Not For the Scared of Heights

Link Scroll down for today's pictures & links. Not For the Scared of Heights The newly opened "Skyscreamer" at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas is a pretty wild ride: a carousel suspended 400ft in the sky - the world's tallest? (we hear there is another one 400ft tall at Grönalund in Stockholm, Grona Lund Eclipse) - more info. Link Today's pictures & links: Incredible Storm Rolling over Tula, Russia Sinister shelf clouds hanging over the urban landscape of apartment buildings - (original unknown) ------------ This is not a Star Trek / 1970s Scifi spaceship This is the "Futurama" General Motors pavilion at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair - see the cool retro video here. (image via) Another great vintage image from "This Island Earth" movie, 1955 (with Rex Reason, Faith Domerque and a "mutant" monster) - (image credit: James Vaughan) ------------ First Man in Space, taking a siesta Yury Gagarin, 1934 - 1968, relaxing in a chair, perhaps even thinking about a short nap - (image via) ------------ Mixed fresh links for today: China Builds a Superbuilding in June, ugly? - [838 m tall] New Zealand is part of the huge sunken Zealandia continent! - [interesting] Short on Cash in Italy? Pay with Cheese! - [weird, travel] Ruins of Super Science - [abandoned, overview] The First Image Ever of a Hydrogen Atom's Orbit - [cool] Extremely Rare Kind of Lightning - [a "Red Sprite"] Greatest Soviet Cosmonauts - [space, info] Russian Gun at International Space Station - [weird info, space] Making the "Hugo" Automaton: Behind the Scenes - [great video] Great Vintage Style Surreal Music Video - [wow video] Hilarious, Unexpected: Putting on Makeup - [fun video ad] "Amsterdam Drift" in a Canal - [wow video] Adorable Hamster Fail - [fun video] Penniless Young Guys Trying to Live Well in 2013 - [new web series] Truly Weird Presidents in Action - [weird pics] Good Independent Film to Promote - [video trailer] Weird: Insects Used in Medicine - [strange stuff] Extremely Rare Color Video of London in 1927 - [wow video] ------------ Beautiful Industrial Photo from 1931 "Komsomolets at the Wheel, Balakhna" - photo by a prominent Soviet photojournalist and photographer Arkady Shaikhet (image credit: Arkady Shaikhet) ------------ The Road to Success A truly epic vintage illustration, from 1913 - click to enlarge: (image via) Originally published in The Etude music magazine, in October 1913. ------------ Neat vintage accounting machines - typewriters on steroids! ------------ Famous people, who were perhaps born at the wrong time Here is how they would look in our day and age: Leo Tolstoy - Modest Mussorgsky, famous russian composer, info - Vladimir Lenin - A Beautiful Unknown Woman - original is a well-known painting, by Ivan Kramskoi, 1883 - Mona Lisa managing a local corner store - and Vladimir Putin in our day and age, no Photoshop needed: ------------ Does anyone remember "Brass" comic series, from 1996? Truly gorgeous mecha art by Richard Bennett (story by Aron Wiesenfeld). Here is the info on the series. (image via) ------------ Bubbles: Unique Pattern Formed in a Sink (image via) This is just one of many cool images from Reddit's Mildly Insteresting section, which are, well, mildly interesting... (and recommended). ------------ Classic Nokia phone is nearly indestructible ... and pretty useful in a variety of situations: ... and here is how you communicate your plight when a cell phone (or other radio) is not an option: (image via) "These words appeared in the sky above Los Angeles on March 23, as part of a prank by comedian by Kurt Braunohler." ------------ This Onion is Grumpy (original unknown) Go This Way! (original unknown) READ THE PREVIOUS ISSUE -> READ ALL BISCOTTI ISSUES HERE -> Make sure to check our daily updates on Facebook!