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In a 1926 issue of Popular Mechanics, this was a prediction for a future airport in the sky, atop a nifty skyscraper.
Nice landing strip! (I’m sure some of you have heard that before.)
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in Chexy's Objects, architecture, science, stuff I like
In 1957, Modern Mechanix said that within ten years we’d be driving to work in these.
I guess they meant fedoras.
I’m going to make a prediction. Within 10 years, you’ll drive your iPhone36 to work.
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in can you believe it?, oddities, science
An artist’s rendering from NASA, depicting Kepler-22b, a planet which may be hospitable to life as we know it, with a solar system similar to ours, and a temperature of 72 degrees.
AP Photo/NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech
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Thanks to the discovery of well-preserved bone marrow in a woolly mammoth thigh bone in Siberia, Scientists believe they can clone the long-extinct species and bring it back into existence, according to published reports.
This is not the woolly mammoth.
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in animals, kardashian, science
Jumpin’ Jupiter! Break out the binoculars and telescopes, kiddies! Or just look up.
For more info on the night sky in autumn, go here.
Source: Hubblesite.org
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in science, stuff I like, wonders
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have found that people are afraid of creative ideas.
The studies’ findings include:
Read the rest of the article here.
ty Steven D.
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in coinkydink, oddities, science
About a thousand blackbirds fell dead from the sky in Beebe, Arkansas. Oddness.
Hundreds of snapper wash up in New Zealand. Creepy.
Over a million Iraqis killed since the beginning of the Bush war. Complacency.
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in can you believe it?, disasters, oh the horror, pearl clutch, science, world affairs
Wow! That screaming headline from Huffington Post is bound to piss off some believers!
Seriously, what’s their next headline? UNREAL! SOME JEWS STILL WON’T EAT BACON!
CRAZY! MUSLIMS STOP AND BOW TOWARD MECCA 5 TIMES A DAY!
MESHUGGEH! MORMONS STILL WEAR FUNNY UNDERPANTS!
Oh, I do hope so.
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in bad form, can you believe it?, pearl clutch, press, religion, science, the internets, the jews, uh-oh, unfortunate, ya gotta love itA total lunar eclipse will be visible tonight from North America.
At the end of the eclipse, marketing whiz Kris Kardashian has made arrangements with NASA to have daughter Kim Kardashian’s silver spray-painted ass projected on the moon from the International Space Station, revealing a Kardashian full moon (artist’s rendering above).
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in i make shit up, kardashian, little known facts, reality tv, science, techno
It comes and it takes over the host body and remakes it in its own image. Beware the Kardashian, which has already transmogrified Cher, Ciara and Katy Perry. You could be next!
If you feel your face begin to stiffen, and you begin to have trouble creating an expression, teams of scientists from the NIH have been placed in major cities to address the crisis. Do not attempt to remove the creature — it can not be destroyed.
The nest is believed to be centered somewhere near Calabasas.
for J.Lo
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"If the phone doesn't ring, it's me.”
--Jimmy Buffett
