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Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Jail house video busts Georgia cops Tasering compliant black man from behind

Fracking Caused Texas Quakes

CONFIRMED: Fracking Caused Texas Quakes

Everyone knew, but now it's confirmed. Fracking causes quakes in Texas.

Giant inflatable duck found freedom in stormy weather

A giant inflatable duck rolled around the streets of Glasgow, Scotland, on Saturday morning.
The duck had been on display at the Peter Vardy CarStore near Braehead shopping centre.

YouTube link. Original Facebook video.

However, strong winds which battered the city dislodged the inflatable and it ended up in the middle of a nearby road.

One shocked eyewitness said: "I couldn't believe it. It's not what you expect to see on your way to work in the morning."

Monday, September 26, 2016

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Today in History

1580		Sir Francis Drake returns to Plymouth, England, aboard the Golden Hind, after a 33-month voyage to circumnavigate the globe.
1777		The British army launches a major offensive, capturing Philadelphia.
1786		France and Britain sign a trade agreement in London.
1820		The legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone dies quietly at the Defiance, Mo., home of his son Nathan, at age 85.
1826		The Persian cavalry is routed by the Russians at the Battle of Ganja in the Russian Caucasus.
1829		Scotland Yard, the official British criminal investigation organization, is formed.
1864		General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his men assault a Federal garrison near Pulaski, Tennessee.
1901		Leon Czolgosz, who murdered President William McKinley, is sentenced to death..
1913		The first boat is raised in the locks of the Panama Canal.
1914		The Federal Trade Commission is established to foster competition by preventing monopolies in business.
1918		German Ace Ernst Udet shoots down two Allied planes, bringing his total for the war up to 62.
1937		Bessie Smith, known as the ‘Empress of the Blues,’ dies in a car crash in Mississippi.
1940		During the London Blitz, the underground Cabinet War Room suffers a hit when a bomb explodes on the Clive Steps.
1941		The U.S. Army establishes the Military Police Corps.
1950		General Douglas MacArthur‘s American X Corps, fresh from the Inchon landing, links up with the U.S. Eighth Army after its breakout from the Pusan Perimeter.
1955		The New York Stock Exchange suffers a $44 million loss.
1960		Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy participate in the first nationally televised debate between presidential candidates.
1961		Nineteen-year-old Bob Dylan makes his New York singing debut at Gerde’s Folk City.
1967		Hanoi rejects a U.S. peace proposal.
1969		The Beatles last album, Abbey Road, is released.
1972		Richard M. Nixon meets with Emperor Hirohito in Anchorage, Alaska, the first-ever meeting of a U.S. President and a Japanese Monarch.
1977		Israel announces a cease-fire on Lebanese border.
1983		In the USSR Stanislav Petrov disobeys procedures and ignores electronic alarms indicating five incoming nuclear missiles, believing the US would launch more than five if it wanted to start a war. His decision prevented a retaliatory attack that would have begun a nuclear war between the superpowers..
1984		The UK agrees to transfer sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China.
1997		Two earthquakes strike Italy, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis to collapse, killing four people and destroying much of the cycle of frescoes depicting the saint’s life.
2008		Yves Rossy, a Swiss pilot and inventor, is the first person to fly a jet-powered wing across the English Channel.

7 awful bands we can blame Nirvana for inspiring

Here are 7 awful bands we can blame Nirvana for inspiring

If everyone who bought one of the 30,000 copies of the Velvet Underground's debut album started a band, as Brian Eno once claimed, then everyone who bought Nevermind went on to start a shitty nu-metal band.

Is it time we replaced the tampon?

Nearly half of the world’s population menstruates, and of this group of women, the large majority turn to tampons as their feminine hygiene product of choice.
However, as explained in a recent ASAP Science video, perhaps it’s time we found an alternative.
Tampons are made from rayon and cotton. While these materials make tampons highly absorbent, they also create an ideal environment for bacteria to grow.
In addition, while the vagina is usually highly efficient at fighting off infection, menstrual blood briefly lowers its immune defenses.
As a result, tampons are linked to a rare yet fatal disease known as toxic shock syndrome.

Is it time we replaced the tampon?

10 Reasons You Should Start Foraging for Your Own Food

10 Reasons You Should Start Foraging for Your Own Food

Why Good Fats Aren't So Healthy When You're Stressed Out

Why Good Fats Aren't So Healthy When You're Stressed Out

The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time

TV series have been around for about 70 years now, and there have been a lot of them. How could you possibly rank them all against each other? Rolling Stone explains how they did it.

So we undertook a major poll – actors, writers, producers, critics, showrunners. Legends like Carl Reiner and Garry Marshall, who sent us his ballot shortly before his death this summer. All shows from all eras were eligible; anybody could vote for whatever they felt passionate about, from the black-and-white rabbit-ears years to the binge-watching peak-TV era. The ratings didn't matter – only quality. The voters have spoken – and, damn, did they have some fierce opinions.

The great thing about this list is that it’s all on one page, and most of the the listings have video clips. It’s delightful to scroll through and see where your old and new favorites landed, including the abrupt left turns from childhood classics to offbeat shows you’ve never heard of to your current “must see” TV. Enjoy the ride at Rolling Stone.

The Year Hundreds of Bombs Went Off in New York City

The Chelsea bombing last week made headlines across the country, but fortunately no one was killed. Bombings are big news today, but New York City has always had them. Some in the past were never even heard of outside the city. In fact, there was an 18-month period in 1969-’70 in which 370 bombs went off in the city! New York bombings have been carried out by all kinds of groups and individuals for as many different reasons: targeted political statements, general terrorism, revenge, or just insanity.

…in November 1940, the city had its first encounter with a bomber who would haunt them for years: George Metesky, a disgruntled former ConEd employee who left a pipe bomb at a company building, along with a note: "CON EDISON CROOKS – THIS IS FOR YOU."
A similar bomb appeared several months later, before Metesky decided to pause because of World War II.
"I WILL MAKE NO MORE BOMB UNITS FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR," Metesky wrote police. "MY PATRIOTIC FEELINGS HAVE MADE ME DECIDE THIS."
True to his word, Metesky didn't resume bombing until 1951, when he captivated the media with a string of bombings over several years, many at city landmarks like Grand Central Terminal, the New York Public Library, and Radio City Music Hall, some 33 in total which never killed anyone but, for a time, set the city on edge.

Metesky was eventually captured and committed to a mental institution. His is only one of the many stories told in a rundown of historical New York bombings at Atlas Obscura.

The Death-Defying Sport Known as Auto Polo

Who came up with the insane idea of playing polo while driving cars? That would be Ralph “Pappy” Hankinson, a Ford dealer in Topeka, Kansas, who was looking for a way to sell more cars. The sport lasted from 1912 to sometime in the early ’20s. We know about polo played on horse or camels, but those are sentient animals that try to avoid crashing into each other while the guy riding worries about the game. In Auto Polo, paying attention to the game meant crashing one’s car into other players quite often. However, it did mange to sell cars, probably because players needed replacements.

Not only did Hankinson’s plan work, it quickly became a hugely popular sporting event in which not only the participants were at risk of injury or death but so were the spectators who flocked to such events. The matches were held across the country and the world, with the very first major auto polo exhibition being held in Washington D.C. in 1912. The outright brutality of the uncompromising sport also meant that cars would have to be routinely replaced since they would often give up the ghost in the middle of a match and because the main attraction of the sport was the very high probability that cars would crash into each other.
In other words auto polo was a bit like the 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome only with cars operated by those insane enough to careen them around an arena armed with ball-smashing mallets at 40 miles per hour. So dangerous was the game of auto polo that an actual surgeon was onsite during the matches just in case anyone was injured (which according to most historical resources on the topic was shockingly rare). But deaths on the field did happen and those infrequent occurrences caused the sport to be banned in numerous states despite its rabid fan base.

Read more about the short-lived sport of Auto Polo and see plenty of pictures and a video at Dangerous Minds.

The 10 Most Expensive Cars Ever Sold At Auction

Why would someone spend over a million dollars for a car? If it was for sentimental reasons, like finding a mint restoration of your first car, the auction price wouldn’t be so high. No, these cars are extremely rare, extremely high quality, or historically unique. The car shown here is a 1936 Mercedes-Benz 500K Roadster.

In total, around 342 500K’s were produced, however there were only 58 of the Roadster models. The vehicle is a massive grand touring car that featured a long front end and a comfortable cabin. The vehicles were outfitted with a 5.018-liter I8 engine that produced up to 160 horsepower which allowed these cars to hit speeds of 100 mph. It may not seem like much compared to todays standards, but back then those were mind-bending numbers. One example of the car was sold at a Christie’s auction in 1984 for the price of $1.45 million dollars, which works out to be $3,325,872 dollars today.

That’s a lot of money, but this car’s auction price ranked it at number ten. The other cars on the list brought in more money, as you’ll see at Money Inc.

Putting It Into Perspective

"If you had $1 for every year the universe has existed (approximately 13.8 billion years). You wouldn't even make the top 50 on the Forbes list."

Australia on the Move

Your world map is wrong when it comes to Australia. It’s not just the Mercator distortion, so your globe is wrong, too. Australia sits on the world’s fastest-moving tectonic plate, and manages to constantly drift relative to the world’s other land masses, about 2.7 inches a year. That does’t seem like much, but for GPS coordinates, it soon become a lot.

Four times in the last 50 years, Australia has reset the official coordinates of everything in the country to make them more accurate, correcting for other sources of error as well as continental drift. The last adjustment, in 1994, was a doozy: about 656 feet, enough to give the delivery driver an alibi for ringing your neighbor’s doorbell instead of yours.

What I want to know is, how wrong does my globe look? The globe itself is at least 50 years old, and was probably based on maps that are now 100 years old. Read more about Australia and its place in the world at the New York Times.

Galactic Fireworks Illuminate Monster Hydrogen Blob

Galactic Fireworks Illuminate Monster Hydrogen Blob

An international team of researchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and other telescopes has discovered the power source illuminating a so-called Lyman-alpha Blob – a rare, brightly glowing, and enormous concentration of gas in the...

Louisiana Cop Charged with Murder

Louisiana Cop Charged with Murder—But He Says He Shot 6-Year-Old Dead In Self-Defense

Charter school teacher threatened student’s mom with rape after drug deal went bad

Charter school teacher threatened student’s mom with rape after drug deal went bad

According to police, the incident comes months after the teacher allegedly gave the student $4,000 to purchase approximately a pound of weed which he hoped to resell.

Upset woman accused of stabbing roommate for refusing to have sex with her

A woman stabbed her male roommate in the chest after he refused to have sex with her, prosecutors say. Sharon Harry, 61, of Trenton, New Jersey, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and weapons charges.
During a bail hearing prosecutors said Harry got upset at her roommate for not having sex with her on Friday night. She grabbed a knife and stabbed him in the chest, causing a serious injury.
When police arrived at the home, the roommate was coherent and able to tell them what had happened. He was rushed to the hospital and is still being treated. An attorney representing Harry told a Superior Court judge that the assault was out of character for Harry, who has no prior record. Her bail was set at $10,000.

Clown arrested while lurking in the woods

Police in Kentucky have arrested a man dressed as a clown lurking in a wooded area amid a wave of clown reports in at least six US states. Jonathan Martin, 20, was charged with wearing a mask in a public place and disorderly conduct.

He was found at about 1:00am on Friday in "full clown costume" and mask crouching among trees by an apartment complex in Middlesboro, according to police. Recent reports of clowns trying to lure children into woods have sparked alarm.
Police have warned individuals against dressing up in clown costumes, adding that it could lead to criminal charges. "Dressing as a clown and driving, walking or standing in public can create a dangerous situation for you and others," police in nearby Barbourville, Kentucky, said in a statement.

YouTube link.

"While dressing up is not, in and of itself against the law, doing so in public and thereby creating an unnecessary sense of alarm is illegal." Alleged clown encounters have been reported in recent weeks in North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky.

Man hiding lobster tails in his pants arrested for theft

A man faces charges after allegedly hiding several lobster tails in his pants and stealing them from a grocery store.
According to police reports, it happened at around 2:22pm on Friday at the Giant Eagle Market in Solon, Ohio. A Giant Eagle worker said they saw the suspect come into the store and get several items from the seafood counter.

He said the suspect then placed the items in a baby seat that was in his cart and then pushed the cart past the pet aisle, where he placed the items in his pants. The suspect then reportedly exited the store without paying.
A worker at the seafood counter said she waited on the suspect, giving him eight lobster tails worth around $80. John J. Gaglione, 40, of Maple Heights, Ohio, was later arrested and now faces a charge of theft/shoplifting.

Angler surprised to catch fish with large missing portion

A man reeled in a fish missing a large portion of its mid-section last weekend.
Edward Grant, 45, of Middletown, New Jersey, caught the strangely shaped fluke while fishing with friends in Raritan Bay on Sunday afternoon.

"We were very shocked," Grant said, adding, "We used a few other words, too." Grant tossed the 18.5 inch fluke back into the bay, deciding it had been through enough already and deserved to live.
"I felt bad for it," he said. He surmised a large bluefish or small shark had previously attacked the fluke, which was completely healed from whatever injuries it had suffered.

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Sunday, September 25, 2016

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Today in History

1396		The last great christian invasion, led jointly by John the Fearless of Nevers and King Sigismund of Hungary, ends in disaster at the hands of Sultan Bayezid I’s Ottoman army at Nicopolis.
1598		In Sweden, King Sigismund is defeated at Stangebro by his uncle Charles.
1775		British troops capture Ethan Allen, the hero of Ticonderoga, when he and a handful of Americans try to invade Canada.
1789		Congress proposes 12 new amendments to the Constitution.
1804		The 12th Amendment is ratified, changing the procedure of choosing the president and vice-president.
1846		American General Zachary Taylor’s forces capture Monterrey, Mexico.
1909		The first National Aeronautic Show opens at Madison Square Garden.
1915		An allied offensive is launched in France against the German Army.
1918		Brazil declares war on Austria.
1937		German Chancellor Adolf Hitler meets with Italian Premier Benito Mussolini in Munich.
1938		President Franklin Roosevelt urges negotiations between Hitler and Czech President Edvard Benes over the Sudetenland.
1942		The War Labor Board orders equal pay for women in the United States.
1943		The Red Army retakes Smolensk from the Germans who are retreating to the Dnieper River in the Soviet Union.
1959		Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev begin Camp David talks.
1974		Scientists warn that continued use of aerosol sprays will cause ozone depletion, which will lead to an increased risk of skin cancer and global weather changes.
1981		Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female Supreme Court Justice, is sworn in.
1983		Maze Prison escape, County Antrim, Northern Ireland; 38 IRA prisoners escape in the largest prison breakout in British history; known among Irish republicans as the Great Escape.
1992		NASA launches Mars Observer probe; it fails 11 months later.
1996		Ireland’s last Magdalene laundry closes; begun as asylums to rehabilitate “fallen women,” they increasingly took on prison-like qualities.
2008		China launches Shenzhou 7 spacecraft; crew performs China’s first extra-vehicular activity (EVA).
2009		US President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy jointly accuse Iran of building a secrecy nuclear enrichment facility.

What’s 11,000 Times Dirtier Than a Toilet Seat?

What’s 11,000 Times Dirtier Than a Toilet Seat?

'Lego' Is Danish for 'Play Well'

'Lego' Is Danish for 'Play Well'—Danes Prioritize Children's Playtime, a Key to Happy Development

Some of The Most Common Historical Misconceptions All Cleared Up

Some of The Most Common Historical Misconceptions All Cleared Up

Do you think the pyramids were built by slaves? That Romans always wore togas? How about that old one about people getting married around 12 and 13 throughout most of history? Yeah, none of that happened and here are the truths behind those myths and seven more courtesy of TopTenz.
Even if you already know the truth behind some of these misconceptions, it's a handy page to bookmark for when you tell someone the reality and they argue with you about it.

LSD Candy and Explosive Love Beads

LSD Candy and Explosive Love Beads: 9 Revelations From the Government's Secretive Drug Bulletin

Medical Abortion Becomes More Accessible in Texas (Again)

Medical Abortion Becomes More Accessible in Texas (Again)

New research debunks the wingnut myth that immigrants drive down wages

New research debunks the wingnut myth that immigrants drive down wages

Our Economy Is Booming, So Why Are Kids Still Going to Bed Hungry?

Our Economy Is Booming, So Why Are Kids Still Going to Bed Hungry?

McDonald’s Actually Thinks People Will Buy Their Pesto Caprese Sandwich

Fancy This: McDonald’s Actually Thinks People Will Buy Their Pesto Caprese Sandwich

'A Five-Alarm Threat to Our Food Supply'

'A Five-Alarm Threat to Our Food Supply': Experts Describe Bayer-Monsanto Merger

Man who drove girlfriend's car to liquor store returned with another one he'd allegedly stolen

A Florida man was arrested on grand theft charges after he drove his girlfriend's car to the liquor store but apparently decided he liked another car better and returned home driving that one. According to an arrest affidavit, Jessie Lee Butler told police he went into Discount Liquor in Eustis and left his silver Chrysler 300 running outside. When he returned, the vehicle was gone. Police found the vehicle in a parking lot behind an apartment complex with a pack of Natural Ice beer inside and one can missing.
After knocking on several doors, they learned a man had just walked from the car to an apartment. When Butler stepped outside to talk with officers, he had a Natural Ice beer in his hand. The affidavit adds that Butler admitted he had just driven the Chrysler from the liquor store, but it was his girlfriend’s vehicle and he had permission to have it.
Police then contacted his girlfriend, who admitted Butler had used her car, but it was a silver Dodge Stratus he took and after he failed to come back with it, she went to the liquor store and picked up her car. Butler was charged with grand theft auto and was released from the Lake County Jail after he posted a $2,000 bail.