Frank Warren: Half a million secrets. Blog for Dental Students. This is Historic Times » …And in the Darkness Bind Them. World Justice Project. World Database of Happiness. Discover Data: What's in a Gallon of Gas? Everyone knows fossil fuels come from long-dead plants, but Jeffrey Dukes wanted real numbers: How much plant matter does it take to make a gallon of gasoline?
Dukes, a biologist, ecologist, and dabbler in biogeochemistry at the University of Massachusetts, discovered that such statistics are hard to find. So he decided to figure them out for himself and was surprised by the answers. A gallon of gas represents roughly 100 tons of plant matter, the amount that exists in 40 acres of wheat. Burning that gallon puts 20 pounds of carbon dioxide into the air. The annual consumption of gasoline in the United States, about 131 billion gallons of gas, is equivalent to 25 quadrillion pounds of prehistoric biomass and releases some 2.6 trillion pounds of carbon dioxide. The numbers are even more sobering when you consider all the fossil fuels—coal, natural gas, and oil—that people consume. Worldometers - real time world statistics.
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.
Ben's also got a book out which is packed full of awesome. La verdadera historia de Tippi Degré. Hasta que cumplió los 10 años Tippi vagó por donde quiso, vestida la mayor parte del tiempo sólo con un taparrabos, siendo amiga de algunos de los animales más feroces del mundo.
Su patio de recreo eran las colinas y las tierras tribales del duro desierto del sur de África. Tippi Degré © Alain Degré y Sylvie Robert Tippi Benjamine Okanti Degré era una niña con un talento especial que amaba a los animales tanto que para ella eran sus mejores amigos y compañeros. Uncyclopedia. Foreign policy of the United States.
The foreign policy of the United States is the way in which it interacts with foreign nations and sets standards of interaction for its organizations, corporations and individual citizens.
The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States, as mentioned in the Foreign Policy Agenda of the U.S. Department of State, are "to build and sustain a more democratic, secure, and prosperous world for the benefit of the American people and the international community. "[1] In addition, the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs states as some of its jurisdictional goals: "export controls, including nonproliferation of nuclear technology and nuclear hardware; measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign nations and to safeguard American business abroad; international commodity agreements; international education; and protection of American citizens abroad and expatriation.
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Father of three Mohamed Babu set up the photographs after his wife, Shameem, showed him some ants had turned white after drinking spilt milk. He gave the creatures the brightly coloured sugar drops and watched as their transparent stomachs matched the food they were eating. Shit Happens. FUCKING HOMEPAGE. They're made out of Meat, by Hugo and Nebula Winner Terry Bisson. By Terry Bisson "They're made out of meat.
" "Meat? " Dolphins Evolve Opposable Thumbs. HONOLULU–In an announcement with grave implications for the primacy of the species of man, marine biologists at the Hawaii Oceanographic Institute reported Monday that dolphins, or family Delphinidae, have evolved opposable thumbs on their pectoral fins.
One of the evolved dolphins, whose opposable thumbs have struck fear in the hearts of humankind. Sad Trombone. Cry-baby1.jpg (JPEG Image, 800 × 533 pixels) The magic button — Make Everything OK. Prairie Rose House: How to build a tree swing. This size is great for kids but a little snug for an adult.
To make the swing bigger, even a two seat-er, just be sure to brace it well and to check the maximum load capacity for all parts. Derweze. Derweze (Persian:The Gate, also known as Darvaza) is a village in Turkmenistan of about 350 inhabitants, located in the middle of the Karakum Desert, about 260 km north from Ashgabat.
Darvaza inhabitants are mostly Turkmen of the Teke tribe, preserving a semi-nomadic lifestyle. In 2004 the village was disbanded following the order of the President of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov, because "it was an unpleasant sight for tourists. " Door to Hell gas deposit[edit] Panorama of the crater site, 2011. The Derweze area is rich in natural gas. Instead of TV, you should watch... Critical Thinking Part 1: A Valuable Argument. Critical Thinking Part 2: Broken Logic. Why time appears to speed up with age (idea) by Professor Pi. Warnings Written in Stone - Video. BBC: Jahre Viking Ship, Largest Man Made Moving Machine! - Jeremy Clarkson's Extreme Machines. How I Lost Faith in the “Pro-Life” Movement. UPDATE: Welcome readers from facebook and elsewhere!
The dullest blog in the world. How to Escape from a Sinking Car: 8 Steps. Edit Article Edited by Andy Zhang, Waited, Jack Herrick, Ben Rubenstein and 79 others Any car accident is frightening, but an accident in which your vehicle is thrown into the water, with you trapped inside, is absolutely terrifying. E-mails from an Asshole. Do Scientists Pray? Einstein Answers a Little Girl's Question about Science vs. Religion. World Economy Collapse explained in 3 minutes.