Sacramento Is About to Have the Most High-Tech Basketball Stadium

One hundred percent solar powered? A Wi-Fi network that can "handle over 500,000 Snapchat posts per second"? Wow. Wonder why Sacramento, California though? Well, as quoted from recode:

Just over two years ago, former tech CEO and then-Warriors minority owner Vivek Ranadivé purchased the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, ending a long tug-of-war that almost resulted in the team’s relocation to Seattle. As part of the deal, Ranadivé promised the NBA he’d build the Kings a new stadium in Sacramento before the 2017 NBA season.

When the new Kings basketball stadium is completed this fall, they hope it’ll be so outrageously technologically advanced that it will even wow fans from Silicon Valley.

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Absurd Creatures | This Fly's Larvae Are So Horrifying We Had to Put Cute Baby Goats in This Video

Fair warning. This video is about the botfly's horrific larvae, which grow and feed in human flesh. Don't say we didn't warn you.

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Talking Pictures | The Blue Lava of Indonesia

We all know the lengths photographers goes through to get that great picture. At least this one from Liverpool, UK took the necessary precautions when he took these amazing images of the Blue Lava of Indonesia...

Photographer and filmmaker Reuben Wu narrates a selection of his images documenting the amazing blue 'lava" that flows across the sulfurous landscape of Kawah Ijen Crater on Java, Indonesia.

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Fun With Powdered Alcohol: You Can Stop Being Scared Now

Powdered alcohol? Where have we been? Why weren't we informed? Is it snortable? Is that even a word? So many questions...

People are freaking out about powdered alcohol, but I wasn’t convinced they understood the science behind it. So I tested their concerns. Will it get you crazy drunk? Will people snort it? Watch & see! -Brent

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