Social media boasts its own unique set of celebrities, people who have scored fame (or infamy) by craftily sharing the mundane and occasionally details of their life. The Frisky highlights ten folks who scored fame by tweeting: iJustine iJustine is one of a scary group of girls who is gorgeous and also into all those …

Well-preserved ancient DNA has been found in the fossil eggshells of the extinct elephant bird of Madagascar, the heaviest bird known to have existed. Mike Parker Pearson, professor of archeology at the University of Sheffield, discovered the 19,000-year-old eggshells. The bird, known as Aepyornis, weighed about half a ton. Its eggs are the largest bird …

Somewhere between innovation and time wasting you’ll discover the land of bizarre do-it-yourself bicycles. Here are ten of the strangest ones out there. See a few below: The shoe-cycle—Not exactly a smoother ride, but you’ll definitely garner some attention. The double bike—Aside from looking like a crazy person, there’s no new functionality here. The office …

Whether she’s nicknamed the “unicorn lady” or “devil woman” (although, unicorn sounds far more desirable), Zhang Ruifang of Linlou, China has created quite a stir because of the horns growing out of her head. A strange growth began developing on the 101-year-old woman’s forehead last year and eventually sprouted into a six centimeter long horn. …

Tom Davenport of Babson College compiled a list of the six ingredients of a good online comments. Three are: A dash of brevity A heaping teaspoon of clear and grammatical expression A scant cup of nicety Read his full list at Harvard Business Review so that you can be a better commenter. See our aggregation …

We’ve been through one BPA horror after another. First, Nalgenes. Then our adorable old Siggs. Can we trust anything now? Enter bottles like Lifefatory’s, which bring back good, old-fashioned glass. There’s no chance this bad boy will have BPA—and the bottle, wrapped in protective, non-toxic silicon to prevent shattering, is also beautiful. Read all about …

You’ve cultivated your idea since conception, built the infrastructure necessary to support it, but still your pitches are falling upon deaf ears. Steve Roesler, Principal of the Steve Roesler Group provides four questions to ask yourself, before sharing your good idea: Will this idea make other people successful? Is my presentation as brief as possible …

Too many calories and not enough exercise may not be the only culprits in the weight gain epidemic. A new study shows that intestinal bacteria can increase appetite and may play a role in human obesity and metabolic disease. “Our results suggest that excess caloric consumption is not only a result of undisciplined eating but …

Do you have a hard time visualizing big numbers like a million, billion, trillion, or quadrillion? Alan Taylor, of Boston.com’s The Big Picture, can help you out with his visualization website using pennies. Here are two data points: One million pennies One billion pennies See a whole lot of pennies at The MegaPenny Project. More …

The ancient Chinese brought us many great innovations, including some that we take for granted in the modern world. As time marches on, it becomes easier to overlook the contributions of those who came before us. Perhaps no other ancient culture has contributed more to the advancement of human progress than the Chinese. Here are …

What could possibly make cuddly Ewoks even more adorable? How about tiny crocheted versions of the lovable teddy bear-like creatures? Cuteness to the max. A whiz with the crochet needles, U.K. mom Lucy Ravenscar created a whole line of knit Star Wars characters and put the patterns up for sale on Etsy, if you’d like …

By selecting a slow shutter speed, photographers are able to successfully capture movement as a blur, rather than freezing it. Check out how this can have an incredibly cool effect in the photos below. The shutter speeds used here range from 1/30 of a second to upwards of forty minutes. See all fifteen jaw-droppers at …