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Pokémon Hamburgers Land in Sydney: Junk Food, I Choose YOU!

I am a huge fan of hamburgers. I also recently moved to Colorado from Texas, and Colorado isn’t a Whataburger state. I’m sad about that, but I can now walk from Walmart to the car without…

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This Dangling, Cantilevered House Is Both Awesome and Terrifying

One of the first things a person who is thinking of building any sort of structure is told is to build upon a solid foundation. Normally, people then go find a piece of level, solid earth,…

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Robot Cowboys Are Home on the Range

No cowboy hat. No chaps. Not even a six gun. The latest helper to round up livestock is a robot. What has the world come to? Earlier this month in Sydney, Australia, a team from the…

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Evonik Electric Kite Car Travels Across Australia on Just $15

Whether you like it or not, electric cars are part of our future, and I hope that my next one will be able to function without the need of any gas. Distance races are quite important,…

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Australian Police Deem iOS Maps Unsafe & “Potentially Lethal”

OK, so maybe iOS Maps won’t kill you, but the police in Victoria, Australia have issued a warning to motorists, advising them not to rely on Apple Maps for directions in the town of Mildura.…

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Neon Ghostbusters Sign, Who Ya Gonna Call? an Electrician

Best neon sign ever? Probably. Then again, I’m just a sucker for cool Ghostbusters stuff. Just don’t cross the streams or else the neon in these tubes might explode.…

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A Life-Size LEGO Forest Grows in the Australian Outback

Have you ever wondered what LEGO trees would look like if they actually grew in to the size of real trees? What would plastic trees look like in our world? Well, wonder no more. Plastic plant…

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Aussie Waterfalls Flow Upwards!

This is just insane. The waterfalls along the coast of Southern Australia are actually flowing upwards due to extremely high wind speeds. The large waterfalls as you will see in the video below are still flowing…

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Stormtrooper Plans to Walk All Across Australia for Charity

Sometimes, people do pretty weird and crazy things for no good reason. However, Paul French from the land down under has a good reason for donning his Stormtrooper suit every day because he’s doing it for…

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Real Hoverbike in the Works: Just Don’t Fall Off

When I think of the concept of a hoverbike, what comes to mind is those speeder bikes from the Star Wars saga. You know the ones that the Scout troopers use on Endor in Return of…

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History of Super Mario Bros Tour: 25 Years Packed Into a Caravan

Yet more proof that awesome things never happen where I live. Vooks community member Excite posted these photos of the “History of Super Mario Bros.” caravan, which stopped at Parramatta in New South Wales, Australia. Even…

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Life-Size Plywood Hubble Telescope Won’T Ever Go Into Orbit

These amazing sculptures were created by the Australian artist Peter Hennessey. And no, they can’t fly. They’d probably burn up on lift-off if you even tried to launch one into space. My Hubble will premiere at…

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Solar Equation: It’S Always Sunny in Melbourne, Australia

The city of Melbourne, Australia currently has two suns. There’s the normal one that it shares with the rest of the world and goes away during the night, and there’s the one in Melbourne’s Federation Square,…

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Weta Halo Xbox 360 Casemod Explodes Onto Ebay

What you’re looking at is the millionth Xbox 360 to be sold in Australia and New Zealand, and it’s going to be auctioned off for charity. The customized Xbox 360 was created by Richard Taylor and…

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Giant Origami Tigers Land in Sydney

These gigantic origami tigers signal the beginning of another Year of the Tiger, which will be shortly coming up after Chinese New Year on February 14th. These origami tigers were designed by the Australian firm LAVA…

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X-Cool Calculator Looks Like a Game Controller, Plays No Games

For our latest edition of “why? why not?” comes this basic calculator that does nothing special other than the fact that it looks like a game controller. The X-Cool Calculator looks like something you might play…

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Tag: Australia

Pokémon Hamburgers Land in Sydney: Junk Food, I Choose YOU!

This Dangling, Cantilevered House Is Both Awesome and Terrifying

Robot Cowboys Are Home on the Range

Evonik Electric Kite Car Travels Across Australia on Just $15

Australian Police Deem iOS Maps Unsafe & “Potentially Lethal”

Neon Ghostbusters Sign, Who Ya Gonna Call? an Electrician

A Life-Size LEGO Forest Grows in the Australian Outback

Aussie Waterfalls Flow Upwards!

Stormtrooper Plans to Walk All Across Australia for Charity

Real Hoverbike in the Works: Just Don’t Fall Off

History of Super Mario Bros Tour: 25 Years Packed Into a Caravan

Life-Size Plywood Hubble Telescope Won’T Ever Go Into Orbit

Solar Equation: It’S Always Sunny in Melbourne, Australia

Weta Halo Xbox 360 Casemod Explodes Onto Ebay

Giant Origami Tigers Land in Sydney

X-Cool Calculator Looks Like a Game Controller, Plays No Games

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