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Giant Corn Bin Collapses, Burying Iowa Family Posted: 11 months ago by mitzuzake
A 90 ft high grain bin collapsed and sent a tidal wave of corn into a home, sweeping it off its foundation, trapping a family of four and shaking the ground for miles around.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 105 [+].
Semolina Covers A Town Posted: 2 years ago by musicgirldani
Two tons of the grain blasted out of a factory and went all over a seaside town. When they tried to clean it up they added water and turned the grain into pudding!
Comments: 1 Score: [-] -8 [+].
Why biofuels could end up doing more harm than good Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
The grain required to fill the gas tank of a Range Rover with ethanol, just once, is enough to feed one person for a year.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 10 [+].
Your next car could be powered by... HEMP Posted: 5 months ago by tigertony
Hemp powered cars were the dream of both Henry Ford and Rudolf Diesel. It's a major source of ethanol that would allow the use to curb food shortages as a result of Corn and Grain Farmers being asked to sell their grain to ethanol manufacturers.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 138 [+].
Survival Acres Posted: 5 months ago by TraumaMamma
Dehydrated food and freeze dried storable food for long term food storage, emergency food, preparedness, disaster, camping, backpacking, mountain climbing and outdoor recreation. Storable food storage for any need!
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 165 [+].
UN Warns On Food Price Inflation Posted: 7 months ago by mahler87
The head of the UN World Food Programme has warned that the rise in basic food costs could continue until 2010. It blamed soaring energy and grain prices, the effects of climate change and demand for biofuels.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 134 [+].
Who profits from biofuels? Posted: 10 months ago by rambler
This very recent article by McKinsey graphs who has profited most from the production of biofuels over the past couple of years. There was a post related to this topic recently, but I can't find it...
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 175 [+].
PETA's Dirty Secret Posted: 9 months ago by direwookiee
While loudly complaining about the "unethical" treatment of animals by restaurant owners, grocers, farmers, scientists, anglers, and countless other Americans, the group has its own dirty little secret.
PETA kills animals. By the thousands.
(I'm taking this with a grain of salt. I'm not too sure it's true.)
Comments: 17 Score: [-] 454 [+].
Some people worry too much Posted: 1 year ago by Dangerman
If it's not one thing it's another.
Here's a picture of a newspaper clipping that shows a very upset "mommy to be".It exsemplifies why I take peoples complaints with a grain of salt.
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 232 [+].
Worried About Your Dough Getting Stolen? Posted: 8 months ago by CleopatraReborn
Introducing: The Bread Safe!
(And for any grain haters: The Lettuce Safe)
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 92 [+].
Rice Bag Babies Go Against the Grain Posted: 4 months ago by Mitzuzake
Tired of handing out cigars when celebrating the birth of a new baby? A Japanese specialty gifts company suggests you share your joy by giving family & friends personalized bags of rice which feature your new baby's face - and are filled to match his or her weight.
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 95 [+].
Tiny beetle tramps over emission targets Posted: 5 months ago by chinook
The pine beetle, the size of a grain of rice, has already destroyed British Columbia's forests and devastated the logging industry. Now, the insect threatens to upend the province's push to curb its greenhouse gases.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 223 [+].
Researchers make tiny radio from nanotubes Posted: 8 months ago by maxriter
Transistor radios tinier than a grain of sand, made using nanotechnology, cannot only tune in to the traffic report, but they may end up outperforming current silicon-based electronics.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 28 [+].
A Few Drops Of Grain Alcohol Posted: 2 years ago by mikella86
So little alcohol, so much energy. 5mL of methanol or ethanol
is ignited in a 5 gallon water bottle. The alcohol burns at
such a high rate it more...
creates a rocket engine effect. If the mixture is just right,
more...
it can knock ceiling tiles off. It looks really amazing at
night. After the burn, the bottle is capped and Charles Law is
demonstrated. As the temperature decreases the volume
decreases. The atmosphere crushes the cooling air in the
bottle.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 2 [+].
Hillary Strangelove Posted: 5 months ago by DerAlt
AMERICANS have learned to take with a grain of salt much of the rhetoric in a campaign like the current Democratic donnybrook between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Still, there are some red lines that should never be crossed. Clinton did so Tuesday morning, the day of the Pennsylvania primary, when she told ABC's "Good Morning America" that, if she were president, she would "totally obliterate" Iran if Iran attacked Israel.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 70 [+].
Spitzer's Eyes Perfect for Spotting Diamonds in the Sky Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
Diamonds may be rare on Earth, but surprisingly common in space and the super-sensitive infrared eyes of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope are perfect for scouting them. These gems are about 25,000 times smaller than a grain of sand, but astronomers believe that these tiny particles could provide valuable insights into how carbon-rich molecules, the basis of life on Earth, develop in the cosmos.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 199 [+].
Israeli Scientists Create Nano-Sized Bible Posted: 10 months ago by 2manyusernames
The entire Hebrew text of the Jewish Bible has been etched onto a space less than half the size of grain of sugar. The text measures less than 0.5 square millimeters (0.01 square inches)
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 217 [+].
Miniature robots play nano soccer Posted: 1 year ago by hisidea
One sixth the size of an amoeba and weighing no more than a few hundred nanograms, the robots play on a field the size of a grain of rice. It's all happening at the RoboCup at Georgia Tech.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 56 [+].
Hands-on review of Zune Posted: 2 years ago by Fanatic
This reviewer really liked how the case feels. The rest was more or less descriptive, not evaluative.
The hype on this thing is amazing; take every review with a grain of salt, I think.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 10 [+].
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