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Amazing Race Car Made Out Of Food

March 26th, 2007 at 8:39 am » Comments (0)

WMG students at the University of Warwick have come up with the ultimate environmentally friendly car. Although it looks just like an ordinary race car, its parts were made from food.



60-Ton Sperm Whale Exploded on a Busy Street

March 26th, 2007 at 8:19 am » Comments (0)

This is gross!  Residents of Taiwan learned a lesson in whale biology after the decomposing remains of a 60-ton sperm whale exploded on a busy street, showering nearby cars and shops with blood and organs and stopping traffic for hours. (w/pic)



Federal Income Tax Began in 1913

March 26th, 2007 at 8:09 am » Comments (0)

If you are wondering why the income tax system is destined to collapse, just take a quick look at where we’ve come from.



Pay per Click Vs Pay per Action

March 26th, 2007 at 8:01 am » Comments (0)

Seth Godin:  PPC (Pay per Click) rewards publishers that create content that attracts action-oriented readers. PPC rewards marketers that create ads that actually match the content on their landing pages, and rewards marketers that convert surfers with attractive offers of permission. PPA (Pay per Action) only pays when someone actually does something valuable, like apply […]



World’s Ugliest Cats

March 26th, 2007 at 7:37 am » Comments (0)

If you’re one of those people who thinks that all cats are cute, think again.  This crew has been beaten with an ugly stick so many times that even cancer rats look better.  Even the baby kittens look like they are from another planet.



Seven Billion Videos a Month

March 26th, 2007 at 7:05 am » Comments (0)

Nearly 123 million people in the US viewed 7.2 billion videos in January 2007 alone, according to comScore.



The High-Tech Home of Tomorrow

March 26th, 2007 at 12:57 am » Comments (0)

By next year, Living Tomorrow will break ground in San Jose, Calif., for its first U.S. museum. The 40,000-square-foot facility is scheduled to open in 2009. Bongers anticipates the project will cost $53 million. As with past installations, the San Jose museum largely will be funded by companies hoping to use it as a test […]



Influx of Immigrants Alters Mating Game

March 26th, 2007 at 12:46 am » Comments (0)

Increasingly, a new study shows, U.S.-born Asians and Hispanics are choosing to wed foreign-born members of their own ethnicity. At the same time, greater numbers of new immigrants are marrying among themselves.



The Era of Predatory Lenders

March 26th, 2007 at 12:07 am » Comments (0)

The federal government — and the majority of Americans — can no longer get by a single day without taking on additional debt. And as more borrowing goes to simply pay off old debt, or to make interest payments, the new debt does little more than increase banking profits.