The 6 Best Towns To Live in (If You Have a Death Wish)
Maybe the greatest thing about human beings is if you show us the most desolate, horrible place on Earth, at least one of us will scratch his chin and say, "I bet land is really cheap there." Boom, a month later, there are apartments and a Waffle House. We're not kidding, there are people living and working right now in places where you wouldn't think a man could survive for even a day. Places like... Where is it? Drive about five hours out of Ethiopia's population center until the ground gets too rugged to proceed, then get out and travel by camel-back into one of the cradles of human civilization in the Danakil Desert. This is the region of the world where human life began, and life has been comparatively smooth sailing for those of us who escaped this hellhole. Lifestyle In the 1960s, an American company set up a mining community in the Dallol region in order to mine the mineral, potash. "Hey Hank, this is fun and all but I was thinking maybe, you know, fuck it. But, hey. Ah, Siberia.
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5 Surprising Upsides of Horrible Natural Disasters
There's a reason natural disasters are called that, and not "natural fun times." It's a constant scourge on our development as a species that we are perpetually beaten down by the wrath of nature. But that's why it's so surprising to learn that occasionally, just occasionally, natural disasters can have surprising upsides. Here are a few cases where the universe's fury has actually worked out pretty well for some of the people involved. #5. Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images Surprisingly for two peoples united in their shared love of rotating meat, for most of the 20th century, Turkey and Greece really, really hated each other. But when a huge earthquake hit Istanbul and northern Turkey in 1999, the Greeks reacted out of character. Goodshoot/Goodshoot/Getty Images"They're hoarding gold! Then, less than a month later, a separate earthquake hit Athens. This time the thaw stuck around. Digital Vision. #4. Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images Via WikipediaIt was kind of a big deal. #3.
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3 Reasons Real Heroes Tend to be Weirdos
Last week, Cleveland resident Charles Ramsey was propelled to national fame when he saved the lives of three kidnapping victims while enjoying some McDonald's for lunch. And thanks to his subsequent freewheeling TV interview, the world also learned that Charles Ramsey is a total weirdo. Fox NewsWith the hair of a god. Yes, Ramsey follows in the footsteps of Antoine "bed intruder" Dodson and a hatchet-wielding drifter named Kai, who rose to Internet stardom this past February after saving a California utility worker from a rampaging motorist claiming to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. #3. Mind you, Ramsey wasn't the only Clevelander interviewed about the kidnapping. Today In this situation, calling the cops was the rational response. The Washington Post / GettyRamsey, seen here explaining his unified theory of UFOs and the federal deficit to a radio show host. So what happened in Cleveland last week? #2. Creatas/Creatas/Getty Images"I WOULD DIE FOR ANY OF YOU!" #1. Why?
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4 Ways 'Futurama' Is Becoming a Reality
Millions of fans are shedding soggy Slurm-flavored tears over the news that Futurama has been cancelled (again), rendering the season that will premiere this June its very last. Once again, television audiences will be left with a dearth of quality Hypnotoad-related programming. But good news, everyone! While the TV show may be gone, you are already living it. Well, some aspects of the show, anyway! One day, God willing. #4. One of Futurama's most iconic images is that of New New York's citizens zipping through the sky in pneumatic tubes. Meanwhile, in the Present: Meet the ET3. KurzweilaiFinally, public transit gets some dignity. The ET3 -- which stands for Evacuated Tube Transport, because its creators alarmingly don't understand how acronyms or numbers work -- is an experimental pressurized air system designed to carry passengers at a speed of 4,000 miles per hour. #3. On Futurama, everyone loves Bender, the cigar-chomping, beer-swilling, felonious robot buddy of the Planet Express crew.
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