Archive for September, 2005
Slow poke.
British man sets the record for the slowest crossing of the Atlantic ever.
Post date: Friday, September 30th, 2005.
Weapons of membrane destruction.
Compounds secreted by frog skin appear to selectively kill the HIV virus. (via)
Post date: Friday, September 30th, 2005.
Toccer.
Tennis polo is a combination of soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, and tennis, and is one of the fastest growing sports in the world. (via)
Post date: Friday, September 30th, 2005.
Cruise control.
Cars that will automatically issue a ticket every time the vehicle exceeds the speed limit. (via)
Post date: Friday, September 30th, 2005.
Planet of the Man.
Apes spotted in the wild using tools for the first time in recorded history. (via)
Post date: Thursday, September 29th, 2005.
Rest in mulch.
Town in Sweden to begin freeze-drying their dead. (via)
Post date: Thursday, September 29th, 2005.
Dark matter.
Astronomers have found invisible matter that dominates the cosmos.
Post date: Thursday, September 29th, 2005.
World wide rewrite.
Magazine writer puts an intentionally error-laden article on Wikipedia and lets the community make corrections. (via)
Post date: Thursday, September 29th, 2005.
Mandaids.
Guys: Patch up those cuts and bruises with duct tape bandages.
Post date: Thursday, September 29th, 2005.
Ooooh that smell.
DC officials unable to identify the source of the mysterious stench that smelled up the Northeast side of town ‘like skunk, rotten eggs and sulfur’ combined. (via)
Post date: Thursday, September 29th, 2005.
Astrobiology.
British university is offering a degree in searching for extraterrestrial life beyond Earth.
Post date: Thursday, September 29th, 2005.
Cold one.
Bar in London has been built entirely out of ice.
Post date: Thursday, September 29th, 2005.
Growth over time.
Photos of a family that has taken pictures every June 17th since 1976. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, September 28th, 2005.
There’s no such thing as Rudolph.
Danish airforce has compensated Santa Claus for accidentally killing Rudolph.
Post date: Wednesday, September 28th, 2005.
Extraterrestrial Route.
Puerto Rico is building a landing strip for UFO’s. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, September 28th, 2005.
War of the Roses.
Man sinks his yacht so that his ex-wife can’t sell it. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, September 28th, 2005.
Sorry, gotta go.
A Web site that plays sounds to help you get off the phone faster with someone you don’t want to talk with. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, September 28th, 2005.
Deductible broomstick.
Witches in Amsterdam get a tax break for the money they spend on training, magic potions.
Post date: Wednesday, September 28th, 2005.
Dry campus.
Siena College in New York bans the drinking of any kind of beverage in a container on campus. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, September 28th, 2005.
Bufo toxin.
Kids in Australia are getting high on frogs.
Post date: Wednesday, September 28th, 2005.
Tips from Hannibal.
Captured fugitive in Pennsylvania tries to bite off his own fingerprints to avoid being identified.
Post date: Wednesday, September 28th, 2005.
Esteko B’ekho.
Archaeologists in Argentina have discovered a lost city that was settled by the Spanish Conquistadors. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, September 28th, 2005.
Doodle-off.
Draw a random object that you’re given and display your skills at drawmesomething.com. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, September 28th, 2005.
Next.
Married couples in Colombia can get divorced in less than an hour for only $20.
Post date: Wednesday, September 28th, 2005.
Adjustable hot sauce.
Hot sauce bottle containing one side with hot and one side with mild allows you to change the heat of the sauce by turning the cap.
Post date: Tuesday, September 27th, 2005.
Balloon bass.
A musician builds a bass guitar with three balloons and a piece of string. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, September 27th, 2005.
New car high.
Warning: ‘New car smell‘ is produced by harmful chemicals called volatile organic compounds. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, September 27th, 2005.
Powers of suggestion.
Oxford University research team has found that labelling an unpleasant smell with a more appealing name can improve its aroma. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, September 27th, 2005.
Stuck in gear.
Wannabe car-jacker that could only drive an automatic stalls out when stolen vehicle turns out to be a stick shift.
Post date: Tuesday, September 27th, 2005.
Ice man.
Brazilian man breaks his own record of being buried up to his neck in ice.
Post date: Tuesday, September 27th, 2005.
What does TCP/IP stand for?
For geeks: the TCP/IP drinking game. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, September 27th, 2005.
Esquivalience.
Investigator exposes a made-up word in the New Oxford English Dictionary. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, September 27th, 2005.
Yo Rocko.
eBay: You can bid on the 10-foot bronze statue of the Italian Stallion that was created for the Rocky III movie. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, September 27th, 2005.
CSI Britney.
Britney Spears to quit her music and pursue career in forensic science.
Post date: Tuesday, September 27th, 2005.
Pureprofile.
A reverse search engine that allows consumers to publicly advertise the products they are seeking and for the marketers of these products to reach them. (via)
Post date: Monday, September 26th, 2005.
Welcome to America.
A Kenyan man naturalized as an American wins the lottery the same day he takes his oath of citizenship.
Post date: Monday, September 26th, 2005.
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