Grist List
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New York City is turning old parking meters into bike racks
Because the parking meter poles are well rooted into the ground, they'll help keep the new racks from being stolen.
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Your ‘awww’ for the day: Biker leads a gaggle of stranded geese across the road
In Cambridge, Mass., a flock of geese were trying to cross the road.
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Apple is moving into the wind energy business
Apple doesn't just control the world of devices -- they will soon control the wind too. Or at least the energy it creates. Close enough.
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Honest junk food advertisements show you what kind of crap you’re really eating
Would Twinkies and hot dogs be as popular if these were plastered in bus stations and movie theaters? Well, yeah, probably.
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Pop-up park kit turns construction scaffolding into public green space
Think scaffolding is ugly? A New York City based design outfit called Softwalks aims to change your mind with adorable pop-up parks.
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These photos of the Australian dust storm will blow your mind
Western Australia got pounded by a dust storm, and the images are pretty mindboggling.
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Baby sharks have superpowers
Brown-banded bamboo shark embryos still in their egg cases can also use an electroreceptive sense to escape predators with by playing dead.
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Trapped orcas got free of the ice with no help whatsoever from the government
We're sure Rush Limbaugh would approve.
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Drought-stricken West is seeing a crime wave of hay thefts
Hay thieves are particularly hard to nab, too.
