Depending on an individual’s perspective, some sports outside professional leagues can be classified as weird. North Americans aren’t too fond of cricket and even a few South Americans haven’t even heard of hockey. The following sports go beyond the boundaries of unusual sports when it comes to rules and equipment.

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3D graffiti, whether it’s in chalk or paint, on walls or the street, represents a new way of combining the mastery of Renaissance art techniques with the gritty, ephemeral qualities of street art. These 3D street artists gives graffiti a whole new meaning

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LOL omg like who doesn’t really love puppies!?!

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In this week’s Wanted, Angelina Jolie returns to heat-packing form as an assassin named The Fox, but how does she measure up against the likes of fellow fatal femmes like Sigourney Weaver (Aliens), Uma Thurman (Kill Bill), Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), and Pam Grier (Foxy Brown)? We count down through 25 of the baddest chicks in movie history and name the number one best action heroine of all time.

See the list -> Rotten Tomatoes

I’ve written a bunch of articles about health, fitness, and the challenges of getting in shape, and I thought it would be useful to compile some of the best articles in one place. […] So here they are, in one handy list.

See the list -> Zen Habit, Photo by: mikebaird

You’ll be exposed to around 6,000 marketing messages today, according to researchers. […] But as pervasive as it is now, marketers are working hard behind the scenes to make sure it’s much, much worse in the future. Doing things like …

See the list -> Cracked, Photo by: Greyhorn

The following 10 films are chosen because they shed light on the forces at work within our lives, this very moment. They use satire and metaphor to approach the truths that would otherwise be too difficult to understand, or too terrifying to comprehend. Most of all, these films challenge you to wake up.

See the list -> Brave NewTraveler

Monkeys. They’re awesome. You don’t really need a list of reasons to own a monkey, but in case you’re curious, here are nine very important ones to consider.

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Sigmund Freud. 29. Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires. Karl Marx 30. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.

See the list -> I Can Has Happy, via: The Presurfer

Historians tell us there was a time before the internet and, while we of course don’t believe them, we thought it might be interesting to see what websites would look like in this strange, awful time before the internet. We asked you to Photoshop some of them, and the winning entry is below. But first, the runners-up:

See the list -> Cracked, Pic by: Cracked member Remington

In today’s tech-oriented world of short attention spans it is more important than ever to make a compelling first impression. […] Organized by category here are 42 extremely creative business card designs. Some of these are old, some new, but all are still amazing examples of out-of-the-box thinking in business card design.

See the list -> [RE]Encoded

The best literature, both modern and historic, is a primary form of storing and imparting knowledge, a means of entertainment and pleasure, a source of comfort at times of duress and cause for much deep thinking and soul searching.

However, not all literature is a panacea of cultural, philosophical or artistic enlightenment. Some published books serve no other purpose but to entertain us and take our minds off the daily rigours of life. Want to know how to climb to the highest echelon of the Roman Catholic Church or start your very own church? Maybe you’re sick of your friends and would like to learn how to get rid of them?

Here are 10 books that will guide you in the paths of the ridiculous!

Almost all of us have, at some time, been chided by a parent or grandparent who has been mislead by an old wive’s tale. […] This is a list of ten of the most common old wive’s tales which are, in fact, bunkum!

See the list -> The List Universe

Covering entertainment news every day, I often write about books being adapted for film, so I’ve been running under the assumption that the average person also knows this information. Turns out, that’s not so. […] That’s why I’ve compiled a list of 10 movies coming out this year which were adapted from book/graphic novels, along with related source material to get you ready for the 2008 mega-movie season.

See the list -> Geeks of Doom, via: msaleem (<- digg it!)

This slideshow complements our interview with James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, who has experienced “The Great Firewall of China” firsthand.What follows is a list of the differences between the Internet, as seen in the U.S. vs. China.

Check it out: Network World, via: Digg

The ultimate list of the world’s most beautiful women.

Check it out: Maxim, via: Gorilla Mask, photo source: Montrasio

We talked to seven state troopers from across the country—Florida, New Jersey, Kentucky, Louisiana, Illinois, Oregon, and New Mexico—and asked, “What are the five best things a motorist can do when pulled over, and what are the five worst?” We wanted to know which procedures would render a traffic stop as painless as possible for both parties. There wasn’t a perfect consensus, but the answers went pretty much like this:

Check it out: Car & Driver, via: Lifehacker

I imagine that the reason most of these laws and bans still exist is that no one has gotten around to changing them. However, they’re totally worth laughing at and leave you imagining where the hell they might have come from. This is what happens when legal power lands in the wrong hands.

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Every once in awhile, you’ll hear a statistic so striking you can hardly believe it’s true. Our first impulse is to repeat it, because knowing interesting things tends to make people like us better. […] The six most quoted “too awesome to be true” stats that, in fact, are …

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Can turning animals into cyborgs ever end well? Should lasers really be strapped to planes? Is dispersing humans with the worst smell ever created a better alternative to doing it by burning their skin? You be the judge. Launch our gallery of the world’s spookiest weapons.

Check it out: Popsci, tips by: Emil (thanks!), Photo by: darkpatator