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"I can’t believe I burned down a tree older then... →
motherjones:
26-year-old Sarah Barnes’s alleged response to allegedly burning down the fifth oldest tree in the world—a 3,500-year-old, 118-foot-tall bald cypress—while (allegedly) on meth. Barnes is allegedly from Florida.
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Want Someone to Shut Up? There's a (Non-Lethal)... →
futurejournalismproject:
Japanese researchers have created a non-lethal gun that silences people up to 100 feet away.
Via Extreme Tech:
The gun has two purposes, according to the researchers: At its most basic, this gun could be used in libraries and other quiet spaces to stop people from speaking — but its second application is a lot more chilling.
The researchers were looking for a way to...
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Whitney Houston’s funeral, but for being broadcast live and attended by...
– Whitney’s ‘Homegoing’ And The Spiritual Divide | Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture (via npr)
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19 Pepsi Flavors You've Probably Never Heard Of
dm2studios:
via buzzfeed.com
The Cola Wars have raged for decades between Coke and Pepsi, and in order to come out on top, sometimes you gotta bring out the big guns. Pepsi has had their fair share of unorthodox flavors over the years (*cough cough* Japan *cough cough*), most of them unsuccessful and subsequently discontinued. So here’s a toast to that crazy bubbly stuff!
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22. Nobody cares. Do it for yourself. Everybody is too busy with their own...
– 30 insights from Hugh MacLeod on how to be creative. (via curiositycounts)
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Comedian Bill Maher: Now a major pro-Obama Super...
shortformblog:
$1 million donated to the poorly-named Priorities USA Action source
» But wait … isn’t that a conflict of interest? Granted, Maher, who leans on the liberal side but has called himself libertarian in the past, doesn’t exactly hide his political views, but considering he’s a commentator who regularly questions both sides of the aisle, you wonder if that crosses an ethical line....
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