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Finally, NASA has just released the first video showing the moon’s far side. This clip “was shot on January 19 to test the MoonKAM, a camera on board one of NASA’s GRAIL probes we saw launched back in September.” Continue reading to watch. The MoonKAM will actually be controlled by middle school students as part of a NASA education initiative, and the students will use this video to pick specific areas of the dark side that they want to explore further. [via Dvice ]

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Photo credit (bottom): Switched That’s right, “Coca-Cola moved the secret formula from a vault at the SunTrust Bank, where it had been held for more than 86 years. For the first time in history, people can see the actual vault containing the secret formula in the new Vault of the Secret Formula experience.” Click here to see more of today’s most popular images, courtesy of Imgur .com. Continue reading for a video on Coca-Cola’s secret vault.

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Rare Look at The Vault That Protects Coca-Cola’s Secret Formula

There’s nothing special about the logo design process, but sometimes the artists like to stick in a few hidden images. To start off, we have a creative “Attack” logo with missiles and a playground slide. Click here to see more. In related news, continue reading to see how a 5-year-old describes famous logos. [Sources 1 | 2 ]

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Creative Logos with Hidden Images

Sometimes, all you need to do is look around the house for some clever life hacks. For example, bread tags make great cord labels. Or, you can also turn a muffin pan upside down to create cookie bowls for ice cream. Click here to see more. Continue reading to find out how to make a messenger bag out of trash bags. [Sources 1 | 2 ]

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Life Hacks

That’s right, Facebook is set to file an IPO today that will raise $5-billion for the company. In other words, “Facebook will reportedly sell $5 billion worth of equity to outside investors, and will use that money to grow its business/buy yachts.” Continue reading to see some of the coolest Facebook Timeline art . That $5 billion might sound like a lot, but it’s actually about half of what had been rumored. And it is small, given that the total value of Facebook, public company, is expected to be a whopping $100 billion. [via Gizmodo - WebUrbanist ]

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Facebook IPO Set to Raise $5-Billion

The U.S. Navy has developed an electromagnetic weapon that “launches and accelerates conductive projectiles along pairs of metal rails using the effects of a strong magnetic field; it can accelerate a seven pound projectile to a speed of 5,600 miles per hour.” Continue reading for a video. Navy officials said that the range of a railgun is up to 20 times greater than that of conventional weapon systems. A projectile could reach a target 290 miles away in less than six minutes and impact it with incredible force. [via DailyMail ]

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US Navy Builds Rail Gun That Can Fire Projectiles at 5000MPH

For those unfamiliar with Breaking Bad, it’s essentially “an American television drama series created and produced by Vince Gilligan.” Now if this television series was turned into an 8-bit role playing game, this is how it might look. Continue reading for the video.

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If Breaking Bad was an RPG

File this under: geeky wedding proposals . Just when you thought you’ve seen all the Pokemon goodness that could exist on the internet, here comes this custom marriage proposal card. Best of all, it comes with a real-life component. Continue reading to see what it is. [via Technabob ]

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Clever Geek Uses Custom Pokemon Card for Marriage Proposal

According to sources, the device you see above is a prototype of Apple’s next-generation iPod Nano. It features a 1.3-megapixel camera while “retaining its clip-on design.” This was made possible thanks to “a metal housing for a camera assembly protruding from the back of the main case and sitting flush with a hole in the device’s clip.” Continue reading for more pictures. The design would allow Apple to squeeze a camera into the current diminutive form factor of the iPod nano by moving much of the lens and sensor hardware outside of the main casing but still within the overall device envelope by utilizing a small portion of the gap between the device and the clip. [via MacRumors ]

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Leaked Pictures of New iPod Nano with 1.3MP Camera Surface

According to sources, the device you see above is a prototype of Apple’s next-generation iPod Nano. It features a 1.3-megapixel camera while “retaining its clip-on design.” This was made possible thanks to “a metal housing for a camera assembly protruding from the back of the main case and sitting flush with a hole in the device’s clip.” Continue reading for more pictures. The design would allow Apple to squeeze a camera into the current diminutive form factor of the iPod nano by moving much of the lens and sensor hardware outside of the main casing but still within the overall device envelope by utilizing a small portion of the gap between the device and the clip. [via MacRumors ]

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Leaked Pictures of New iPod Nano with 1.3MP Camera Surface