"Life is a series of surprises." said the American essayist, writer and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. One such is the stunning time-lapse recording 9,000,000 words, which reminds us that life is made up of tiny little things, which in the end, like pebbles in a mosaic, form a whole. Live in the moment and enjoy what life has to offer, because everything passes too quickly, like the mentioned time-lapse video by Patrick Weldon. And if a picture is worth a thousand words, a time-lapse recording is worth more than 9 million!
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Speed has always been an obsession for man. Being the fastest is the desire of athletes and many cars, because the title brings eternal, well, at least five minutes of fame. Humans are driven to push boundaries, and the fastest in the world are those who have pushed this boundary the longest. Check out the compilation of speed records of all living things.
Women usually fall into two camps when it comes to men with body and facial hair. On one side there are those who can hardly resist such men, and on the other end there are those who don't care. Beard, mustache, "love carpet", hairy back, clean appearance, baldness, etc., strongly divide women's opinions, but they change over the years. Still, back hair never really meets with high approval, while chest hair has a much larger following. Check out what other women think about other types of body and facial hair in men.
Remember Isaiah Webb aka Incredibeard? The husband has got some serious competition in the bizarreness of what to do with his beard. But creative director Adriano Alarcon took a different approach to his Fifty Fifty Selfie Barber Shop project, leaving half of his hipster beard intact and shaving the other half and swapping the hair for various objects and creatures. Cockroaches, chocolate crumbs, ants, popcorn, sharpening remnants and other objects "overgrew" exactly half of his face.
What do power naps, cute online animal videos and music have in common? According to some research, all of them have been scientifically proven to increase our productivity at work. Yes, even cat videos, as they have a beneficial effect on our memory, level of alertness, performance and mood, among other things. But what are the other tricks with which we can increase our productivity, read below.
Last year we reported that Marko Korošec became the winner of the National Geographic Traveler magazine photography contest. Unfortunately, there are no Slovenians among this year's winners of the Traveler Photo Contest 2015, so there is no shortage of stunning photos. The stormy supercell ("Independence Day") of the Slovenian storm chaser was succeeded by the underwater photograph "Whale Whisperers" by Anuar Patjana Floriuk.
Most of us will never know what it's like to be outrageously rich. Some have a bit more, others are struggling to survive, but there are few who are sitting on a pile of money. But some people, despite not being very financially savvy, give the impression that they are really rich. How do they manage to sell themselves like that? How do they convince people they are rich over and over again?
For many women, becoming a mother is the final and ultimate goal - the last hurrah, the step towards which they have been marching all their lives. The idea of having children is ingrained in us since childhood, and the importance of reproduction is also rooted in religion. In the Christian creed, Adam and Eve were given to Earth for reproduction, for the creation of the human race. Of course, all of this is additionally influenced by pop culture - films such as Najeta mama (Baby Mama, 2008) or What to Expect When You're Expecting? (What To Expect When You're Expecting, 2012) perpetuates the idea that the children we have alone will somehow fulfill our entire lives. Maybe it's true, maybe children really do make our lives worthwhile. They also make it more stressful - from social, financial and environmental aspects. Even science says that reproduction is a bad idea. In the article, we can read what are the main reasons why science believes that children should not be had.
You probably know that your smartphone is capable of many things, but if you learn how to turn it into a 3D hologram the plebeian way, you'll kick all your friends' ass. To make it, you only need a CD case (for those of you who don't know what a CD is, ask Uncle Google), an alpha knife, some adhesive tape, a pen, a ruler and graph paper. You can find the instructions in a YouTube video by MrWhoseTheBoss.
Would you like to become a millionaire? Who would not! And although this sounds almost utopian, the wish is not unachievable. The fact is that we are all born as boys or girls, not as Bill Gates, Oprah and the like. Of course, some people are born with a silver spoon in their mouth, but unfortunately, not all of us are so lucky. Therefore, we can join them in the club of the wealthy. Admittedly, only in old age, but still. Check how much money you need to put aside every day to be a millionaire by the age of 65.
Don't want your brush to drip? Would you like to wash your wine glasses in the dishwasher, but are afraid that they will break? Are you annoyed that your crew-neck T-shirt keeps falling off the hanger? The screw no longer grips? There is only one solution for all the mentioned problems - an elastic band! Check out these and six other useful eraser tricks that will make your life easier in this video from trick guru Crazy Russian Hacker.
Let's face it, happiness and work rarely go hand in hand. The results of a 2013 Gallup survey of more than 180 million people even say that only 13 percent of employees are satisfied with their jobs. They also proved to be more motivated, energetic and productive than their unhappy colleagues. The good news of the research is that genetics only affects a measly 5 percent of our job satisfaction, which means that the rest is up to us...