Weird Universe Archive

July 2012

July 28, 2012

Lost Continent



"The terrifying rumble of the first atomic earthquake!"

More info here.

Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 28, 2012 - Comments (4)
Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Creatures, 1950s

The Sound of the Northern Lights Clapping

People have long reported that they've heard strange clapping sounds coming from the Northern Lights. But scientists tended to ignore these reports. The people hearing the sounds were told they were imagining them, or that the sounds were coming from sources such as trees or falling ice. But now Finnish researchers at Aalto University have recorded the Aurora Borealis actually making these snapping/clapping sounds, and have confirmed (to their satisfaction) that the sounds couldn't have been coming from anywhere else. More info at space.com and at the researcher's website.

Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 28, 2012 - Comments (8)
Category: Nature, Natural Wonders, Noises and Other Public Disturbances of the Peace, Science

Power Ace

Words just aren't enough to describe this most exciting advance in personal home fitness machines.

Posted By: Expat47 - Sat Jul 28, 2012 - Comments (6)
Category: Exercise and Fitness

July 27, 2012

Three Weird Games







More instances on his YouTube channel.

Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 27, 2012 - Comments (4)
Category: Stereotypes and Cliches, Toys, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s

The sound of copulating flies

In order to test the theory that noisy copulating animals are at greater risk of being found and eaten by predators, German researchers mounted "dead, noiseless fly pairs" on the ceiling of a shed. The bats that lived in the shed ignored them. But when the researchers played the sound of copulating flies through loudspeakers, the bats attacked the loudspeakers. So, theory proven!

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft has a video of the bats attacking the speakers, but unfortunately the video has no sound. And below is a youtube video of some copulating flies -- but again, you can't hear the flies, just some people in the background. So I still don't know what copulating flies sound like.

Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 27, 2012 - Comments (3)
Category: Animals, Insects and Spiders, Science, Experiments, Sexuality

July 26, 2012

More Than One Way To Cut A Watermelon


Gallagher did it with a sledge hammer, but these guys have a cool way to smash a watermelon as well.

Posted By: Alex - Thu Jul 26, 2012 - Comments (8)
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The Chainsaw Bag

We here at Weird Universe like to make sure our readers remain on the cutting edge of fashion, so we urge you to make sure you're sporting Facetasm's new Chainsaw Bag whenever you go outside. It costs only ¥178,500 JPY, or $2,249. So it's a bargain. Naturally it can't be used to carry an actual chainsaw. Links: hypebeast.com, contemporaryfix-store.com.

Posted By: Alex - Thu Jul 26, 2012 - Comments (11)
Category: Fashion, Overpriced Merchandise

Follies of the Mad Men #186



Before The Muppets came--sadistic, coffee-touting puppets?

Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 26, 2012 - Comments (6)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Violence, 1960s

July 25, 2012

Odarian Ledgends Book One: What Fate Decrees

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Now my fellow WUvians, I shall take advantage of my position here to share something very close to my heart. My dear friend, who I have known for more than 40 years, has published her first book. This has been many, many years in the making and I am excited and proud to wholeheartedly recommend Oedarian Ledgends Book One: What Fate Decrees by Michele Reinhart. Now available on Amazon for Kindle and soon to be available in paperback as well. This is a life's work of a woman who is, quite literally, a genius. As the words- book one- indicate, this will be a series but the book stands alone very well too. Please give it a try, I guarantee you will be spellbound.

Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 25, 2012 - Comments (9)
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