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We’ve seen smart helmets, cheese helmets, and imitation skull helmets, but I can’t say we’ve ever seen a walnut helmet or butt helmet. Perhaps there wasn’t much demand for such things. Well, in this age of the long tail, someone is sure to buy a helmet that makes you look like a golf ball because… okay, I don’t have any reason to believe that, but somehow I know it’s true. I can feel it in my watermelon.

Go out. Enjoy the weekend. Get itchy sand in your swimsuit. Go play doctor with some real people. But first, pass this along your Facebook friends. And add it to the list of reasons you should quit Facebook.

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These amusing suitcase stickers are damned funny. Before parting with your money, however, you should remember that the folks that police the airports around the world are not known for having senses of humor. In fact, your little joke just might convince the TSA guy to put down the wand and don a pair of rubber gloves; which is something that neither you nor he want. So think carefully before buying.

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It’s the monster truck of skateboards! No that’s not a clever photoshop above, that’s an actual still shot from the video below showing the world’s largest skateboard in action. Joe Ciaglia, the owner of California Skateparks built this monstrosity. They should take this big ol’ board down to the local skatepark and join the rest of the dudes there trying over and over again unsuccessfully to ollie off a 6 inch curb.

The blue blood folk’s a.k.a Royalty, are always given special treatment wherever they go. Take for instance Queen Elizabeth II’s recent trip to the Pinewood Toronto Studios in Canada. The 84-yearl old Queen got to witness a scene being filmed in 3D, and then immediately watched it played back on a big projection screen. But if you think the Queen wore the usual 3D glasses to watch the scene, think again. The Queen was given a special pair of 3D glasses that were encrusted with Swarovski crystals! Talk about special treatment. Now did the bling, distract the royal from watching the scene is something we do not know.

Give your beloved fido the luxury of his own camper van with the “Pet Camper” by Straight Line Designs. The classic Airstream-inspired camper van is made of fiberglass and aluminum stainless steel to let your pooch travel in style.

A recent real estate listing has shown just why London is considered one of the most expensive cities in the world. And if you think the aforementioned real estate listing is for some luxurious mansion, prepare to be surprised! Estate agents, Knight Frank have placed a £1.25 million ($1.8 million) price tag on rundown garages that come complete with mildew on the paintwork and overgrown shrubbery. The huge price is attributed to the plush address of these garages i.e. Primrose Hill district. The garages do not even have planning permission in place but the property is being billed as a golden opportunity to develop. Although it does have free title so that any building work could go ahead. Primrose hill district is known as a celebrity hangout with Kate Moss at the heart of the so-called ‘Primrose Hill’ set. TV chef Jamie Oliver and actor Jude Law also have homes there.

“This can’t be real” was my first thought. Then I checked the source: The Guatemalan government. This sinkhole appeared last sunday in a street intersection of Ciudad de Guatemala. Just looking at the photo gives me vertigo.

A sinkhole is a natural depression caused by the removal of underground soil by water. Usually, it happens when the substrate is formed by limestone, carbonate rock, salt beds or any other rock that is easily eroded by water streams. The process could be slow, but sometimes the land just cracks open without notice. In this case, it happened suddenly, swallowing an entire house. The cause: Massive underground water torrents created by tropical storm Agatha.

Sinkholes’ size ranges from low terrain depressions to hundred of meters. Unlike the similar sinkhole that killed two teens in 2007, there seems to be no victims. At least one local newspaper is reporting one person dead, but the authorities have not confirmed it. Some neighbors claim that a whole three-story building and a house fell into the hole.

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Now I’ve seen it all. I had a feeling that the drug mafia loves bling, but this is just too much! A raid by the Mexican Police uncovered 31 diamond-studded guns belonging to a drug cartel boss, as per reports from the attorney general’s office. The statement from the federal agency states that the “31 gold - and silver-plated handguns of varying caliber studded with diamonds and engraved with the name ‘Lobo Valencia’”. The raid also caught yielded four rifles, 700 rounds of ammunition, 200 grams of marijuana, jewelry and documents belonging to one Oscar Orlando Nava Valencia.

Sometimes, there are just one too many formulas to remember. This Coke bottle mod should help you out. Simply peel off the label, scan it, open Photoshop, edit the white space with relevant information, use glossy paper to re-print, then stick it back onto the bottle.