Category — Interesting

MIAMI - About 45 feet beneath the ocean’s surface lies a cemetery with gates, pathways, plaques and even benches. The Neptune Memorial Reef, which opened last fall, is seen by its creators as a perfect final resting spot for those who loved the sea. They hope that one day the reef will cover 16 acres and [...]

Tags: ashes, burial, cemetery, cremation, diving, miami, ocean, reef

A University of Leicester space scientist has worked out that sending texts via mobile phones works out to be far more expensive than downloading data from the Hubble Space Telescope. He worked out the cost of obtaining a megabyte of data from Hubble – and compared that with the 5p cost of sending a text. He said: [...]

Tags: cell, cellphone, cellular, expensive, finance, financial, hubble, mobile, space, text, texting

US Prison Now Using a Bear to Guard Against Escapes The way the warden sees it, the more than 400-pound 180-kilogram black bear living in the middle of the sprawling Louisiana State Penitentiary is an extra layer of security. “I love that bear being right where it is,” Warden Burl Cain said Monday. “I tell you what, [...]

Tags: bear, guard, Interesting, legal, prison

The Kindle, Amazon’s ebook reader, is back in stock and ready for purchase! If you’re interested in purchasing one, why not consider purchasing Nathan Thoms’ book, Machiavelli Meets Mayor Quimby: Political Commentary in the First Season of The Simpsons in Kindle format for your reading pleasure at only $1.99? SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Amazon Kindle is now back in [...]

Tags: amazon, book, e-book, ebook, kindle, machiavelli meets mayor quimby

With a name like ‘No More Gas’, you can bet that this cute little personal electric vehicle is as good to the environment as it is to the user. Its size, weight and fuel make it much better for the planet, while its look and driving experience make it great fun for the driver. Looking [...]

Tags: car, electric, environment, gas mileage, hybrid, mpg

Miracle Fruit Makes (Almost) Everything Delicious Willy Wonka came up with some pretty cool confectionary creations: Non-melting ice cream. The Everlasting Gobstopper. Edible wallpaper. And who wouldn’t have loved to try his Three-Course-Dinner-Gum? (Though we probably wouldn’t have been so wild about turning into a giant blueberry, a la Violet Beauregard.) You can read the rest of [...]

Life Expectancy Is Declining in Some Pockets of the Country By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Published: April 22, 2008 Life expectancy has long been growing steadily for most Americans. But it has not for a significant minority, according to a new study, which finds a growing disparity in mortality depending on race, income and geography. Read the rest of this troubling [...]

Tags: death, health, life expectancy, usa

#3. Family International Also known as the Children of God and the Family of Love, these folks are the reason most of us know the word “cult” today. We say accept no substitute when you want to devote your life and soul to a group of societal outcasts. Most famous for giving sex a more prominent role [...]

Tags: cults, sex, weird