Category Archives: Interesting

Happy Square Root Day

Square root day is a holiday celebrated on dates where the day and the month are both the square root of the last two digits in the current year. For example, today is March 3, 2009 (3/3/09), and the next … Continue reading

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The Last Lecture

Randy Pausch , a computer science professor at carnigie mellon has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and has 3-6 months to live. He has 3 kids and a wife, and wants to do this last lecture to give his kids … Continue reading

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Around the Pork in 30 Days

Check out my friend Scott is nearing the end of his quest. With only 2 more days to go, check out his progress so far. His goal was to eat a meal with Pork every day for an entire month … Continue reading

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Yeah?

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Wait!

It’s JUNE. how did that happen?

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Why only 28 days in February?

Why can’t we take two days from the 31-day months and give them to February to balance things out? Well I can’t answer the second question, but here’s a quick recap to bring us up to speed as to why … Continue reading

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Happy Leap Day!

Does today really exist? And if so, what will you do with your free extra day? February 29 is a date that occurs only every four years, in years evenly divisible by 4, such as 1988, 1996, 2008 or 2016 … Continue reading

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How big is a trillion?

It’s big. Very Big. 3.2 trillion dollar budget? a million seconds (a thousand thousand) – 11 1/2 days a billion seconds – 32 years a trillion seconds – 32,000 years stack dollar bills 100 bills – about 1/2 inch 1 … Continue reading

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Walking Science Experiment

I will spare you the details as to why cause obviously I haven’t gotten into it yet, so I don’t plan to… but know this. Right now, I am a walking science experiment who can’t shower again til Thursday. Yeah, … Continue reading

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Top Cities in the US

By Population 1 – New York City, New York 2 – Los Angeles, California 3 – Chicago, Illinois 4 – Houston, Texas 5 – Phoenix, Arizona 6 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 7 – San Antonio, Texas 8 – San Diego, California … Continue reading

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Patience

Patience is a virtue. Patience is the ability to endure waiting, delay, or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset, or to persevere calmly when faced with difficulties. Impatience is an opposite of patience. So when waiting for a pot of … Continue reading

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What the World Needs Now

What the world needs more of… 1) Love 2) Laughter 3) Kindness 3) Open-Mindedness 4) Patience 5) Pride 6) Appreciation 7) Music 8) Trees 9) Water 10) Scientific Research What world needs less of… 1) Violence 2) Terrorism 3) Crime … Continue reading

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The Paperclip

My new job has given me a newfound appreciation of the PAPERCLIP. It is a wonderful tool and I have never used it as much as I have in the past few weeks. A paper clip is a device which … Continue reading

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Searching..

GOOGLE Brian Smith

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Teen buys Playstation on eBay and finds 65400 euros in package

Boy gets £44,000 in eBay parcel Police are trying to trace the owner of 65,400 euros (£44,000 and about $90,000 USD) mistakenly sent to a 16-year-old boy who bought a Playstation Two for £95 on eBay. The cash arrived in … Continue reading

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In case you wondered…

On June 26th, 1974 the first product with a bar code was scanned at a check-out counter. It was a 10-pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit chewing gum.

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Only 11,120?

HowManyOfMe.com There are:11,120people with my namein the U.S.A. How many have your name?

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Schlptlzer

A schlptlzer (SH-LIF-LER) is someone who fetches for information in order to better their position in the grand scheme of things.

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The Old IQ Test

I haven’t taken this in a long time until just now. I know I’m not a super genius and that’s fine by me.. I scored a 126 This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions … Continue reading

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Fun with time

Last night at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 A.M. in the morning, the time and date was 01:02:03 04/05/06. That won’t ever happen again. You may now return to your normal stuff

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What philosophy do you follow?

{QUIZ}You scored as Hedonism. Your life is guided by the principles of Hedonism: You believe that pleasure is a great, or the greatest, good; and you try to enjoy life’s pleasures as much as you can. “Eat, drink, and be … Continue reading

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The Story of My Bullshit 2 Weeks

(the following is a true story, it is… i wish it werent.) or The 10 days I lost forever. (Without further adieu I present to you a true story in which the man stole my time) I got “HAD” my … Continue reading

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Happy Cinco De Mayo

Cinco de Mayo commemorates the day that Mexican troops defeated Napoleon III’s army on May 5, 1862, in the Battle of Puebla, which became a symbol of Mexican unity and patriotism. Some people mistakenly think Cinco de Mayo is Mexico’s … Continue reading

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The Homefront

China. It’s a place inside this face. Never near, but never far. I live in China. Not really. Anyway.. That’s it.

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Planets Align

Rare stargazing spectacle as planets alignAlignment won’t happen again for three decades CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — Five planets are arrayed across the evening sky in a spectacular night show that won’t be back for another three decades. For the … Continue reading

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