San Francisco from 100000 Toothpicks

After 35 years and 100,000 toothpicks, Scott Weaver completed this amazing sculpture of San Francisco he calls “Rolling Through the Bay.” We think Mr. Weaver wins.

The piece took Mr. Weaver over 3,000 hours, and as This Is Colossal notes, "The elaborate sculpture is comprised of multiple 'tours' that move pingpong balls through neighborhoods, historical locations, and iconic symbols of San Francisco."

And these aren't just any toothpicks you get at your neighborhood Italian restaurant. Weaver sourced these out from around the world. He says, "I have used different brands of toothpicks depending on what I am building. I also have many friends and family members that collect toothpicks in their travels for me. For example, some of the trees in Golden Gate Park are made from toothpicks from Kenya, Morocco, Spain, West Germany and Italy. The heart inside the Palace of Fine Arts is made out of toothpicks people threw at our wedding."





















































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Crazy Crowd in Shangai Autoshow 2011

Auto Shanghai is a biennial international automobile show that alternates with the Beijing Auto Show and dates to its inception in 1985. Auto Shanghai became the first UFI approved Chinese auto show in June 2004.

Held every two years in the neighborhood of Pudong in Shanghai, China, since the 9th show in 2001, the exhibition has taken place at the Shanghai New International Expo Center.

According to the sponsor some 283,000 people visited the auto show this weekend,The real Crazy Crowd....


























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Evol Street Art of Miniature Buildings

Evol is a gifted designer and street artist from Berlin. He thought Evol Street Art of Miniature Buildings that there were too much boring urban surfaces and he decided to transform these. Just by printing repetitive buildings pattern on paper and pasting these to electricity boxes, small planters or other type of street equipments, Evol gives the city an incredible magic effect. Indeed, Evol turns a random electrical installation into a convincing reproduction of the city skyscrapers. He performs his art within different cities, maybe in your streets.








































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Haiti People Eat Mud Cookies to Survive

The small island nation of Haiti relies heavily on food imports, but with prices soaring, some Haitians are resorting to eating mud.

The cookies made of dirt, butter and salt hold little nutritional value, but manage to keep Haiti's poor alive.

Worldfocus special correspondent Benno Schmidt and producer Ara Ayer report from Haiti, showing how far some people are going to fill their stomachs.