Thursday, March 22, 2007

Corpse On A Plane: Dead Woman Moved To First Class


Every wonder what happens to the 10 people a year who die mid-flight? Well, if you're flying British Airways you get the final upgrade. Corpses fly first class...Story Here

Centralia, the mouth of Hell


In 1962, a little fire in Centralia (Pennsylvania) migrated into an exposed vein of anthracite coal under the town.

The flames on the surface were successfully extinguished, but the coal continued to burn underground for many years, so that in 1984 the fire was completely out of control and the city had to be evacuated....More Here

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150th anniversary of the birth of brilliant inventor Nikola Tesla


The 21st century has seen a dramatic resurgence of interest in Tesla and his work. 2006, the 150th anniversary of his birth, was declared the Year of Tesla by UNESCO and was marked by celebrations in both his native Croatia and in his family’s homeland, Serbia..Story Here

SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 1 Rocket

















6 min Launch Video Here

Silverbrook Research Claims to Have Developed World’s Fastest ‘memjet’ Printer














The company has now planned to release
the world’s fastest printer that can print
60 colored A4 pages in a minute.

And while printing B/W stuff the printer
manages double the speed.

Watch the video Here

Your Eye's "megapixel" Resolution


The average human retina has five million cone receptors on it. Since the cones are responsible for colour vision, you might suppose that this equates to a five megapixel equivilant for the human eye...Full Story Here

The Most Powerful Bomb Ever Constructed
















On October 30, 1961, the most powerful weapon ever
constructed by mankind was exploded over the island
of Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Sea..Story Here

What People say in Court













From a little book called
"Disorder in the Court."

They're things people actually
said in court, word for word....Here

Oops! Computer tech wipes out info on $38B fund


JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroy hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disc drive containing an account worth $38 billion.
That's what happened to a computer technician reformatting a disk drive at the Alaska Department of Revenue...Story Here

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France becomes first country to open its files on UFOs


France became the first country to open its files on UFOs Thursday when the national space agency unveiled a website documenting more than 1,600 sightings spanning five decades...Story Here