Thursday, August 4, 2011

Shark Week!



It is the week we’ve all been waiting around for - Shark Week! All this week within the Discovery Channel, it is possible to check out sharktastic programming starting up at 9 PM EST/PST. Chief Shark Officer Andy Samberg hosts the television celebration, which consists of seven brand-new shark reveals. And this yr, for that initial time, Shark Week will characteristic stay co-viewing for iPad, iPhone and website viewers.

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Boy Undergoes Surgical procedure To remove Sword From Head!



Acquired butterfingers? Let’s hope you don’t have an knowledge like 15-year-old Zhang Bin.

According to the Telegraph, Zhang Bin had to have surgical treatment to get rid of a 20-inch sword from his head right after playing with his friend’s Japanese-style sword. Even though they ended up actively playing together with the sword, it slipped from his friend’s hand and stabbed Zhang between his eyes. X-rays show that the sword pierced at the very least 2-inches into his skull!


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Cowboys and Aliens!


Cowboys and aliens! Come on, they’re an ideal match…like pirates and ninjas! Effectively, possibly they’re not so excellent, taking into consideration a lot of poor evaluations has landed the newest Harrison Ford/Daniel Craig film (opening this weekend) an unimpressed 43% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. A minimum of it is beating the Smurfs motion picture, which incorporates a dismal 19%!

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Friday, July 29, 2011

Does Air Conditioning Result in Colds?



Sneezing? It could be your AC. With temperatures heating up for summer, a lot of people are cranking their air conditioning units for the max. But is there any real truth towards the rumors that AC is negative for your respiratory program? The new York Occasions investigated - and here’s the scoop:

It’s not the cold air by itself that is generating you sick - it's to do with viruses and moisture. Scientists in Wales also declare that air-conditioners “may contribute in some modest method to respiratory infection. They extract moisture in the air, which could dry out the protective mucus that lines the nostrils, making it possible for viruses a greater likelihood to become set up in the nose.”


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Chinese Few Sells Their Young children to Buy Gaming Addiction



We love gaming - nevertheless it need to by no means end in this horrifying tale documented by ABC information radio: a Chinese few offered all 3 of their children to purchase their gaming addiction.

According to Sanxiang City Information, the gentleman and woman (each below nonetheless 21) fulfilled in an  online cafe again in 2007 and quickly bonded, given that they have been each obsessed with online video clip games. In 2008 they'd a infant boy, whom they left house on your own ahead of traveling thirty km into a cafe to perform game titles. A year later, the couple had a child lady, whom they sold for RMB 3,000 (below $500). Then they marketed their firstborn for RMB 30,000, or about $4600. Later on they had a second boy, whom additionally they offered (for RMB 30,000).


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Christmas In July!


Looking to beat the summer warmth? Here’s a ridiculous idea…get within the Christmas spirit! Did you know that the principle of Xmas in July dates every one of the way back to 1892? In accordance to Wikipedia, an opera integrated a character who rehearsed a Xmas song in July. An additional character responded, “When you sing Xmas in July, you rush the season.”

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Man Believed for being Dead Wakes Up in Morgue 21 Hrs Later!



Here’s a new spin on the phrase “undead!” According to BuzzFeed, a eighty year-old South African man woke up within a morgue fridge - 21 hrs after his family members called an undertaker, contemplating he was lifeless after an asthma assault.

Morgue proprietor Ayanda Maqolo stated the driver he sent to choose up your body thought he was lifeless too. “When he obtained there, the driver examined the body, checked his pulse, seemed for the heartbeat, but there was nothing,” Maqolo explained.


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