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How Many Frogs Are Consumed a Year?
2009-01-22 18:40:00 New research reveals that humans are estimated to consume over 1 billion frogs every year. According to the study, the U.S. and France are among the biggest importers of frogs, and Indonesia is reported to export an estimated 5,000 tons of frogs each year. The new research, to be published in a forthcoming edition of the ... More About: News , Food , Research , Animals , Export
How Common are Airplane Bird Strikes?
2009-01-20 23:07:00 How many bird strikes happen to airplanes? According to the Federal Aviation Administration, there have been about 500 since the year 2000. Out of those 500 collisions, about 166 had to make an emergency landing. Bird strikes are estimated to cost around $600 million annually in plane damage. [NY Daily News ] More About: Airplanes , General , Animals , Cost
The Cost of a Super Bowl Ad
2009-01-19 17:10:00 How much does it cost to get a ad during the Super Bowl? Only $3 Million for a 30 second spot during this years (2009) Super Bowl. NBC states that it has sold 90% of its add spots for this years program, and is estimating around 100 million viewers in the US. [From Fox News] More About: Television , Sports , Entertainment , Money , Football
Coffee and Hallucinations
2009-01-14 13:54:00 New research has found that people who drink more than seven cups of coffee a day will be more likely to hallucinate. People who drank more than seven cups of instant coffee a day were three times more likely to hallucinate than those who took just one, a study found. A Durham University team questioned 200 students about ... More About: News , Health , Food , Research , Coffee
Coffee and Hallucinations
2009-01-14 13:54:00 New research has found that people who drink more than seven cups of coffee a day will be more likely to hallucinate. People who drank more than seven cups of instant coffee a day were three times more likely to hallucinate than those who took just one, a study found. A Durham University team questioned 200 students about ... More About: News , Health , Food , Research , Coffee
$1,000 Pennies in Circulation
2009-01-14 05:35:00 In April of 2006, an avid coin collector released three of his extremely rare, and valuable, pennies into circulation. As of January 13th, 2009, no one has come forth saying they have found them. Noted coin dealer Scott Traversannounced three years ago he had released three rare and valuable pennies into circulation, but none of the ... More About: News , Money , Currency , Rare , Value
$1,000 Pennies in Circulation
2009-01-14 05:35:00 In April of 2006, an avid coin collector released three of his extremely rare, and valuable, pennies into circulation. As of January 13th, 2009, no one has come forth saying they have found them. Noted coin dealer Scott Traversannounced three years ago he had released three rare and valuable pennies into circulation, but none of the ... More About: News , Money , Currency , Rare , Value
Food Color From Crushed Bugs
2009-01-13 17:52:00 Did you know that many food today gets its artificial coloring from a dried, crushed up bug? Food manufactures derive the dye from a beetle known as the Cochineal Bug. It is often found in foods with red, orange, purple or pink coloring. Center for Science in the Public Interest has spent the last decade attempting to get the ingredient banned, based ... More About: Health , Color , Allergies , Bugs
Food Color From Crushed Bugs
2009-01-13 17:52:00 Did you know that many food today gets its artificial coloring from a dried, crushed up bug? Food manufactures derive the dye from a beetle known as the Cochineal Bug. It is often found in foods with red, orange, purple or pink coloring. Center for Science in the Public Interest has spent the last decade attempting to get the ingredient banned, based ... More About: Health , Color , Allergies , Bugs
Just How Healthy is Organic Food?
2009-01-09 22:21:00 Many people claim that organically grown food items are substantially healthier for you compared to those conventionally grown. But did you know that there is no scientific evidence to back this claim up? In fact, the Food Standards Agency, The British Government, The French Food Safety Agency, and The Swedish National Food Administration all agree that there is no evidence ... More About: Health , Green , Myths , Organic food
The Origin of Common Phrases
2009-01-09 03:04:00 Have you ever wanted to know the origin of those common phrases you here? mental_floss has an article detailing the origin and meaning of some odd everyday phrases. ?To skin a cat? doesn?t actually mean a feline. It means a catfish ? the skins of catfish are notoriously tough and hard to remove for cooking. [mental_floss] More About: History , Words , Meaning , Common , Phrases
Earning All 121 Boy Scout Merit Badges
2009-01-05 22:19:00 A Long Island teenager has earned all 121 merit badges offered by the Boy Scout s of America. It’s an accomplishment the local arm of the organization calls “an almost unheard-of feat.” Oceanside resident Shawn Goldsmith earned his final badge ? for bugling ? in time for his 18th birthday in November. He far surpassed the 21 ... More About: News , Awards , Record , Badges
Spirit and Opportunity, The Rovers After 5 Years
2009-01-05 14:30:00 The NASA Mars Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, where only designed to operate for 3 months on the Martian surface, but after a five year anniversary, they are still collecting data and exploring the planet. The rovers are now showing some serious signs of wear and tear. Spirit has to drive backwards everywhere it goes because of a ... More About: Science , News , Space , Planets
Man Discovers Neighbor Is His Long Lost Sister
2009-01-05 00:16:00 A brother and sister in England spent 40 years trying to find each other ? then discovered they lived only 300 yards apart. Ken Whitty, 64, walked past 62-year-old Yvonne?s house countless times and even saw her in the garden, but did not recognize her. They were reunited only after Whitty wrote to his local ... More About: News , Family , Lost , Search , Long
The ?New? New Years Eve Ball
2008-12-31 03:56:00 To celebrate the hundredth anniversary, a new New Years Eve Ball has been reveled for this New Years Eve. The new Times Square New Year?s Eve Ball is a 12 foot geodesic sphere, double the size of previous Balls, and weighs 11,875 pounds. Covered in 2,668 Waterford Crystals and powered by 32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel ... More About: Entertainment , Electronics , Holiday , Celebrate
The 2008 ?Leap Second? on New Years
2008-12-29 01:06:00 Wait a second. The start of next year will be delayed by circumstances beyond everyone’s control. Time will stand still for one second on New Year’s Eve, as we ring in the New Year on that Wednesday night. As a result, you’ll have an extra second to celebrate because a “Leap Second” will be added ... More About: Science , Space , Clock , Earth
Sleeping Less Hardens Your Arteries
2008-12-24 18:16:00 Calcified arteries were found in nearly a third of people who slept fewer than five hours a night. This dropped to around one in 10 for those who slept an extra hour, the Journal of the American Medical Association study of 495 adults found. [From BBC News] More About: Health , Sleeping , Human , Blood
Men React Quicker to Caffeine
2008-12-23 20:46:00 A strong cup of coffee has a greater effect on men than women, research shows. In a study on 668 healthy volunteers, an espresso pepped up men after just 10 minutes. Women also became more alert after the beverage, but less so. [From BBC News ] More About: Health , Food , Female , Coffee
Injuries from the Wii
2008-12-23 19:02:00 Up to ten people a week are being hospitalized with injuries caused by playing Nintendo Wii games, prompting doctors in Britain to issue warnings of the dangers associated with the video game system. [From Fox News] More About: Health , Entertainment , Doctors , Games
Blood From Mosquito Identifies Car Thief
2008-12-22 17:06:00 Police in Finland caught a car thief using blood found in a mosquito. Finding the car in Seinaejoki, north of Helsinki, police saw that the mosquito had recently sucked blood and decided to send the insect for analysis. The DNA found from laboratory tests matched a man on the police register. The suspect denies stealing the car and ... More About: News , Crime , General , Blood , Theft
Does Sugar Really Make Kids Hyper?
2008-12-19 05:00:00 A new report by Indiana University medical professor Dr. Aaron Carroll reveals a few interesting facts about commonly heard beliefs. Take the conventional wisdom about kids and sugar-that it makes them go wild for a couple hours. The report found no connection between sugar and hyperactivity, and 12 highly scientific studies back that up. One of those ... More About: Health , Kids , Sugar , Human , Myths
Is There Ice on the Moon?
2008-12-18 21:55:00 Could there be ice on the moon? A team of British researchers thinks so, and theorizes that the water could be put to use by residents of a future permanent lunar base. Poring over data from NASA’s 1998 Lunar Prospector probe, the Durham University scientists found that hydrogen on the moon tends to be concentrated in dark ... More About: Science , Space , Moon , Water , The Moon
When Was the Christmas Card Invented?
2008-12-14 19:18:00 The commercial Christmas card as we know it originated in London in 1843. That winter, Sir Henry Cole, a civil servant who helped organize the Great Exhibition and develop the Victoria and Albert Museum, decided he was too busy to write individual Christmas greetings to his family, friends and business colleagues. He asked his friend, ... More About: Design , History , Holiday , Card
A 2,000 Year Old Brain
2008-12-14 04:01:00 Archaeologists have found what they say is the oldest brain ever discovered in Britain , or at least the shriveled remnant of one, in a decapitated skull that dates back more than 2,000 years. Inside the skull, the scientists found “a yellow substance which scans showed to be shrunken, but brain-shaped,” according to a University of York ... More About: History , Human , Brain , Skull
Miles of Wire in a Pinball Game
2008-12-13 22:14:00 Despite containing modern electronics and circuits, most pinball machines today still contain at least a half mile of wiring! Older ones could have one or two miles of wire inside! [source] More About: Technology , Entertainment , Electronics , Games , Miles
The Smallest Bird in the World
2008-12-13 21:14:00 Hummingbirds can fly backwards, and are the only group of birds able to do so. They flap their wings rapidly 15-80 times per second. The bee hummingbird is the smallest bird in the world, weighing in between 3 grams and 24 grams. [wikipedia] More About: World , Weight , Animals , Birds , The World
A Plasma Cloak Surrounds the Earth
2008-12-13 00:07:00 A detailed analysis of the measurements of five different satellites has revealed the existence of warm cloak of plasma around Earth . This newfound feature is part of the magnetosphere, a shield of magnetic fields and electrically charged particles that surround and protect Earth from the onslaught of the solar wind. The northern and southern polar lights ? ... More About: Science , Space , Plasma , Satellites
How Many Active Facebook Users?
2008-12-11 20:52:00 Facebook updated their public statistics with the number of active users on the site now over 130 million. The company also updated their advertising estimates provided to advertisers when creating an ad and the total number of users there adds up to more than 133 million users. Also of interest is that Facebook has grown over 14 percent in the past month to almost 41 million active users within the United States according to their advertising statistics. [From All Facebook.com] More About: Facebook , Users , Active
The Sounds of an African Grey Parrot
2008-12-11 00:26:00 An interesting fact about the African Grey parrot is how well they can talk and copy sounds that they hear repeated often. They are like living recorders. If they like the sound of the words being spoken they will speak these words or sounds quicker than they will others. These parrots are well known in the ... More About: Sounds , Animals , Language , Birds
Top Ten Fastest Rising Google Searches [2008]
More articles from this author:2008-12-10 17:07:00 What have people been searching for this year? Google has published its yearly Zeitgeist containing the fastest rising search terms for a number of categories, including; News , Politics, Books and Images. Fastest Rising (Global) sarah palin beijing 2008 facebook login tuenti heath ledger obama nasza klasa wer kennt wen euro 2008 jonas brothers [Google Zeitgeist] More About: Internet , Research , General 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
