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Links: 10/27
27 Oct1) Hope For the Planet: Scientists announce plans for a degradable form of styrofoam made from milk proteins and clay.
2) Awesome Mini-Documentary On The Pizza Man: Dom DeMarco has been making pizza for Di Fara in New York City for more than 40 years. Now, one filemaker has immortalized his work in a film short.
3) Want a Bigger Penis?: If you rely on spam to get it, too bad. Russian authorities closed one spam e-mail site in September and the number of spam messages worldwide decreased by one fifth.
4) Don’t You Hate Drunk Dials: Yeah, me too. Especially when they come from ex-Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor at 1 a.m.
5) What Are The Odds?: The Israeli lottery selects 36, 33, 32, 26, 14, 13, and the additional ‘strong’ number as the winning numbers for a drawing. Those same numbers were picked three weeks before. The odds: 1 in 4 trillion.
6) “Interesting” Search Terms Lead People to Site: Mother Jones records 12 recent Google searches and the articles those searches linked to on their site. People search for weird things.
7) John Lennon Tribute: There have been many this year. But this from British rapper Dan Bull is awesome.
8) Really Early Picture of Human Found: Scientists find two figures lurking in this early photo Cincinnati.
Scary Shootings
27 OctA man was shot just one block away from Pike Place Market, one of the busiest tourist spots in Seattle.
It’s also really close to my work. And the suspect was found right outside one of the bus stops I take to go home. Scary.
In other scary news. There was a murder just blocks away from my home in Bethesda. It appears the police have nabbed a suspect, though.
Grab Bag of News
26 Oct1) So You Think Your Day At Work Was Bad: Outside of Kansas City, Missouri a man survived an hour-long ride through the sewer system after his harness snapped. After being taken to the hospital, he was given antibiotics because he may have ingested raw sewage.
2) Boy Scouts Ban Gay Troop Leader: Jon Langbert had served as the leader of his son’s troop for more than 2 years. He wants the organization to change the policy, so he can return to lead once more.
3) Something Useful: The people of South Africa may soon have other uses for the noisy vuvuzelas that dominated the World Cup this summer. One site is soliciting ideas for how to use the instruments. The winning ideas will be adopted by local craftsmen.
4) Comic Banned: Wiley Miller had this comic axed from publication by major news outlets because it made fun of intolerance in America. What do you think?
[The Week]
Something Cool and Something Depressing
25 OctDepressing first: This video gives me no hope for the future of America. Students at two major universities were asked questions like, “Who is the Vice President?” (Clinton?) and “How many justices are there on the Supreme Court?” (50?)
Cool Next: An interactive music video. Lots of different endings available.
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