The Slow Mo Guys pointed their Phantom at a Canon DSLR to demonstrate how a single lens reflex camera works. At 10,000 frames per second, you can see the the mirror and rolling shutter mechanism in action in several demos. Read the rest

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Bravo, Washington Post web design team and reporter Philip Bump. Bravo. Read the rest

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Marlene Dietrich always wanted to be a classical musician. Since her cabaret act and film career left little time for her to do the required practice, she played the musical saw instead. Throughout World War II she wowed USO audiences with the novelty. Here she is playing "Aloha Oe" in 1944 with the comedic setup she did in her cabaret act. Read the rest

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Seattle high school teacher Jesse Hagopian was walking past police officers while talking on his mobile phone when a shouting police officer hosed him down with pepper spray.

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"Rami is a one-year-old, Pit Bull / Dachshund mix shelter dog who is looking for a home where he can be loved by someone who is really into living, breathing optical illusions running around the house."

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/kEhQKAv16YU/dachshund-pitbull-greatest.html

If your poop contains the kind of microbes that make it suitable for transplants into patients who "need healthy fecal matter in their gut in order to survive," a company called Open Biome wants to buy it from you.

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"I can't dance, I can't sing/I'm just standing here selling."

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/TqbgsdnF9w0/music-i-cant-dance-gen.html

TV shows were much more realistic in the 1970s

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I love my cast iron cookware. Cleaning is made so simple with this chain mail scrubber.

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I'm excited that our pal, Gareth Branwyn, has a new podcast. It's called Caf'e Gaga. Here's what he says about it: Read the rest

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The practice is a violation of medical ethics and international law. And the U.S. knows and admits it. Read the rest

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The Pew Research Center tells us Americans like science and think our scientists are great, but we disagree with them on things like science.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/ZFxga7t0HI4/america-and-its-scientists-we.html

The jet triggered car alarms, upset dogs, disrupted hot yoga classes, and just generally freaked everyone out. Read the rest

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He may sing better than the humans on each side.

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That look of wonder on their pudgy little baby faces.

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"She's seen the ads, she thinks it's nice/ Better work hard - I seen the price"

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/tAv5LWnq5Cs/music-the-magnificent-seven.html

DJ Molles zombie stories are some of my favorites. I put off reading his third installment, The Remaining: Refugees, and could wait no longer!

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The Library of Congress site contains gems like this map showing the proposed final link of the original world wide web: the proposed trans-Pacific telegraph line, envisioned with Civil War-era technology. Read the rest

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Future's DJ Esco describes what it was like to get busted with 15 grams of weed at the Dubai airport and get sent to jail.

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