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January 28 2012

23:35

ATM Gives Out Dead Mouse [Wtf]

You know the economy is really going to bloody hell when ATMs start to pay bank customers with dead rodents, which is exactly what happened to this guy on the right. He got his cash and the dead Mickey on the left. More »

Tags: Wtf Atm Mouse Sweden Top

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January 04 2012

17:38

File Sharing Is Now an Official Religion In Sweden [Piracy]

Rejoice, brothers! File sharing is now an official religion in Sweden. For real. It took two years, but it's done: it's called the Missionary Church of Kopimism and has Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V as its sacred symbols. More »

Tags: Piracy Missionary Church of Kopimism Sweden Torrent

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August 02 2011

13:54

Man Arrested Before He Can Finish His Kitchen Nuclear Reactor [Nuclear Power]

If a man told you he was getting ready to build a nuclear reactor in his apartment, you'd think he was crazy. Too right. But one Swedish man went for it. And if he didn't get caught, he could've succeeded. More »

Tags: Nuclear Power Brooklyn Fusion Geiger Generator Home nuclear reactor Kitchen Nuclear Power reactor Sweden Ängelholm

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August 01 2011

13:35

Is This a UFO On the Bottom of the Ocean? [Video]

Swedish sea treasure hunters have found something extraordinary: A 60-foot disc sunk in the bottom of the ocean, with what appears to be 985-foot-long impact tracks leading to it. The team leader never found anything like it: More »

Tags: Ufo Baltic Sea Clips Mysteries Sweden Top Video

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July 28 2011

01:31

Latest Study Says Cellphones Don't Cause Cancer [Science]

The latest volley in the never-ending discussion on cell phone-related cancer clears our beloved phones of any role in brain tumors, at least those found in children and teenagers. More »

Tags: Science adolescent Cancer Cell phone brain cancer Child Children Denmark Mobile Norway Phone Sweden Switzerland Teenager tumor

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June 27 2011

15:30

The 1000-Kilometer Wide Telescope That'll Look Back at the Beginning of Time [Monster Machines]

Until very recently, man has viewed the skies only within the visible spectrum. When LOFAR, the world's largest telescope, looks to the heavens, it sees the depths of the universe in radio. More »

Tags: monster machines Astron Blue Gene France Germany Great Britain Lofar Sweden The Netherlands

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March 08 2011

10:00

Paying for Postage Over SMS Launching Soon in Denmark [SMS]

How often do you weigh parcels at home and then print out the postage, so you can pop it in a post-box and avoid a lengthy queue at the post-office? Now there's an even easier way to pay for postage—in Sweden and Denmark at least, where customers will be able to pay via SMS. More »

Tags: SMS Denmark Post Postal Service Postal System Sweden Sweden post Texting Texts

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February 28 2011

21:20

Swedish airplane drifting is awesome, unintentional [Video]

A pilot for Scandinavian Airlines found a slippery surface upon landing in Sweden, causing him to unintentionally drift the plane. At least, "unintentionally" is the story he's telling. Gymkhana with a plane, anyone? More »

Tags: Hoon Of The Day Drifting Plane Drifting Planelopnik Scandinavian Airlines Sweden Video

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February 24 2011

15:10

Assange to be Extradited to Sweden [Wikileaks]

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will be extradited to Sweden over allegations that he sexually abused two women there, a court in London ruled this morning. He has seven days to appeal. [NYT; image via AP] More »

Tags: wikileaks Appic Julian assange Republished Sweden

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February 21 2011

14:20

Nikon's Limited Edition Lens Box Another Reason to Wish You were Swedish [Desired]

Universal health care! A multitude of tall, beautiful blonde people! IKEA! Does it get any better? Apparently, it does—Nikon is now selling its chic limited edition set of three lenses in Sweden—the only country besides Belgium. More »

Tags: Desired Belgium Lenses Limited edition nikkor Nikon Rare Sweden

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February 18 2011

21:00

Gizmodo Loves Axes [Desired]

This morning, we decided we think axes are awesome. Beautiful, functionally perfected, and, yes, great for elegantly chopping the crap out of things. Below, a roundup of our favorite old school cutting contraptions. More »

Tags: Desired Axes Base camp x Best made chopping Gransfors bruks Hatchets Hultafors marbles Sweden Swedish Top Wetterlings

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