Grist List
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Vancouver is using recycled plastic to create Earth-friendly sidewalks
Vancouver is already a really beautiful city. And now, with the addition of plastic to its asphalt, it is beautiful and well-behaved.
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New York is turning useless pay phones into awesome information kiosks
The new information hubs will give people info about everything from restaurants to disaster information. Oh, thanks. Better late than never.
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Another benefit of tiny housing: You can lift it off the ground with balloons
Jonathan Trappe only needed 215 balloons to lift a specially-built tiny home off the ground this weekend. Try that with your McMansion.
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This beautiful waterfall is also essentially a flaming fart
In a park in upstate New York, there's a flame that never goes out. OK, it almost never goes out. But we'll still give it credit for being pretty tenacious, because it lives behind a waterfall.
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Soon we’ll be killing people with solar-powered drones
This isn't just some futuristic, comic-book dystopian idea.
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We have only 40 years worth of helium left, and we’re wasting it on giant balloons?
We all know what Thanksgiving is about: good food, friends and family, feeling grateful for the blessings in our lives, and gigantic balloons of cartoon characters. Enjoy it while it lasts.
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Amazing new bike helmet reads your mind
It shows green lights when you're calm, red ones when you're stressed or distracted, and blinking ones when OH SHIT THAT TREE
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Get your virtual kicks with this time-lapse video of Route 66
Grab some jerky and road-trip across half the U.S. in just three minutes with no emissions to speak of.
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Absolutely hands down the only holiday etiquette guide you will ever need
Did you know that your gravy application technique can tell you whether you're addicted to pornography?
