Posted by rappin in Bizarre on 01 31st, 2009 | 13 Comments
The Secrets Behind Your Favorite Toys
You know the toys. You’ve seen the commercials. But you definitely haven’t heard these stories. Listen up as game inventor Tim Moodie reveals the glorious secrets behind your favorite classic toys.
1. How the Slinky got stuck between a cult and a mid-life crisis
In 1943, naval engineer Richard James...
America’s Most Correct Internet Conspiracy Theorist Calls Next Market Crash
Wacky—and maybe financially beneficial—blast from the past: one anonymous nut on a Google Finance message board correctly predicted the day of the crash of 2008. Now that dude has another prediction, exclusively for you!
This guy nailed the September 15, 2008 market crash way back in July. Of course,...
Posted by rappin in Offbeat on 01 28th, 2009 | 5 Comments
5 things you didn’t know about police dogs
When trails run cold or drugs can’t be detected by the human eye, police often turn to the noses of their four-legged partners. In these days of DNA testing and high-tech communication, sometimes one of the best tools in law enforcement is man’s best friend
Inv. Gregory Shaffer, supervisor of the...
How to spot an atheist at a wedding
How do you know he isn’t keeping an eye out for athiests? Or maybe he prays with his eyes open?
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Posted by rappin in People and Society on 01 25th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Suitable for Drunk Driving!
CURE SLEEPINESS RIGHT AWAY
To prevent traffic accidents, to enshure driving safety…
Posted by rappin in Culture on 01 24th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Breathtaking Airport Terminals Around the World
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Denver International Airport
Denver International AirportAt first glance Denver looks like a modern architecture version of a bedouin encampment, something that you might see at an airport in the Arab Emirates. But the Teflon coated pyramid shaped tent canopies are references...
10 Amazing Uncovered Treasures From 2008
It’s amazing what you can find! These unbelievable discoveries of 2008 make it exciting to be a collector, and for many of these lucky finders, provide quite a nice cash reward as well. Maybe it is finally time to dig your old metal detector out of the closet (doesn’t everybody have one of those?)...
5 Comic Superheroes Who Made a Real-World Difference
1. Superman Defeats the
Ku Klux Klan
In the 1940s, The Adventures of Superman was a radio sensation. Kids across the country huddled around their sets as the Man of Steel leapt off the page and over the airwaves. Although Superman had been fighting crime in print since 1938, the weekly audio episodes...
Posted by rappin in WTF? on 01 16th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Mystery of the screaming mummy
It was a blood-curdling discovery. The mummy of a young man with his hands and feed bound, his face contorted in an eternal scream of pain. But who was he and how did he die?
On a scorching hot day at the end of June 1886, Gaston Maspero, head of the Egyptian Antiquities Service, was unwrapping the...
Posted by rappin in Culture on 01 15th, 2009 | 5 Comments
The World’s Top 10 Left-Handed Athletes
Right is wrong and left is … right?
Seems to be. It’s not exactly a bass-ackward revolution, but left-handers are doing okay for themselves in sports these days.
Or are they?
The idea struck me last week when I saw highlights of college quarterbacks Josh Heupel and Matt Leinart winning BCS...
