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MY HEART REPORT

2009-10-11T21:21:00.001+08:00

Will beat 42,367 times, pump 621 gallons of blood, and push that blood nearly 9,557 miles throughout my body!

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KNOW YOUR FOE

2009-09-26T20:45:00.001+08:00

Can you tell the difference between the Ebola, H1N1 and smallpox viruses?
Take this quiz from Newsweek and find out.

GECKO WITH PSYCHEDELIC EYES

2009-09-25T22:03:00.002+08:00

National Geographic reader Quinton Robinson took this amazing photo of a Madagascar giant leaf tailed gecko that looked at the world with trippy colored eyes!

Thirsty Bat

2009-09-25T21:59:00.002+08:00

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THE STRONGEST ANIMAL ON EARTH

2009-09-24T22:19:00.001+08:00

The Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) is a species of rhinoceros beetle that lives in South America. It can grow to over 6 inches in length (counting its horns), but its claim to fame is its strength. The Hercules beetle can support 850 times its own weight on its shell! This beetles eats only vegetation and is not aggressive, except to other Hercules beetles, when males fight each other over females.

HISTORY OF COMMUNICATION

2009-09-23T20:35:00.000+08:00

History of communication from DesignTV on Vimeo.

TEA EGGS

2009-09-23T20:26:00.001+08:00

These visually striking eggs are produced by hard-boiling an egg, cracking the shell, and then steeping the egg in a flavored tea or broth. The batik-like marbling effect is more prominent when teas with high levels of tannin are used; the duration of the second boiling will influence both the color of the marbling and the degree to which the tea or broth flavor penetrates the egg.

MONKEY PICKED TEA

2009-09-22T23:00:00.001+08:00

This rare chinese tea is carefully picked by specially trained monkeys in a remote mountain region of China. Legend has it that monkeys were first used to collect tea ten centuries ago, because upon seeing its master trying to reach some tea growing wild on a mountain face, the monkey climbed up the steep face and collected the tea growing there and brought it down to his master. Nowadays the practice of monkeys picking tea has all but died out, except in one small remote village where they still continue this remarkable tradition.

SPIDERMAN COPYCAT

2009-09-22T22:49:00.005+08:00

Native to Kenya, the rock agama (Agama mwanzae) is unable to throw webs, but can change colour – the brightly coloured males will change brown at night or if frightened. They can also run on their hind legs, and – like Spidey – can scale vertical walls. They are high maintenance animals, in need of special diets and strict temperature settings.

BEST WISHES

2009-09-21T21:18:00.000+08:00

ALBANY MEDICATED TOILET PAPER

2009-09-21T15:41:00.002+08:00

This is one of our oldest specimens, dating from the mid-1880s judging by the dates on the top. This puts it less than 10 years after rolled/perforated toilet paper appeared, when hygienic value was a common theme among the toilet tissue manufacturers. It's in a sealed canister which has never been opened. The manufacturer makes some pretty impressive claims regarding its quality and medicinal - below the images is a transcript of the printing on the canister, with the position of each block of text corresponding to that of the image on which it appears.

THIS
PAPER WILL BE
FOUND INVALUABLE AS
A PREVENTIVE AND CURE FOR
- HEMORRHOIDS -
AND IS THE ONLY REALLY
MEDICATED TOILET PAPER
EVER PRODUCED, MANUFACTURED ONLY BY THE
ALBANY PERFORATED WRAPPING PAPER CO.
ALBANY, N.Y., U.S.A
Price per Roll of 1000 sheets,
FIFTY
CENTS.

500 YEARS OF FEMALE PORTRAITS

2009-09-21T15:33:00.000+08:00

500 Years of female portraits in western art.
Great morphing video.

GANDHI AT HIS SPINNING WHEEL.

2009-09-21T15:27:00.001+08:00

Margaret Bourke-White - Gandhi at his Spinning Wheel (1946). This portrait of a hero is now an icon for humility and nonviolence.

HAPPY DOLPHINS

2009-09-21T15:14:00.001+08:00

What did one dolphin say to the other dolphin?

We can't know for sure, but whatever the joke is, these beautiful creatures look to be sharing a big laugh.

They are playing one of their favourite games - blowing vast clouds of bubbles and then biting into the rings they make, so they burst into smaller bubbles which float to the surface more quickly.

Sometimes the dolphins even dive through them - just for fun.

MEN LIE TWICE AS MUCH AS WOMEN

2009-09-20T23:15:00.002+08:00

Men tell twice as many lies as women. Researchers found they tell six lies a day on average to their partner, boss and work colleagues, but women come out with just three. The study also revealed that the most common lie told by both sexes was: 'Nothing's wrong, I'm fine.'

While men are likely to fib about having their last pint and claiming their partner's behind doesn't look too big, women avoid telling the truth about their latest shopping purchases. Eighty-three per cent of adults of both sexes said they could easily tell if their partner was lying.

SLOW LORIS LOVES GETTING TICKLED

2009-09-20T23:10:00.000+08:00

As cute as the slow loris is, it is considered an endangered species and not really suitable as a pet. Not only are they illegal to own, but they have sharp teeth and wild-like behaviors.

2009-09-19T20:33:00.001+08:00

THE BIGGEST INSECT

Goliath beetles (Goliathus) are the largest insects in terms of bulk and weight. They can reach over 4 inches long, which doesn’t sound like much, til you look at the picture. The beetles are native to the African tropics, where they subsist on tree sap and fruit. Goliath beetles can be kept as pets, just feed them dog food (but don’t expect them to come when called).

The Marshmallow Experiment

2009-09-19T20:23:00.001+08:00

The marshmallow experiment is a famous test conducted by Walter Mischel at Stanford University. Kids are given a marshmallow and told they can have one now, or if they wait, they will get a second one in a few minutes.

New Age Anatomy

2009-09-18T23:30:00.002+08:00

Why men shouldn't take messages.....

2009-09-18T23:13:00.002+08:00

word puzzle

2009-03-16T21:49:00.001+08:00

Biology is fun
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slug sex

2009-03-16T21:31:00.001+08:00

STPM results will be out .....and I'm in ......

2009-03-07T20:10:00.006+08:00

CHECKING OF 2008 STPM RESULT

from 12.00 noon, 10 March 2009
Check through SMS
type STPM space
new IC No. and
send to 39003
On-Line: www.mpm.edu.my

woman got herself sterilised to 'save the planet'

2007-12-04T20:04:00.000+08:00

Toni Vernelli, 27, got herself sterilized because she wanted to save the planet!

At the age of 27 this young woman at the height of her reproductive years was sterilised to "protect the planet".

Incredibly, instead of mourning the loss of a family that never was, her boyfriend (now husband) presented her with a congratulations card.

While some might think it strange to celebrate the reversal of nature and denial of motherhood, Toni relishes her decision with an almost religious zeal.

"Having children is selfish. It’s all about maintaining your genetic line at the expense of the planet," says Toni, 35.

"Every person who is born uses more food, more water, more land, more fossil fuels, more trees and produces more rubbish, more pollution, more greenhouse gases, and adds to the problem of over-population."

While most parents view their children as the ultimate miracle of nature, Toni seems to see them as a sinister threat to the future.

sea organ

2007-12-04T20:02:00.000+08:00

In 2005, architect Nikola Basic created the musical Sea Organ on the shores of Zadar, Croatia. It is the world's first musical pipe organ that is played by the sea. Simple and elegant steps, carved in white stone, were built on the quayside.

Underneath, there are 35 musically tuned tubes with whistle openings on the sidewalk. The movement of the sea pushes air through, and – depending on the size and velocity of the wave – musical chords are played. The waves create random harmonic sounds.

educational posters

2007-12-04T20:00:00.001+08:00

Reissued German educational posters that were illustrated in the 1950s and 60s.

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solar

2007-12-04T19:58:00.000+08:00

Solar is a beautiful short animated film by Ian Wharton and Edward Shires. A tale of the sun, the moon, and two characters who inhabit a planet that relies on day and night perhaps more than it would seem.

etree

2007-12-04T19:54:00.000+08:00

The ETree is an interactive lamp consisting of ten strands of light that you can bend into different shapes. The ETree was designed by Jesus Felipe and Silvia Grimaldi of Nimble Critters.

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usb exercising mouse

2007-12-02T20:00:00.000+08:00

The Faster you type the faster he pedals. Your daily word count is recorded, so you'd better work hard.

how scrooge are you?

2007-12-02T19:59:00.001+08:00

Christmas comes but once a year, is that too often for you? Are you more jeer than cheer this Christmas? Take this test and find out how much Scrooge you have in you this holiday season!

11%

Quiz courtesy of Appliance Parts from PS Appliance Parts

understanding the periodic table

2007-12-02T19:57:00.000+08:00

You've probably seen this table before. It's one of the most important tools for understanding chemistry.

Go through it piece by piece and soon enough you'll not only understand how it works, you'll be able to use it to figure out how and why elements interact to make the world you see around you.

a cure for zombies?

2007-12-02T19:56:00.001+08:00

According to New Scientist, researchers at Ben-Gurion University have cured zombie-stricken cockroaches. Other scientists, however, are skeptical of the applicability of this cure to our own species due to the increased complexity of the human brain.

charley

2007-12-02T19:55:00.001+08:00

Charley is a cute and obviously well-loved cat who has cerebellar hypoplasia.

caged monkey

2007-12-02T19:51:00.000+08:00

National Geographic has just chosen the winners of its International Photography Contest. Out of 148,203 images submitted, this particular one above by Chinese photographer Li Feng won for the category Animal - International.

Caged monkeys await their fate at a medical laboratory in Hubei Province, China. The judges liked that this image subverted the usual “romanticized” approach to wildlife photography, and more accurately reflected the fate of many of the world’s animals. The sneaker at the top provides scale and injects humanity into the scene; the anonymity of its wearer suggests concealment and complicity. The structure of the cages, the horror of the captivity, the crowded composition, and the claustrophobic tension all add up to a very sad and compelling photo.

Other images.

9 ways to eat gold

2007-12-02T19:48:00.000+08:00

Gold is often used as decoration and to add a bit of opulence to a luxurious meal. Often a fresh sprig of parsley cannot compare to the shine of gold. Beyond appearances many people believe that gold, if ingested, offers a wide array of health benefits. Today, fine dining chefs everywhere add gold to their signature dishes to add a lavish element. While gold is actually tasteless, it does impress and allows restaurants and manufacturers to charge exorbitant amounts of money for routinely mundane products.

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tay zonday is back : cherry chocolate rain

2007-12-01T21:08:00.000+08:00

Tay “I move away from the mic to breathe in” Zonday is back with a Dr. Pepper corporate-sponsored updated version of Chocolate Rain and a new professional YouTube video. Yay for Tay.

chocolate rain by tay zonday

2007-12-01T21:05:00.000+08:00

Tay Zonday is a graduate student from Minneapolis, Minnesota. His YouTube song and video, "Chocolate Rain," is a little odd, but strangely appealing, and became very popular very quickly in the Summer of 2007. This led to appearances on VH1's Best Week Ever show and the Jimmy Kimmel Live show. The song's not bad, and the lyrics are cool, but it's the strangeness factor (his head movements, his short body and low voice) that makes this viral video click.

ten lb hairball removed from woman

2007-12-01T21:03:00.000+08:00

An 18-year old woman went to the doctor for abdominal pain and a 40-pound weight loss. When the doctor performed a CT scan, they found a mass which turned out to be a 10-pound hairball!

Doctors found a mass there, and when they used a small camera, found that the hairball was taking up nearly her entire stomach.

The patient said that she has a habit of eating her own hair, a condition called trichophagia.

Doctors tried to use small incisions to remove the mass, but then had to go to traditional surgery to make sure the entire hairball was removed.

clever ad - history's bad eggs

2007-12-01T21:02:00.001+08:00

The Jupiter Drawing Room ad agency created these very creative ads for South African egg company Nulaid. The ads all say "History’s produced a lot of bad eggs. Thankfully, ours are always good."

very clever ad - happy dog

2007-12-01T20:58:00.000+08:00

Here’s a clever ad from dog food brand Iams: a rear windshield decal and a prop to make the wiper looks like the dog’s tail wagging!

bowl of liquid oxygen

2007-12-01T20:50:00.000+08:00

Liquid oxygen is blue.

2007-11-30T20:22:00.000+08:00

master of the killer ants

2007-11-30T20:20:00.000+08:00

Illustration: Henri-Pierre Aberlenc

The Mofu people of northern Cameroon, Africa, have developed a unique process of defending themselves and their crops against termites and other pests: by calling on killer ants they called the jaglavak (Dorylus) for help!

The Mofu who sees his compound invaded by termites and ants calls on the jaglavak for help. Dorylus colonies are not easy to find. After identifying the nest or colony of jaglavak on the move, the Mofu removes from the colony several hundred to a thousand, or even more, Dorylus soldiers. […]

The Mofu put the jaglavak on the ground within an ocher circle from which extends a path, also traced in ocher, that leads toward the area of the most badly infested house. The Mofu admit that they do not see the jaglavak operate, but they claim that two or three weeks later, the harmful insects have disappeared, and the jaglavak as well, for they do not remain in the compound …

mountain coat range

2007-11-30T20:18:00.000+08:00

This Mountain Coat Range by d-ECO-rate uses excess wood to create a silhouette of the snow-capped mountain peaks of the Grand Tetons. The jagged edges serve as a place to hang your coat and scarves!

30 fps flipbook animation

2007-11-30T20:16:00.000+08:00

my pet goldfish

2007-11-30T20:14:00.000+08:00

Feed the fish, and he will grow. Just how big, I do not know. LINK

thousand year old riddle for all you dirty minded people....

2007-11-30T20:11:00.000+08:00

The Exeter Book, a tenth century codex of Anglo-Saxon poetry is the largest collection of Old English literature. In addition to poems, there are about a hundred or so riddles (and yes, some of them are quite ribald!)

See if you can guess the answer to this 1,000-year old riddle:

Swings by his thigh / a thing most magical!
Below the belt / beneath the folds
Of his clothes it hangs / a hole in its front end,
stiff-set and stout / it swivels about.

Levelling the head / of this hanging tool,
its wielder hoists his hem / above his knee;
it is his will to fill / a well-known hole
that it fits fully / when at full length

He’s oft filled it before. / Now he fills it again.

Answer ??

history of religion

2007-11-30T20:06:00.000+08:00

How has the geography of religion evolved over the centuries, and where has it sparked wars? Our map gives us a brief history of the world's most well-known religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. Selected periods of inter-religious bloodshed are also highlighted. Want to see 5,000 years of religion in 90 seconds? Ready, Set, Go!

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is it christmas yet?

2007-11-29T20:40:00.000+08:00

Check back daily.

death by booze

2007-11-29T20:37:00.000+08:00

Find out how many of your favorite alcoholic beverages it would take to send you to a drunken grave. Look for your beverage of choice, enter your weight, select your gender, and see how much you have to drink before the alcohol kills you.

I don't drink any alcohol but if I did - it would take 16 martinis to kill me.

It would take 16 Martinis to kill me

the man with five kidneys

2007-11-29T20:35:00.000+08:00

One day, Brigham Nordstrom of Hautapu, New Zealand got a kidney infection and was admitted to the hospital. There, doctors found out that he’s got a little something extra:

"The doctors took a scan. Then I had to get a second one done. They wanted to have another look."

Doctors had found one duplex kidney and one triplex kidney. Instead of having one tube or ureter joining each kidney to the bladder, Mr Nordstrom had two tubes on the left and three on the right.

Accordingly, the duplex kidney has two parts and the triplex has three parts, meaning it is quite likely Mr Nordstrom has five kidneys altogether.

i like it that way

2007-11-29T20:34:00.000+08:00

One of the first viral hits, the video features two Chinese students (Wei Wei and Huang Yi Xin) passionately lip-synching to the Backstreet Boys' "I Like It That Way" to a cheap Webcam in their dorm room. I can't tell whether I hate or love these guys, especially the freaky one on the left (Wei Wei), but I keep watching because I like the guy in the background playing Counter Strike. According to Wikipedia, the "Back Dorm Boys," as they've come to be called, were later signed as spokespeople for Motorola cell phones in China.

famous last words : the animated musical

2007-11-29T20:32:00.000+08:00

You never get a second chance to make a last impression. Ransom Riggs of mental_floss wrote and directed an animated video that takes us on a tour of famous people in history and their famous last words, all set to a catchy tune and hosted by the Grim Reaper himself!

leaping mobula rays

2007-11-29T20:30:00.000+08:00

In the Sea of Cortez at the southern Gulf of Mexico, there is a spectacular sight of … leaping Mobula rays!

It looks like a futuristic space ship skimming over the ocean’s surface. Or maybe a triangular shaped prototype aircraft launched from the depths.

In fact it is a Mobula Ray, a smaller cousin of the Manta Ray, which puts on a spectacular leaping display. Mobula Ray pictures reveal spectacular leaps […]

They hurtle up from the depths and leap several feet into the air often turning somersaults in the process.

periodic table

2007-11-29T20:27:00.000+08:00

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mythbusters: are elephants afraid of mice?

2007-11-29T20:25:00.001+08:00

hand in hand

2007-11-29T20:23:00.000+08:00

He lost his leg when he was very young. She lost an arm in a car accident. But their ballet won a dance competition on a Chinese TV network.

equation book shelf

2007-11-27T20:30:00.000+08:00

why do worms go onto the sidewalk when it rains?

2007-11-27T20:27:00.000+08:00

Most people assume that earthworms come to the surface during heavy rains to avoid drowning in their tunnels. In fact, worms can live totally submerged in water, so drowning isn’t the problem. But the rainwater that filters down through the ground contains very little oxygen, so the real reason earthworms come to the surface is to breathe.

Once above ground, earthworms are very sensitive to light, and even a brief exposure to the sun’s rays can paralyze them. Unable to crawl back into their burrows, they eventually dry out and die on the sidewalk.

quit smoking

2007-11-27T20:26:00.001+08:00

it could be lupus

2007-11-27T20:24:00.000+08:00

robots inspired by nature

2007-11-27T20:23:00.000+08:00

i'm on vogue !

2007-11-27T20:21:00.001+08:00

the sensitive plant

2007-11-26T19:37:00.000+08:00

super parking skill

2007-11-26T19:35:00.000+08:00

Can you park your 457 cm long car in a 480 cm tight spot?

This Korean guy can. He does it every day.

idaho's fire rainbow

2007-11-26T19:33:00.000+08:00

The atmospheric phenomenon known as a circumhorizon(tal) arc, or "Fire rainbow", appears when the sun is high in the sky (i.e., higher than 58° above the horizon), and its light passes through diaphanous, high-altitude cirrus clouds made up of hexagonal plate crystals. Sunlight entering the crystals' vertical side faces and leaving through their bottom faces is refracted (as through a prism) and separated into an array of visible colors. When the plate crystals in cirrus clouds are aligned optimally (i.e., with their faces parallel to the ground), the resulting display is a brilliant spectrum of colors reminiscent of a rainbow. The example shown above was captured on camera as it hung for about an hour across a several-hundred square mile area of sky above northern Idaho (near the Washington border) on 3 June 2006.

angry-gram

2007-11-26T19:30:00.000+08:00

An Angry-Gram is the perfect way to let someone know they totally do your head in. Tell the Angry-Gram who they are and why they wind you up. A screaming 3-Pepper Angus, the Angry Whopper, will be send to them and really let them have it.

Make your own Angry-Gram.

resurrection fern

2007-11-26T19:29:00.000+08:00

It knows how to play dead. During drought periods, the fern goes grey and curls up, appearing to be completely dead. When it receives even a tiny bit of water, it turns lush and green again. Some have estimated that it could be resurrected after up to 100 years.

wanna see a life-size whale?

2007-11-24T22:00:00.000+08:00

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to blog or not to blog

2007-11-24T21:59:00.001+08:00

bioenergy

2007-11-24T21:56:00.000+08:00

Juan Enriquez offers a glimpse of some ground-breaking research to explore the potential of bioenergy. Our current energy sources -- coal, oil, gas -- are ultimately derived from ancient plants -- they're "concentrated sunlight." He asks, Can we learn from that process and accelerate it? Can we get to the point where we grow our own energy as efficiently as we grow wheat? (Less than a month after this talk, his company announced a process to do just that.)

Why Don’t We Have a Word for That?

2007-11-24T21:54:00.000+08:00

Americans excel at inventing colorful expressions and slang, but it turns out other countries are pretty good at it, too. Here are a list of useful words from around the world that should’ve been invented for the English language:

Kummerspeck (Germany): "Grief bacon" - the weight that you gain by overeating when you’re worried about something.

Attaccabottoni (Italy): A "buttonholer" - someone who corners casual acquaintances or even complete strangers for the purpose of telling them their miserable life stories.

Modré Pondeli (Czech): "Blue Monday" - When you skip coming in to work to give yourself a three-day weekend.

Razbliuto (Russia): The feeling you have for a person you used to love, but don’t anymore.

Shitta (Iran): Leftover dinner that’s eaten for breakfast.

Tartle (Scotland): To momentarily forget the name of the person you’re talking to. The word helps reduce the social embarrassment of such situations: "I’m sorry, I tartled there for a moment."

Pana po’o (Hawaii): To scratch your head in an attempt to remember something you’ve forgotten.

Ngaobera (Easter Island): A sore throat caused by too much screaming.

Backpfeifengesicht (Germany): A face that’s just begging for somebody to put their fist in it.

Papierkrieg (Germany): "Paper war" - bureaucratic paperwork whose only purpose is to block you from getting the refund, insurance payment, or other benefit that you have coming.

Rujuk (Indonesia): To remarry your ex-wife.

Mokita (New Guinea): The truth that everyone knows, but no one will speak about.

Gorrero (Spain, Central America): Someone who never picks up the check.

Fucha (Poland): Using your employer’s time and resources for your own purposes. (Uncle John had never heard of such a thing and wanted to ask around the office if anyone else had, but everyone is still out to lunch.)

the cloud

2007-11-24T21:52:00.000+08:00

The Cloud is Nadim Karam’s design concept for a resort city elevated 300 metres in the air and supported on slanting legs resembling rain.

Where it’s supposed to be located? Yes, you guessed it: in Dubai.

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condition 1 weather

2007-11-24T21:50:00.000+08:00

McMurdo Station in Antartica is a science research center operated by the United States. The weather at McMurdo Station is classified as being Condition 3 (nice weather), Condition 2 (not so nice), or Condition 1. Take a look at the video to see what Condition 1 is:

was the first controlled experiment actually in the bible?

2007-11-24T21:46:00.000+08:00

One of the first - if not the very first - controlled experiments was actually described in the Bible. In the Book of Daniel, the prophet Daniel tested the effects of eating simply (a diet of pulse or lentils and other seeds) versus a kingly feast of meat and wine:

¹²Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

¹³Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king’s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.

¹⁴So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.

¹⁵And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat.

bugs you can eat

2007-11-23T20:17:00.000+08:00

Tarantulas, grasshoppers, and scorpions are just the beginning of insects you can eat. Why do you think they call them “mealworms”?

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ordering pizza in 2010

2007-11-23T20:15:00.000+08:00

Data mining is the process of automatically searching large volumes of data for patterns. A simple example of data mining is its use for retail sales. If a clothing store records the purchases of customers, a data mining system could identify those customers who favour silk shirts over cotton ones.

Here's an example of data mining. Don't think this isn't going to happen because it is. And if this wasn't so funny, it would be really scary.

morocco's climbing goats

2007-11-23T20:11:00.000+08:00

Goats on trees are found mostly only in

Morocco

. The goats climb them because they like to eat the fruit of the argan tree, which is similar to an olive. Farmers actually follow the herds of goats as they move from tree to tree. Not because it is so strange to see goats in trees and the farmers like to point and stare, but because the fruit of the tree has a nut inside, which the goats can't digest, so they spit it up or excrete it which the farmers collect. The nut contains 1-3 kernels, which can be ground to make argan oil used in cooking and cosmetics. This oil has been collected by the people of the region for hundreds of years, but like many wild and useful things these days, the argan tree is slowly disappearing due to over-harvesting for the tree's wood and overgrazing by goats.

As a result a group of people and organizations have banded together to try to save the tree. To do so one of the primary locations where the trees grow has been declared a biosphere preserve. It was also decided that by making the world aware of the oil, it's great taste and supposed anti-aging properties, would create a demand for it. However, the people who planned to market the oil could not envision people wanting to put an oil on their food or their face that was collected from goat excrement. As a result, a campaign is being led to ban grazing on the trees by goats during certain parts of the year to allow the fruit to ripen and fall off on its own. The fruit is then collected and turned into oil by oil cooperatives. So far, this arrangement seems to be working.

giving him praise... the aerobic way

2007-11-23T20:10:00.001+08:00

miss landmine

2007-11-23T20:06:00.000+08:00

Angola is littered with thousands of landmines all over the country. In 23 years, over 80,000 people had died or lost limbs due to one wrong step.

To call attention to this problem and to raise funds to eliminate landmines, Norwegian artist Morten Traavik launched a controversial beauty pageant called Miss Landmine, where 10 women competed for the title of most beautiful mutilated Angolan woman, and the first prize of a leg prosthesis.

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the most beautiful flower garden

2007-11-23T20:02:00.000+08:00

The most beautiful and the most visited flower garden in the world is Keukenhof Gardens here in the Netherlands. It's a 70-acre showcase for the Dutch flower industry. Visitors can see a changing display of more than 7 million flowers - including some 1,000 varieties of tulips alone.

Where Keukenhof is situated now, was a hunting area in the 15th century. Herbs for the kitchen of the castle of Jacoba of Bavaria were also collected here; hence the name Keukenhof (keuken = kitchen, hof = garden).

list of oxymora

2007-11-23T20:00:00.000+08:00

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines two usually contradictory terms in a compressed paradox, as in the word 'bittersweet' or the phrase 'living death.'

Other examples are: clearly misunderstood, random pattern, true fiction, deliberate mistake, and harmless crime.

MORE HERE.

christmas holidays

2007-11-23T19:58:00.000+08:00

Did you have to look twice at the picture above before you knew what you were looking at? I did.

They are geese, crowded together in their open-air enclosure on a farm in Kuhhorst, Germany. The animals will be the centerpieces at the dinner table for the upcoming Christmas holidays.

the miracle tree

2007-11-23T19:45:00.001+08:00

Imagine a tree that will meet all your nutritional needs, take care of you medicinally, and purify your water for you. This tree actually exists.

For centuries indigenous people in northern India and many parts of Africa have known the many benefits of Moringa oleifera. Its uses are as unique as the many names it is known by, such as clarifier tree, horseradish tree, drumstick tree and in East Africa it has the alias 'mother's best friend.'

need a reason to quit smoking?

2007-11-22T23:13:00.000+08:00

model of a psychopharmacologist

2007-11-22T23:11:00.000+08:00

Sung by Stephen M. Stahl, MD, PhD, of the Neurosciences Education Institute, with apologies to Gilbert and Sulivan. –

how to peel an egg

2007-11-22T21:27:00.000+08:00

Peeling Egg Trick - The best free videos are right here

the knitting drummer

2007-11-22T21:25:00.000+08:00

Corey Fogel is The Knitting Drummer.

an angeling clock

2007-11-22T21:22:00.000+08:00

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inside a croc stomach

2007-11-22T21:18:00.000+08:00

on-line colour thesaurus

2007-11-20T21:20:00.000+08:00

Colour names are a powerful means of selecting and communicating colors. There are a variety of colour vocabularies and dictionaries available but there has been less work in capturing the similiarities and differences in color naming.

To use the online colour thesaurus, simply type the colour name in a text field. Once you have typed in your color name click on 'submit' and the results will be displayed.

denmark's black sun

2007-11-20T21:17:00.000+08:00

During spring in Denmark, at approximately one half an hour before sunset, flocks of more than a million European starlings (sturnus vulgaris) gather from all corners to join in the incredible formations shown above. This phenomenon is called Black Sun (in Denmark), and can be witnessed in early spring throughout the marshlands of western Denmark, from March through to the middle of April. The starlings migrate from the south and spend the day in the meadows gathering food, sleeping in the reeds during the night.

casting spells with dna

2007-11-20T21:16:00.000+08:00

Paul Rothemund compares his work to "casting a spell" -- and it does seem akin to magic. By writing a set of instructions, he can cause bits of DNA to fold themselves into a smiley face, a star, a triangle. Sure, it's a stunt, but it's also a fascinating window into the possibility of self-assembly at the smallest of scales. In other words: today a smiley face, tomorrow a micro-microprocessor.

how well do you know your world?

2007-11-20T21:14:00.000+08:00

In this geography game, click as close to the prompted location as you can, but remember, speed counts!

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the origin of hip-hop music

2007-11-20T21:10:00.000+08:00

In the latest Chinese viral video advertising series from Nokia, the story goes that hip hop originated in the 60s in a farming village in Inner Mongolia. The master of the art is a 60-year-old who goes by the name MC Farmer.

that old blogger

2007-11-20T21:08:00.000+08:00

Santa Claus left a comment at my site today, reminding me about his personal blog. The latest post tells about the launch of his business blog, Corporate Responsibility @ The North Pole, where you can look up Santa’s stance on volunteerism, animal rights, environmental practices, and more.

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cool water trick

2007-11-19T21:58:00.000+08:00

snowflakes

2007-11-19T21:54:00.000+08:00

How to generate a snowflake .

proven by science: messy beds are actually healthier !

2007-11-19T21:51:00.000+08:00

Attention slobs! Tired of getting hassled by your parents/spouse/roommate for not making up your bed in the morning? Well, tell them that science has proven that messy beds are actually healthier:

Research suggests that while an unmade bed may look scruffy it is also unappealing to house dust mites thought to cause asthma and other allergies. A Kingston University study discovered the bugs cannot survive in the warm, dry conditions found in an unmade bed. […]

Researcher Dr Stephen Pretlove said: "We know that mites can only survive by taking in water from the atmosphere using small glands on the outside of their body.

"Something as simple as leaving a bed unmade during the day can remove moisture from the sheets and mattress so the mites will dehydrate and eventually die."

happy birthday, vacuum tube !

2007-11-19T21:48:00.000+08:00

On November 16, 1904, British engineer John Ambrose Fleming patented the vacuum tube . This ushered in the age of modern electronics, leading to the development of radio, TV, and other forms of electronic equipment. Vacuum tubes were standard until the advent of the transistor. The US Supreme Court eventually invalidated Fleming’s patent, but he is still known as the inventor of the vacuum tube.

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