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With no eyes or brains, corals manage to have spontaneous group sex right after a full moon. Scientists have determined its a moonlight-sensing gene at work.
How to move a 900-ton brick building. In case someone asks you to.
The Apocalypses That Might Have Been. There have been several instances where errors almost started a nuclear war.
A bakery in Thailand sells body parts made of bread! The shrink-wrapped faces look particularly eerie.
From the mental_floss archives: Fritz Zwicky, scientist. Not only a great name, but an interesting character!
I love buying various kinds of magazines….I seen a good collection of magazines from many stores at Couponalbum.com…!!
posted by Parker on 10-23-2007 at 4:54 am
The nuke article forgot about the time Regean was preparing for his Saturnday morning address, didn’t realize the mic was on and jokingy said,
“My fellow Americans. I’m pleased to announce that I’ve signed legislation outlawing the Soviet Union. Bombing will commence in 5 minutes.”
Scared the fire out of the communists.
posted by Witty Nickname on 10-23-2007 at 7:10 am
I remember that! I was scared, too, because no one knew how the Soviets would react. Looking back, they were not as eager for war as we thought. Growing up during the Cold War was often scary.
posted by Miss Cellania on 10-23-2007 at 7:34 am