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This probably deserves its own thread, but this is really cool news out of the Queen Anne's Revenge Lab here at ECU. They found a fragment of paper (PAPER!) that survived centuries underwater inside part of a cannon, where it had apparently been used as wadding/gasket material. They were even able to identify the book that it came from.
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/blackbeard-pirate-book-cannon-revenge/
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/blackbeard-pirate-book-cannon-revenge/
I thought this would be an interesting story worthy of a share after all that has been spoken in RH's Olivia thread . .
http://people.com/pets/hero-dog-saves-his-owner-by-dialing-911/
“Right now he’s my world because he’s basically an extension to my body,” says McGlade. “I don’t think I could operate in the every day world without him right now.”
http://people.com/pets/hero-dog-saves-his-owner-by-dialing-911/
“Right now he’s my world because he’s basically an extension to my body,” says McGlade. “I don’t think I could operate in the every day world without him right now.”
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Are we living in a real-life Simpsons episode? I mean you can't just make this stuff up, right?
Immigration officers target 7-Eleven stores nationwide
Immigration officers target 7-Eleven stores nationwide
Eye-popping Icelandic crosswalk brings traffic to a crawl
This trippy 3-D crossing is a pedestrian-protecting work of art.
https://www.mnn.com/green-tech/tran...ping-floating-crosswalk-iceland-slows-traffic
This trippy 3-D crossing is a pedestrian-protecting work of art.
https://www.mnn.com/green-tech/tran...ping-floating-crosswalk-iceland-slows-traffic
Boom! goes my mind...Eye-popping Icelandic crosswalk brings traffic to a crawl
This trippy 3-D crossing is a pedestrian-protecting work of art.
https://www.mnn.com/green-tech/tran...ping-floating-crosswalk-iceland-slows-traffic
Would be cool/interesting to see it from street level.Eye-popping Icelandic crosswalk brings traffic to a crawl
This trippy 3-D crossing is a pedestrian-protecting work of art.
https://www.mnn.com/green-tech/tran...ping-floating-crosswalk-iceland-slows-traffic
Man fools officers with car made of snow, gets fake parking ticket
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...e-of-snow-gets-fake-parking-ticket/ar-AAuS4We
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...e-of-snow-gets-fake-parking-ticket/ar-AAuS4We
Shameless plug: I got to write what I found to be a pretty fascinating story about a project trying to identify a shipwreck in the path of the Bonner Bridge replacement project.
https://news.ecu.edu/2018/01/31/grounded-in-history/
https://news.ecu.edu/2018/01/31/grounded-in-history/
The story was good, but the writing was suspect.
You just described 99% of all single guys
Man. Good thing I know better than to rely on you guys for affirmation.
Somebody donated a grenade launcher loaded with a live grenade to a Goodwill in ...
You guessed it, FLORIDA!
http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article197613449.html
You guessed it, FLORIDA!
http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article197613449.html
The best part of this story is that apparently the only picture of a grenade launcher they could find to include was some dude in Ukraine.Somebody donated a grenade launcher loaded with a live grenade to a Goodwill in ...
You guessed it, FLORIDA!
http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article197613449.html
The payload for SpaceX's test flight to Mars is Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster.
https://www.space.com/39606-spacex-falcon-heavy-fourth-car-space.html
https://www.space.com/39606-spacex-falcon-heavy-fourth-car-space.html
I wonder if being blasted into space is covered under his insurance policy?The payload for SpaceX's test flight to Mars is Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster.
https://www.space.com/39606-spacex-falcon-heavy-fourth-car-space.html
I saw this story last night. If this Musk guy just wants to piss his money away I can send him my address.
Eh, I dunno. The car was probably just the cheapest thing he could think of to sacrifice. Dude operates on a whole other level.
I was but it's not like it takes a rocket scientist to build one of those things.
Bad info from Spirit Air led me to flush pet hamster down airport toilet, student says
Poor Pebbles, we hardly knew ye.
Poor Pebbles, we hardly knew ye.
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) -
A suspected poacher was mauled to death and eaten by a pack of lions close to the Kruger National Park in South Africa, police said Monday, adding that little was left of the victim's body.
The remains were found at the weekend in the bush at a private game park near Hoedspruit in the northern province of Limpopo, where animals have been poached in increasing numbers over recent years.
"It seems the victim was poaching in the game park when he was attacked and killed by lions. They ate his body, nearly all of it, and just left his head and some remains," Limpopo police spokesman Moatshe Ngoepe told AFP.
A loaded hunting rifle was found near the body on Saturday morning. Police are trying to establish the victim's identity.
http://www.france24.com/en/20180212-suspected-poacher-eaten-lions-south-africa
A suspected poacher was mauled to death and eaten by a pack of lions close to the Kruger National Park in South Africa, police said Monday, adding that little was left of the victim's body.
The remains were found at the weekend in the bush at a private game park near Hoedspruit in the northern province of Limpopo, where animals have been poached in increasing numbers over recent years.
"It seems the victim was poaching in the game park when he was attacked and killed by lions. They ate his body, nearly all of it, and just left his head and some remains," Limpopo police spokesman Moatshe Ngoepe told AFP.
A loaded hunting rifle was found near the body on Saturday morning. Police are trying to establish the victim's identity.
http://www.france24.com/en/20180212-suspected-poacher-eaten-lions-south-africa
So interesting and very cool . .
There's lady that works at the Wegmans I shop at that is British . . I confessed to her that I have asked questions just to hear her speak.
How are you . . ?
Hows your day going so far . . ?
Did you have a good wknd . . ?
How do you like working here . . ?
