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Two Buildings Were Having an All-Out Post-It War Until This Happened

Yeah there’s no coming back from that

It all began with a simple “hi” (6th floor, 3 windows from the left). An employee at Harrison and Star at 75 Varick Street in New York city put up the innocent greeting, not knowing if anyone would respond.

Photograph by Paul Vinod (@Vinvox)

Shortly thereafter a “Sup” appeared from the building across the street at 200 Hudson.

Both buildings in the Tribeca neighborhood boast a number of marketing and media agencies as their tenants and it didn’t take long for everyone to get in on the action.

Photograph by u/craftBK

Photograph via AdWeek

Photograph via New York Post

Horizon Media, Cake Group, Biolumina, Harrison and Star, Getty Images and Heartbeat Ideas all got in on the action. The agencies of 200 Hudson and 75 Varick were in an all out war. Even the Post-It manufacturer, 3M, got involved; supplying free Post-It notes for both buildings.

And then one night, under the cover or darkness, Havas Worldwide ended the battle in one fell swoop.

Photograph by u/FUNKYDISCO

According to the building supervisor for Havas Worldwide, a few of the company’s graphic designers rendered the building and laid out exactly how the giant “mic drop” should be placed in each window pane.

Then a group of co-workers stayed late one night with beer and pizza and executed the design floor by floor. Sadly, the building managers were not as impressed and have ordered a ceasefire and told all participants to have everything taken down by this weekend.

Photograph by u/craftBK

Photograph by u/FUNKYDISCO

Picture of the Day: Meanwhile at a Cleveland Museum’s Insect Exhibit

Reddit user Muppaphone spotted this miniature VW Beetle on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Entomology Collection

Photograph by Muppaphone on reddit

Reddit user Muppaphone recently spotted this miniature toy Volkswagen Beetle on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Entomology Collection.

Fun ideas like this could make for a great Easter egg/treasure hunt for museum patrons!

Muppaphone on reddit via Laughing Squid

On Picture Day, These Students Passed Around a Pineapple Shirt. It Showed Up 18 Times

Students at a high school in Arkansas decided to have a little fun on picture day, passing around a pineapple shirt and seeing how many times it could appear in photos.

I wonder how long it took the photographer to notice? It’s fun to guess what order they might have gone in by their facial expression. Perhaps the more people who did it the funnier it got and the bigger they smiled 😀

[via alexbernstine on reddit]

Photograph via alexbernstine

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The Time Richard Branson Flew a UFO Over London in an ET Costume

It was the early morning of April 1, 1989. Under the cover of darkness, Richard Branson took off in a custom hot air balloon shaped like a UFO. It was 4am and the strobe lights on board were blinking every ten seconds.

As the sun began to rise the UFO was making its way over London’s M25 highway. Drivers on their morning commute were stunned. Cars pulled over, police forces mobilized and the army was alerted. TV and radio stations were being flooded with reports of an Unidentified Flying Object…

The original plan was to land in Hyde Park but poor weather conditions blew him off target. Branson was forced to land in Surrey Field instead, as police forces followed in hot pursuit.

As the UFO prepared for landing the police surrounded the field and sent a lone officer to approach the strange aircraft. Branson had one more trick up his sleeve…

As the UFO door opened dry ice billowed out. It was then that a dwarf—also on board—emerged down the platform in an ET costume.

Unamused, the officers initially threatened arrest, eventually deciding against any formal action.

Pictured above you can see Branson wearing the ET mask the dwarf came out in.

Branson, the billionaire entrepreneur and founder of the Virgin Group is well-known for his elaborate pranks and publicity stunts, but this one may go down as one of his best.

For those curious, the UFO was built in Bristol by Don Cameron of Cameron Balloons Limited. Codenamed “Project Wedgewood”, only a handful of people knew about the stunt which is what made it such a huge success.