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Animals That Were Found in Weird Places
Everyone loves animals. That is, of course, until a strange one pops up in an unexpected place. When this happens, people are befuddled, curious, and perhaps in very real danger of being mauled to death, and in light of this week’s Hurrican Irene-Brooklyn-python fiasco, here is are some unique...
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Boring Office Day Bingo
Today is a boring day at the office. You’ve already figured out how to optimize your procrastination techniques, so you don’t have to do any actual work until Thursday anyway. Don’t you wish that you had something to do just to pass the boring office hours? It doesn’t even have...
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The Anatomy of a Hurricane [Infographic]
Hurricane Irene made things miserable on the East Coast this weekend. While Hurricane Irene didn’t completely destroy the entire East Coast as many fearmongering meteorologists predicted last week, the category 2 hurricane certainly made things damp and miserable. If you’re curious why this...
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Hurricane Irene from Space
This is a video from the International Space Station, in which a team of American astronauts videotaped and commented on their bird’s eye view of Hurricane Irene, which has grown to momentus size and is currently lurching toward the East Coast. The hurricane is set to make landfall in North Carolina...
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Scientists Discovered a Diamond Planet
Breaking news from deep space: scientists have discovered a planet in our own galaxy that appears to be made of diamonds. Ladies: feel free to look down disappointingly at your wedding rings now. The Diamond Planet, which orbits an extremely dense neutron star about 4,000 lightyears away from Earth,...
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This is What It Sounds Like When Beatboxers Hang Out
NBC’s The Sing Off is still a few weeks away from its premiere, but the show’s All-Star acapella contestants are already releasing loads of behind-the-scenes and not-gonna-be-seen-on-TV acapella goodness for fans to enjoy. If you’ve never seen The Sing Off before, just imagine American...
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Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple
Big news from Silicon Valley (where they grow all the computers): Steve Jobs has officially resigned as the CEO of Apple Computers. In his over 30-year reign as the CEO of Apple Computers, Steve Jobs has single-handedly (with the help of his company, of course) revolutionized the world of computing technology,...
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7 Things That Do NOT Cause Earthquakes
If you’ve been on any social media sites since yesterday, there’s a good chance you’ve been seeing buttloads of reactions to yesterday’s East Coast earthquake, a 5.8 rumbler that originated in Mineral, Virginia and shook the East Coast, including Washington D.C., New York City,...
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Did ‘The Event’ Predict the East Coast Earthquake?
Did a canceled NBC show predict today’s East Coast Earthquake? A few of you might remember NBC’s ‘The Event’, a fantastic sci-fi suspense thriller-drama extravaganza that was cancelled earlier this year after only one fantastic season. You might also remember the pivotal turning...
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The Best Kickoff Returns in NFL History
Football is back! If you’ve been watching the new NFL football season, you may have noticed an important change in this season’s rules: the kickoff line has been bumped up 10 yards to ensure more touch-backs, thereby limiting the most dangerous/awesome part of any football game: the kickoff...



