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Leg Insurance 26 Aug 2013 | 10:25 pm
A certain well-known insurance company brags that if you insure with them, you’re in good hands. But what if it’s your hands that you want insured? Or your legs? Stacy Keibler says she has her 42-inc...
The History of the Rubik’s Cube 22 Aug 2013 | 09:27 pm
The world record for solving the classic 3-by-3 standard Rubik’s Cube was set in March, 2013, by Mats Valk of the Netherlands in 5.55 seconds. Though granted, that’s the human record. The record for t...
Flight Instructions 14 Aug 2013 | 07:25 pm
Ladies and gentlemen, Keghan has turned on the fasten seatbelts sign and this edition of Rocketboom is prepared to take off! Aircraft passenger safety instructions have been around as long as there ha...
Project Loon 14 Aug 2013 | 06:39 pm
A new effort being tested by Google in New Zealand (and more recently in California), Project Loon, is a network of polyethylene plastic balloons, each 15 meters in diameter, deployed into the stratos...
Where’s George? 14 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm
Have you ever wondered where your money has been? In 1998 Hank Eskin started Where’s George , the internet’s first currency tracking website. The site currently has over 7 million registered users wh...
TV Show Piracy Soars After CBS Blackout 8 Aug 2013 | 04:04 am
From Torrent Freak: Since Friday more than three million Time Warner customers throughout the United States have lost access to CBS programming, including the popular Showtime network. In what appears...
Moral Luck 7 Aug 2013 | 05:29 am
Morality is a concept stating that some actions are right and good, while others are just bad, bad BAD! That may seem directed towards you and it was for YOU, the reader, are the one to blame here. Bu...
The End of Plastic Bags 26 Jul 2013 | 12:56 am
If you live in Los Angeles, be prepared for the end of the plastic bag come January 1st, 2014. The Los Angeles City Council recently voted 9-to-1 to join San Francisco, Seattle, and other cities in ba...
Going Postal 16 Jul 2013 | 07:47 pm
The U.S. Postal Service announced earlier this year it would stop delivering mail on Saturdays, but later, decided against it. Did you know that we still have a postal service? It’s true, the U.S Post...
Gym Class 10 Jul 2013 | 08:31 pm
Gym class: fun physical educational frolic or cruel torture banned from school curricula due to budget cuts? Dodgeball, for example, has led to so many personal injury lawsuits, it’s largely responsib...
