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Sinking to new depths in the mile below club Posted: 2 years ago by Bornbad
NEVER mind the mile high club. The latest adventure for well-heeled travellers seeking the ultimate romantic destination is the mile below club.
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Teen Killed by Bullet from Floor Below Posted: 1 year ago by sykeo56
Kid was laying in bed when he got shot in the head by a bullet that was fired upward from the floor below.
Jersey.
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Oil Dips Below $75 As OPEC Cuts Demand Forecast Posted: 1 year ago by ImNotBlue
Oil prices dipped below $75 a barrel Wednesday, a new 13-month low, as OPEC reduced its 2009 petroleum demand forecast amid signs that the global economy is headed for a severe downturn.
Light, sweet crude for November delivery fell $2.95 to $75.68 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange after earlier sliding to $74.57, the lowest trading level since Sept. 5, 2007.
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Pictured: The Cave of Crystals discovered 1,000ft below a Mexican desert Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Until you notice the orange-suited men clambering around, it's hard to grasp the extraordinary scale of this underground crystal forest.
Nearly 1,000ft below the Chihuahua Desert in Mexico, this cave was discovered by two brothers drilling in the Naica lead and silver mine. It is an eerie sight.
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Dicing with death 3,700ft below ground Posted: 3 months ago by Bingo
The adventurers of the Oxford University Caving Club plumb some of the deepest systems in the subterranean world. Occasionally they die doing so.
Former member David Rose went back below ground on a 132-hour odyssey to explore man's compulsion to map its furthest boundaries - whatever the cost
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Homeowner Equity Is Lowest Since 1945, Dipping Below 50 Percent, the Lowest on Record Posted: 2 years ago by 2longdogs
Americans' percentage of equity in their homes fell below 50 percent for the first time on record since 1945, the Federal Reserve said Thursday. That marks the first time homeowners' debt on their houses exceeds their equity since the Fed started tracking the data in 1945.
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Oil breaks $80 a barrel Posted: 2 years ago by DrNothing
Though quadruple the levels of 2002, the price of oil when adjusted for inflation is below the $90-a-barrel peaks of the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and the start of the Iran-Iraq War the following year.
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Irrigation porn Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
Center pivot irrigation is basically a method of agricultural irrigation which results in a circular field of crops. A huge column of sprinklers, fixed to the ground at one end, slowly travels around in a circle whilst spraying the crops below. You can see the sprinkler arms, some of which can reach a kilometre in length.
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Sacred Mayan city found submerged in a Guatemalan lake Posted: 1 month ago by equinox
The Mayans didn't predict the end of the world in 2012, and they clearly didn't predict whatever catastrophe submerged their sacred city thousands of years ago. Now divers are exploring Samabaj, an ancient paradise now sunk below the surface of a secret Guatemalan lake.
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How to talk to a global warming skeptic Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Below is a complete listing of responses to the most common skeptical arguments on global warming. There are four separate taxonomies; arguments are divided by:
Stages of Denial, Scientific Topics, Types of Argument, and Levels of Sophistication. BBC has similar site with less info.
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Coolest inventions of 2008 Posted: 2 years ago by sandossu
he world needs help. Power demands are rising, bridges are collapsing, cancer is still cancer. These are sweeping, global challenges, but the solutions may well end up coming from the garages and basements next door. As the winners of PopSci’s second annual Invention Awards demonstrate, invention—even world-changing invention—can happen anywhere there’s an idea and an endless drive to see that idea made real. Launch the articles and videos below for 10 examples of homespun creativity tackling real problems.
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The 700 mole-men project Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
Learn of the deranged world below our own world of the strange naked-mole-rat-like people known enigmatically as "The Mole-men".
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Sun's Temper Blamed for Loss of Water on Mars Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Mars was wet in its early history, but today it appears bone dry other than ice below the surface and at the poles. Astronomers have long wondered where all the water went. The water might have been blown into space long ago by strong gusts of solar winds, new satellite observations suggest.
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Girl, 15, dies after 33-foot fall through school roof Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
A 15-year-old honors student died early Saturday after she and a friend fell through a rooftop skylight and onto a gymnasium floor more than 33 feet below at an elementary school in this Orange County community, police said.
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The Moon Survival Challenge Posted: 1 year ago by ZebraHDH
Imagine you are returning to the base ship on the sunlit side of the moon after carrying out a 72-hour exploration trip. Your small spacecraft has crash-landed about 200 miles from the base ship. You need to reach the base ship, in addition to your spacesuit, you were able to salvage the items listed below. Using what you know about the moon, rate each item in the above list according to how important it would be in getting you back to the base ship.
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The Teenager Audio Test Posted: 9 months ago by DoggyLives
Clicking the play button below will produce a tone that is generally only heard by people under the age of 25. It has been used as a deterrent device to keep teenagers from loitering in malls and shops, and sounds similar to a buzzing mosquito. Typically the longer you listen to it, the more annoying it gets.
I can't hear it :(
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Cern lab goes 'colder than space' Posted: 1 year ago by deEPCHIll
A vast physics experiment built in a tunnel below the French-Swiss border is fast becoming one of the coolest places in the Universe.
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Ten Rules for Dating My Daughter Posted: 7 months ago by sharon22
You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck. If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter's body, I will remove them.
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Latest NBA Cheating Scandal is ummm... Over Halo 3 Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
In a turn of events that could shake the very pillars of the gaming community, NBA star Gilbert Arenas has admitted to cheating... while playing Halo 3 multiplayer.
The link above it is to Gilbert's actual admittance, the link below has more info and more links and even ACTUAL proof (it has the Halo 3 'box scores' from his accounts)!
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Nasa to launch Mars polar probe Posted: 2 years ago by pjanaway
Nasa is to launch a spacecraft on a nine-month journey to Mars, where it will dig below the surface for clues to the existence of past or present life.
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