Nov 09, 2008 -
Has anyone seen this new show? It just started this weekend on Animal Planet. I am proud of Animal Planet for airing this show.
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Jul 20, 2009 -
World’s oldest man, WWI vet, dies at 113
By Danica Kirka - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Jul 18, 2009 15:02:00 EDT
LONDON — Only death could silence Henry Allingham.
He went to war as a teenager, helped keep flimsy aircraft flying, survived his wounds and came home from World War I to a long — very long — and fruitful life.
But only in his last years did he discover his true mission: to remind new generations of the sacrifices of the millions slaughtered in the trenches, killed in the air or lost at sea in what Britons call the Great War.
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Apr 16, 2009 -
New York Times
Statehouse Journal
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
Published: April 15, 2009
JUNEAU, Alaska — Before Tina Fey and “Drill, baby, drill,” there was mud season here in the Alaskan capital. This soggy, socked-in spring has been no exception, but it sure has been different in other ways. For Gov.
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Jul 17, 2008 -
Many people have a list of places they'd like to visit before they move on to the next world; here are a few American suggestions of my own.
For conversation's sake, I have avoided the obvious targets, but a stroll across the Golden Gate Bridge or a trip up the Empire State Building is still definitely worth it.
Though we are lucky to live in a beautiful country, I have mostly focused on smaller, manmade sites, simply because a catalog of pretty American places could stretch on forever.
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Aug 25, 2008 -
Random Science Bits
Many plants and animals are capable of producing visible
light. The scientific term for this phenomenon is
bioluminescence.
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Sperm Whales have the heaviest brain of any living animal.
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Sep 08, 2008 -
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DON'T
1. Money isn't made out of paper. It's made out of cotton.
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