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May 16, 2012

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10 Notable Pangrams
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Originating from Greek pan gramma, meaning "every letter," a pangram is a sentence using every letter of the alphabet at least once. Pangrams have many uses, mostly relating to how they display every letter of the... Read more
— by Nic Swaner

Recent comment by Emir Of The Desert

Someone has too much time on their hands.

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May 10, 2012

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Top 10 Tacky Automotive Features of the 1970s
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In many ways, the 1970s was a time of both transition and decline. This is especially true with regard to the American automotive industry, which began to struggle under the weight of increasing fuel costs, strict... Read more
— by Brian Combs

Recent comment by Jon

As I recall, one major problem with the "pillow-top" seats was that those luxurious velvetine cushions had a strong tendency...

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May 6, 2012

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Top 10 Worst Firearms in History
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After seeing the list for the 10 best firearms, I decided it would be amusing to do a list of the 10 worst firearms. For criteria for the worst firearms, I looked at reliability, safety, and utility of the weapons in... Read more
— by Neil Wilson

Recent comment by Sistarose

The largest shame about America deploying the Nuclear bomb was they never got to use the bat bomb ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb...

Wed

May 2, 2012

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Top 10 Last 20th Century War Veterans
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I wanted to challenge myself and try to come up with a list that did not just look back on history but also, tried to predict it. So I came up with a list of predicted dates by which the last known veterans of 20th... Read more
— by Patrick Weidinger

Recent comment by viktormagnusson

These are all just 98 years after the war ended.

Wed

April 25, 2012

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Top 10 Military Operation Names
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War has been a major part of history. Independence has been won and lost through battle; revolutions subdued; different groups and denominations crushed. However, during these large-scale battles, several, small... Read more
— by Jake

Recent comment by Aaron

I liked Operation Overlord the most!

Thu

April 12, 2012

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10 More Lesser-Known Friday the 13th Events
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Happy Friday the 13th, the second one of 2012. The year 2012 is one of the rare years in which there are three Friday the 13th’s – January, April, and July. That combination of a year where Friday the 13th... Read more
— by Patrick Weidinger

Recent comment by Mark

It's actually ALFERD Packer.

Wed

April 4, 2012

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20 Types of Illiteracy
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Ensuring a high level of reading literacy has become a priority of many governments around the world. However, what is often forgotten is that there is more than one type of illiteracy, and not all are addressed during... Read more
— by Kate Mulcahy

Recent comment by lindsey

90% of Americans have race illiteracy! Plus I think I might have typing illiteracy because I am struggling with...

Thu

March 15, 2012

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10 Extinct or Nearly Extinct Colors
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The world we live in is a colorful place (except in our dreams, which are mostly black and white, which is odd when you stop to think about it). But anyway, though we are surrounded by color and new colors are invented... Read more
— by Patrick Weidinger

Recent comment by Pedro

Posted on I really like your blog.. very nice corols & theme. Did you design this...

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March 11, 2012

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10 More Questions to Make You Wonder
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The world is full of mysterious events, bizarre concepts, and unexplained technologies. The Flynn effect is the name given to the long-sustained increase in human intelligence across generations. The effect shows that... Read more
— by Bryan Johnson

Recent comment by Shoegaze

I do accept as true with all the concepts you have introduced on your post. They are very convincing and...

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By Theresa Cornelius

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By Rune Erlandsen

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By Ryan Thomas

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Notable Pangrams

By Nic Swaner

Originating from Greek pan gramma, meaning "every letter," a pangram is a sentence using every...

Nuclear Test Sites

By Michael Affleck

For obvious reasons, most of the world's sites for the testing of nuclear weapons are located in...

Films that Predicted the Future

By John Waller

The world of cinema comes with many movies that failed to predict the future (We didn't get to...

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