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First off, click on this link so that you can see the x-ray image and the photograph. What you are looking at is an x-ray of a woman who has eaten 78 stainless steel forks and spoons: Woman eats cutlery set This is a unique new way to lose weight and it has three advantages: [...]
I hope your Halloween preparations are going well. Yesterday, the HowStuffWorks.com office celebrated early. Employees with kids brought their little monsters to the office for a round of cubicle-to-cubicle trick or treating. The office was filled with dinosaurs, pirates, faeries, and enough animals to fill up a zoo. I managed to hide in a broom closet for most of it but eventually did emerge to take part in the festivities. Many people told me they liked my costume. I managed to refrain from responding with “What costume?” But on to TechStuff!
Our last vampire is fighting an undeniable thirst. The kind of thirst that leads to hallucinations when left unquenched. And they’re not just ordinary hallucinations . They’re flashsides — someone else’s flashbacks. Maladict, from Terry Pratchett’s “Monstrous Regiment,” is a lance corporal in Borogravian infantry, but his flashsides are full of jungles, Charlie and the sound of helicopters. So what’s so awesome about Maladict that he winds up in the top spot?
Podcast Goodness: Witness Protection and Jack the Ripper
by Charles W. Bryant | October 30, 2009
Hello there, friends. I hope everyone in the SYSK Army has had a nice pre-Halloween week. Things around the office are buzzing with activity — people dressed up in weird costumes, Josh shirtless. Actually, it’s about like any other Friday morning, come to think of it.
World record #109 – An electric car has traveled 313 miles
by Marshall Brain | October 30, 2009
If your car has a MPG meter (or a KPL meter), you know how easy it is to increase your gas mileage. You simply go easy on the acceleration when you want to go faster and brake more gently when you want to stop. It’s easy to improve your MPG rating by 25%, and hypermilers [...]
Invention – The cool dual-screen netbook from Kohjinsha
by Marshall Brain | October 30, 2009
You have to see it to believe it: The manufacturer is Kohjinsha. How long before hundreds of laptops and netbooks offer this feature? See also: What is the best laptop computer in the world? [[[Jump to previous invention - The Boston Dynamics Petman bipedal robot]]]
If you like mud and you like architecture, this episode of The Coolest Stuff on the Planet is a must-see. Join Matt and Rachel on a virtual tour of the world’s biggest mud structure — the Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali, West Africa.
As a big-eared child in Maine, Chester Greenwood was used to freezing weather. Of course, that doesn’t mean he enjoyed it. Learn how his Stuff of Genius kept ears across America toasty (and made Chester famous) in this podcast.
Desktop computers and laptops only have so many USB ports, so what do you do when you want to plug in more USB devices and they’re all full? You buy a USB hub. Find out how these hubs work, and which kind you should get, in this episode of BrainStuff.
Experts agree that jet contrails are harmless, yet thousands of people think the vapors are evidence for anything from massive drug dosing to weather wars. Why? Learn more about the conspiracy theories surrounding chemtrails in this episode.
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