Watch Out Gulliver: Lilliputian Cannon Fires Live Ammo

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by Susana Polo | 2:32 pm, May 9th, 2010

YouTube user 43287633 has put up a video of his latest invention: a cannon smaller than your thumb.

And yes. It works. It’s kind of worrying actually. It may only be a matter of time before these become a lawsuit-ready line of desk toys.

We admire this man’s bravery in projecting a steel ball-bearing through a light-bulb, and egg, and a large glass mug so close to his keyboard, not to mention directly above his computer tower.

(via BoingBoing.)

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Awesome how much? I have action figures to shoot!

10 Terrifying Doors You Don't Want to Open

We're not afraid of doors or anything, we just thought geekdom has some pretty terrifying ones, that also happen to lead to terrifying things. We made up a list of ten of the scariest doors in geekdom, which we were super brave about writing and didn't spook us at all. Honest!

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