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Here’s a new way to clean up your streets, pay people to use the restroom. If only San Francisco used this approach instead of offering toilets you have to pay to use. The streets sure would smell nicer.
I guess if you’re really poor you have a new option of places to live for your panhandling. Personally though, I’d go to Scandinavia, those bums make bank.
Story found via Neatorama.
I’ve just discovered a ton of posts on WebUrbanist featuring abandoned towns, buildings and more. The pictures are incredible and the stories behind some of them are just plain insane.
Russia, Europe, the US, Africa, and Asia are all included. It’s pretty nutso.
Check them out:
here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.
Quote of the Day:
“I guess sometimes you have to lie to find the truth.” -Scott Westerfeld
Fact of the Day:
100 years ago, the maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
Be sure to celebrate this one, it’s Chocolate Day…mmmmm
Link of the Day:
Genre by Don Hertzfeldt, another one of his amazing films. This one is about movie genres.
Quote of the Day:
“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.” -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Fact of the Day:
The most common food allergy among children under 3 years old is to milk. Roughly 2.5 percent (about 1 in 40 kids) are allergic to milk. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
The start of San Fermin, the week-long celebration in Pamplona that is best known for including the running of the bulls.
Link of the Day:
Add some art into your life with these amazing drawings on dirty car windows by Scott Wade.
Quote of the Day:
“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” -Mahatma Gandhi
Fact of the Day:
For the price of one lawyer, you could pay the salaries of a rehabilitation counselor ($33,350) and a substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselor ($37,830) and still have enough left over to pay a marriage and family therapist ($45,310).-Source
Today’s Holiday:
The Church of the SubGenius’ X-Day -if you need to know more, just click it.
Link of the Day:
How about the strange semi-cult giving us Today’s Holiday today? The Church of the SubGenius.
I am so excited! Glamorati recently held a contest for the writer who could get the most snarky gossip headlines published to their site. I won and I have to say, I’ve never had so much fun earning money. If you like being a little bitchy, go check out their site, it’s fantastic!
These little insect faces have so much personality. It almost makes the critters lovable even though they’re still creepy and dirty.
The one on the left looks like a cute old man.
Check them out here.
Via Neatorama.
Quote of the Day:
“Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.” -John Locke
Fact of the Day:
The American national anthem, the “Star-Spangled Banner,” is set to the tune of an English drinking song (“To Anacreon in Heaven”). –Source
Today’s Holiday:
American Independance Day…boring, it’s also Filipino-American Friendship Day.
Link of the Day:
How about some of InventorSpot’s American flag action? The tattoo is probably the worst thing I’ve ever seen, but let’s hear it for American kitty…stay away from me-e. American kitty, mama let me be-e. Ok, I’m done now.