Earth isn’t round. Centrifugal force pushes outwards at Earth’s equator giving it a slight waste-line.
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Why Do We Close Our Eyes When We Sneeze?
Sneezes occur when small particles literally get up your nose and cause a whole series of involuntary chain reactions. So why are your eyes involved?
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Two Boys Playing Made a TERRIFYING Discovery
Most people believe that they are safe inside their own homes. This story just proves, though, that even that is rarely true. Two boys were playing rough in their parents room when they made a startling discovery. This could chill any homeowner down to their very core.
The house was built in the early 2000s. There was nothing to suggest there was anything weird about it.
The house was built in the early 2000s. There was nothing to suggest there was anything weird about it.
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16 Abbreviated Company Names Explained
Dozens of companies use acronyms or initials in their names, but how well do you know what the abbreviated letters mean? Let’s take a look at the etymologies behind a few abbreviated company names. [via mentalfloss]
Longtime five-and-dime mogul Sebastian S. Kresge opened his first larger store in Garden City, Michigan, in 1962. The store was named K-Mart after him. (Kresge had earned the right to have a store named for him; he opened up his new venture at the tender age of 94.)
1. CVS
Sorry, drugstore fans, there aren’t three fatcat pharmacists with these initials running around out there. When the pharmacy chain was founded in Lowell, MA in 1963, it was known as “Consumer Value Stores.” Over time the name became abbreviated to simply CVS.2. K-Mart
Longtime five-and-dime mogul Sebastian S. Kresge opened his first larger store in Garden City, Michigan, in 1962. The store was named K-Mart after him. (Kresge had earned the right to have a store named for him; he opened up his new venture at the tender age of 94.)
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Woman dies at her own funeral after being mistaken for dead
Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov, 49, was mistakenly declared deceased by doctors, the Daily Mail reported Friday.
But she later woke up - in a coffin surrounded by sobbing relatives. She started screaming after realizing she was about to be buried alive.
Mukhametzyanov, a resident of Kazan, was rushed back to the hospital where she was declared dead -- this time for real.
Her husband, Fagili Mukhametzyanov, was distraught.
"Her eyes fluttered and we immediately rushed her back to the hospital but she only lived for another 12 minutes," he said.
He told The Sun that he would sue the hospital.
"I am very angry and want answers. She wasn't dead when they said she was and they could have saved her."
A spokesman at the hospital, also in Kazan, said officials were investigating.
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The World's Oldest Light Bulb Has Been On for 110 Years
How many people does it take to change this light bulb? None.
On June 18, the oldest-known working light bulb in the world will celebrate the 110th year it has burned bright. The bulb, which hangs idly about in a fire station in Livermore, California, holds the Guinness World Record.
However, it's not clear how this particular bulb has been glowing since it was installed in 1901. Lynn Owens, who is in charge of the light bulb centennial committee, says, "Nobody knows how it's possible. It is a 60-watt bulb and it's only turned on for about four watts, but nobody knows why it keeps burning… We've had scientists from all over the country look at this light bulb.”
On June 18, the oldest-known working light bulb in the world will celebrate the 110th year it has burned bright. The bulb, which hangs idly about in a fire station in Livermore, California, holds the Guinness World Record.
However, it's not clear how this particular bulb has been glowing since it was installed in 1901. Lynn Owens, who is in charge of the light bulb centennial committee, says, "Nobody knows how it's possible. It is a 60-watt bulb and it's only turned on for about four watts, but nobody knows why it keeps burning… We've had scientists from all over the country look at this light bulb.”
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California Man plants spyware to photograph women
A 20-year-old California man was arrested on Wednesday, accused of planting spyware on dozens of computers to secretly photograph women in a state of undress, police said.Trevor Harwell was taken into custody at his home in Fullerton, where detectives found hundreds of thousands of the pictures on his computer, Fullerton Police Spokesman Sgt. Andrew Goodrich said. [via]
Harwell is accused of installing the program, which gave him remote access to the user's computer and webcam, while working as a technician for a local computer repair company, Goodrich said.
"Once he had access, he would take photographs of the users, usually women. Often, the female victims were undressed or changing clothes," Goodrich said.
Harwell then allegedly stored the photos on a remote server and eventually downloaded them to his own computer.
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Top 10 Places You Aren't Allowed To Visit
Find out where the worlds highest security locations are. Many are top secret.
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The Craziest Doomsday Predictions That Never Happened
Have you heard? TODAY May 21, 2011 marks the end of the world as we know it! But I, for one, feel fine. That's because, as these examples show, we've heard it all (and more) before, and all such prophecies so far have passed without incident...at least, since that whole dinosaur extinction thing.
These people are nuts, but hey it provides good entertainment right? [via]
These people are nuts, but hey it provides good entertainment right? [via]
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Couple Claims to Be Jesus and Mary
More strange news for this week to report: At long last, Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene have returned. Or at least that's what one Australian couple wants you to think. [via]
Cult watchers are keeping a close eye on the pair, actually named Alan John Miller and Mary Suzanne Luck, who under the title "Divine Truth" claim to be the second coming of the biblical figures.
"Just a little over 2000 years ago, we arrived on the Earth for the first time," Miller says on his website. "Because of my personal desire and passion for God, as I grew, I recognized not only that I was the Messiah that was foretold by ancient prophets, but also that I was in a process designed by God that all humans could follow, if they so desired."
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World will end May 21st? One guy fronts 140K for advertising it
The retired MTA employee has pumped $140,000 into a NYC Transit ad campaign to warn everyone the world will end next Saturday.
"Global Earthquake! The Greatest Ever - Judgment Day: May 21," the ad declares above a placid picture of night over Jerusalem with a clock that's about to strike midnight.
"I'm trying to warn people about what's coming," the 60-year-old Staten Island resident said. "People who have an understanding [of end times] have an obligation to warn everyone."
His doomsday warning has appeared on 1,000 placards on subway cars, at a cost of $90,000, and at bus shelters around the city, for $50,000 more.
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7 Basic Things You Won't Believe You're All Doing Wrong
If you're like us, you might sometimes have a problem with complex tasks, like trying to drive an ambulance and send a text message at the same time. But hey, at least most of us have figured out the simplest things that get us through the day, right?
Except, you know, some of the simple things we've done every day of our lives, like ...
What could be simpler than taking a good crap? Even babies are good at it. You might be surprised, then, to find out that even those of us who can burp without throwing up get this wrong every single day.
Except, you know, some of the simple things we've done every day of our lives, like ...
#7. Pooping
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Which Way Is the Dancer Spinning? - The Right Brain vs Left Brain test
The Right Brain vs Left Brain test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?
If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.
Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.
Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.
For me, I always thought I was a little "both side brained" But I was only able to see it clock-wise until I let go and and boom! I was it counter-clock wise as well. Amazing!!
LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe
LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe
RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking
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Online Robber Sends 'Thank You' To Victim
Wow, a person is not only the victim of getting their credit card getting stolen and bogus charges by the thief, but the thief has it in him to send her FTD flowers to her home saying "Thanks for the money"
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Pepsi Reveals World’s First 100% Plant-Based Bottle
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How to use an elevator without stopping
I heard a lot of elevator hacks in my day, but this takes the cake, as it works on almost any elevator. Simply hold the door close button and hold down which floor you want and boom, you're a jerk for not stopping for anyone else. Work in most Hotels and office buildings.
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Fun alternatives to the default facebook profile picture
If you have changed the default Facebook profile picture and uploaded your own, it’s fine. But if not, then why not replace that boring picture of the guy with a wisp of hair sticking out of his head with something different and funny?
Default Facebook silhouette is boring Someone called David has created a bunch of alternative Facebook profile silhouettes - from Albert Einstein to Frankenstein, Batman to Darth Vader. These are free to use in your Facebook profile. Have fun!
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Frozen Car: Man Thaws 'Carsicle' After Daylong Effort
A car parked on a street in Manhattan's East Village on Friday night became encased in ice over the weekend as a nearby leaking water pipe combined with freezing temperatures. And passing cars splashed more icy water onto the car all weekend long. [via]
That left Peter Helfer's car frozen under six inches of ice. It was so obscured, you couldn't even tell what kind of car it was.
He found the ice-sculpture-on-wheels Sunday night as he came home from watching his football team, which had just lost a chance for a Super Bowl bid.
"It was really adding insult to injury, because I found it after the Jets game," Helfer, 32, told the New York Post. Pic After Jump
That left Peter Helfer's car frozen under six inches of ice. It was so obscured, you couldn't even tell what kind of car it was.
He found the ice-sculpture-on-wheels Sunday night as he came home from watching his football team, which had just lost a chance for a Super Bowl bid.
"It was really adding insult to injury, because I found it after the Jets game," Helfer, 32, told the New York Post. Pic After Jump
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Frozen pizza and frozen cookie-dough, in the same package
Spotted in the freezer aisle by an alert Redditor, a box containing (test-marketing?) both a frozen, uncooked pizza, and frozen, uncooked cookie dough, all together and ready to be roasted of an evening.
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Someone had a serious case of the munchies when this idea was conceived. Is it so hard to buy the two separately? Oh and I love the picture of the cookies.. the regular size break-aways do not make my cookies that big or look that good... Never the less, under baked toll house cookies, regardless of their size are amazing!
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Five Things You Never Knew About PopCorn
So I missed National Popcorn Day. It was January 19 — not be confused with National Popcorn Month which is October or Caramel Popcorn Day which is April 7.
If you're not too bogged down by the debate over the origins of this awesome snacking holiday (some connect it with the Super Bowl), then kick back with a bag of the microwavable munchies and learn some little-known facts about the movie theater staple. [via]
1. Each kernel contains a tiny drop of water. This is why, when heated, the water expands causing the kernel to explode and flip inside out.
2. Popcorn consumption declined significantly during the 1950s with the invention of the television. As Americans stopped going to the movies, they stopped eating popcorn. That is, until microwave popcorn restored the snack's popularity.
If you're not too bogged down by the debate over the origins of this awesome snacking holiday (some connect it with the Super Bowl), then kick back with a bag of the microwavable munchies and learn some little-known facts about the movie theater staple. [via]
1. Each kernel contains a tiny drop of water. This is why, when heated, the water expands causing the kernel to explode and flip inside out.
2. Popcorn consumption declined significantly during the 1950s with the invention of the television. As Americans stopped going to the movies, they stopped eating popcorn. That is, until microwave popcorn restored the snack's popularity. Read More →
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