Famous Objects From Classic Movies is a fairly addictive online trivia game (admittedly, some, but not all of the questions are very easy) inviting you – the time waster – to identify famous movies from the silhouette of a random iconic prop.
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Pincho Factory restaurant in Miami, Florida sells what they call ‘The Elvis Burger’, containing all the key elements of The King’s favourite snack: peanut butter, bananas and cheese on a 5oz patty in a toasted brioche bun.
Thankyouverymu…akkk…my aorta…
foodbeast
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsg6HcK_0FQ
The electric-powered Fiik skateboard has a 22 mile range, three speed settings, an ABS braking system, a wireless remote control and a top speed of about 23mph.
But you’ll want to be fairly serious about your laziness, because it costs around $1600, plus post and packing from Australia.
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAe5P_xYoKg
Youtuber, Joseph Brett amps up the melodrama and recuts the trailer for teen slacker classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off as a hipster rite de passage:
My aim was to make it look more like an indie coming of age film; perhaps the kind of film Sofia Coppola or Godard might make. The music is ‘A Slight Return Home’ by Wood Pigeon.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. You’ve probably never heard of it.
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This is the picturesque 17th century castle in the village of Moszna, south-west Poland.
Why the village was named Moszna is best known to its founders, because the word has another meaning in Polish.
A linguistic treat, lying in wait for tourists as they scroll down through the results of a Google Image Search.
(Thanks, CairoTango)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrRrzOEWvTU
You’re in Alaska, at a town called Unalaska. It’s 11pm: broad daylight. You hear a fox.
The back yard is filled with eagles.
Now, read on.
neatorama
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxRT60-kw78
A dust devil lifts hundreds of metres of agricultural fleece from a strawberry field in Pupping, Austria, creating something akin to the plastic bag scene in American Beauty, only on a vast scale.
Weird. Gorgeous. Keeps getting better. Go full screen.
The only thing missing is the Thomas Newman theme. Someone should get on that.