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Here’s another one from our ‘Who Knew?’ department, the World Beard and Moustache Championships. Every other year hairy faces from around the world gather to see whose facial hair reigns supreme in three different brackets - moustache, partial beard and full beard which are then divided into 17 categories (in total). And while classic beards are no doubt an ‘old world’ thing the championships are surprisingly ‘new’ with the first competition held in 1991 (Germany).

And its not just about the hair, contestants are also judged by their costumes and overall presentation.

So next time your significant other hassles you for not shaving just suggest you’re in training to be a world champion - although bear in mind it won’t take much research (or common sense for that matter) to determine that ‘bum’ is not a legitimate category.

World Beard and Moustache Championships

Thousands of children and families helped celebrate Lego’s 50th year by building a 100ft tower made entirely of the plastic blocks at Legoland Windsor (UK). Each 20cm (roughly 8 inches) section was assembled on the ground and lifted into place with a crane. The tower took 4 days to build and is made up of over 500,000 Lego bricks.

How long the record will last is anyone’s guess. The previous record set just last year by a team from Toronto was 96ft using 464,000 bricks, which in turn edged out an earlier 94ft effort at Legoland California.

via Telegraph.co.uk

Origami (from ori meaning “folding”, and kami meaning “paper”) is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. No doubt you have seen the amazing works created by talented practitioners of the art. And if you’re anything like me you never thought you’d have the slightest chance of creating even the simplest piece.

But after we found this money origami site created by Clay Randall even I was able to make the first project I tried, the little T-shirt. What’s great about this site is 1) the detailed step by step pictures and precise instructions AND 2) because you’re using money there is an added advantage of being able see and compare the patterns on the bill in the example pictures which makes it a lot easier for the novice to follow. Plus the simple money origami pieces you can create pretty quickly once you get the hang it add a ‘cool factor’ to the tips you leave to your restaurant server or give as cash gifts.

How To Make A Shirt From A Dollar Bill and other cool pieces

Over the years we’ve watched computer powered drawing tools get better and better, hoping that eventually they’d be good enough that even those of us with 10 thumbs might one day put a masterpiece to paper er CRT.

And while that hasn’t happened yet, here’s a site that lets us all draw like the legendary Pablo Picasso, the man who made whacky art so cool its taught in school.

Draw your OWN Mr Picassohead