Archive for May, 2009
Recently I was reading through a book filled with interesting facts and figures I stumbled upon this list - 25 things that are not what they seem.
It seemed perfect for the site, and so I have reproduced it here for you all.
Without further ado, 25 things that are not what they seem:
1. Items 1 - 5

1. A firefly is not a fly - it is a beetle
2. A prairie dog is not a dog - it is a rodent [image above]
3. India ink is not from India - it is from China and Egypt
4. A horned toad is not a toad - it is a lizard
5. A lead pencil does not contain lead - it contains graphite

This full-sized blue whale website comes to us from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society that urges everyone to “EAT MOR CHIKIN”. Kidding, those are the Chick-Fil-A cows. Damn, now I want a sandwich. Ladies? Anyway, the website was designed to give the average computer user a sense of awe for just how large the sandwich you better be making me should be. Crazy, huh? Those whales are huuuuuuge.

Paramount Pictures has released the first photos from M Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender in Friday’s issue of USA Today. Above is the first photo of Aang (Noah Ringer), the “Last Airbender,” a 12-year-old regional karate star was who discovered in a Texas open casting call. After the jump we’ve also included a tv to film comparison of Dev Patel as Prince Zuko. more…
