born on the fourth of july: many argue that independence is contingent on international recognition, via TYWKIWDBI
snarknado: flooding in the US carries buoys of fire-ants, via Super Punchthe mother of invention: expectant father Philippe Kahn came up with the idea of the camera phone to share his daughter’s birth in real-time, via Dave Log v 3
crystal ball: to the uninitiated, these fortune-telling booths of Hong Kong could be offering any number of professional services, via the Everlasting Blört
ostinato: a custom-build instrument designed to produce that tension-building music for scary movies