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A new documentary called Buffalo Girls goes inside the world of child blood sport by following two 8-year-old girls who compete in Muay Thai matches as a way of earning money for their families. This underground circuit apparently has upwards of 30,000 participants, many of whom obviously endure serious injuries. Thailand is a poor country, and these families are struggling for money, but some things seem to cross the line of "Oh, it's just a different culture" acceptability. Adults surrounding a ring, waving money as two children beat the shit out of each other is most likely one of those things.

Women know that it is always important to accessorize. And how awesome is it when your accessory is actually functional?

Very awesome.

Just take a look at these accessories for women that are weird but will change your life I especially like the nail protectors. Not that I have long nails, but I think it would be hilarious to see women actually using them.

Upcycling is the art of taking otherwise useless stuff, like garbage or a broken car, and converting it into something functional again. Below are some great examples how a little ingenuity and some old crap can turn into really amazing, unique pieces of home furnishings.

What is your favorite upcycled product? If you have any at home you made yourself please share it in the comments.

The holiday season is just around the corner, and if you are like me, your friends already own everything including the iPhone 6d (which has not been announced yet.) So what do you get them?

Well here is a handy list of some of the interesting and sometimes downright useful gadgets you didn't know existed, but now will defintiely need to have.

For some Republicans, Obama winning the election was the worst thing that could happen. In fact, it is such a travesty that some are getting ready to go to socialist countries like Canada. Well here are just a few reason you might want to reconsider that one way ticket to communist medicine and Bolshevik politicians.

DC and Marvel have been making comics in some form since the 1930s. It wasn't until the 60s that they idea to put a super on the big screen came to fruition with Batman. While DC pioneered the move, Marvel began it's retort and since has become a force in the film industry. This infographic shows how the battle at the box office has fared for the two factions. When looking at the round-up keep in mind that Marvel put out their first movie, Howard the Duck, 20 years after DC.

Patrick Acton has spent over 30 years working on a variety of models made using matchsticks. According to the Matchstick Marvels website, he has glued together over 3.5 million matchsticks into 60 pieces that include scale models of battleships to replicas of some of the worlds great architectural wonders.

This Lambo is designed by Transport Design student Ondrej Jirec. It does an amazing job of incorporating fighter jet design. This is most visible with the huge intake on the front. It would be awesome to see Lamborghini incorporate some of these ideas into one of its future cars.

The inter-webs are alive with election fever. Or is it post-election depression. A little of both I am sure. Either way you will need laugh and we got that for you with these GIFs.

Election day in the US and that means time waiting in lines, and getting a cool sticke that says you voted as well as finally figuring out if I need to get a one way tocket to Iceland.

In the meantime, here are some pics of really interesting polling places. I am sure you are familiar with a school or a church, but these places, a taqueria(?), are something else.

The iPhone is undoubtedly one of the truly game changing devices. The fanbois love it and quite frankly it is a well built machine. And like any well built machine there are an endless array of add-ons and protective devices.

Here are a few pretty cool ones that should pique your interest.

It’s one of the great injustices of the modern world. While the likes of Waterloo Road and Canada’s Next Top Model clog up the airwaves, far superior offerings such as Friday Night Lights, recently rescued by Sky Atlantic, are squeezed out. Cult classics are rarely repeated. Underground gems slip under the radar. They’re consigned to the hidden corners of DVD racks, Sky+ planners or the internet, leaving some of the finest TV shows unseen. These stay-in-the-warm-on-the-sofa months are ideal for correcting this error, starting with these…

I love seeing people take their childhood visions and bring them to fruition in exciting and interesting ways. This is the case with the folks over at Aeroflex. They essentially recreated Luke's speeder, using a pedal system instead.

Steve McQueen's Ford GT40 recently sold at auction for $11 million making it the most expensive car in America. This car is special for a number of reasons including for being in the film Le Mans.

Check out this sexy beast as it was pimped out for auction.

In case you have not seen this awesome pumpkin, check it. It is a fully functional tetris pumpkin. You can play tetris on this pumpkin. Check out the befroe and after pics.

This man's name is Heiko von der Schlippe. He is one of the most famous stuntmen in the world. He has worked with Tom Cruise on the "Mission Impossible" movie. Recently, he was nearly killed doing another trick. In the most important moment the fire extinguisher didn't work, it took 45 seconds to start putting out the fire. Heiko survived, but suffered severe facial burns.

Actress Melanie Griffith has revealed how she is taunted about her looks. The Working Girl star, who is reported to have undergone various plastic surgery procedure, said she is the victim of Twitter trolls who mock how she looks. 'Most people are telling me I look horrible,' she said.

Every now and then doing a sweep of the patent office archives you come up with nuggets. This nugget looks like a torture device for men and i hope it was never actuallt implemented.

Getting up in the morning can be one of the most difficult things to do. So you go to the nearest geek store and find a clock that will do the job.

Check out these awesome designs that will get you up in the morning.

Just because you are a geek doesn't mean you can't have cool stuff in your kitchen, right? If anything it means you have way cooler stuff that is based on nerdiness and science and some interesting design. See, half man, half bear, half pig.

Lighting is a very important topic when it comes to designing ones living and working space. For instance I don't have one of those modular lamps at home but I am sure it would make my space more awesome.

See for yourself how you can gain the fashion edge with one of these cool modern lamp designs.