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Look smashingly stylish for inevitable photographer duels with the MoneyMaker Multi-Camera holster. The fashionable harness holds up to three DSLR cameras and can also be converted into a video rig for steady film shooting on the go.

Made out of top grain leather with anchored D-rings, this is the only multi-camera harness that actually gets better with age. The brown harness is oil tanned, making it very soft and malleable. The natural harness actually darkens with use and exposure to the sun.

Full listing at Hold Fast Gear.

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Yes, it’s that time of year again when you kick yourself for not finding a sitter for the kids early enough to spend a romantic night or two in lovely Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, breathlessly awaiting a groundhog’s weather report.

Funny thing about Groundhog Day is that to know the groundhog is to hate it with the fiery passion of a thousand suns, yet we have a holiday devoted to this big rodent. Why? Let C.G.P. Grey answer this most pressing question, and next year, we’ll see you in Punxsutawney!

Full story at YouTube via Laughing Squid.

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This is probably the cutest thing you’ll see all day. Ohio-based identity designer Adam Ladd asked his five-year-old daughter to say the first thing that came to her head when presented with popular logos. Her answers will make you smile until it hurts.

Via Swiss Miss.

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At the age you were learning to tie your shoes and still had a string holding your mittens together, these brainy children around the globe are learning languages, getting degrees, and changing the world. Business Insider just published a fascinating look at child prodigees, old and new. In it, you’ll read all about 16 of the smartest children in history.

See three of them below:

Akrit Jaswal—The seven-year-old surgeon

Kathleen Holtz—The eighteen-year-old lawyer

Saffron Pledger—The three-year-old with an IQ score of 140

Full story at Business Insider.

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Is there anything you can’t find on Etsy? Check out this incredible Star Trek USS Enterprise coffee table made out of ash, poplar and cherry wood. It took seller Barry Shields a month and two tries to cut the 1/4” glass perfectly.

If you had built this, could you ever bring yourself part with it? That Barry Shields is a strong man.

Via LikeCool.

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It isn’t a road trip without jerky, but depending on where the road (or a crap navigator) leads you, the bags in the gas station might be packing a punch that ain’t comin’ from a cow, as this list from WebEcoist goes to show.

Where there’s meat, there’s jerky, though we’re betting there are plenty of soy-alternatives on the market for those Prius-driving hippies out there.

Emu jerky

The flavor can be described as being dark, angst-ridden and overly emotional… wait, that’s Emo Jerky. Emu Jerky isn’t anything like that, being made from the meat of Australia’s largest native bird. Emus are flightless birds farmed for their low-fat meat, and Emu Jerky often contains fruit like raisins or cranberries as well as the usual spices.

Kangaroo jerky

“Kangaroo Jerky, the perfect outback snack”… and though I just made that up, it could very easily be true. Kangaroos are Australia’s largest native mammal and since the Tasmanian Tiger was driven to extinction, they don’t really have any native predators besides Australians in cars.

Full story at WebEcoist.

Official snack of the road trip.

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The designers of the Lexus LF-LC Concept were awarded an Eyes on Design Award for Design Excellence. Has the outrageously contoured LF-LC captured perfection?

Whether or not you think the outrageously contoured LF-LC Concept by Lexus actually captures perfection, it certainly arrests the eyes. It also represents another entrant in a growing list of upper-price range, environmentally minded exotics. That's right, it's a hybrid.

Full article at HowStuffWorks.com.

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Particle physics usually has a hard time competing with politics and celebrity gossip for headlines, but the Higgs boson has garnered some serious attention. Maybe the famed boson's grand and controversial nickname, the "God Particle," has kept media outlets buzzing.

Who wants to reduce our complicated universe down to its simplest building blocks? A bunch of particle physicists, that's who. Why is the Higgs boson critical to that goal?

Full article at HowStuffWorks.com.

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Political scandals are as old as politics itself. Sex, greed and self-importance often go hand-in-hand with power, money and cronyism, causing many a politician to stray from the straight and narrow. When the dirty details come out, the voters fume, comedians laugh and politicians blush.

Political scandals happen all over the world, and many are as outrageous as any soap opera. This list takes a look at the most infamous ones, including:

• Teapot Dome Scandal
• Wilbur Mills
• The Moshe Katsav Rape Scandal

Full list at HowStuffWorks.com.

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In 2004, a study was published estimating that 1.5 percent of the population is asexual, lacking sexual attraction to anyone. Although it might be hard to perceive of sex being a moot point, a mere mechanical operation meant for reproduction, self-identified asexuals assure that it's a reality.

Test your knowledge of life sans sex with this Asexuality Quiz.

Show what you know at HowStuffWorks.com.

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What you’ll need is a frozen lake, a sharp knife, warm hands and some dry leaves or wood. A sunny day is also necessary.

Find the clearest ice you can find. Carve out a big chunk of it. Then, shape the ice into a disk, and use the warmth of your hands to melt it into a smooth, round lens. Finally, just like you used to use a magnifying glass to set ants on fire, adjust the angle of the ice disk until rays of sunlight shine through it. Focus the sunbeam onto a spot on the ground where you’ve placed some tinder. And voila – fire!

Full story at Discovery News.

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With an election year upon us in the United States, voters are getting a closer look at the two parties that dominate the American political landscape: the Republicans and the Democrats. Third parties, however, typically operate beyond the notice of most voters.

Most political organizations outside the mainstream get little attention. Some legitimately strive to push change through the ballot box. Others, however, are fringe groups, existing in both the United States and internationally in governments with multi-party systems, that really never stood much of a chance.

Full story at Discovery News.

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Two 15-minute tickles could be the future of male birth control. New research on rats indicates that currently available ultrasound machinery could be used to kill off sperm-growing cells, technology that could render males infertile.

"Our noninvasive ultrasound treatment reduced sperm reserves in rats far below levels normally seen in fertile men," study researcher James Tsuruta, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said in a statement.

Full story at Discovery News.

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