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Heaven On Earth

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The world’s largest salt flats in Bolivia create a striking illusion when the sky reflects off of its surface. When traveling across the flats, people and vehicles appear to be floating in the clouds…. More photos below.

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No, Seriously, It’s Not Safe To Ride In The Bike Lane…

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via reddit. This guy is crazy… it was pretty amusing though. I guess he does have a point. Watch the video below.

Casey Neistat got a ticket for riding his bicycle outside of a bike lane in New York City. He argued with the police officer that sometimes he does so because there are obstructions that make it unsafe to use the designated lane. The cop didn’t care, and issued him the citation anyway.

To prove his point, Mr. Neistat made this video, showing how dangerous it would be to comply with the law…by crashing his bike, over and over again into road hazards. He saved the best for last.

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Nintendo Announces Its Next Console, the Wii U

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via technabob. Nintendo announced the release of its new console, the Wii U, at the E3 press conference. The next generation console comes with 1080p HD video quality, HDMI output, internal flash memory, storage, and full backwards compatibility. Nintendo also seems to have reinvented the controller as well – it seems to look like more of a tablet with a 6.2 inch touchscreen, dual analog sticks, ABXY buttons, shoulder buttons, built in gyroscope and accelerometer, and a player-facing camera and microphone. This should be released in 2012. You wan watch some of the target/reference footage displaying the graphics, and an informational video below.

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Titanic II Sinks On Maiden Voyage

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via YahooNews. Several boats gathered on May 31st in Northern Ireland to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the launch of the Titanic. Briton Mark Wilkinson took his newly acquired boat (a 16-foot cabin cruiser), named the Titanic II, out for it’s maiden voyage, and it promptly sank. Lol. Hat Tip: Amar

“If it wasn’t for the harbourmaster I would have gone down with the Titanic,” Wilkinson, who had to be fished out of the sea at West Bay harbour in Dorset, told local media. “It’s all a bit embarrassing and I got pretty fed up with people asking me if I had hit an iceberg.”