Contagious Laughter
Just as being around a sleepy person can give you a case of the yawns, it’s sometimes hard not to laugh when someone around you starts cracking up; even if you don’t know why.
A social experiment demonstrating this took place recently on a U-Bahn train in Berlin. A woman starts laughing hysterically at something on the screen of her phone, the giggles start to spread, and eventually nearly everyone in the whole car starts to lose it. Just watch the video and try not to laugh yourself!
Scrap Metal Mercedes
In a true case of art imitating life, German designers Giants of Steel have created a life-size model of one of the most exclusive cars in history out of nothing but junk.
The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR was a purpose-built race car designed in the 1950’s. Had it ever become a production automobile its 180mph top speed would have made it the fastest car in the world for its time. However, getting behind the wheel of one of these automotive masterpieces these days is impossible, as the only remaining cars are under the care of Mercedes.
To pay homage to this motoring icon, Giants of Steel spent seven months sourcing, cutting and fitting together over 10,000 pieces of scrap metal to create the replica, and to our untrained eyes it looks accurate in every detail. There’s only one problem; it doesn’t drive. However, if you’d like to be only one on your block with a 300 SLR in your garage, it can be yours for a mere $100,000.
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