Posted by rappin on March 29, 2009 ·
According to a study published in The Lancet, alcohol and tobacco rankamong the ten most dangerous substances used by humans. Both alcohol and tobacco have been assessed to be more dangerous than illegal drugs like marijuana or ecstasy.
The following three factors were considered in ranking the harmfulness of each drug that was evaluated:
Physical harm to the user
Addictive potential of the drug
The [...]
Posted by rappin on March 29, 2009 ·
Rhinos, hyenas, alligators – devastating human predators, right? Wrong! Though an attack by one of these beasts would surely mean bad news, they’re statistically least likely to kill a human. Check out the most deadly animals in the world, discover how they mete out their punishment and, most importantly, find out how to avoid them!
No 10: The bear
Forget gentle Ben – when a bear [...]
Posted by rappin on March 29, 2009 ·
Being the leader of the free world is a tough job. You have to have a set of stones if you’re going to let the world know who’s boss. However, some Presidents are more physically imposing then others and would have no problem showing the opposition who’s boss. Here are the top five President’s that, if Politics were the UFC,would stomp Hugo Chavez’s ass.
Gerald Ford
Despite being portrayed [...]
Posted by rappin on March 28, 2009 ·
Most people are content with a regularly sized pizza from the local pizza place. But there are others, rich in money and time, who are hellbent on making the acquisition and consumption of pizza mind numbingly and needlessly complicated. And here they are:
Largest Pizza Ever Made
On December 8th, 1990, a monumentally wasteful record was set by Pick ‘n’ Pay hypermarket in Johannesburg, South Africa [...]
Posted by rappin on March 27, 2009 ·
Just wait until he hears that the princess is in another castle…
Posted by rappin on March 25, 2009 ·
I thought of this idea yesterday when everyone was talking about green beer. Sometimes, foods are just supposed to be one color. And when they’re not, it feels wrong.
I know that green beer is regular beer with tasteless food coloring added. And yet, when you drink it, your mind thinks something is off. Food colors matter.
So I put together this list of 11 weirdly-colored foods, strange food [...]
Posted by rappin on March 24, 2009 ·
Jamón ibérico de bellota, newly legal for import (at $180 per pound), barely cracks the top five on the pricey foods scale. We checked in with gourmet retailers for the rundown on the world’s most expensive culinary indulgences.
1.Edible gold leaf
Estimated price per pound: $15,000
Like calcium and iron, gold is a mineral that’s safe to eat, although it’s not an essential part of the human [...]
Posted by rappin on March 20, 2009 ·
If every country had it’s own type of cellphones, Russian ones could look like this. It could be made of wood – wood is cheap and is available everywhere in Russia, it has simple functions like call and bye, it would be made in Finland cause everyone in Russia knows good phones are made in Finland (like Nokia!) and one additional option is a must – a beer bottle opener from the backside [...]
Posted by rappin on March 18, 2009 ·
Well there might be a conspiracy hidden somewhere in here. I’ve seen the subliminal messages in Disney cartoons, and have heard that Disney movies were used for mind control in the MK-ULTRA project.
This video is identical scenes from couple different movies. Maybe it has something to do with repitition, secret codes hidden at the same places in different movies… maybe the filmmakers got [...]
Posted by rappin on March 16, 2009 ·