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- Apparently some spiders hunt in packs. You've been warned. (video) (9 comments)
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The Easter Island "Heads" Have Bodies
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 5:34 PM EDT (Mental Floss)
Maybe this isn’t a newsflash to anyone but me, but, um, the Moai “heads” on Easter Island have bodies. Because some of the statues are set deep into the ground, and because the heads on the statues are disproportionately large, many people (myself included) te …
90 Percent of Corn Seeds Are Coated With Bayers Bee-Decimating Pesticide
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 3:24 PM EDT (MotherJones.com)
As I've written before, Bayer's neonicotinoid pesticides, which now coat upwards of 90 percent of US corn seeds and seeds of increasing portions of other major crops like soy, have emerged as a likely trigger for colony collapse disorder One of my biggest comp …
UFO Amnesty: Ex-Army Colonel John Alexander Seeks Amnesty For Military Who Witness UFOs [EXCLUSIVE]
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 3:03 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
If you're in the military and have ever seen what you believe to be a UFO, but were reluctant to mention it for fear of ridicule or, worse, repercussions that might end your career, take heart. Things may change. A former military insider with top secret clearance who created …
Fascinating Facts Game 9 (Inventions)
Wed May 16, 2012 9:38 AM EDT
Welcome to game 9 of Fascinating Facts. This game is dedicated to odd inventions that were released between 1920 and 1940. Below you will find 5 images of these inventions and polls to vote for what you believe these inventions are. Please answer the questions to the best of your …
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Apparently some spiders hunt in packs. You've been warned. (video)
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 3:42 PM EDT (io9)
Arachnophobes can usually take comfort in the fact that spiders are solitary creatures. The vast majority of the almost 40,000 known arachnid species have pretty miserable social skills, so they tend keep mostly to themselves.
Two dolphins dead after ingesting synthetic heroin
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 5:48 PM EDT (io9)
Forensics experts say that two Swiss dolphins died of an overdose, presumably after some idiots fed them a synthetic opiate during a two-day rave (there is some dispute as to whether the dolphins' death had anything to do with the rave, as the deaths occurred weeks after the ev …
Why Some Male Orangutans Never Want to Grow Up
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 1:06 PM EDT ()
In Interview with the Vampire, Claudia, portrayed by Kirsten Dunst in the movie version, becomes a vampire at age 6. Six decades later, she still has the body of a child but the thoughts and desires of a grown woman. In this way, orangutans are kind of like vampires. They have …
Darwin’s Creepiest Experiment Brought Back to Life
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 12:59 PM EDT (Wired News)
Charles Darwin liked to freak out his friends—for science. Guests visiting the famed naturalist in 1868 were shown a set of “ghoulish” photos of a guy being prodded in the face with an electrical current. Darwin then asked his guests-cum-guinea pigs to describ …
Can peeing in a lake really kill fish?
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 12:38 PM EDT (io9)
There's been a story kicking around in the news recently about a fight in Hamburg, Germany, where recreational swimmers have supposedly killed fish by peeing in Eichbaum Lake, making fishermen really (get ready) pissed off. Reading this set off my potential-Internet-baloney ala …
Man pulled over for being radioactive
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 12:36 PM EDT (io9)
Last Wednesday, Mike Apatow was getting on to Interstate 84 in Newtown, CT, when police stopped him for no reason he could determine. When the cop told him that his car had set off his radioactivity detectors, it started making sense: Apatow was most certainly radioactive.
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