Developing world saved as U2 announce new album Posted: 11 months ago by Bornbad
ROME. The news that Irish rock group U2 will release a new album in March has been hailed with relief and joy throughout the developing world. Millions of grateful peasants and refugees mobbed aid workers in Africa and Asia, offering sacrifices of new crops and young lambs to lead singer Bono for gracing the world with yet another insight into poverty.
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Super Obama World Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
If you loved the old Super Mario World, and you like Barack Obama, you’ll love Super Obama World game.
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5 Ways People Are Trying to Save the World (That Don't Work) Posted: 9 months ago by Bornbad
Between the hybrids, the reusable canvas shopping bags and cloth diapers, everybody's doing their little bit to save the world. Entire industries have sprang up to cater to us socially-responsible types who want to leave behind a better world for the robots to inherit once they take over.
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World Name Profiler - What's in a name Posted: 1 year ago by DoggyLives
Enter your surname in World Names Profiler and find its orgin and density on a world map.
The site has been compiled by researchers from the University College London.
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17 World’s Tiniest Things Posted: 3 years ago by icemann
Awesome Collection of smallest thing in the world really
(Some images on page NSFW)
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5 Huge Green Tech Projects in the Developing World Posted: 9 months ago by iamamaniac
Here we present five of the largest green tech projects that have broken ground or plan to in 2009. Each one of them is slated to be as big as a large coal plant and among the largest green tech projects in the world.
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Daily News readers have offered their World Series tickets to Injured Soldier. Posted: 4 weeks ago by suebe
After the Daily News wrote about a disabled veteran's dream of seeing the Yanks in the World Series, two dozen readers offered him either tickets or cash toward buying one.
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Odd News from Around the World (compiled from various newswires) Posted: 3 years ago by susiesunshine
Silly & wierd news clips from around the world - Ex. A brothel in Germany hopes to capitalize on the growing number of retirees by offering them a 50 percent discount in the afternoon.
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Meet the World Posted: 3 years ago by LatueOfStiberty
Very moving art from Brazilian Artists.
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New Rome Is Falling Into Disrepair Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
A few years ago, a number of brave intelligent men and women from the land of JaxWorth set out for the shores of Nova Roma. This was the New World discovered in the 15th century by Roman sailors traveling across the Pacific in search of a route to trade with India.
Basically it was a shared-world created by Donteatpoop, Icepigs, and others. They imagined a world where Rome never fell and went on to discover the continents on the other side of the globe. Little has been heard from the colony for 2 years. Mayhaps there is yet hope to determine their fate?
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2007 Round-The-World Flight Simulator Race Posted: 3 years ago by dfelteau
Flight Simulator geeks are flying around the world in the 2007 Round-The-World Flight Simulator Race. The race pits teams from AVSim, FlightSim and Sim-Outhouse against each other in a race around the world with special rules, conditions and bonuses.
All teams were given the rules 24 hours in advance of the start of the race (10a EST on Friday). The rules include route requirements (such as two airports about 3000m above sea level and two airports below sea level), bonus airports and various rules such as if a plane crashes and which planes could be used in the race.
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Top 20 Most Shocking Banned Album Covers [NSFW] Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
In the sanitized world of Wal-Mart and iTunes, you’ll never see album cover images that are even remotely offensive. But it wasn’t always that way. The storied histories of rock and metal are filled with episodes in which sordid album art made its way out of record company art departments and onto store shelves, where it caused an outcry until the record company repackaged the album in a more shopper-friendly guise.
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Report: Despite many challenges, world faces brighter future Posted: 2 years ago by deepchill
"Although great human tragedies like Iraq and Darfur dominate the news, the vast majority of the world is living in peace, conflicts actually decreased over the past decade," says the 2007 State of the Future report.
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Ohio Players album covers Posted: 2 years ago by nesbyniccolo
One of my favorite Funk Bands and Great album covers to boot. Possibly NSFW(not safe for work) Due to the nature of some of the images. More here
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Beat That! Charity Drummers Smash World Record Posted: 4 months ago by marcelsmit
Wannabe rock stars from across the UK have turned out in their hundreds to smash the world record for the most drummers playing the same beat at one time. The colossal cacophony was in aid of charity Stick It To MS.
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Happy Birthday, The World Wide Web Posted: 9 months ago by pocksucket
13th March, 1989, Tim Berners-Lee laid out his thoughts on setting up a system of accessing a vast repository of knowledge from remote location.
From this paper, The World Wide Web was born.
Thinking about it, I don't think this is The World Wide Web's birthday. I think it's the anniversary of when Tim Berners-Lee got busy with The World Wide Web's momma.
Which was presumably a server or something.
Eeww.
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Festivals of Lights Around The World Posted: 6 months ago by bingo
Festival of Light or Celebration of Light is common for many disparate events and groups throughout the world. The events range from deeply religious and significant observances to cultural festivals to small local celebrations and displays. Landmarks and other buildings illuminated really look so magnificent.
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World Beard and Moustache Championships Gallery of Contestants and Champions Posted: 7 months ago by TheAnt314
Some of the contestants and champions you will meet at the World Beard and Moustache Championships. Because some just rock those whiskers better than others.
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Crowe takes blame for farcical Cricket World Cup finish Posted: 3 years ago by rambler
Match referee Jeff Crowe took the blame for the farcical finish to the World Cup final that saw Australia celebrate victory twice and forced Sri Lanka to bat in pitch-black darkness.
A follow-up to the link posted yesterday by AutumnLotus: Rampant Aussies sweep World Cup.
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World Cruise in a 24-Day Voyage Posted: 3 years ago by arrch8
Travelers now have the time to experience a world cruise vacation. Crystal Cruises is offering the opportunity to experience all of the trimmings and onboard programming of its World Cruise in a 24-day voyage.
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Earth Album Posted: 6 months ago by bingo
Earth album is a simpler, slicker Flickr mash-up that allows you to explore some of the most stunning photos in the world courtesy of Google maps and Flickr. To begin your journey, just click somewhere on the map, e.g. "India". Note--the images change every few weeks; bookmark this site and check back for a different experience in a month!
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