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Amazing Illustrations by Karl Hans (Links)

By Sami on October 14th, 2009

smalltrajekt Amazing Illustrations by Karl Hans (Links)

  1. Interesting – Amazing Illustrations by Karl Hans (BibliOdyssey).
  2. Interesting – Two-year-old with same IQ as Einstein (Telegraph UK).
  3. Interesting – The economics of piracy (Scientific American).
  4. History – Decline and decay in former Communist ‘model town’ (Telegraph UK).
  5. History – 10 Forgotten Facts About Historical Events (Listverse).
  6. History – The Development of the US Army Dog Gas Mask (LMaG).
  7. History – Top 10 Greatest Military Achievements That Changed the Face of War (toptenz).
  8. History – The History of Hacking (Global).
  9. History – Porsche to investigate forced labor under Hitler (DW-World).
  10. Wiki – Blue Peacock, the chicken-powered nuclear bomb (Wikipedia).

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Royal de Luxe’s Berlin Reunion (Links)

By Sami on October 13th, 2009

berlinreuinion Royal de Luxes Berlin Reunion (Links)

  1. Photography – The Berlin Reunion (The Big Picture).
  2. Science – Can Life Survive Deep Space? Let’s Send It There! (Wired)
  3. Science – The 10 Biggest Intellectual Fights Of All Time (Weird News).
  4. History – Hermann the German, once sullied by Nazi propaganda, is enjoying a revival (The National Newspaper).
  5. History – French Revolution was a “‘mistake” says French “King” (Telegraph UK).
  6. History – States Battle U.S. For Billions in Lost War Bonds (Washington Post).
  7. History – 20,000 year old cave paintings found in Spain (eitb).
  8. Interesting – Babe Ruth Like You’ve Never Seen Him Before (NY Times).
  9. Interesting – Money Does Grow on Trees (Trifter).
  10. Wiki – Hermann the German (Wikipedia).

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The Diving Horses of Atlantic City (Links)

By Sami on October 12th, 2009

 The Diving Horses of Atlantic City (Links)

  1. Interesting – The Diving Horses of Atlantic City (Petticoated).
  2. Interesting – Shell’s 600,000-ton megaships will process natural gas and shrug off typhoons (Pop Sci).
  3. Science – Europa, Jupiter’s Moon, Could Support Complex Life (Discovery).
  4. History – Pre-Columbian Graves Found in Peru (Latin American Herald Tribune).
  5. History – The Internet’s first banner ad was created by AT&T (sctimes).
  6. Wiki – Tritone, people were excommunicated for playing these notes (Wikipedia).
  7. Wiki – Baseball Rubbing Mud, professional baseball depends on this secret mud (Wikipedia).
  8. Wiki – Phallic processions (Wikipedia).
  9. Wiki – D-IX, drug cocktail used by the Nazis for military use (Wikipedia).
  10. Wiki – Great Hedge of India (Wikipedia).

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Why I Slept with 1,300 Women (Links)

By Sami on October 06th, 2009

1300women Why I Slept with 1,300 Women (Links)

  1. Interesting – Why I Slept with 1300 Women (Open).
  2. Interesting – Amazing way to visualize a billion dollars (Information is Beautiful).
  3. Interesting – An Illinois woman who set out on a treasure hunt for buried gold coins after finding a cryptic note in an antique rocking chair may have been the victim of a prolific prankster who died more than 30 years ago (Fox News).
  4. Interesting – The waking nightmare of sleep paralysis (The Guardian).
  5. Science – Wired Science News for Your Neurons Termite Altruism Might Have Roots in War (Wired).
  6. Science – 7 new luminescent mushroom species discovered (Eureka Alert).
  7. Dinosaurs – Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton looking for home after $6m auction fails (Telegraph.co.uk).
  8. History – Jack the Ripper’s identity finally uncovered? (Telegraph.co.uk).
  9. History – Adolf Hitler was actually a great leader… until WWII (Forbes).
  10. Wiki – Raymond Robinson’s face was severely disfigured by a childhood accident, terrified children turned him into an urban legend (Wikipedia).

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Baby mammoth yields secrets after 40,000 years in Siberian tundra (Links)

By Sami on October 06th, 2009

babymammoth Baby mammoth yields secrets after 40,000 years in Siberian tundra (Links)

  1. Science – Baby mammoth yields secrets after 40,000 years in Siberian tundra (Times Online).
  2. Science – Why humans will never meet another intelligent life form (The Daily Galaxy).
  3. Science – One of the world’s largest freshwater fish is on the verge of going extinct (BBC).
  4. History – The Dark Pre-History of the World’s Favorite Sports Car (SPIEGEL ONLINE).
  5. History – Sir Isaac Newton’s “list of sins” (The Newton Project).
  6. History – The Halifax Explosion was history’s largest explosion until the invention of atomic weapons (Maritime Museum of the Atlantic).
  7. Interesting – Back From the Suburbs to Run a Patch of Somalia (NYTimes).
  8. Interesting – How the name “Natasha” became a Russian byword for prostitute (Russia Today).
  9. WTF – Tourists relieving themselves atop rare shrimp are blamed for its extinction (ABC News).
  10. Wiki – The Battle of Cable Street, British Fascists face off… well, everyone (Wikipedia).

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