The Para-Rigger

Swimming With Elephants and Sharks

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35300384?ns_mchannel=email&ns_source=inxmail_newsletter&ns_campaign=bbcnewsmagazine_news__&ns_linkname=na&ns_fee=0

Building an impossible clock

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/01/pendulum-clock-john-harrison/424614/

The 18th-century horologist John Harrison claimed that he could make the world's most accurate pendulum clock, but his methods were scorned for hundreds of years—until someone proved him right.

The Prints of Whales

https://maptia.com/anuarpatjane/stories/in-search-of-whales

How Math, And Not A Telescope, May Have Found A New Planet

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-math-and-not-a-telescope-may-have-found-a-new-planet/

The Difference Between a Hydrogen Bomb and an Atom Bomb

http://futurism.com/images/the-difference-between-a-hydrogen-bomb-and-an-atom-bomb/?src=home

The Depressing Truth About Aging Cartoon Characters

http://mashable.com/2015/09/15/andrew-tarusov-cartoons/#78fVo_ENoqqC

Statues We Love To Hate

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/statues-we-love-to-hate

I myself much prefer the "Forever Marilyn" statue below...

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GIMPS finds a gimp in Intel's Skylake processors

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2073909-prime-number-with-22-million-digits-is-the-biggest-ever-found/

The French restaurant "Le Petit Chef (Little Chef)" came up with an original way to entertain guests while waiting for their order by using an overhead projector on the ceiling. The animation appears on the table and your plate.