($60,000).

It was built from left-over beef bones from the prisoners' meals to pay for their upkeep. Bones form the hull while human hair was used for the rigging and paper tissue for the flags.

Other details include anchors, belfry and ship's boats. It is even fitted with pull cords with bone finials for operating the guns.

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Jellyfish Aquarium

frostfire — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:13:44 -0800

A huge hit in Japan, the Aquapict Jellyfish aquarium shows beautiful color-changing jellyfish swimming as they do in the deep sea, but none of them are real.

Made with highly-realistic silicone, the Aquapict jellyfish swim and change color subtly with the five-color LED lighting system (red, yellow, green, blue, and purple). They move by a slow current created in the tank that does not have an obvious flow or bubbles that make it look fake.

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You can't force people to follow directions they deem arbitrary

Knitted Motorcycle Helmet

Missing £1m cabinet found in pizza restaurant

Drink away the Art!

Dog and Squirrel Armors

Sculpture made from typewriter parts

Dare-Devil Stunts

Python & Kangaroo @ Watering Hole

Model ship made from bones and human hair goes to auction

Jellyfish Aquarium

You can't force people to follow directions they deem arbitrary