The Elevator Story. ACCORDING TO A very popular story circulating in the early '80s, a group of white, female tourists visiting New York City were joined in an elevator by a black man with a large dog in tow.
As the elevator doors closed, the man firmly commanded his dog to "Sit," at which point the timorous ladies - assuming they were being mugged - sat. As the story goes, the man apologized profusely even though he had done nothing wrong and explained that the order was meant for the dog. Embarrassed, the women brushed themselves off and explained they were from out of town. One of them asked nervously if the man could suggest a good restaurant nearby. He did so, then departed.
Later, after dining at the restaurant, the women were presented with a check marked "Paid in full. " Quite an amusing story, not a word of which is true. How do we know? The following email version was sighted in November 1998. > 'Who's Afraid of Black Men? ' 30 Best Quotes in Pictures of the Week – May 05th to May 12th. 1. ”Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour…..” – Albert Einstein.
El Cielo de Canarias 2012 / The Light of Stars. Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived. Additional notes from the author: If you want to learn more about Tesla, I highly recommend reading Tesla: Man Out of Time Also, this Badass of the week by Ben Thompson is what originally inspired me to write a comic about Tesla.
Improve Your Google Search Skills [Infographic] Don’t limit yourself to just plugging in simple search terms to Google; check out this infographic and learn a search string search or two.
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You don’t need to limit yourself to searching just for simple strings; Google supports all manner of handy search tricks. If you want to search just HowToGeek.com’s archive of XBMC articles, for example, you can plug in site:howtogeek.com XBMC to search our site. Get More Out of Google [HackCollege via Mashable] Jason Fitzpatrick is a warranty-voiding DIYer who spends his days cracking opening cases and wrestling with code so you don't have to.
Cannibalism: Is It Safe To Eat People? (VIDEO, PHOTOS) There's no doubt that cannibalism is simultaneously fascinating and repulsive.
Hearing survival stories makes us question whether we could eat the flesh of our fallen companions, like the Donner party was forced to do in February of 1847. Choosing to eat human flesh is even more unfathomable, as Jeffrey Dahmer did to many of his 17 victims between 1978 and 1991. Apparently, cannibalism is alive and well today. Right here in the United States, just this past winter, a man allegedly killed another man with an axe, ate his brain, and washed it down with some sake. And in one of only eight documented cases of self-cannibalism in the world, a New Zealand man recently and quite methodically removed his own finger with an electric saw, cooked it in a pot with vegetables, and served it up for dinner. Ever the science geek, this got me thinking, is eating people dangerous?
Hi everyone. Drugs with bite: The healing powers of venoms - health - 07 May 2012. Read more: "Drugs with bite: The healing powers of venoms" A brush with a pit viper is not a relaxing experience.
They are venomous, can grow to several metres long and will be on to you long before you know they are there, sensing your body heat with a pair of highly sensitive infrared-detecting organs that sit just below their eyes. Bumping into one of these creatures in their native forests in South America would not be good for anyone's heart, so it is ironic that pit viper venom has given us a drug used to treat high blood pressure. In fact, the toxic mixtures of chemicals we call venoms have a long history as medical treatments. From poisonous toads to toxic tarantulas, venomous animals provide ingredients for traditional medicines around the world.
Beliefsbasechart.jpg (JPEG resim, 800 × 865 piksel) Memory in the Brain [Interactive] Although most people think of memory as a vault for storing information, it is more like a seamstress who stitches together logical threads into scenes that make sense.
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How to Develop a Photographic Memory. National Geographic Photo Contest 2011. National Geographic is currently holding its annual photo contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30.
For the past nine weeks, the society has been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to vote for them as well. National Geographic was kind enough to let me choose among its entries from 2011 for display here on In Focus. Gathered below are 45 images from the three categories of People, Places, and Nature, with captions written by the individual photographers. [45 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks [LYRICS] Mysterious Places: Explore sacred sites and ancient civilizations. Easter Island - Tour the Island 1.
Awesome milk trick!. Metalci Tarikat Türkiyede İlk ! The Evolution of the Moon.