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The Other Mystery of Easter Island Posted: 3 years ago by Phildo
Should anyone find a workable translation for Rongorongo, the knowledge stored on the remaining tablets might explain the mysterious statues of Easter Island, the sudden appearance of the written language, and the island's history and customs as whole.
It doesn't take much to destroy a culture!
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 90 [+].
Author of Monkey Island Plays and Comments His Classic Creation Posted: 6 months ago by 2manyusernames
You may have heard they are remaking The Secret of Monkey Island. To prepare for this event, Ron Gilbert, the man behind such gems as Maniac Mansion, and the Monkey Island series plays through the game giving us some behind the scenes commentary.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 101 [+].
Three Mile Island cited for "moderate to severe" security problems Posted: 2 years ago by moe
Of all the place I would not expect this...to those of you too young to recall, Three Mile Island is home to what almost became the American version of Chernobyl*.
*If you are too young too know what Chernobyl was, freaking google it, I am too lazy to provide a link. But it was a million laughs for sure.
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 311 [+].
Tiny Scottish Island Going Electric. Posted: 2 years ago by muppet
Residents of a tiny Scottish island have another special reason to celebrate the New Year, they will be connected to mains electricity for the first time.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 93 [+].
Removing cats to protect birds backfires on island Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
It seemed like a good idea at the time: Remove all the feral cats from a famous Australian island to save the native seabirds. But the decision to eradicate the felines from Macquarie island allowed the rabbit population to explode and, in turn, destroy much of its fragile vegetation that birds depend on for cover, researchers said Tuesday.
Comments: 9 Score: [-] 715 [+].
New Zealand's Main Islands Were Never Officially Named Posted: 7 months ago by pocksucket
New Zealanders didn't exactly push the boat out when they called the northern island North Island and... Well, I'm sure you know what the southern island is called. Turns out though that they also never got round to legally adopting these names. There's now a move to exploit this to rename the islands as the Maori originals.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 251 [+].
Man goes to deserted island to quit smoking Posted: 4 months ago by kakana
Retired senior banker Geoff Spice is to live on a deserted island for a month in a last ditch attempt to quit smoking. He does not want to fish for food, but the island is also free of rabbits. However, there are plenty of sheep to keep him company.
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 394 [+].
Yacht crew witnesses the birth of an island Posted: 3 years ago by videoguy
In August 2006, the crew of the yacht Maiken, sailing out of the Vava'u island group, encountered a remarkable "stone sea." The phenomena they spotted were a series of pumice rafts resulting from a nearby eruption, one that was forming a new volcanic island in Tonga.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 123 [+].
Island Uses Poop Plug to Fill a Volcano Posted: 3 years ago by gnikgnok
The waste would be dumped on a side of the volcanic island that had been extensively quarried in the past 50 years. The island's original volcanic cone formation could also be rebuilt using the biosolids.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 51 [+].
Chance to bag 'best job in the world' as caretaker of desert island for £1,000 AN HOUR Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
Australian tourism bosses are offering Britons the chance to get the 'best job in the world' as the caretaker of a desert island - with a salary of nearly £1,000 per HOUR. The plumb position requires 'minimum effort' and involves 'relaxed' duties such as feeding turtles, watching whales, and picking up the island's post.
Comments: 14 Score: [-] 432 [+].
More man-made designer realty – Reef Island Posted: 2 years ago by topofall
...previously known as Lulu Island, is being re-launched with a brand new marketing push targeting high income investors and residents from across the Gulf.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 39 [+].
How Rhode Island decriminalized prostitution Posted: 6 months ago by bornbad
It’s been nearly 30 years since Rhode Island granted a green light to indoor prostitution.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 195 [+].
Divers Find Coney Island Bell Lost in 1911 Posted: 3 months ago by suebe
Back on May 27, 1911 Coney Island was doing worse off than it is today, with Dreamland Park in flames for a full 18 hours, burning to the ground and never again being rebuilt as it was. But a piece of the glory days was just found underwater; local divers are bringing up a piece of the past: a massive 500-lb bell that sunk to the ocean floor with the rest of the pier.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 516 [+].
Lost on Gilligans Island Posted: 2 years ago by donteatpoop
LOST merges with Gilligans Island.
I'm waiting for the Harlem Globetrotters to drop in on the island, personally.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 116 [+].
Monster carnivorous mice overrun British-owned Gough Island Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A British owned island in the South Atlantic has been overrun by hundreds of thousands of monster mice which have evolved into carnivores.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 313 [+].
An island made by global warming Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
The map of Greenland will have to be redrawn. A new island has appeared off its coast, suddenly separated from the mainland by the melting of Greenland's enormous ice sheet, a development that is being seen as the most alarming sign of global warming.
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 81 [+].
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