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NASA Finds Earth Sized Planets, How Big are They Compared to Earth, Venus?
The Kepler telescope has spotted two Earth-sized planets circling another star. Although they are too close to the star to be habitable, they are the smallest planets we’ve ever observed circling as close to their star, not unlike our sun....
And Then There Was The Time They Sold Golf Balls With a Radioactive Core
This one is going straight on my “Do Not Want” list. Apparently, back in the good old days of 1910, the Worthington Golf Ball Company produced golf balls with a radium-laced core. Known as the “Ball of Mystery that never loses life or...
Want to Spend New Years Eve with Brian Brushwood & Justin Robert Young?
SPONSORED POST What are you going to be doing New Years Eve? A whole bag of nothing, that’s what. Why not kick 2011 in the pants with your friends? Brian Brushwood will be performing his full magic show, Justin Robert Young will be hosting...
Dutch TV-Show Hosts Eat Each Other’s Flesh
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Two Dutch television-show hosts said they had their flesh cooked by a top chef and then dined on each other before a studio audience. “Nothing is really that special when you’re...
[Video] Spy Plane or UFO? Russian Pro-Democracy Protesters Spot Silent Flying Craft
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Mystery Creature Lurking in London Lake Next to 2012 Olympics Site
It’s under the water. Just below the gentle, lapping surface near Olympic Park in East London. It lurks. What it is, we don’t yet know. Aside from the apparent taste for fat Canadian Geese, not much can be confirmed as no one has yet to...
Did a Young Benjamin Franklin Seriously Write About a Mermaid?
Did Benjamin Franklin report on an unsubstantiated mermaid claim in Bermuda as a young writer, or was it all a big joke? Here is what Franklin wrote in the Pennsylvania Gazette on April 29th, 1739: “From Bermuda, they write, that a Sea...
Ice Shelf Gets Wired for Transcontinental Phone Calls
The Ross Ice Shelf is about as desolate as desolate can get. All you can hope to do is complete your research of the warming arctic water, survive and hope that one of your colleagues doesn’t turn into The Thing. Now, the first of those...
Rogue Owl Theory Gains Convicted Murder New Trial
A man convicted of his wife’s murder will get a new trial for two reasons. 1) It has come to light that the, since fired, State Bureau of Investigation agent in charge of his investigation mishandled evidence in several of his cases. 2) A...
New Star Wars Themed Snowboard Park Will Train Padawans to Shred
Younglings and hardened Jedis alike will have a chance to hit the slopes Star Wars style when a new 2,000 acre SW-themed snowboard park opens. The park will specialize in teaching kids as young as three the essentials of boarding. And the...
Satan, Santa, and Zombies: Search Patterns Revealed
The University of Oxford’s Internet Institute has analyzed Google search patterns and discovered that there are places in the United States where there are more people searching for zombies and satan than for Santa Claus. “a few pockets...
Foo Fighters Rock So Hard They Cause Recognizable Tremors
A Foo Fighters concert in New Zealand generated geologic activity consistent with volcanic activity. With the power of rock. According to the GeoNet blog, “the biggest shakes started at 8:20 p.m. when the Foo Fighters took the stage, and...
How Much Neanderthal Do You Have in You? Prove it!
23 and Me, the genetics company offering to break down and explain customers DNA using only a spit sample is now allows you to check for another variable. Exactly how much Neanderthal DNA do you have in you? The lab, developed by one of...
Podcast: Sasquatch Rebuked
Andrew sheds light on a brilliant, real life team-up between some of the most brilliant minds of our age. Brian comes ever closer to his life goal of hanging out in space, without have to clip coupons alongside his castle-dwelling...
Hitch on Wine
When a someone truly great dies, everyone talks about how it relates to them. A testimony. As if to say, you could discount everything else about them, but I know my life was changed and here is how. You will see many, many people write...
Man Fends Off Taser with Light Saber After Toys R Us Rampage
A rogue shopper assaulted several with a replica light saber on Wednesday at an Oregon Toys R Us. After being chased into the parking lot and fending off responding officers with his trusty weapon, police decided to employ a taser....
One Mile Offshore – Deer Board Boat, Avoid Drowning
This awesome wildlife rescue happened back in October, 2010 in Taku Inlet near Juneau, Alaska. Alaska Quest Charters was crossing the inlet when four deer approached the boat about a mile offshore. The struggling animals were brought...
Insane Hockey Goalie Explains the Universe, Lethal Chinese Hunting Restrictions
HBO’s suburb hockey documentary series 24/7 debuted last night. It will cover the behind the scenes action of the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers in the lead up to their outdoor game on New Year’s Day. But the real star of the...
Humans Have Better Sense of Smell than Neanderthals
Studies of the similar sized, but differently shaped brains of humans and Neanderthals have revealed one key difference. Our sense of smell is more accurate and intense. So was reality different for our genetic cousins? Before you dismiss...
Mormon Columnist: Bigfoot is Really Cain from the Bible
Is the crypto creature known as Bigfoot really a religious icon doomed to walk the Earth for his sins? What could possibly doom one man to such a hell? What if I told you that man was Cain. He who killed Able. Son to Adam and Eve. Maybe...