Friday, November 18, 2011

Daily Links: November 18, 2011




5 Amazing Homemade Roller Coasters

7 Tragic Magician Deaths: To "die" on stage is the fullest expression of failure; but to "kill" during a performance is the highest achievement. The history of magic reveals many instances wherein the figurative becomes the literal. The history of magic is littered with stories of death and murder.

If We Only Had Wings explores the long-held dream of personal flight, from da Vinci's gliders to the Swiss Jetman to the in-development NASA Puffin (man, do I want a Puffin). Since the article is from National Geographic, there is also a great photo gallery.

National Geographic's picks for the Seven Wonders of Nature.


Unusual Thanksgiving Celebrations from around the U.S. I love the snazzy hats in the first slide.

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