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Lost scenes from Metropolis found!

2008-07-05T06:50:15Z

From Boing Boing: The original version of Fritz Lang's fantastic science fiction film Metropolis was first seen in Berlin in 1927. Shortly after, Paramount recut the film to (over)simplify the plot. From then on, it was thought that at least...

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Walmart's new jugs

2008-07-05T06:22:37Z

So Walmart & Sam's Club have been selling their square milk gallon jugs for a few years. Many people have been complaining that it spills to much. Ecologists are praising the fact that it saves on shipping costs (more ship per palette than the...

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July 4th Trivia

2008-07-02T21:13:48Z

– In July 1776, the estimated number of people living in the newly independent nation was 2.5 million. – On July 4, 2008, the nation's population will be 304 million. – The value of fireworks imported from China in 2007 amounts to $207 mil...

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Nike finally produces the Marty McFly Shoes!

2008-06-30T14:31:37Z

In inspired-by version of the Official Shoes of Wired's Gadget Lab, the Nike McFly 2015's, will be made available by the end of July and will be renamed as the Nike Hyperdunks. I know what you're thinking (Chicken, McFly!), but get a hold of y...

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Comedian George Carlin dies at 71

2008-06-23T08:54:19Z

George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his “Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV” routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71. Carlin went into a Santa Monica h...

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Shipwreck Yields World's Oldest Salad Dressing

2008-06-21T23:24:11Z

Olive oil infused with fragrant herbs has been identified in an ancient Greek ceramic transport jar known as an amphora, along with another container of what could be the world's oldest retsina-type wine, according to a recent Journal of Archa...

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Armed Robbers Steal Picasso Prints in Brazil

2008-06-18T16:52:10Z

Associated Press/AP Online June 17, 2008 SAO PAULO, Brazil – Three armed robbers stole two Pablo Picasso prints from a Sao Paulo art museum on Thursday in a rapid strike in which the thieves bypassed more valuable works to grab the stolen p...

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Firefox 3 exceeds 1 million downloads in under four hours

2008-06-18T04:31:47Z

Firefox 3, the long-awaited update of Mozilla's open source web browser was released earlier today. The download counter, which is projected on a large display screen here at Mozilla headquarters in Mountain View, CA, has been churning numbers...

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Why & How: Kids on Skidrow

2008-06-15T21:10:28Z

I recently discovered Good Magazine and was touched by their message. Since today is Father's Day, I decided it was apt to remember what makes a father -- kids. This short documentary shows the life of one kid in an impoverished area and his a...

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Super Heroes Group by Religious Views

2008-06-12T20:45:20Z

I found this a very interesting site. Someone (a comic book geek!) organized some of the most well known comic book super heroes and organized them based on their religious background. Superman a Medothist? The Hulk is a Catholic? Robin is Jew...

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