Baby Yoda and the coach of the Vancouver Canucks Bruce Boudreau of the National Hockey League.
The Resemblance of These Two is Uncanny
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Belgium City Built a Beer Pipeline
n Bruges, your frat house dreams come true.
For many, the idea of receiving a free bottle of beer every day for the rest of their lives sounds like a dream and for a handful of ale drinkers in Belgium that fantasy has become a reality.
Brewer Xavier Vanneste could no longer stand the idea that hundreds of his trucks were damaging the medieval streets of his beloved Bruge and decided to hatch an audacious plan.
Mr Vanneste proposed to build a beer pipeline from his city brewery to a bottling plant outside of town two miles away.
The idea may have seemed mad, but after all, his beer is called the Madman of Bruges – or Brugse Zot in Dutch.
What at first seemed like an outrageous dream, began to seem possible when the brewer started talking to local beer enthusiasts.
‘Jokes were coming in fast, with people saying ‘we are willing to invest as long as we can have a tapping point on the pipeline,’ Vanneste said.
‘That gave us the idea to crowdfund the project.’
However, while some poked fun, others were happy to put their hands in their pockets.
‘You have to be a bit crazy – like the beer – to do such a project.
‘I just had the money for that, and I liked it. So I went crazy and gave the money to the brewery,’ said restaurant owner Philippe Le Loup, who poured $11,000 into the pipeline.
Thanks to Le Loup and others, Mr Vanneste is now staring at one end of the pipeline, which by autumn will start pumping some 1,060 gallons of beer an hour toward the bottling plant.
‘That is a lot of beer, more than you can drink in a lifetime,’ said the owner of De Halve Maan brewery, which in addition to Brugse Zot is also famous for its Straffe Hendrik brand.
Sending the pipeline along streets where customers could siphon off their favorite suds was too big a promise even for Vanneste, but he came up with the next best thing: IOUs with a lifelong drinking guarantee.
Pipeline route. Starts at Waggelwater!
Glowing Cigar-Shaped UFO Filmed by Multiple Witnesses in France
A glowing cigar-shaped UFO was caught on film by multiple mystified witnesses in southern France earlier this week. According to a local media report, the intriguing incident occurred this past Tuesday evening and was seen by several people living in various communities around the city of Montpellier. Shortly after the mass sighting took place, social media in France was flooded with videos of the peculiar UFO which seemed to be rectangular in shape, emitting a powerful glow, and traveling at a rather high rate of speed while occasionally rotating. The odd object drew gasps from those who saw it and, in one instance seen above, even prompted a motorist to stop his vehicle to get out and film the wondrous sight.
The case has drawn a fair amount of media attention in France and, as of now, experts in the country have been left scratching their heads as to what the anomaly could have been, although some skeptical observers have suggested that it was either a drone or possibly some kind of secret test craft. Indicating that, when it comes to UFOs, the media in France apparently sees the subject in a manner similar to their counterparts in America, a compilation of videos captured by witnesses can be seen below, complete with the X-Files theme.
Man catches 49 apples in teeth in one minute for world record
Nov. 11 (UPI) — An Idaho man who broke a Guinness World Record by catching 49 apples with his teeth in one minute said the attempt was a surprisingly bloody affair.
David Rush, who has broken more than 200 Guinness records to promote STEM education, said the apples were thrown from 15 feet away by frequent collaborator Jonathan Hannon.
Rush said being struck in the face by wayward apples, even the small apples he was using for the record, turned out to be a painful experience, as it would lead to his teeth making cuts on the inside of his lips and cheeks.
Rush said the record involved more bleeding than the vast majority of his previous records.
He ended up catching 49 apples in one minute, beating the previous record of 47.
Look at These Surreal Photos of Buildings Submerged by Volcanic Ash
Parts of La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands have been blanketed in thick layers of ash following the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano.
A HOUSE IN LA PALMA SUBMERGED IN ASH. PHOTO: AP PHOTO / EMILIO MORENATTI
Smoke is still flowing from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma in the Canary Islands as it enters its eighth week of activity.
Scientists estimate that the Cumbre Vieja volcano has ejected more than 10,000 million cubic meters of ash since it first began erupting in September.
Otherworldly photos from the island show a surreal scene of homes, a cemetery and other buildings blanketed in pristine-looking ash, with entire structures submerged in untouched banks of dark grey ash.
The ash is shot thousands of meters into the sky, but the heaviest particles make their way down to the surface, slowly covering buildings.
There is no scientific evidence that the volcano will end anytime soon, according to Carmen Lopez, spokesperson for the Canary Islands Volcanic Emergency Plan (Pevolca). The emission of sulphur dioxide, an indicator of the volcano’s strength, fell on Saturday, but this is a normal fluctuation that doesn’t indicate an all clear, Lopez said.
According to state television channel RTVE, on Sunday winds blew a large black cloud of smoke to the south west of the island, allowing the airport to operate as normal – last week, flights had been cancelled. Nevertheless, authorities advised residents of several towns on the island with health problems to stay in their homes.
Emergency services connected to the Canary Islands government have said that the local air quality is “extremely unfavorable” because of the high level of small particles.
More than 7,000 people have been evacuated from their homes due to the threat from the rivers of lava.
Cemetery covered in ash.
From Vice.com.
Gargantuan Grotesque Potato Unearthed in New Zealand May be Largest Ever Found
A New Zealand couple cleaning out their vegetable garden were astounded when they unearthed an enormous potato that weighs a staggering 17 pounds. Colin and Donna Craig-Brown reportedly made the incredible discovery back in August as they were in the process of preparing for the forthcoming spring season Down Under. As Colin was attempting to turn some soil over with a hoe, the tool struck a sizeable solid object that made him stop in his tracks.
Carefully and slowly digging around the oddity, he eventually pulled a massive and wildly misshapen potato out of the ground. The jaw-dropping spud was so peculiar that Colin and Donna actually debated whether or not it was a potato until he poked it with a fork and confirmed that to be the case. The couple believes that the tremendous tuber, which they dubbed ‘Doug,’ had been growing unnoticed in their garden for the past two years as that was the last time that they planted potatoes.
Their amazement was compounded when they eventually put the vegetable on a scale and saw that it weighs an extraordinary 17 pounds. A subsequent check online found that the spud easily surpasses the current record holder for the title of the world’s largest potato, which is a ‘mere’ 11 pounds. However, the couple and Doug now find themselves in something of a race against time as it could take up to 12 weeks for Guinness to confirm the tuber’s championship status.
As such, the Craig-Browns have wrapped the potato in two plastic bags and are keeping it in their freezer in order to prevent it from losing too much water weight before the final judgment from Guinness can be handed down. Should the spud be awarded the title, Donna declared that “there will be a celebration.” However, Doug’s fate beyond that point remains uncertain as self-described “hobbyist homebrewer’ Craig has considered using the tuber to create a special vodka or, failing that, he jokingly mused “we’ll fence it off and I reckon I could charge at least five bucks admission.”
Pensacola police trying to wrangle a pig on the loose
Pig on the loose! Pensacola police capture runaway pig after hour-long chase near downtown.
A Pensacola Police Department officer apprehends a runaway pot belly pig on Spring Street on Tuesday.
At least five officers from the Pensacola Police Department spent about an hour Tuesday morning chasing a runaway pig just north downtown Pensacola.
“No warrants on the pig, don’t know why he’s running or where he came from,” PPD spokesman Officer Mike Wood said in a text message.
At least five officers from the Pensacola police Department spent about an hour Tuesday morning chasing a runaway pig just north downtown Pensacola.
“No warrants on the pig, don’t know why he’s running or where he came from,” PPD spokesman Officer Mike Wood said in a text message.
The five officers were joined in the chase by at least two animal control officers and two code enforcement officers.
“What we were trying to do is keep him north of Garden Street because if the pig ran out on to Garden Street, it could cause all sorts of problems,” Wood told the News Journal. “Garden Street is a busy street, and if he ran out onto Garden, the pig could get hit. So we were trying to keep him north of Garden until Animal Patrol could get there.”
The chase began at about 7:15 a.m. near the intersection of West Jackson and North Coyle streets. It ended when a field training PPD officer leapt onto and apprehended the pig at about 8:15 a.m. near the law offices of Ferry & Ferry close to the intersection of North Spring and West La Rua streets.
As of Tuesday morning, Wood said the pig was being kept in “protective custody.” The owner of the pig is asked to contact PPD at 850-435-1901.
Possessed Train Station!
This train station in Denmark looks possessed…
An Epic Battle of the Kings
Godzilla vs. Jesus Action Playset — spotted in the Philippines.
A Plane in the Middle of a Forest
Just outside Portland, Oregon.
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