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Miss Cellania
October 9, 2007
by Miss Cellania - October 9, 2007 - 1:26 AM

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Newly discovered dinosaur “looked kind of like a gigantic plucked turkey.” It’s a relative of T. rex, and is giving scientists clues about how dinosaurs grew.

What is this guy saying? A demonstration of how visual cues influence what we hear.

150_ASD logo b&w.jpgWe are still getting comments on High School Sports Teams with unusual names, eight months after it was posted. One comment led me to the best athletic team name ever!

Join the attempt on October 27th to set the world record for the biggest Thriller dance worldwide. Events are scheduled in 125 cities in 18 countries… so far.

How cool is this WiFi Detector Shirt? This will be as handy to wear traveling as the Traveler’s Phrasebook T-Shirt.

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Comments (5)

  1. I think that, in honor of their new NYC digs, the mental_floss staff needs to arrange their own Thriller Dance event!! I’d be there!!

    posted by caitlen315 on 10-9-2007 at 8:32 am

  2. On school names, I went to Fort Edward, NY High School, home of thr Flying Forts. This comes from the Flying Fortress of WWII. I now work at a school, as a custodian, their symbol is the Blue Streaks. This is represented by a blue bolt of lightening.

    posted by gus on 10-9-2007 at 9:21 am

  3. they’re right…I’m SEEing ‘ga ga’, but i’m HEARing ‘ba ba’…cool…

    posted by donner on 10-9-2007 at 11:13 am

  4. OMG, that “da/ba/ga” thing is freaky. I’d try quickly looking at him then looking away, and it was like “da ba, da ba, da ba.” Weird, man!

    posted by Jenny on 10-9-2007 at 9:37 pm

  5. “Arkansas School for the Deaf Leopards” just made my day. Absolutely brilliant!

    posted by heather on 10-10-2007 at 12:29 am

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