*** WARNING: These pictures are disturbing. I'm linking to them because... well, I don't know why, maybe because now that I've seen them, I can't UNSEE them; I need someone to suffer with me. ***
Long distance and marathon runners often lose toenails. Sometimes they fall out, other times they have to be removed. By itself this isn't a big deal. But someone decided to
make a necklace out of them.If you're still with me, how about the sad story of the man from Romania with
keratin-growths on
his hands and feet? On the bright-side,
they are getting better, thanks to a dremel saw. Poor guy!
Joe Kittinger reached over 614 miles per hour, without a vehicle. Have you ever skydived from space?
He has. You can listen to him describe the jump
here and
here.
Kittinger's first jump, which occurred on November 16, 1959, was a near disaster. After jumping from an altitude of 76,000, Kittinger's small parachute malfunctioned, opening early and catching Kittinger around the neck, causing him to spiral down towards Earth and lose consciousness. Luckily, his emergency automatic parachute activated at 10,000 feet, saving his life. Despite this near-death experience, Kittinger still flew a few more Project Excelsior missions.
PCWorld.com published their list of the
100 best products of 2007. Doesn't that seem a little premature? Anyway, get out your scorecard, and see how many you have. If you've got all 100, YOU WIN!
Uncle Chuck had his eye removed.WARNING: Don't click the link if you're eating, squeamish, or possibly Curtis.
I present, for your viewing pleasure, a water buffalo attacked by a pride of lions and two crocodiles, rescued by the herd in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. I'm sure there's a disney movie in there somewhere.
I've been wondering about the french word "aujourd'hui", which means "today". It seems like a word made up of several other words, and I wondered why. Well apparently in old french "hui" was the word for today. You might notice that it's very similar to the spanish word for today, "hoy". They both come from the common latin root of "hodie", as does "oggi" in italian. Apparently "hui" wasn't clear enough for the french, so they added "aujourd'" to it, which means literally "on this day of [today]". And that my friends is why aujour'hui is such as strange word.
You might have heard of
International Talk Like a Pirate Day (mark your calendars), but did you know that today is the first
Talk Like a Pilot Day? Choose your
pilot carefully.