Could you photoshop Christine into the picture please

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Here’s a funny real-life exchange between family members and a practical-joking graphic artist while trying to get a missing family member photoshopped into a vacation picture. From: Cheryl To: Howard, Ben, Christine, Stephanie, Wyatt Here we are.  Thanks, Ben, for leaving space for Christine.  Stephanie, could you photoshop her in? -Mom From: Stephanie To: Howard,…

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Arc welding using car batteries and quarters.

A welder draws his beads

Imagine the apocalypse has struck, zombies are running wild, and civilization as we know it has basically ceased to exist– no phone service, no Internet, no electricity. Still, you must repair a metal tool but there are no welding machines available for use. There are however, plenty of abandoned cars left scattered about and since…

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Chinese man carries his home around on his back like a human-snail

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Looking like someone out of the Flintstones, 38-year-old Liu Lingchao is the human equivalent of a real-life human snail, carrying his 132 pound (60 kilogram) house, made of bamboo poles and plastic sheets, on his back as he travels throughout China. A veritable travelling salesmen, he earns money for food and supplies by collecting plastic…

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U.N. General Secretary warns that the world is set to run out of drinkable water

Drought in China

U.N. General Secretary Ban Ki-moon issued a stern warning yesterday when he announced that the world is set to run out of drinkable water unless greater efforts are achieved to improve our conservation of the life-sustaining liquid. Ban noted that variable weather from rapid climate change is making agriculture more difficult while extreme weather events…

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Believe it or not – this intricate rose flower is thinner than a strand of human hair

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Harvard engineers created this tiny flower using a technique called “hierarchical microarchitectures”. The tiny but intricate plant shapes, such as vases, flowers, and leaves, begin with a glass plate dipped into a mixture of silicon and minerals (most importantly, barium chloride salts). As the solution solidifies, engineers make minor adjustments to the environment in order…

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Irish potato famine mystery finally solved, 168 years later

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Scientists believe that they have finally solved the question of what caused the Irish potato famine which destroyed potato crops in Ireland causing the deaths of millions of people. A research team from Norwich, England, used dried leaf cuttings, some of which were nearly 170 years old, to reconstruct the spread of the HERB-1 strain…

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