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U.S. Cities According to Twitter

Did you know that 66% of Twitter users don't list an actual location on their profile? And while I assume that most seem to do this for privacy reasons, there is also the fun factor (such as "Justin Bieber's Heart"). InboxQ has sifted through various geotagged tweets in order to bring us a map of the United States if it were left up to the Twitterverse. Many of the city nicknames seem appropriate, but some have be scratching my head in confusion. I had to google "Whale's Vagina" to discover that it is a term coined by the movie Anchorman (because "San Diago" means exactly that). Do you reveal your actual location in Twitter? If not, what do you use instead? Via Geekosystem....

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Rosa de Agua

Your eyes aren't deceiving you — the picture below really is a water rose. Photographer Fer Gregory describes how he created the stunning image: To take this picture I made a basic "rose" shape out of a plastic bottle, I taped it to a twig and then I placed them upside down to pour the water over it. The shot is composed of several shots to make it look like there are petals, below are some photos that made this shot along with the set-up. Impressive! I really did think that the image was entirely computer-generated at first glance! Via My Modern Met....

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