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Bacon Thing of The Day: United Tastes Of America by Jon Burgerman

United Tastes of America

Artist Statement:

“I decided to make flags for each game of the World Cup I watched this Summer. I wanted to spread my support for different countries and feel more like a global citizen, without any political or geographical ties. That’s the greatest gift football and other sports can offer, they can genuinely bring disparate people together for play.

I re-imagined flags of different countries, adding a playful reference to that country within the design of the flag. America has one of the best flag designs there is, I really love it, and it was a lot of fun to work on. The first edition of this flag was with a burger and fries but the fries didn’t quite look right in red, so I turned them into bacon. Everyone seems to love bacon.” – Jon Burgerman

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Architect Zaha Hadid’s Sports Stadium Design Looks Like a Vagina

Zaha Hadid Vagina Stadium
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London-based Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid has been forced to defend herself against claims that her design for Qatar’s Al-Wakrah stadium, which is in the process of being built for the 2022 football (soccer) World Cup, is based on the female genitalia, after images of the “vagina stadium” went viral two weeks ago. Continue reading Architect Zaha Hadid’s Sports Stadium Design Looks Like a Vagina

RIP Paul the Psychic Octopus

paul the octopus
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 Paul the Psychic Octopus is now sleeping with the fishes at the tender age of 2. “Management and staff at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre were devastated to discover that oracle octopus Paul, who achieved global renown during the recent World Cup, had passed away overnight,” the aquarium in Germany says in a statement released Tuesday, October 26th, 2010. Continue reading RIP Paul the Psychic Octopus