Lights Up for the World Cup

Seinfeld emoji, fashion's World Cup team, an artist's secret swimming pool and more in our weekly look at the web

The iconic Christ the Redeemer statue—the second largest of its kind—looms over the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as a symbol of the region’s religious beliefs, but on the day before the World Cup final, it will be representing which team has more vocal fans on Twitter—Argentina or Germany. By tweeting the hashtag #ArmsWideOpen followed by either #ARG or #GER, users can cast votes …

The World’s Tallest Water Slide

Seinfeld emoji, fashion's World Cup team, an artist's secret swimming pool and more in our weekly look at the web

If you’ve ever wanted to know what it would be like to slide off of a 15-story building, a new attraction in Kansas City offers something quite similar. The Verrückt at Schlitterbahn park, dubbed the world’s tallest waterside, stands 168 feet tall and allows people to reach a maximum speed just over 60mph while being strapped onto something closely resembling an air mattress. The opening …

The Daily Routines of Famous Creatives

Seinfeld emoji, fashion's World Cup team, an artist's secret swimming pool and more in our weekly look at the web

Organization software service Podio has compiled an interesting infographic that compares the daily routines of artists, writers and musicians, ranging from Charles Dickens and Pablo Picasso to more recent figures such as Maya Angelou and Haruki Murakami. View which great minds prefer working until the wee hours of the morning (Kafka, we’re looking at you) and learn what each creative preferred to do during their …