July 2010
“And I’ll just be one of those memories to her, like dust particles floatin’ through the room, gettin’ caught in your throat or whatever. They’re always there, but you can’t see ‘em all the time, only when they hit a shaft of light.”
—Jessica’s Blog
The actors in the first English play to be preformed in America were arrested, as acting was considered evil.
(The Book of Useless Information)
Münchausen by Internet →
en.wikipedia.org
Münchausen by Internet is a pattern of behavior in which Internet users seek attention by feigning illnesses in online venues such as chat rooms, message boards, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC).
As manipulation is integral to most cases, the need to control others to feel as if the perpetrator is in control of his or her own life is apparent, as is the pre-existence of underlying personality disorders. Many people who present factitious disorders crave sympathy and support because it was notably absent in childhood.
Pirates thought having an earring would improve their eyesight.
(The Book of Useless Information)
When honey is swallowed, it enters the blood stream within a period of twenty minutes.
(The Book of Useless Information)
Strange and True Facts about Death:
- More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
- More people are killed each year by coconuts than sharks. Approximately 150 people are killed each year by coconuts.
- You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
- Fleas have the distinction of killing more people than all the wars man has ever fought. The “Black Death” plague killed 1/4 of Europe’s population in the 14th century, caused by germs transmitted from rodents to humans by fleas.
- The animal responsible for the most human deaths worldwide is the mosquito.
- The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male’s head off.
- A hundred years ago, the average life expectancy in the United States was forty-seven.
- Today, only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older.
- Your statistical chance of being murdered is 1 in 20,000.
- There are 5 times as many deaths due to the negligence of doctors as there are deaths due to firearms.
- On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
- Dr. Alice Chase, who wrote “Nutrition for Health” and numerous books on the science of proper eating, died of malnutrition.
- Adolph Hitler’s mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
- When Mahatma Gandhi died, an autopsy revealed that his small intestine contained five gold Krugerrands.
- When Thomas Edison died in 1941; Henry Ford captured his last dying breath in a bottle.
- In 1845, President Andrew Jackson’s pet parrot was removed from his funeral for swearing.
- Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, was present at the assassinations of three presidents: his father’s, President Garfield’s, and President McKinley’s. After the last shooting, he refused ever to attend a state affair again.
- When Mark Twain was born on Nov 30, 1835, Halley’s comet was visible over Florida, Missouri. Mark Twain predicted in 1909 that he would die when it returned. He was right. When he died on April 21, 1910, Halley’s comet was once again visible in the sky.
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flame | peter blaskovic | escape motions →
escapemotions.com
Hmmm… neat little tool
Antibody Kills 91% of HIV Strains →
online.wsj.com
In a significant step toward an AIDS vaccine, U.S. government scientists have discovered three powerful antibodies, the strongest of which neutralizes 91% of HIV strains, more than any AIDS antibody yet discovered.
Looking closely at the strongest antibody, they have detailed exactly what part of the virus it targets and how it attacks that site.
The antibodies were discovered in the cells of a 60-year-old African-American gay man, known in the scientific literature as Donor 45, whose body made the antibodies naturally. Researchers screened 25 million of his cells to find 12 that produced the antibodies. Now the trick will be for scientists to develop a vaccine or other methods to make anyone’s body produce them.
Holy shit.
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http://sixbillionlittlethings.blogspot.com/ →
sixbillionlittlethings.blogspot.com
I should learn to appreciate the little things of everyday.
Zombie Research Society. →
zombieresearch.net
Apparently there is one. I guess you never know too much…
Hey, insomnia,
I hate you.
I haven’t been able to sleep much because of all the heat in here. And I sleep naked (TMI, I know). :/
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