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"It has more than 1,000,000 Scoville units, the scientific measurement of a chili's spiciness. Classic Tabasco sauce ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units, while jalapeno peppers measure anywhere from 2,500 to 8,000." - τorƍue

"A new 10% excise tax on indoor tanning services that takes effect for services provided after June 30, 2010." --- So, if the tanning booth is moved outside to the parking lot, will it be exempt? - τorƍue

http://www.supermemo.com/article... Franklin - τorƍue

"Speaking at the American Chemical Society meeting in San Francisco, chemist Graham Jones said that prior to the 1940s, all the carbon-14 in the Earth’s biosphere was produced by cosmic rays and nitrogen in the upper atmosphere. However, from the late 1940s to 1963, atomic bomb tests released radioactive material and significantly increased the amount of carbon-14 in the atmosphere. Ever since the atomic tests stopped in ‘63, this “bomb-pulse” C-14 has been gradually diluted by the CO2 formed by the burning of fossil fuels" - τorƍue

"The NRC’s action follows an inspection of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., conducted in December and discussed in a meeting with Wal-Mart officials this week. A year-long audit by Wal-Mart identified approximately 15,000 tritium exit signs lost, missing, or otherwise unaccounted for at its stores and warehouses nationwide. Wal-Mart, which kept the NRC informed of its audit, expects to submit a formal report to the agency in late January." - τorƍue

"“If you play Civilization, you are an egomaniac,” Meier said. "The game asks players to 'build a civilization that will stand the test of time.' If you look at that and say, 'oh yeah, I can do that.' You are an egomaniac.” Treating gamers as egomaniacs has many implications, it turns out. From skewing the odds in players’ favor, reinforcing fallacious math, minimizing punishment, and making sure companions and foes never appear quite as clever as the player himself, developers can boost the gamer’s craving for play time." - τorƍue

Every parent with teenagers should read the article. - τorƍue

"According to Plutarch, Caesar was warned by a seer to be on his guard against a great peril on the Ides of March. On his way to the Theatre of Pompey (where he would be assassinated) Caesar saw the seer and joked "Well, the Ides of March have come," to which the seer replied "Ay, they have come, but they are not gone."[2] This meeting is famously dramatized in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, when Caesar is warned to "beware the Ides of March."[3][4] Another incident on this date happened in 1917, when Nicholas II of Russia abdicated." - τorƍue

What is that strange red light near the base? - τorƍue

""It's a simple grid," Lesnett explains. "Wherever the exterior wood wall panels meet, which is about every 6 feet, there's a structural post. It's the same with the wall-sized panels of glass. So aside from a few bearing walls, you have an open plan where the partition walls can come and go with no additional roof support."" - τorƍue

This one cheats with turbojets. Real saucers harness zero point energy :) - Private Sanjeev

Agreed. - τorƍue

"For anything to travel from Kapustny to Balkash in 24 minutes, it had to fly at a speed of three miles a second. That’s 180 miles a minute or 10,800 miles an hour. If the reports were indeed true, the Topol RS 12 or the Topol SS 27, as it is known in military circles around the world, had to be the fastest thing man has ever seen. And if you will for a moment excuse the breathlessness, it also represented the pinnacle of modern missile technology. Until this test, the fastest thing known to man was the X43 A. A hypersonic, unmanned plane built by NASA. It flew at 10 times the speed of sound—almost 7,200 miles per hour." - τorƍue

"President Barack Obama stated in regards to future energy development: "There's no reason why technologically we can't employ nuclear energy in a safe and effective way."" - τorƍue

"I have a Sumerian document that’s been translated that tells exactly how to build a flying saucer and it’s a direct translation." -- Dr Pete Peterson, http://projectcamelot.org/lang... - Private Sanjeev

Who needs an underground nuclear reactor when you can have a flying saucer! - τorƍue

yeah, screw that :). There's a lot of interesting stuff in that interview, but Dr Peterson looks different enough in the video (from the pictures on the hyperion and LANL websites) that it may be an impostor. Still, the youtube video hasn't been taken down so it may be the real Dr after all. Incidentally, the CEO of Hyperion was a founder of Lizardtech (I think Google Books used their plugin for awhile) - Private Sanjeev

Old news, but still quite impressive. - τorƍue

Is this smog or fog? Note that the sun sets behind the pyramids, so unless the air is clear, it may always look crummy in the morning. - τorƍue

I wonder if the missile part is still true -- is there a modern missile which can catch the SR71? - Private Sanjeev

Do you count the unmanned X-43a scramjet? It can go Mach 9.6 (vs. the Blackbird's 3.2). Local experts (in my home) say that it looks like it is made out of cardboard. http://www.nasa.gov/mission... - τorƍue

It only counts if it's in production, so no. :) - Private Sanjeev

Topol SS 27 - For anything to travel from Kapustny to Balkash in 24 minutes, it had to fly at a speed of three miles a second. That’s 180 miles a minute or 10,800 miles an hour. - http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article... - of course, that's a ballistic missle. - τorƍue

"On Tuesday, an industry group reported that in February, auto sales in China accelerated 55% compared to last year's sales. According to the Government-affiliated China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, while sales of cars, commercial vehicles and SUVs increased to 942,900 units, sales of all vehicles including trucks and buses swelled 46% year-on-year to 1.21 million." - τorƍue