Category: Fun
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New Year’s Day 2013 swim at Newquay Harbour in aid of Clic Sargent
Some brave swimmers tackle the waves at Newquay Harbour on New Year’s Day 2013, in aid of Clic Sargent.
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Happy Birthday Conor Dwyer
Born on January 10th, this is a happy birthday message to Conor Dwyer, an American Swimmer and Olympic Gold Medalist from all his Mexican fans.
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Behold a red-hot ball of nickel being dropped into water
An interesting sound that makes, via Geekologie http://youtu.be/MomYOEHPWUw
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Pruney fingers give us better grip underwater
In 2011, a team at Newcastle University, UK, timed people as they transferred wet or dry objects from one box to another with and without wrinkled fingers. With wrinkles, wet objects were transferred about 12 per cent faster than with unwrinkled fingers, while dry objects were transferred equall fast regardless of wrinkles. The reason for…
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Killer Karaoke, TV Show Dunks a Singing Woman Into a Tank of Live Snakes
“What ever you do, do not stop singing” Via Laughing Squid
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Ice swimming
‘There are strong traditions for ice swimming and dousing with cold water in Russia. They are done for health benefits, as a ritual of the Orthodox Church for the feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, and for sports. Such club members are called “walruses” instead of “polar bears”‘