This unbelievably ripped 70-year-old man is not a cyborg (I think)

This unbelievably ripped 70-year-old man is not a cyborg (I think)

Holy cow. Now this is how you take care of your body. And this is how you live your life. And this is how you maximize your potential. Meet Sam ‘Sonny’ Bryant Jr. He’s a 70-year-old bodybuilder who doesn’t look a day over 40 and has a ridiculously ripped body that puts everyone younger than him to shame. His muscles look so good that I think they’re CGI. Or that Sonny is actually some cyborg. Or a time traveler.

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Why the hell are these F-18 pilots taking off from public roads?

Why the hell are these F-18 pilots taking off from public roads?Watch these F-18 pilots training to take off and land on public roads, a skill they used to practice more often back in the Cold War days, when they had to be ready in case the Soviet Union decided to bomb their airfields during an invasion.

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Blizzard now funds college-aimed gaming tournaments: students beware

It would seem that the term “exports” is going to be continuing to take hold as Blizzard has suggested that they’ll be funding “collegiate exports” soon. This “Membership Milestone Program” … Continue reading

This is what $425,659.59 in camera gear looks like

This is what $425,659.59 in camera gear looks like

These are all the cameras and lenses that the Getty Images photographers have brought to the Sochi Winter Games. Exactly $425,659.59, according to Robert Cianflone in Petapixel—"that’s the value of a house and more than a Lamborghini Aventador!"

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Amazing visualizations of the Winter Game’s venues in the middle of NY

Amazing visualizations of the Winter Game's venues in the middle of NY

The New York Times has a great visualization of major Winter Olympic Games in the middle of Manhattan. This vision of Sochi’s bobsled course in the middle of Times Square is so good.

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These incredibly realistic paintings are made just using smoke

These incredibly realistic paintings are made just using smoke

This is a portrait of Sir Roger Norrington created by Michael Fennel using just smoke. Not charcoal, not ashes, no fingers, no brushes—just actual smoke coming from a flame, pushing carbon particles into the air until they get stuck to the canvas.

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Impressive video of a falcon hunting its prey is like a WW2 dogfight

New Scientist has a story on how peregrine falcons rely on a sailors’ trick to hunt down their prey. The video is like watching one of those World War II dogfighting films.

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You won’t believe this picture of Santa Claus was drawn with MS Paint

The things some people can do with a pencil and paper are just ridiculous. The things some people can do with Photoshop or iPad apps is just unreal. Art is amazing! But what might be as impressive as any of that is what this guy did with MS Paint. He created an unbelievably photo realistic picture of Santa Claus with everyone’s favorite stick figure drawing medium.

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Ice climber impossibly survives a punishing fall from ice wall

Ice climber impossibly survives a punishing fall from ice wall

Ouch. That has got to hurt. Ice climber Mark R. was climbing up a mountain when he was sent plummeting down by a piece of falling ice that hit him. He then basically avalanches down the mountain side and hits every rock down the way. It’s like a scene from Game of Thrones but completely real. And even more insane because Mark R. survived.

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Amazing Landforms Shaped By Animals

Amazing Landforms Shaped By Animals

Humans have their dynamite; wind and water have time on their side; but animals, too, can reshape their landscape on a massive scale. None of these are the work of a lone gopher or even a single mighty elephant, but generations and generations of animals slowly chipping away.

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