Freak of the Week : Study and get an iPad

Though the iPad may seem like a big bust, still having one can make you look badass. Now, have you ever imagined yourself studying for the sake of your future and at the same time being rewarded for it now? This happens to scholars most of the time. But students from Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, specifically full-time students, will be rewarded by well, being a student there by receiving an iPad starting this fall.

With iPad's ability to host eBooks, students from the university will be instructed to purchase their lecture books from the iBook Store. Pretty cool. With that, the students won't be obligated to take down notes on bulky notebooks and bring with them books that I assume most of the time, won't be read at all. I wish all schools will be like that. [thenextweb]

Little girl does it all

Can you solve a Rubik's cube? Probably yes. Can you balance a set of books? Maybe yes. Do you know pi up to its nth digit? Well, probably not. Are you girl? Yes, there is a high chance. But can you do this? Of course, NOT. This is just awesome right here. [Guyism]

Freak of the Week : LegoLand California

I have featured previously a collection of insane, life-sized figures made completely out of Lego. Now, imagine those life-sized figures in an environment also made completely out of Lego. Well, not all of them, but most of them. Now what do you get? A LegoLand. And this LegoLand is the only one found outside of Europe, the others being in Denmark, Windsor (England), and Germany. [PlanetOddity]

See the photos after the cut.

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Freak of the Week : King of Cards

It took this architect 44 days to build and break his own Guiness World Record of the biggest house made of completely nothing but plain playing cards. Bryan Berg, who is just insanely talented, used 218,792 cards to produce a replica of the Venetian Macau. Sweet. [via Daily Mail UK]

Berg poses with his work of art which is displayed right where his model is patterned. Adorable.

The model. I hope he builds one based on our house.

Freak of the Week : Hussein's Palaces

With Saddam Hussein being dead for a while now, and him being a freak of nature when it comes to accumulating assets, there's no doubt that there will be some of his belongings that will be left behind. And the American soldiers have been very resourceful, using Hussein's palaces as temporary shelters.

 

After Hussein was forced out of his ruling supremacy, the US Army moved their headquarters in Al-Faw Palace in Camp Victory, which is pictured above. Some of the photos after the cut, and the original article at the end of this sentence. [via WebUrbanist]

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Nail of Christ's Crucifixion?

A nail dating back from the time Christ's crucifixion was found in a remote fort that was once believed to be a stronghold of the Knights Templar. A nail was found and was believed to be used by the Roman empire in their thousands of crucifixion, dating back in the days.

the four-inch nail that was found.

photo by Greg Grundy

Archaeologists say that due to the nail's astounding condition of safekeeping, it might be an important relic after all. Now that would be awesome. [via Telegraph]

Freak of the Week : Best Fossil Ever

I've seen plenty of fossils myself, well at least on TV screens and on rare times, in person. The T-Rex's fossil used to be my favorite, especially when it was given life in the movie Night at the Museum. But now, this is my new favorite. [via National Geographic News]

Armadillo fossil? Nope. This is an ancient crocodile fossil

found is Sao Paolo, Brazil. Awesome.

Playing with fire

This man, resembling Jesus, touches the Olympic flame. And maybe gets arrested.

Freak of the Week: Camouflaging

The photo below depicts a lady posing nicely, with all the artistic painting and those bright colors. The question is, is it REALLY a painting,  or a real life model? Click the image to enlarge and see for yourself. [via reddit]

The Real Facebook

Would you still be on Facebook if you turn out like this? Great Photoshop. [via Gizmodo]

Flipbook Awesomeness

I've pretty much created my own flipbook animation, but they were usually just a few pages long, and oftentimes consisted of stickmen in peril, usually being crushed to their death. But this one is really jaw dropping and time consuming indeed. Great work.

Freak of the Week: WTF Exam Answers

So yesterday, my blog was officially one month old. I'm not into the whole "month-sary" thing, and because I'm still moping about how my grades will turn out this sem, I wasn't able to post anything yesterday. But today, to make me feel a little light about my exams, I found the following photos. I wish I could do them in a major exam. See more after the jump or visit Funny Exam's website.

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Get your tongue twisted

A certain Dutchman named Dr Gerard Nolst Trenité created this poem which will prove that English is a tough language. This is the corrected and updated version of The Chaos. Read it out loud, and see how good or bad you really are when it comes to the English language. Forgive me if the spacing or the overall look of the poem is not pleasing, I just copy pasted it from Spelling Society, so be sure to visit the original article here. Read out the next stanzas after the cut. [via Mental_Floss]

The Chaos

by Dr Gerard Nolst Trenite 

Dearest creature in creation
Studying English pronunciation,

I will teach you in my verse

Sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse.

I will keep you, Susy, busy,
Make your head with heat grow dizzy;

Tear in eye, your dress you'll tear;

Queer, fair seer, hear my prayer.

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Redemption

A convicted forger was found dead by prison guards in the late 1800s, specifically in Sing Sing prison. In his body they found seven regular pins with this crazy art, which he presumably did throughout his sentence. He went blind because of his art. Read the original write up here.

The Lord's Prayer in a gold pin. Take note, it's a pin head.