… and the benefits of sitting on one
It seems nearly from the moment Mrs. Spot Cool Stuff was pregnant, we've been inundated with information about the merits of sitting on an exercise ball. The list of benefits (more on them below) are most pronounced for expectant moms. But they most certainly are not exclusive to them. Whether ...
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Tasty death-and-zombie inspired fare
Over on our travel blog we previously wrote about five delicious dishes around the world that can kill you. But you needn't travel to exotic locales to sample scary edibles. Here are four foods that you can either make yourself or order online. None of them can harm you, per ...
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Cool stuff upcycled from chopsticks, bread boards and vodka bottles
Time was that products and materials were either recycled or not. These days, "upcycled" products are becoming increasingly popular. The difference between "upcycling" and "recycling" being that the former involves reusing a material without degrading its quality or composition. So, used beer bottles being turned into jeans or asphalt or ...
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Sculptures, rugs and music
The world is awash in broken and discarded toys. But not all of them need end up in landfills. Several designers have found ways to upcycle old toys into cool works of art. Four of our favorites: Car Atlas David T. Waller 2,500 Matchbox cars on a room floor sounds like it would ...
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The cool Samsonite Micro Suitcase Scooter
What do you get when you cross a travel bag with a kid's scooter? That question isn't the set-up for a (likely terrible) joke. It's what Samsonite, a century-old luggage company, and Micro Mobility, a European scooter specialist, asked themselves when they sought to develop a carry-on bag with built-in ...
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Add a Scooby Doo factor to your house
For as long as Spot Cool Stuff has been fantasizing about the house of our dreams — the mansion we would build if money were no object — our imaginary plans have included trap doors, secret rooms and hidden passageways. For some time, we assumed that installing a hidden door in ...
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