Grist List
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This origami kayak folds to the size of a suitcase
I want one, and, for just $800 on Kickstarter, I can have one.
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Former ‘Miss Subways’ beauty queens unite for Sandy relief
They're no longer young, but they're still proud New Yorkers.
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‘Bike taxidermy’ makes for the most eco-friendly hunting trophies ever
All the cool of taxidermy; no dead animals involved.
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Ecuador’s dropping 22 tons of poison on the Galapagos to kill 180 million rats
The rats first came to the islands in the 1600s, aboard ships from far away, and on a steady diet of eggs and baby tortoises, lizards, snakes and now-endangered birds species, they multiplied.
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They’ve made a car for women, and, surprise, it’s pink
Other than that -- just a car. It doesn't even have glittery exhaust.
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Awesome Scottish guy dresses up as giraffe and does righteous stuff
A Scottish dude dresses up as a giraffe and does nice stuff for people. It sounds weird, but it also sounds kind of like a nice way to spend your time.
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This octopus is so tiny that it snuck into the aquarium undetected
He lived there for nearly a year, secretly snacking on the aquarium's crabs, before being discovered.
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People obsessed with proving yetis exist find yeti fur in a cave
Whatever. We'll believe it when we see a real yeti.
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This beekeeping donkey has his own beekeeper suit
Manuel Juraci is an unusually successful beekeeper because he has a donkey in a beekeeper suit.
