Strange Facts By FAX

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In India it costs less to have sex with a prostitute than it does to buy a condom.

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In the past 100 years only 12 people have been attacked by mountain lions in the state of California. Five died and two of those were because of rabies in 1909.

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Heroin was first synthesized in 1898 from morphine (a drug derived from opium). Bayer the company known for manufacturing aspirin gave its version of the new product the name Heroin and began an intense, though brief, marketing campaign near the end of the 19th century. It was included in such medications as cough suppressants.

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One of the reasons J.S. Bach chose to write the Coffee Cantata is that coffee used to be considered a wicked vice. All sorts of laws were passed against it, some places even had spies roaming the city, sniffing the air trying to catch people in the act of roasting coffee beans.

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Heroin is derived from the opium poppy, Papaver Somniferum, which means "the poppy that brings sleep."

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In 1530 the Veronese physician Girolamo Fracastoro gave syphilis its modern name in his famous poem, known in Latin as Syphilis sive morbus gallicus. Fracastoro told the tale of a shepherd from Hispaniola who contracted a dreadful disease as a punishment for being disrespectful to the gods. In the poem, the shepherd was called Syphilis, and he lent his name to the disease from which he died so horribly.

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The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

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In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.

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W.A.Mozart kept a pet starling for 3 years because it learned to whistle a tune from one of his concertos.

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The oldest domestic cat (with reliable documentation) was a female tabby named "Ma" that lived to be 34 years old.

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The Anopheles mosquito, which carries the malaria parasite Plasmodium is responsible for half of the human deaths in history, outside of war and accidents, since the stone age.

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In the 1880's Sigmund Freud created a sensation with a series of papers praising cocaine's potential to cure depression, alcoholism and morphine addiction.

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The snake that is responsible for the most human deaths is the saw-scaled or carpet viper which resides from West Africa to India.

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Cats possess an image intensifying device at the rear of their eyes. This is a light-reflecting layer called the tapetum lucidum, which acts like a mirror behind the retina, reflecting light back to the retinal cells. With this, the cat can utilize every scrap of light that enters its eyes. This is what causes cats eyes to glow at night.

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In the 1880's Sigmund Freud created a sensation with a series of papers praising cocaine's potential to cure depression, alcoholism and morphine addiction.

That's not so strange.

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The Anatomy Museum of the University of Tokyo Medical School has a collection of over 100 preserved tattooed human skins.

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George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach were both born in 1685.

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Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.

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If you toss a penny 10000 times, it will not be heads 5000 times, but more like 4950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom.

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The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher

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A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

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If your eyes are six feet above the surface of the ocean, the horizon will be about three statute miles away.

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The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.

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Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula."

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An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

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Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

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Cleo and Caesar were the early stage names of Cher and Sonny Bono

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Ben and Jerry's send the waste from making ice cream to local pig farmers to use as feed. Pigs love the stuff, except for one flavor: Mint Oreo.

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The company providing the liability insurance for the Republican National Convention in San Diego is the same firm that insured the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic.

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Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

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Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was the physician who set the leg of Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth...and whose shame created the expression for ignominy, "His name is Mudd."

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The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

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Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.

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A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

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If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die, they need gravity to swallow.

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Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

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The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life".

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Uncle Martin's real name on My Favorite Martian was Xigeous 12 1/2.

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Betty Rubble's...

I would...the whole thing.

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I would...the whole thing.

and Wilma........

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A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

HogFarmers arm must be huge

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The phenomenal success of the "Harry Potter" series of children's books has had some unintended side-effects, some of them quite comical. For example, Harry Potter knockoffs abound on the Chinese market, with titles like "Harry Potter and Leopard Walk Up to Dragon, "and "Harry Potter and the Big Funnel."

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The so-called "War on Drugs" in the USA rings up perhaps $100 billion in direct and indirect societal costs (about half of that being related to the "justice" system's efforts to suppress drug use through enforcement of laws). However, the real costs are human, and minority groups bear the brunt of these. According to a 2006 report by the American Civil Liberties Union, African Americans make up an estimated 15% of drug users, but they account for 37% of those arrested on drug charges, 59% of those convicted and 74% of all drug offenders sentenced to prison. Or consider this: The U.S. has 260,000 people in state prisons on **nonviolent** drug charges (mostly simple posession, such as having a bit of wacky tabacky in one's pocket); 183,200 (more than 70%) of them are black or Latino. In many women's prisons, over half of the inmates have been convicted of non-violent drug charges, and 70%+ are black or Latino. I don't have time for another article on the topic, but it seems to me that a MUCH more sensible approach to the problem (and nobody is saying that substance abuse is not a huge problem in our society!!) would be to simply accept that many people are going to alter their mental states using drugs of one kind or another (alcohol, tobacco, pain killers, stimulants such as cocaine, pseudo-hallucinogens such as "magic mushrooms" and LSD....), and do whatever works best to reduce the overall harm such consumption does to individuals, families, communities and countries. Prohibition combined with harsh punishment and a strict "law and order" approach is probably the worst possible method to approach a problem of this intractability and magnitude - it was a complete dissaster for alcohol, enabling orgaized criminal groups to amass vast fortunes and cause general mahem in North American society, and it is similarly proving to be a highly disruptive method of dealing with the abuse of other substances by large segments of the general populace

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North Americans (ie, citizens of the wealthy countries of the US of A and its northern neighbour Canada, have developed some rather awesomely wasteful habits because of the abundance of resources they have (ok *we* - i plead guilty to not being as "eco-friendly" as many aware folks are these daze!!) at their fingertips. An excellent example is our truly profligate use of toilet paper (mot of the world's more "civilized" inhabitants use water....): though toilet paper was invented in China in the late 1300s, it was for emperors only, and everyone else around the globe used everything from corncobs to wool to newspaper to lace for the next five centuries. Widespread use of toilet paper didn't catch on until New York's Joseph Gayetty started selling it in 1857, with his name printed on every sheet. Now the U.S. alone uses a staggering 7.4 million tons of tissue per year -- over 20,000 sheets (about 50 lbs!!) of toilet paper per person (that's 55 sheets per day: obviously it is being used regularly for non-scatalogical purposes, along with several other kinds of disposeable paper products found in most houses) -- and North America, which contains less than 7 percent of the world's population, consumes half the world's tissue paper products. It takes about 6lbs. of wood, 1.30g of calcium carbonate, 85g of sulphur, 40g of chlorine and about 1,000 gallons of water to make just 2lbs of conventional toilet paper. The manufacturing of toilet paper uses large amounts of energy, water, and toxic chemicals that in turn generates vast amounts of air and water pollution and solid waste. If every household in North America used just one less roll of 500 sheet toilet paper, we could save almost 330,000 trees out of the over 15 million trees cut down yearly just for that ignoble purpose.

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In many species, individuals are occasionally found which seem to break the "law" or principle which states that evolution cannot run backwards - developed by a chap named Rollo in the 1890s, it is apropriately called "Rollo's Law" in case you are ever asked this on an episode of Jeopardy :---). However, it seems that this law is routinely repealed by Mother Nature: in 1919, for example, a humpback whale with well formed rear limbs was caught, recalling a period many moons earlier, when the ancestors of Cetaceans walked on land like normal mammals. Dolphins also sometimes sport rear limbs, as do several species of snakes on an occasional basis. In on particular species, folks are sometimes born with tails and other remnants of times gone by (and yes, we do indeed have genes, normally dormant, which code for tail-growning: if God micro-managed the creation process, as many Biblical literalists assert, this one would be difficult to explain except as a bit of Divine Comedy.....) such as the appendix and to some extent the tonsils: they can be removed with no noticeable effect upon the health of their former owners.

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There are over 200 conditions which can cause dwarfism, which refers to people who are short in stature yet some of whose body parts such as heads, are more normal in size than the other parts (as opposed to midgets, who are also vertically challenged, but who have normally proportioned bodies). Each of these causes have a different set of health problems associated with them: few true dwarfs are robustly healthy overall.

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The relationship between emotions and health has long been debated, and indeed, many articles and books have been written on the topic. The results of a wide variety of experiments and studies has been decidedly "mixed" - for example, it has been demonstrated that there is no such thing as a "cancerous personality" - people who are "type A", highly agressive and often angry, while they may have other health problems more frequently than more sanguine, happy folks, are NOT more cancer-prone than average. That said, a number of well-run studies are increasingly finding that there is indeed a correlation (although it is often unknown whether these are of a causitive nature or not...... trying hard to become a happier, more relaxed person may or may not produce health benefits (but that shouldn't stand in your way!!)) between emotions and certain categories of disease or disorder. For example, two recent articles in credible journals (sorry - lost the references!!) have reported that people with more frequent positive emotions and a generally positive outlook on life, do not develop as many or as intense cold or influenza symptoms - they are just as likely to become infected, but the symtoms, such as upset stomach, runny nose or headaches, are considerably reduced in all aspects. Also, people with severe depressions, who very seldom experience positive emotions, are more likely to have strokes than those who may seem equally depressed but who nevertheless have "up-beat" or positive periods. In any case, no matter how you look at it, a positive outlook on life will help you cope with almost any ill wind, illness-related or not, which comes your way in life :-+).

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Wireless phones (which include "cell" phones) which use radio waves for transmitting information were invented have been around for 30 years or so now - longer if you count "walkie talkies"!! From the very beginning, there has been a furious debate as to whether the radio wave strenghts involved can cause cancers of the brain or blood: one study would raise questions, while the next one would find nothing at all. Now, it looks like the "nay" side is finally coming out in the lead.
A huge long-term study from Denmark offers the latest reassurance that cell phones don't trigger cancer. Scientists tracked 420,000 Danish cell phone users, including 52,000 who had gabbed on the gadgets for 10 years or more, and some who started using them 21 years ago. Among 420,000 callers tracked through 2002, there were 14,249 cancers diagnosed _ fewer than the 15,001 predicted from national cancer rates. Nor did the study find increased risks for any specific tumor type. Of course this won't silence ALL the nervous nellies who are still worried about getting lukemia from their cell phones and/or microwave ovens, but i for one will feel safer!!

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As if one supra-human sense - echolocation - was not enough, it turns out that bats have another. Like birds, they can navigate by sensing Earth's magnetic field. The only other mammals known to do this are naked mole rats and Siberian hamsters.

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Ten big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) were exposed to artificial magnetic fields that twisted their perception of magnetic north by 90 degrees, either to the east or the west. The bats were then released 20 kilometres north of their usual roost, along with five control bats that had not been exposed to magnetic fields. The control bats soon found their way home, but the 10 magnetised bats remained lost for days because their internal magnetic compass had been reset. They all flew towards what they thought was south, but of course it wasn't (Nature, vol 444, p 702).

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[Directly nabbed from a Newscientist.com article, like the one above.] A rare South American bat turns out to have a spectacularly long tongue. At up to 150% the length of its body, it is proportionally the longest of any mammal.

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The bat appears to have evolved its incredible tongue in order to feed exclusively from a tubular flower found in the "cloud forests" of Ecuador.

Nectar bats tongues have tiny hairs on the end, which they use to mop up nectar and pollen from within flowers. The plants gain from this relationship by depositing pollen on the bat s head, which it spreads from flower to flower.

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Anoura fistulata is only the size of a mouse, but its tongue is around 8.5 centimetres long more than double the tongue-length of similar nectar bats. Compared with its body, a tongue of this size is second only to the chameleon in terms of vertebrates, and it is the longest of all the mammals.

It s like a cat being able to lap milk from two feet away, says Nathan Muchhala of University of Miami, Florida, US, who first discovered the species in 2003.

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If you think that manned space travel is becoming routine, and that the main obstacle to humans roaming around on Mars is lack of funding, think again. The obstacles to our species' exploration endeavors anywhere except our own little planet/moon system are formidable and still largely unsolved. They include radiation (on the earth's surface, we are protected by the earth's magnetic field and its atmosphere, from most radiation - in deep space, it is another matter entirely!!), bone and muscle loss (without artificial gravity, which is still unachievable on any long flights, most astronauts will lose over half of the bone density of their core body parts, such as their hips, and re-gaining this bone mass is devilishly difficult!! The body operates on a "use it or lose it" principle for the sake of efficiency: if you do not use your muscles much - as would be the case in space, even with exercise facilities - the body figures you don't need them, and they melt away.), space sickness, sleep disturbances which result from weightlessness, dangers from micro-meteorites which can punch holes in space craft (and people!!)..... the list is long, and there are undoubtedly some nasty things we don't even know about yet, which can or will result from long-lasting space voyages. Aside from the occasional trip to the moon, our exploration of "space" will likely be carried out mostly via machine-based reconaissance for the forseeable futur

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Some 24 billion gallons of untreated effluent enter the Great Lakes every year through combined sewage overflows, a recent study by the Sierra Legal Defense Fund found. Canada's worst offender was Windsor, Ontario, which -- along with U.S. cities Detroit and Cleveland -- performed "abysmally." Cities such as Toronto and Hamilton also earned below-average grades. The main culprits are aging storm runoff and sewer systems, many of which are combined, so that during a storm it is impossible to treat the resulting excess of effluent.

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Contrary to the usual image of overweight people sleeping and napping a lot, it is now looking like a LACK of sleep is related to people gaining too many extra pounds or kilos. Obese folks tend to sleep poorly, and they often end up with fewer hours of sleep than the average: this has been demonstrated in a number of studies, so the correlation is very strong, hence highy likely to represent reality. The cause and effect relationship between these insufficient sleep and excess "flesh baggage" is not completely known yet, however: does being overweight lead to poor sleep patterns, does a lack of sleep contribute to weight gain, or is it a revolving door sort of thing: one leads to the other, which in turn feeds back into the first condition: a "positive feedback loop", in scientific parlance? A majority of researchers in the excess fat field are now leaning towards the positive feedback hypothesis, and a recent study which i have misplaced has lent fuel to this particular fire: it seems that when people get sufficient sleep, a hormone which tells the mind how full or hungry the body is, achieves a significantly higher (about 20%) level than when that same person gets too little sleep - so when you get enough sleep you are just not as hungry!! Further, on the common sense level, it seems likely that a) The longer you are awake, the more you tend to eat, and b) the more sleep you get, the more energy you have, so the more likely you are to get out and do things which burn up some real calories - exercise, yard and house work, etc.

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Since their domestication about 5,000 years ago, cats have held a fascination for their human servants (one owns a dog - the same cannot be said of cats!!), and many legends, myths and false beliefs have swirled around them for millenia. One old joke imortalizes a certain facet of cat lore and legend: "Cats were worshipped in ancient Egypt. They have never forgotten this." In fact, the Egyptian goddess Bast was portrayed as being part woman, part cat. She represented the sacred eye of Horus, the God of Light. Regular feasts and holidays were celebrated in her honor, and for a long period in Egyptian history, cat-killers were executed!! // On the other end of the good-evil spectrum, cats have long been accused of nasty things such as embodying evil spirits, as in the belief that the "familiar spirits" (demons) of witches often took the form of cats, and the myth that cats could somehow steal a sleeping baby's breath, hence killing them. Similarly, most folks are familiar with the superstition that black cats crossing one's path portend bad luck, but few know that throwing a cat overboard at sea was regarded, along with whistling, as a good way to start a storm. (They were an indispensable means of rodent control on most ocean-going vessals, but were also feared and respected because of the myths associated with them - hence the rich body of feline-related nautical superstions. On the other side of the domestic animal fence, fishermen traditionally regard dogs as unlucky and will not take one out in a boat, or mention the word 'dog' whilst at sea.) The cat's aloof and mysterious character probably led to the many myths and superstitions surrounding it. Cat's eyes were believed to tell many things from the time of day to the state of the tides. Cats were also believed to be clairvoyant, and were used in charms and potions to bestow that talent on people. Many body parts and substances from the cat were used for healing. The tail was particularly favored. In parts of England they are still used to cure sties. // On the more practical side, it should be noted that milk is not all that good for cats: too much can quickly lead to diarrhea. Also, despite the indisputable fact that they are remarkably agile, they don't always land on their feet. The tale that they have 9 lives probably derives from their incredible ability to survive situations such as being trapped in walls for weeks, and the idea that witches could only take the form of a cat 9 times.

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I will not rehearse the long litany of atrocities perpetrated upon the native populations of the Americas, by the so-callled more "civilized" European invaders, but suffice it to say they are legion and to some extent continuing (as in the Indian Trust Fund scandals of the past few years). At least 95% of the indiginous population of North and South America were eliminated from the face of the earth by a combination of ruthless conquest and grinding warfare, enslavement, forced marches, broken treaties and diseases (sometimes deliberately spread) against which the peoples of the "New World" had no defence. The prevailing view of the Europeans who systematically displaced native Americans was that since they were more advanced in weaponry, learning and the componants of "civilization" as they concieved it, this was evidence of their superiority over all nations and peoples who posessed less of these charactaristics - natives around the world were viewed as being sub-human "savages" and "pagans": worshippers of gods and spirits not present in the Christian worldview. The way they seem to have seen it, this inate superiority gave them the "right" to conquer, displace and otherwise ill treat the semi-human inhabitants of all the lands they came across, by whatever means they saw fit. So pervasive was this attitude that even otherwise sensible and even "wise" men and leaders succumbed to its lure: for example, the "founding fathers" of the USA, in the preamble to their country's constitution, referred to "the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions." - pretty strong stuff!! Benjamin Franklin, in 1783 said he preferred buying Indians' land rather than driving them off it because that was like driving "wild beasts" from the forest. He compared Indians to wolves, "both being beasts of prey, tho' they differ in shape." During the Indian Wars of the 19th century, the slogan "The only good indian is a dead indian" won elections, and even Teddy Roosevelt showed his true colors when he declared: "I don't go so far as to think that the only good Indians are dead Indians, but I believe nine out of ten are, and I shouldn't like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth." Canada of course doesn't come out lilly -white either: yes we generally made treaties with natives rather than making war against them, and yes we have a vast territory called Nunivut which is run by the Inuit, but for generations, an intensely distructive and misguided campaign of assimilation was waged against at least the more southerly native groups - the notorious "Residential Schools" beign the most perverse portion of the effort to eradicate native culture and languages in an attempt to assimilate the First Nations of Canada into the mainstream of society, which of course was European: native children were taken forcibly from their familes and sent to schools far from their homelands, where they were educated in European history, language, mythology and culture, and forbidden from speaking their own language for years at a time. Ironicaly, when native groups now try to gain a little bit of what they lost back through exploiting the outsiders' gullibility and proclivity to gamble away immoderate sums, many folks are crying foul and saying that they should "play by the same rules" as everyone else. I think we should be VERY happy that they don't follow the rule book many of our forefathers wrote in blood, slavery and genocide in years past.

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One of the numerous vampire legends claims that stealing someone's shadow (by measuring it against a wall and driving a nail through its head) can turn the victim into a vampire. (You can't do anything similar or analagous to a vampire of course, since they don't have shadows!!)

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While the use of isolated and often sythesized chemicals (aka "drugs") to treat undesired conditions of the human body is as old as medicine itself, it almost always produces unintended side effects, the vast majority of which are themselves quite undesirable. While the "cure" may not always be worse than the disease, these nasty side-effects can often be life-changing and substantial. For example, patients who have undergone chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer, have complained of lack of mental focus, memory loss and a general diminution of such abilities as "multi-tasking", attention span and general mental agility. These imparments are long-lasting, - some seem to be permanant in nature and they often substantially diminsh overall quality of life, and the ability to function in comlex environments. Cumulatively, they have been termed "chemo brain". Until now, there has been little evidence to point the finger at any specific set of brain damages, but recent research by Daniel Silverman at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, US and others, is showing that chemotherapy can cause a long-lasting decrease in activity in the pre-frontal cortex of the brain: the area which is responsible for most of the mind's "higher functions". While this may not happen if sufficient care is taken during treatment, it is nevertheless one factor to consider when deciding how to treat any particular cancer.

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The great Baroque composer J.S. Bach was an ardent admirer of several of his contemporaries, and assiduously studied their music and performances. Once, he walked 200 miles to attend an organ recital by Buxtehude, whose daughter he had a chance to marry - but there i no indication he ever considered such a thing! He did alright in the matrimonial department, however, ultimately having between 20 and 26 children, depending upon which source one believes.

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Astronauts are banned from eating beans because passing wind in a spacesuit can damage it.

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Human babies are born without knee caps which develop 2-6 years later.

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According to smoking facts, cigarette smoke contains 4800 chemicals among which more than 60 are known carcinogens.

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FAX>tebow

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Water Vapor: On March 7, 1971, lunar instruments placed by the astronauts recorded a vapor cloud of water passing across the surface of the moon. The cloud lasted 14 hours and covered an area of about 100 square miles.

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8. Seismic Activity: Hundreds of "moonquakes" are recorded each year that cannot be attributed to meteor strikes. In November, 1958, Soviet astronomer Nikolay A. Kozyrev of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory photographed a gaseous eruption of the moon near the crater Alphonsus. He also detected a reddish glow that lasted for about an hour. In 1963, astronomers at the Lowell Observatory also saw reddish glows on the crests of ridges in the Aristarchus region. These observations have proved to be precisely identical and periodical, repeating themselves as the moon moves closer to the Earth. These are probably not natural phenomena.

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10. Moon Echoes: On November 20, 1969, the Apollo 12 crew jettisoned the lunar module ascent stage causing it to crash onto the moon. The LM’s impact (about 40 miles from the Apollo 12 landing site) created an artificial moonquake with startling characteristics—the moon reverberated like a bell for more than an hour.

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This phenomenon was repeated with Apollo 13 (intentionally commanding the third stage to impact the moon), with even more startling results. Seismic instruments recorded that the reverberations lasted for three hours and twenty minutes and traveled to a depth of twenty-five miles, leading to the conclusion that the moon has an unusually light—or even no—core.

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: The moon’s crust is much harder than presumed. Remember the extreme difficulty the astronauts encountered when they tried to drill into the maria? Surprise! The maria is composed primarily illeminite, a mineral containing large amounts of titanium, the same metal used to fabricate the hulls of deep-diving submarines and the skin of the SR-71 "Blackbird". Uranium 236 and neptunium 237 (elements not found in nature on Earth) were discovered in lunar rocks, as were rustproof iron particles.

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Before the astronauts’ moon rocks conclusively disproved the theory, the moon was believed to have originated when a chunk of Earth broke off eons ago (who knows from where?). Another theory was that the moon was created from leftover "space dust" remaining after the Earth was created. Analysis of the composition of moon rocks disproved this theory also.



Another popular theory is that the moon was somehow "captured" by the Earth’s gravitational attraction. But no evidence exists to support this theory. Isaac Asimov, stated,

"It’s too big to have been captured by the Earth. The chances of such a capture having been effected and the moon then having taken up nearly circular orbit around our Earth are too small to make such an eventuality credible."

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Our moon is the only moon in the solar system that has a stationary, near-perfect circular orbit. Stranger still, the moon’s center of mass is about 6000 feet closer to the Earth than its geometric center (which should cause wobbling), but the moon’s bulge is on the far side of the moon, away from the Earth. "Something" had to put the moon in orbit with its precise altitude, course, and speed.

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How does one explain the "coincidence" that the moon is just the right distance, coupled with just the right diameter, to completely cover the sun during an eclipse? Again, Isaac Asimov responds,

"There is no astronomical reason why the moon and the sun should fit so well. It is the sheerest of coincidences, and only the Earth among all the planets is blessed in this fashion."

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Greek authors Aristotle and Plutarch, and Roman authors Apolllonius Rhodius and Ovid all wrote of a group of people called the Proselenes who lived in the central mountainous area of Greece called Arcadia. The Proselenes claimed title to this area because their forebears were there "before there was a moon in the heavens."



This claim is substantiated by symbols on the wall of the Courtyard of Kalasasaya, near the city of Tiahuanaco, Bolivia, which record that the moon came into orbit around the Earth between 11,500 and 13, 000 years ago, long before recorded history.

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. Ages of Flashes: Aristarchus, Plato, Eratosthenes, Biela, Rabbi Levi, and Posidonius all reported anomalous lights on the moon. NASA, one year before the first lunar landing, reported 570+ lights and flashes were observed on the moon from 1540 to 1967.


2. Operation Moon Blink: NASA’s Operation Moon Blink detected 28 lunar events in a relatively short period of time.


3. Lunar Bridge: On July 29, 1953, John J. O’Neill observed a 12-mile-long bridge straddling the crater Mare Crisium. In August, British astronomer Dr. H.P. Wilkens verified its presence,

"It looks artificial. It’s almost incredible that such a thing could have been formed in the first instance, or if it was formed, could have lasted during the ages in which the moon has been in existence."

4. The Shard: The Shard, an obelisk-shaped object that towers 1½ miles from the Ukert area of the moon’s surface, was discovered by Orbiter 3 in 1968. Dr. Bruce Cornet, who studied the amazing photographs, stated,

"No known natural process can explain such a structure."

5. The Tower: One of the most curious features ever photographed on the Lunar surface (Lunar Orbiter photograph III-84M) is an amazing spire that rises more than 5 miles from the Sinus Medii region of the lunar surface.


6. The Obelisks: Lunar Orbiter II took several photographs in November 1966 that showed several obelisks, one of which was more than 150 feet tall.

". . . the spires were arranged in precisely the same was as the apices of the three great pyramids."

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The hell is going on in here?

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A crocodile can never stick its tongue out of its mouth.

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The hell is going on in here?

Post whoring because I am bored as hell at work.

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The longest slumber ever! A snail can sleep for three years, at a stretch.

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The taste buds of a butterfly are in its feet

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he Sun produces so much energy, that every second the core releases the equivalent of 100 billion nuclear bombs.

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Galileo Galilei is often incorrectly credited with the invention of the telescope. Instead, historians now believe the Dutch eyeglass maker Johannes Lippershey as its creator. Galileo was, however, probably the first to use the device to study the heavens.

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The Crab Nebula was produced by a supernova explosion in 1054 A.D. The Chinese and Arab astronomers at the time noted that the explosion was so bright, that it was visible during the day, and lit up the night sky for months.

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There are over 200 conditions which can cause dwarfism, which refers to people who are short in stature yet some of whose body parts such as heads, are more normal in size than the other parts (as opposed to midgets, who are also vertically challenged, but who have normally proportioned bodies). Each of these causes have a different set of health problems associated with them: few true dwarfs are robustly healthy overall.

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The relationship between emotions and health has long been debated, and indeed, many articles and books have been written on the topic. The results of a wide variety of experiments and studies has been decidedly "mixed" - for example, it has been demonstrated that there is no such thing as a "cancerous personality" - people who are "type A", highly agressive and often angry, while they may have other health problems more frequently than more sanguine, happy folks, are NOT more cancer-prone than average. That said, a number of well-run studies are increasingly finding that there is indeed a correlation (although it is often unknown whether these are of a causitive nature or not...... trying hard to become a happier, more relaxed person may or may not produce health benefits (but that shouldn't stand in your way!!)) between emotions and certain categories of disease or disorder. For example, two recent articles in credible journals (sorry - lost the references!!) have reported that people with more frequent positive emotions and a generally positive outlook on life, do not develop as many or as intense cold or influenza symptoms - they are just as likely to become infected, but the symtoms, such as upset stomach, runny nose or headaches, are considerably reduced in all aspects. Also, people with severe depressions, who very seldom experience positive emotions, are more likely to have strokes than those who may seem equally depressed but who nevertheless have "up-beat" or positive periods. In any case, no matter how you look at it, a positive outlook on life will help you cope with almost any ill wind, illness-related or not, which comes your way in life :-+).

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While the use of isolated and often sythesized chemicals (aka "drugs") to treat undesired conditions of the human body is as old as medicine itself, it almost always produces unintended side effects, the vast majority of which are themselves quite undesirable. While the "cure" may not always be worse than the disease, these nasty side-effects can often be life-changing and substantial. For example, patients who have undergone chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer, have complained of lack of mental focus, memory loss and a general diminution of such abilities as "multi-tasking", attention span and general mental agility. These imparments are long-lasting, - some seem to be permanant in nature and they often substantially diminsh overall quality of life, and the ability to function in comlex environments. Cumulatively, they have been termed "chemo brain". Until now, there has been little evidence to point the finger at any specific set of brain damages, but recent research by Daniel Silverman at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, US and others, is showing that chemotherapy can cause a long-lasting decrease in activity in the pre-frontal cortex of the brain: the area which is responsible for most of the mind's "higher functions". While this may not happen if sufficient care is taken during treatment, it is nevertheless one factor to consider when deciding how to treat any particular cancer.

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Since the discovery of the first planets outside of the solar system in the early 21st century, scientists have been dazzled by the surprising variety of planetary bodies they've found. That said, almost all have been very large, since we don't have the technology to detect earth-sized planets near other stars yet. The very largest are almost stars themselves: in fact there is a very thin dividing line between a true "planet" and a "brown dwarf" sub-star (see entry below) - the transition taking place between 13 and 15 times the mass of Jupiter, where the combination of temperature and pressure at the center of a ball of gas become sufficient to fuse duterium (a form of hydrogen containing both a neutron and a proton in its nuclei - normal hydrogen has only a proton.), but remain unequal to the task of fusing ordinary hydrogen - hence a low-grade fusion reaction occurs which doesn't last very long and emits almost no light in the visible range - their emissions peak in the infrared part of the spectrum. // Recently, a new type of planet has been found by the Hubble telescope (and confirmed by the "Very Large Array"), while surveying a dense star cluster in Saggitarius, located near the galactic core: planets which whip around their home star so closely and quickly that their "year" (defined as the time it takes to circle the star) is less than one of our days - 5 of the planets found in this survey take between 10 and 24 hours to complete their yearly journey.

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In June 1912, Novarupta one of a chain of volcanoes on the Alaska Peninsula erupted in what turned out to be the largest blast of the twentieth century. It was so powerful that it drained magma from under another volcano, Mount Katmai, six miles east, causing the summit of Katmai to collapse to form a caldera half a mile deep. Novarupta also expelled three cubic miles of magma and ash into the air, which fell to cover an area of 3,000 square miles more than a foot deep. Scientists using supercomputers have just proposed that the greatest climactic effect of arctic blasts such as this, which like their more tropical counterparts such as Pinatubo and Krakatoa, spew sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere in vast amounts, but unlike them, mainly result in increased sulphur compound particulates (which reflect sunlight, hence cool the climate - the year after Krakatoa was known as "the year without a summer") above 30 degrees of latitude. This bottling up of Novarupta's aerosols in the north would make itself felt, strangely enough, in India. According to the computer model, the Novarupta blast would have weakened India's summer monsoon, producing "an abnormally warm and dry summer over northern India," says Prof. Alan Robock of Rutgers University, who heads a team currently studying the matter.

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More than 5,000 years ago, the Chinese discovered how to make silk by boiling and unravelling silkworm cocoons. For about 3,000 years, they managed to keep this discovery a secret. Because poor people could not afford real silk, they tried to make other cloth look silky: folks would beat cotton with sticks to soften the fibers. Then they rubbed it against large stones to make it shiny. This shiny cotton was called "chintz." Because chintz was a poor imitation of silk, the term "chintzy" is now used to refer to something that it is cheap and not of high quality.

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It is well known that stress (which properly speaking, is an adverse response to strains ("stressors")) contributes to heart problems. However, the exact routes of that connection are poorly understood. One of the main culprits may have been identified now however: a study which i am too bone lazy to look up properly, has found that people who deal with everyday stresses poorly are far more likely to develop "severe gum disease" than more easy-going folks. The connection with heart disease is twofold; 1) Gum disease involves long-term inflammation which often causes a generalized immune-system over-reaction which leads to a generalized inflammatory condition in the body, which can lead or contribute to various cardio-vascular problems, and 2) Some of the bacteria involved with severe gum diseases (which some folks don't even realize they have!) can enter the blood stream, and travel to the heart where they cause hardening of the arteries and damage to the tissues of the heart. Treating the gum problems will of course help, but the underlying stress-related contributions should also be addressed wherever possible.

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A lot of "stupid fact" lists really live up to their name: for example i just came across one which included the nifty nugget of nothingness that "Antarctica is the only continent where pumpkins can't be grown".

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While the loss of the Hubble space telescope through lack of maintenance (hasn't happened yet, but is seemingly only a matter of time now, given NASA's shifting priorities centering on manned space travel (a la "moon-Mars and beyond"....) and minimizing science-based missions and programs) may be quite regrettable, one shouldn't despair quite yet: a telescope called the OWL ("OverWhelmingly Large") is currently in the works which will blow the Hubble's capabilities right out of the water. The European Southern Observatory organization is hoping to situate this massive beast (with a primary lens 100 meters across) in the Atacama Desert in Chile, which is the driest place on earth and already hosts several large telescopes. It would be build at around 5,000 meters (16,400 feet), with a "base camp" for scientists at 3000 meters. Its 1500 mini-mirror components would each have active adjustment abilities, and the resolution of the beast would be around 40 times sharper than that of the Hubble. It's surface area will be over 10 times as large as the combined area of every major telescope every built, and it will be capable of seeing and analyzing the spectrum of objects thousands of times fainter than our species has seen before - such as earth-sized planets in our galaxy and supernovas all the way to the edge of the observable universe.

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The USA is the only "first world" country in which it is legal to ban "ex-felons" (people who have been found guilty of a certain set of crimes dubbed "felonies" (which varies from state to state), and have subsequently paid their debt to society through incarceration, restitution, fines, community service or otherwise) from voting, often for the remainder of their lives - a permanent disenfranchisement from participation in the civic life of their jurisdiction(s). About 5 million ex-criminals are currently affected by this practice. In many states which perpetrate this form of discrimination, procedures for re-enstatement do in fact exist but are often, shall we say "unrealistic" (to be kind!!) and arbitrary. For example, to become re-enfranchised in Mississippi, a felon has to 1) persuade his state senator or representative to author a bill personally re-enfranchising him, 2) has to get the bill approved by both houses, and then 3) has to get the governor to sign it. Since a much higher percentage of the members of many minority groups (particularly Blacks, First Nation citizens and Latinos) are involved with the law in ways that permanently label them as "ex-felons" - hence subject to various and sundry restrictions on their rights and freedoms depending upon where they live - these practices are de-facto discriminatory in nature.

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 18 million courses of antibiotics are prescribed (by doctors, i.e.!!) for the common cold in the United States per year, despite the almost universal belief in medical circles that colds are caused by viruses. In addition, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections. These and other un-needed antibiotic prescriptions, in addition to the many "correct" ones, are responsible for the increasing resistance of many strains of bacteria to many widely-used antibiotics: especially in hospitals. In recent years, increasingly nasty bacteria which are resistant to nearly all known antibiotics have been dubbed "superbugs" by the media, and their surprisingly high incidence makes hospitals one of the most dangerous places on earth for sick people, who often have depressed immune systems. I am **not** advocating that people who NEED to be in a hospital for one reason or another should avoid them because of this or any other reason (such as the astounding number of medical mistakes of all kinds which occur within their walls.....but that's another article....), but in general i would opine that the shorter the stay in such places, the better.

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Actors are said to "love the limelight". Ever wonder where this phrase came from (alright, me neither!!)? Limelight was how stages were lit before electricity was invented: illumination was produced by heating blocks of lime until they glowed.

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Leonardo Da Vinci was reported to be absolutely ambidextrous: anything he could do with one hand, he could do equally well with the other. However, that was not the limit of his dexterity:he could even write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time!!

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If a teacher assigned 2 seconds of homework during the first week of school, then doubled it to 4 seconds the second week, 8 seconds the third week.... and so on for the 36-week school year, in the 36th week this sadistic teacher would be assigning 68619473796 seconds of homework, which works out to 2179 years and a few days.

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Those who are "germophobic" (ok, so i don't know the technical term.....) might wish to consider this the next time they go swimming: every mouthful of ocean water swallowed, may contain over 1,000 different species of bacteria and dozens of other kinds of microscopic life such as diatoms, planktonic foraminifera, viruses, one-celled organisms (protists), microscopic kinds of worms, different kinds of algae, and the larvae of larger animals such as as snails. Bon appetit!!

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The diversity of life in the oceans never ceases to amaze those fortunate enough to be studying it. That said, when sheer numbers of species are considered, bacteria most definitely come out on top. Recent research has indicated that there may be 10 to 100 times as many species of bacteria ("microbes") in the World Sea than previously thought - at least several and perhaps as many as 10 million of them!! Many are apparently quite rare, or occur only in very specialized habitats such as particular kinds of deep sea thermal vents, but it is still pretty awesome to consider the fact that we only know of the existence of a tiny fraction of the myriad forms of life in the sea.

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In the sea, as on land, the vast majority of life is microscopic. The millions of bacterial species which inhabit the world's oceans make up about 90% of all the bio-mass (weight of living organisms) in their depths.

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Only one in ten cancer deaths are due to the primary tumor: the vast majority of cancer mortality is caused by cells breaking away from the main tumor and traveling to other parts of the body, such as the brain, bones or liver. This process, called metastasis, is poorly understood but is vital to know about in our so-far rather disappointing battle against "the Big C".

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Before the advent of cheap, reliable artificial lighting, it was common for people to sleep in two distinct segments or periods: they would retire shortly after sunset, say 9 or 10 p.m., and sleep for 3 or 4 hours before awakening for a while, conversing with neighbours, cooking up a light meal, or any number of other activities which didn't require a lot of bright light. Then they would go to bed again and snooze for a similar period before arising in the morning. These were called the first and second sleeps. The inbetween-period was especially noted for being the best time for "intimate relations" between spouses, since it was more relaxed, much quieter and one was rested and somewhat distanced from the cares and worries of the previous day. On the other side of the coin, many folks used this quiet time for the equally refreshing activity of prayer.

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Since the discovery of the first obesity gene in 1994, scientists have found about 50 genes involved in obesity. Some of them determine how individuals lay down fat and metabolize energy stores. Others regulate how much people want to eat in the first place, how they know when they ve had enough and how likely they are to use up calories through activities ranging from fidgeting to running marathons. People who can get fat on far fewer calories than the norm, may be genetically programmed to survive in harsher environments. When the human species got its start, it was an advantage to be efficient. Today, when food is plentiful, it is a hazard. Research into the causes of overweightedness (aka obesity) is being pursued full steam ahead these days, since 30 percent of the North American public is obese; that is, nearly a third of the inhabitants of the continent in question have a body-mass index over 30.

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Scientists believe people living in central Mexico developed corn at least 7000 years ago. It was started from a wild grass called teosinte. Teosinte looked very different from our corn today. The kernels were small and were not placed close together like kernels on the husked ear of modern corn. Also known as maize Indians throughout North and South America, eventually depended upon this crop for much of their food.

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When measured by volume, ninety-nine percent of the living space on the planet is found in the oceans. Forty six percent of the world's water is in the Pacific Ocean. The Atlantic has 23.9 percent; the Indian, 20.3; the Arctic, 3.7 percent.

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The average depth of the oceans is 2.5 miles (4 km). The deepest point lies in the Mariana Trench, 6.8 miles (10.9 km) down. On land, Mount Everest is only 5.5 miles (8.8 km) high - but it is not the tallest mountain in the world: that honor goes to Mauna Kea in Hawaii: when measured from its base on the ocean floor, it rises over 9 km (5.6 mi), but only attains 4,170 m (13,681 ft) above sea level.

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The word "millipede" means "thousand legs" - but no millipede has more than 750 legs. Nobody knows why.

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An almost doubling of the CO2 content of the atmosphere.
The damming of almost all of the world's major rivers. Humans have extensively altered river systems through impoundments and diversions to meet their water, energy, and transportation needs. Today (2003), there are >45,000 dams above 15 m high, capable of holding back >6500 km3 of water (1), or about 15% of the total annual river runoff globally. (Nillson et al, 2005).

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The total biomass of the world's population increased to roughly 40 megatons of carbon. To put this number into perspective, consider: The biomass of all life is roughly 500 megatons of carbon, and the biomass of all vertebrates is roughly 5 megatons. We have ten time the mass of all other vertebrates on earth. Smil (2002: 186).

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The mass of all motor vehicles is roughly 1,000 megatons and exceeds the weight of all living organisms. We use 4,000 megatons of carbon per year [released into the air as CO2, which is driving the human-caused portion of the rapid global warming we are seeing increasing evidence of recently] to power these vehicles. Smil (2002: 269).

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The only nations whose names begin with an "A", but don't end in an "A" are Afghanistan and Azerbaijan.

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One quarter of the earth's land surface is desert (or is that dessert? - never could get those two straight!!), and over 40% is classified as "drylands", which means that they don't recieve enough rain for forests to grow. Much of our species' food is grown on these "dryland" areas, often using unsustainable methods which produce erosion and degrade the land to the point where agriculture is much less productive or sometimes not even possible: about 10-20 percent of drylands are already degraded.

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Asia and Africa are the continents worst affected by desertification. Land degradation causes an estimated loss of $42 billion a year from agricultural production.

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There are over 200 conditions which can cause dwarfism, which refers to people who are short in stature yet some of whose body parts such as heads, are more normal in size than the other parts (as opposed to midgets, who are also vertically challenged, but who have normally proportioned bodies). Each of these causes have a different set of health problems associated with them: few true dwarfs are robustly healthy overall.

A buddy of mine and I have an ongoing debate. Is it midgets or dwarfs that have real dicks?

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Some experts say that deserts could become new sources of power. An area 800 km by 800 km of the Sahara desert, for instance, could capture more than enough solar energy to generate all the world's electricity needs.

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Dogs can lick their own asses all they want and not get sick. They can even lick each others asses. If people could lick their own asses, they would become sick from e coli.

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A buddy of mine and I have an ongoing debate. Is it midgets or dwarfs that have real dicks?

I thought it was both.

lol

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According to archaeologists, in the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.......and Leonardo DaVinci invented scissors. [How's THAT for a non-sequitor!!]

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Trivia is the Roman goddess of sorcery, hounds and the crossroads.

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During the middle ages, it was widely believed that men had one less rib than woman. This is because of the story in the Bible that Eve had been created out of Adam's rib. Apparently, almost nobody ever thought to count the ribs of skeletons.......or, as per the above discussion, the legs of spiders!!

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In medieval times, many Europeans believed thunderstorms to be the work of demons. Accordingly, when it stormed, bell ringers would go up into their towers to ring the consecrated bells in an effort to stop the storm. This practice didn't always work out so well for them.

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Dogs can lick their own asses all they want and not get sick. They can even lick each others asses. If people could lick their own asses, they would become sick from e coli.

This isn't true. If I could lick my own ass, I wouldn't get e coli. You know why? Because I wouldn't lick my ass even if I could. That's why. What, you think the only thing keeping me from licking my ass is my own physical limitations?

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Over 150 moons are so far known to circle the 8 to 10 planets of our solar system, as of mid-2005. Jupiter is the planet with the most - 63 at the last count. Saturn now has 46. Uranus has 27 and Neptune 13. Pluto boasts at least 2, Mars the same, and earth has only one which we've found, despite diligent searching. Venus and Mercury are believed to be completely bereft of satellites.

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The history of our knowledge of Uranus is quite fascinating: English astronomer William Herschel discovered the planet in 1781 during a telescopic survey of the zodiac. He promptly named it the Georgium Sidus (the Georgian Planet) in honor of his patron, King George III. Later, to the everlasting delight of schoolchildren, George was re-named Uranus, the Greek god of the sky. The fascinating thing about it, is that it can be seen with the naked eye - so the ancients could have noticed that it is is a "wanderer" amongst the stars: a celestial object that changes position relative to the normal, constant-position stars. However, since it orbits the sun only once every 84 years it only changes position relative the stars VERY slowly. Also, it is extremely dim: just barely visible to the unaided eye - one would have had to be extremely diligent to have noticed, over a period of decades, that such a dim object was in fact a wandering rambler of a celestial light - in ancient Greek, a plan t s, which in English has been rendered "planet".

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Here's an extremely weird fact for you: Some people are their own twins! They have two distinct sets of DNA associated with different parts of their bodies. Two cases in point: 1) A women was undergoing a custody battle during an acrimonious divorce. The husband claimed that not all the children were his. In the course of paternity testing it was found that her DNA did not match either of the children. As Providence would have it, she happened to be pregnant at the time and when she gave birth, once again it was found that the DNA did not match. She nearly had her children taken away before this proof was given. 2) A man was accused of rape and murder; DNA evidence was recovered from the woman's body but was found to not match the DNA taken from the man via a cheek swab. It was subsequently found to match his DNA taken from a blood sample. ---- Apparently it has been found that on occasion the fertilized eggs of fraternal twins can join together to become a single embryo, with the different DNAs presenting in different parts and organs of the body. Something we would never have known without DNA testing.

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Did you know that in the Civil War, General Stonewall Jackson walked around with his right hand in the air to balance the blood in his body? Because he was right-handed, he thought that his right hand was getting more blood than his left, and so by raising his hand, he’d allow the excess blood to run into his left hand. He also never ate food that tasted good, because he assumed that anything that tasted good was completely unhealthy.

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During the Civil War, glasses with colored lenses were used to treat disorders and illnesses. Yellow-trimmed glasses were used to treat syphilis, blue for insanity, and pink for depression. Thus we get the term, To see the world through rose-colored glasses.

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Centuries before and decades after the Civil War, including the war itself, doorways were wide, not because of the width of women’s skirts, but so coffins could be passed through, with a pallbearer on either side.

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Did you know that the average American in the 1860’s could not afford to paint his house, and a painted house was a sign of affluence? In order to keep up appearances, they used cedar clapboards.

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Did you know that when a woman mourned for her husband in the 1860’s, she spent a minimum of two-and-a-half years in mourning? That meant little or no social activities: no parties, , no outings, no visitors, and a wardrobe that consisted of nothing but black. (Shame on Scarlet O’Hara) The husband, when mourning for his wife, however, spent three months in a black suit.

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Surgeons never washed their hands after an operation, because all of the blood was assumed to be the same.

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Did you know that during the Victorian era, the dead were either laid out in their parlors, or, as the Southerners preferred, in their bedrooms? There was no such thing as a funeral home; death was a part of life, and the dead remained in the house up until they were buried. The tradition of flowers around the coffin comes from the Victorians trying to hide the scent of the deceased.

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Did you know that when a child died, parents would have a photograph taken of the child? They wanted to preserve the memory for as long as possible. A lot of photographs taken of sleeping children are actually of deceased sons or daughters.

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After the Battle of Gettysburg, the discarded rifles were collected and sent to Washington to be inspected and reissued. Of the 37,574 rifles recovered, approximately 24,000 were still loaded; 6,000 had one round in the barrel; 12,000 had two rounds in the barrel; 6,000 had three to ten rounds in the barrel. One rifle, the most remarkable of all, had been stuffed to the top with twenty-three rounds in the barrel.

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Did you know that President Lincoln had a mild form smallpox (varioloid) while he gave the Gettysburg Address. On the train back to Washington he quipped, “Now I have something that I can give everybody.”

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Did you know that President Lincoln’s favorite tune was “Dixie”?

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The Civil War was also known as The Brothers’ War, the War for the Union and the War of the Rebellion.

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General Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA, had twenty-nine horses shot from beneath him during the war years.

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Lastly, this is my favorite. I laughed for a while about this. One of the most popular questions park rangers get when giving tours around Civil War battlefields is: “Did the soldiers have to fight around all of these monuments?” They could only smile and say yes: They knew exactly were to die.

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Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone

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Coca-Cola was originally green.

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Witch Facts: The word witch comes from the saxon word 'wicca' meaning 'wise one'. Under the act of 1670 any woman who enticed a man into matrimony by using false hair, artifical teeth, high-heeled shoes or bolstered hips could be convicted of witchcraft. In England the death penalty for witchcraft was abolished in 1736, however the last legal execution of a witch was in 1782 in Switzerland. Witch Hazel got its name because a twig of it was supposed to twitch if pointed at a witch. In his 14 month career as Witch-Finder General (1645-46) Matthew Hopkins was responible for the execution of some 200-400 witches in East Anglia. During the second World War a coven of witches aided the Allies by beaming thoughts across to Hilter's brian telling him that he could not cross the channel. It is said that the effort was so great that all those who took part died soon after. A woman was hanged in Yeovil in 1658 because she was said to have given a bite of an apple to a young boy which caused him to fly 300 yards.

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The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...) The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

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The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000

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The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David Hearts - Charlemagne Clubs -Alexander, the Great Diamonds - Julius Caesar

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Nature's Weather Predictors: On the day of the tsunami (Boxing Day 26th Dec 2004) elephants were heard wailing at 6am, and their cries went on for hours only stopping just minutes before the wave hit, by which time many had moved inland and to safety. Dogs were also reported to have barked incessantly. The thickness of a dead goose's breatbone has been said to indicate the harshness of the coming winter. It is said that cows lie down when rain is expected in order to keep a dry spot for themselves. When hurricane Charley approached the west coast of Florida in August 2004 scientic research equipment recorded a mass exodus of 14 electronically tagged blacktip sharks, who stayed away for two weeks before returning to calm waters. Legend has it that squirrels gathering nuts in a flurry 'will cause snow to gather in a hurry'.

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Turkey Facts: The Spanish brought the Turkey from the Americas to Europe. The English then called it Turkey, thinking it to be a type of guinea fowl, which they called a Turkeyhen, or Turkeycock, because Turkisk merchants brought it from Turkey. In Turkey they call the bird the 'American Bird'. The flap of skin that hangs over a turkey's beak is called a snood and the flap under the chin is a wattle. The bright growths under the throat are called caruncle and turn red during courtship or when angry. The collective term for turkeys is a rafter. Benjamin Franklin wanted to make it America's national bird instead of the bald-headed eagle. Jeffrey Hudson (1619-82), court dwarf to Charles I survived a duel when he was pitted against a fighting turkey cock. A baby turkey is called a poult, a male turkey is a Tom or gobbler.

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Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

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What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common? A. All invented by women.

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What is the only food that doesn't spoil? A. Honey

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Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the year? A. Father's Day

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Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep tight."

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It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month which we know today as the honeymoon.

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On August 10th 2004, two days after the death of King Kong actress Fay Wray, the lights on the Empire State Building in New York City (scene of the climx from the classic 1933 film) were dimmed for 15 minutes in her memory.

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Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

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Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

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The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.

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Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

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The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

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It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

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A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.

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Turtles can breathe through their butts.

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http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread772740/pg1

The following is a stripped down version of a larger theory that is based on what the author believes are symbolic/cryptic messages within the events of 9/11 and subsequent 'Terror' related events. As the theory relies on the author's interpretation of these messages, it is left up to the reader to decide if they reach the same interpretations and conclusion as the author.

The theory neither provides nor relies on mathematical orbital calculation data.

Before we begin the theory, we will cover an impact situation and why the author believes data showing a direct impact would not be made public.

An Impact Situation
A fair few people seem to believe that NASA would publish data that shows a confirmed impact. The problem with this happening is that it throws up alot of uncertainty as to what the effects of the impact would be. The modern world has not witnessed a significant impact, so it's anyone's guess as to how the world would react. To make impact data public without knowing the effects would most likely cause alot of unnecessary stress and turmoil.

Before announcing an impact, you would need to take into account many different factors:

Object size. The bigger the object, the more consideration would have to made towards deflecting or destroying it. If you try to destroy it, you could end up showering the earth with many smaller, but still significant objects.

Environmental effects. Whether it be land or sea impact. Would the tsunami from a sea impact reach land, how far inland will it go? Is the impact likely to trigger a chain of environmental effects, quakes, eruptions, etc?

Economic effects. Stock markets are jittery at the best of times, so any impact announcement would most likely send stocks and the economy into free fall. Imagine if the object was coming down on or near a major financial center.

Social and Psychological effects. People may need to be relocated and re-housed. Businesses could be seriously affected. Would everyone be able to cope psychologically with the announcement, would some panic, would some just 'shut down'?

Global effects. What I mean by this is, the impact may affect a few million people, but if you announce it to the world, then you are indirectly affecting billions. Would it be a case of the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few?

When do you tell the world? Tell everyone too soon, you could risk chaos, you prolong the uncertainty. But you would have to tell some, because preperations would have to be made.

If an impact had happened previously, you would be able to call on the experience of that impact, so you would have an idea of what to expect. Maybe you could try and deflect it. If you had no previous experience of an impact, would you consider letting it impact, so future generations would have experience to fall back on?

So the question is, when and how do you tell the world? Of course, if you are a politician or just think like one, you may have your own agenda:

“You don’t ever want a crisis to go to waste; it’s an opportunity to do important things that you would otherwise avoid.” – Rahm Emanuel, November 2008.


If you can, you may as well kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.

Welcome to the Impact Warning Theory...
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The following is a stripped down version of a larger theory that is based on what the author believes are symbolic/cryptic messages within the events of 9/11 and subsequent 'Terror' related events. As the theory relies on the author's interpretation of these messages, it is left up to the reader to decide if they reach the same interpretations and conclusion as the author.

The theory neither provides nor relies on mathematical orbital calculation data.

Before we begin the theory, we will cover an impact situation and why the author believes data showing a direct impact would not be made public.

An Impact Situation
A fair few people seem to believe that NASA would publish data that shows a confirmed impact. The problem with this happening is that it throws up alot of uncertainty as to what the effects of the impact would be. The modern world has not witnessed a significant impact, so it's anyone's guess as to how the world would react. To make impact data public without knowing the effects would most likely cause alot of unnecessary stress and turmoil.

Before announcing an impact, you would need to take into account many different factors:

Object size. The bigger the object, the more consideration would have to made towards deflecting or destroying it. If you try to destroy it, you could end up showering the earth with many smaller, but still significant objects.

Environmental effects. Whether it be land or sea impact. Would the tsunami from a sea impact reach land, how far inland will it go? Is the impact likely to trigger a chain of environmental effects, quakes, eruptions, etc?

Economic effects. Stock markets are jittery at the best of times, so any impact announcement would most likely send stocks and the economy into free fall. Imagine if the object was coming down on or near a major financial center.

Social and Psychological effects. People may need to be relocated and re-housed. Businesses could be seriously affected. Would everyone be able to cope psychologically with the announcement, would some panic, would some just 'shut down'?

Global effects. What I mean by this is, the impact may affect a few million people, but if you announce it to the world, then you are indirectly affecting billions. Would it be a case of the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few?

When do you tell the world? Tell everyone too soon, you could risk chaos, you prolong the uncertainty. But you would have to tell some, because preperations would have to be made.

If an impact had happened previously, you would be able to call on the experience of that impact, so you would have an idea of what to expect. Maybe you could try and deflect it. If you had no previous experience of an impact, would you consider letting it impact, so future generations would have experience to fall back on?

So the question is, when and how do you tell the world? Of course, if you are a politician or just think like one, you may have your own agenda:

“You don’t ever want a crisis to go to waste; it’s an opportunity to do important things that you would otherwise avoid.” – Rahm Emanuel, November 2008.


If you can, you may as well kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.

Welcome to the Impact Warning Theory...
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reply posted on 6-11-2011 @ 03:38 PM by SatoriTheory
11th September 2001 - Impact! Impact! Impact!

9/11 was an event so visually powerful, it was burned into the minds of those that witnessed it. Visually it made an impact. Psychologically it made an impact. A 'terrorist' attack on a scale not previously witnessed. Four planes 'hi-jacked', Four impacts, Four buildings either damaged or completely destroyed.

An event that made the world sit up and pay attention. An event that was...too big.

We Three Things:
9/11 was all about the 'threat from the sky'. Within the main event of 9/11, there was three sub-events. We had:



Multiple 'hijacked' aircraft as threats in the sky. Multiple impacts. Multiple buildings crashing down to earth.


Threats from the sky. Impacts. Crashing to earth.

Threat from the sky. Impact. Crash into earth.

The combined message from those paints a pretty grim picture. However, we can also take the events individually and they are also suggestive/symbolic of the same thing.

Threat from the sky -> Impact.
Impact -> Impact.
Crash into earth -> Impact.

They are telling you and showing you multiple times what is to happen. They are repeating what is important.

The message, at this point, is simply 'Impact'.

The inevitable movie connection:
After the two planes impacted the towers and before the towers fell, we had a real-life scene reminiscent of a scene from a 1998 movie.



Armageddon. A movie about a space object threatening earth. An earth threat.

The Over View:
Four hi-jacked planes.
Four potential points of origin.
Four points of impact.
Four buildings either damaged or completely destroyed.

They are repeating what is important. Four becomes important.

Flight 11 originated from Logan International (Boston), impacted the North Tower.
Flight 175 originated from Logan International (Boston), impacted the South Tower.
Flight 77 originated from Dulles International (Washington), impacted the Pentagon.
Flight 93 originated from Newark International, impacted a field in Shanksville.

All locations involved that day plotted on a map:


Four distinct locations. The locations visually resemble the belt stars of the constellation Orion, only mirrored. If we take an image of the belt stars, mirror it and then overlay it on the image of the locations, we can see how close a match they really are.


The mirroring of the belt stars is fully intentional, to help explain why, we will let a Freemason explain the significance of the Washington monument and the reflecting pool it is deliberately paired with.

From the episode of Ancient Aliens - Aliens and the Founding Fathers (well worth watching if you are not familiar with the symbolism of Washington DC):


YouTube Link

Watch from 32:00 minutes for an explanation of the Washington momument and the reflecting pool it is paired with.

Freemason Akram Elias, Past Grand Master of The Grand Lodge of Washington D.C has the following to say:

We have a reflecting pool, why? To reflect the obelisk. Washington's monument points to the heavens, with the reflecting pool it points below. There is a direct correlation between what happens here below and what happens up there.




What Akram has described here is the Hermetic axiom: As Above, So Below.

The mirroring of the belt stars is a reflection of what is above, suggesting what is in space, will be on earth.

As Above, So Below
What is above, will be below.
What is in 'heaven', will be on earth

"Heaven and Earth are about to collide."


But why Orion, why the Belt stars, what is the significance?

We Three Kings:
Orion has been important throughout ancient history, in many different cultures. One of the most well known connections is with ancient Egypt. It is said that these stars represent the resting place for the soul of Osiris. Osiris was the most revered of the Ancient Egyptian Kings, he was seen as the saviour of ancient Egypt. He was a Great King.

There is also, a more simple and elegant explanation:

The belt stars of Orion are also known as 'The Three Kings'.

The three kings (wise men) heralded in the arrival of a Great King. (Many of the Christian faith label Jesus as 'Jesus, Our King').

Whether it is Osiris, or Jesus, both were considered to be Great Kings, both were considered Great Kings of Earth.

Whichever you choose, the symbolic message tells us the same thing:


From Space will come a Great King of Earth.

The second coming? Was Jesus a space alien? I wouldn't go holding your breath just yet.
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Doublespeak - A few words from '1984':
This is a point of potential confusion, some word play:

doublespeak —
the practice of using ambiguous language regarding political, military, or corporate matters in a deliberate attempt to disguise the truth


doublespeak —
1957, from double + speak, coined on model of doublethink in Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four (the language in that book was Newspeak).


Doublespeak - definitions

"The practice of using ambiguous language ... in a deliberate attempt to disguise the truth."

On 20th September 2001 Bush addressed congress in which he first coined the phrase 'War on Terror'. Why this phrase? Why not 'War on/against Terrorism' or 'War on/against Terrorists'? Why use such an ambiguous phrase?

Could it have been a 'Bushism'? A mistake?

Well apparently not, as in August 2005, Bush used the phrase five times within the same speech. So it was very much deliberate. Repeating what is important.

So what is so wrong with the phrase 'War on Terror'?

As it was a spoken phrase, it is ambiguous, as it can change it's meaning depending on what context it is used in. The world assumes he was saying 'Terror' as it was said within the context of what was supposedly a 'terrorist' attack.

I suggest he was infact saying 'Terra', the latin name for Earth. The phrase becomes 'War on Terra' or in plain english, 'War on Earth'.

Sounds like a global war, right? Yes, but only if you are still thinking within the context of military actions.

I suggest Bush was actually suggesting 'War is on Earth', War in this sense meaning the second horse of the apocalypse. I kid you not. Bush was telling the world that we face an apocalyptic event, not the full on apocalypse, but certainly a major event.

Ever since Bush first coined the phrase 'War on Terror', the media and politicians borrowed the 'Terror' and used it for describing terrorist attacks or possible terrorism threats. 'Terror' was getting repeated. Terror is important.

So whenever you heard or read a politician or the media saying phrases like 'Terror Threat' and 'Terror Attack', you were hearing/reading one thing, but other people were hearing and reading something else entirely:

Terror Threat -> Terra Threat -> Earth Threat
Terror Threat -> Terra Attack -> Earth Attack

Now it is worth pointing out that 'Terror Threat/Attack' weren't always used. The media and politicians have mixed it up with 'Threat of Terrorism', 'Terrorist Attack', etc etc.

A very good way of hiding the truth but also telling the truth at the same time. There is no other reason to use such ambiguous wording unless you are trying to hide something, but also inform people at the same time.

You are telling the world, but at the same time, not freaking the world out.
You are telling the people who can 'hear' that they need to prepare.

Let's return to the message from the 'three kings':

From Space will come a Great King of Earth.

If we apply the doublespeak to the message, we get:


From Space will come a Great King of Earth.
From Space will come a Great King of Terra.
From Space will come a Great King of Terror.

Now when you are standing down here on Terra, looking up, 'the sky' and 'space' are the same thing, therefore the message is:

From the sky will come a Great King of Terror.

Which bares an uncanny resemblance to one of Nostradamus' most famous predictions, Century 10, Quatrain 72:


The year 1999, seventh month,
From the sky will come a Great King of Terror.
To bring back to life the great King of the Mongols,
Before and after Mars to reign by good luck.


... From the sky will come a Great King of Terror ...

The majority who have read this prediction are in agreement that the 'Great King of Terror' is a reference to a space object of some sort, be it an asteroid or comet. A Great King from space. A threat from the sky.

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These are the numbers you will be looking at:
Ever since 9/11, people have been using symbology by representing the number '11' with images of the twin towers.


So if the twin towers are symbolic of '11' now, then it is safe to say that the towers were symbolic of '11' on the day of the attack.

Is it possible that on the day of the attacks, the world was given a 'date'?

9/11 + Twin towers
9/11 11
9th Day, 11th Month, 11th Year

Even the symbolism is ambiguous, it works both ways:

Twin Towers + 9/11
11 9/11
11th Month, 9th Day, 11th Year

Throughout the current year, I have heard many people comment that they feel something is going to happen this year, they don't know when, they don't know what. My theory on this is that the events of 9/11 were deliberately made to shock so that it 'burned' a date, set of numbers into the subconcious minds of some. The reason that they are not sure when things will happen, is because the subconscious is not able to bridge the connection between 9/11 (the numbers the media kept on shoving in our ears) and the 11 'looking' twin towers.

Our full symbolic message from the day now becomes:


Impact. From the sky will come a Great King of Terror. 9/11 11.


1st May 2010 - You can't park it there!
May 1st is also known as May Day. Mayday (space removed) is the International Distress Signal.

May Day in 2010 saw the 'Failed car bomb attempt in New York' grab the head lines.

This message was simply a May Day message to remind you about the Terror Threat.
This message was simply a Mayday message to remind you about the Terra Threat.

Mayday! Earth Threat!


1st May 2011 - What did you just say?
At approximately 11:30pm EST on May 1st 2011, US President Obama announced Osama Bin Laden had been killed and his body had been dumped into the sea.

From very only on in the 9/11 story, the media portrayed Bin Laden as the figure head of the global terror network known as Al-Qaeda. Despite being the most recognisable terrorist in history, he managed to stay out of the crosshairs, he reigned over the terror network for over 10 years, Bin Laden was the symbolic King of Terror, he was the personification of Nostradamus's 'Great King of Terror'.

Within 24 hrs of being killed, U.S forces supposedly dumped his body into the sea.

This message was a May Day message to tell you Osama Bin Laden was dead and had been dumped in the sea.
This message was a Mayday message to tell you the King of Terror was put into the sea.

Mayday! Great King of Terror going into the sea.

Warning! The space rock is going into the sea!

But what is the object? When and where is it going to impact?

To find out what the object is and when it would impact, we had to wait less than 24 hours from the delivery of this message.

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2nd May 2011 - Yu(55) are the one I have been looking for.

Who's flying this thing?
The 2nd May saw JPL distribute a press release entitled: Spacecraft Earth to Perform Asteroid 'Flyby' This Fall

Spacecraft Earth? When there are no pilots, there will inevitably be a crash! A Crash into Earth.

Since the dawn of the space age, humanity has sent 16 robotic emissaries to fly by some of the solar system's most intriguing and nomadic occupants -- comets and asteroids. The data and imagery collected on these deep-space missions of exploration have helped redefine our understanding of how Earth and our part of the galaxy came to be. But this fall, Mother Nature is giving scientists around the world a close-up view of one of her good-sized space rocks -- no rocket required.

"On November 8, asteroid 2005 YU55 will fly past Earth and at its closest approach point will be about 325,000 kilometers [201,700 miles] away," said Don Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "This asteroid is about 400 meters [1,300 feet] wide – the largest space rock we have identified that will come this close until 2028."



Mother Nature is the Goddess Terra. Terra is Earth. Mother Nature is Earth.

Therefore for Earth to give scientists a close-up view of one of HER space rocks means that she needs to be in possession of that space rock.
From the sky will come a Great King of Terra's.

What's in a name?
If we examine the name of the asteroid, 2005 Yu55, we find the following:

2005
'2005' is simply the year it was publicly discovered, not necessaily the year it was discovered, but certainly the year it was publicly discovered.

There are various systems in place for tracking NEOs, systems such as NASA's Deep Space Radar Network, Goldstone, Spacewatch/Spaceguard systems, as well as similar systems in other countries. So itt is highly plausible that this object has been known about, behind the scenes, for much longer than we have been led to believe.

An example of the power of the Goldstone system, it was being used in the 70/80s to help map Mercury by bouncing radar beams off it's surface. Source - PDF. One of many powerful systems.

So just because an object has received a public christening, doesn't mean it hasn't been known about for a while.

Yu (Credit to Aurvandil for the meaning of 'Yu')
'Yu' is infact the name of a 'Great King'.

Great King Yu Or Yu the Great, as he was known. Another Great King of Earth. Another Great King of Terra. Yu was seen as a controller of the waters.

The Great King that controls the waters.


55
'55' is interesting in that it is the sum of the numbers 1 to 10. '55' is a pair of fives, or a 'five pair'. The significance of this can be read in a book on esoteric teachings: 'The Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall'

The ten kings of Atlantis are the tetractys, or numbers, which are born as five pairs of opposites. (Consult Theon of Smyrna for the Pythagorean doctrine of opposites.) The numbers 1 to 10 rule every creature, and the numbers, in turn, are under the control of the Monad, or 1--the Eldest among them.

With the trident scepter of Poseidon these kings held sway over the inhabitants of the seven small and three great islands comprising Atlantis.



When you add up the numbers 1 to 10 you get 55.
When you add up the 10 islands you get Atlantis.
When you add up the ten kings of Atlantis, or five pairs, you get the power of Atlantis.

When you add up the five pair (55), you get Atlantis.

Therefore the meaning of the name of our space rock becomes:

The Great King that controls the waters of Atlantis.

The waters of Atlantis are the waters of the Atlantic, therefore the name translates to:

The Great King that controls the waters of the Atlantic.


Let's us break for a moment and go visit an old friend.

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X1 Elenin and Yu55 - The Cosmic Opposites
If we examine the Pythagorean Doctrine of Opposites, as mentioned above, we find the following:

The Doctrine of Opposites:
The Pythagoreans adopted the idea of cosmic opposites. The first pair of opposites are the finite and the infinite.

The finite is the odd, it is a force that affects order and harmony, it causes chaos.
The infinite is the even, it is the cosmos, an ordered and harmonious system.

Yu55 and Elenin have been our cosmic opposites. They are an 'opposite' pair of space rocks. One an asteroid, the other a comet. But how do we know which is which, which one is going to cause the chaos?

We simply find out which one is 'infinite' and which one is 'finite'.

Elenin had an eccentricity greater than 1, which means it was travelling along an open path, it was on an infinite journey (Hyperbolic Trajectory).
Yu55 has an eccentricity between 0 and 1, which means it is travelling along a closed path, it is on a finite journey (Elliptical Orbit).

Yu55 is our odd, finite, chaos causing 'opposite'.
Elenin is our even, infinite, harmonious 'opposite'.

Just like Yu55, the true nature of Elenin is in it's name, however, it is hidden from view:

X1 Elenin

Let's repeat what we done with Yu55 and split it's last name in half:

X1 Ele nin

Now let us reveal the part of the name that tells us Elenin is harmonious and 'even', then things should start to become clear:

X1 Ele(ven) Nin(e)
X1 Eleven Nine

X1 visually resembles XI which is roman numeral for 11. It is symbolic of 11. Therefore the name can be written:

XI Eleven Nine

And now in numerical form:

11 11 9

Those numbers again, are they a date? Objects in space use the International Standard Date format (Y/M/D), which results in this set of numbers being:

2011 November 9th

The comet was linked with the movie 'Deep Impact' through various 'coincidences', trajectory, discoverer's name, comet name, black president, etc.

Deep Impact - the other 1998 movie about a space object threatening earth.

Deep Impact movie poster, showing one of two tag lines for the movie:


"Heaven and Earth are about to Collide" <-> As above, so below.

Comet X1 Elenin was a guide, part of the symbolic message. A comet that never actually existed.

Elenin came to let us know we should expect Chaos from Space on 9th November 2011.

R.I.P Comet X1 Elenin.

Time to get back on the trail of our chaos creator!

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Just Passing Through
If we head on over to JPL's NEO page for this object, we can get a bit more information.
Asteroid 2005 YU55 to Approach Earth on November 8, 2011

The closest approach to Earth and the Moon will be respectively 0.00217 AU and 0.00160 AU on 2011 November 8 at 23:28 and November 9 at 07:13 UT.



Closest approach at 11:28pm of Great King of Terra who controls the waters of the Atlantic.
Announced at approx. 11:30pm that Great King of Terror was dumped in the water.

If we examine the first image, an animated GIF when clicked on, we see the trajectory of Yu55 as it passes by earth. Shown below:


However, the trajectory is just plain wrong. Compare the above image to the image below which was taken from the 'Celestia' software program. NASA/JPL's own trajectory data was used to plot Yu55's trajectory within the Celestia program, the same data that JPL use in their orbital diagram.


If you compare the two images, NASA would have us believe that Yu55 is coming directly from the direction of the Sun. Below are the two images overlayed.


Why the trajectory of Yu55 in NASA's animation is so different to the data they provide and show in their orbit viewer is anyone's guess. It could be a mistake, or it may be that the correct trajectory makes Yu55 look to be alot closer than it really is.

However, I suspect that this is NASA's symbolic way of simply saying 'The published trajectory of Yu55 is wrong'.

The following image shows the path of Yu55 as it passes by Earth (top) and a zoomed in view of earth to show earth's orientation at the time of closest approach.


At 11:30pm, almost midnight, the Atlantic ocean will be on the darkside of the earth. The Atlantic being the closest 'sea' at the point of closest approach.

So our Great King of Terra who controls the waters of the Atlantic just so happens to be making it's closest approach over the actual Atlantic at the same time as it was announced the Great King of Terror was dumped into the sea.

Crossing the Streams
Using JPL's Yu55 Orbit Diagram, we can see that the asteroid and earth cross paths in two locations.

By moving Earth along it's path we can see it meets Yu55's path on the 20th April and 9th November. We can leave Earth on either of these locations, switch to a yearly orbit and cycle back through the years to find when Earth and Yu55 are in close proximity.

The image below shows the results for when Earth crosses Yu55's path on 9th November. From the image, we can see that Earth and Yu55 have a close proximity orbit of 11 years.


Every 11 years on the 9th November, Earth and Yu55 has been getting progressively closer. 9/11 (d/m) every 11 yrs. Those numbers again.

So, we know an object is coming down from space, we have identified the object, we know the time of the impact, we know roughly where it will impact. But can we be any more precise about the impact location? Maybe!

Location coordinates usually come in pairs, a latitude value followed by a longitude value.

A clue to the more precise location was given in the Bin Laden mission message. That clue was the mysterious downed helicopter. It suggests to listen for a news story about a downed helicopter. That news story will be linked with 9/11 and it will contain a numerical value.

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6th August 2011 - Black Hawk Down.
US special forces Afghan helicopter downed 'by Taliban' - BBC
31 US troops, mostly elite Navy SEALs, killed in Afghanistan - MSNBC

Just over two months later a special forces helicopter is shot down killing 38 in total, 30 or 31 Americans. Linked with Bin Laden through the use of US Navy Seals.

So we have a downed helicopter, we have a link to 9/11, we have a numerical value. But which is the numerical value, which value is to be used for the latitude?

My initial reaction when first reading the message was that the value was 30, as it was those 30 Seals who were linked with the Bin Laden mission through being part of the same Unit. However, other news stories suggest 31. The only consistent value is the total number killed, that being 38.

So there are two possible values, which could indicate a range 30/31 - 38 latitude.
Or being more precise, 38 latitude.


11th September 2011 - The Beginning of the End.
And finally, we come full circle, back to where it all began. No more helicopters came down, so the longitude value must be within this event.

The 9/11 memorial saw Obama read out the slightly apocalyptic Psalms 46.


YouTube Link


1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

2 Therefore we will not fear, even though the earth be removed,
and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

3 Though its waters roar and be troubled,
though the mountains shake with its swelling.

4 There's a river, whose streams shall make glad
the city of God, the holy place of the Tabernacles of the Most High.

5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:
God shall help her, just at the break of dawn.

6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved:
He uttered his voice, the earth melted.

7 The Lord of Hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge.

8 Come, behold the works of the LORD,
who has made desolations in the Earth.

9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow, and cuts the spear in two;
He burns the chariot in fire.

10 Be still, and know that I am God:
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the Earths.

11 The Lord of Hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge.


This is actually the second time Obama has read from Psalms 46, the first time was at the Tucson Memorial. Two memorials, two readings of Psalms 46. Repeating what is important. 46.

Our longitude is 46, but a longitude value can be either positive or negative, so which is it? Reading the Psalm, it clearly has a negative feel about it.

Our longitude is -46, which just so happens to put it in the middle of the north atlantic.

So the final precise location is: 38 Latitude and -46 Longitude


The Great King of Terror will be making it's splash down in the mid-atlantic.

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9th October 2011 - Last Chance to be convinced.
(Credit to Human4life for bringing 'Last Chance' skywriting story to our attention.)
On the 9th October 2011, exactly one month before the 9th day of the 11th month of the 11th year, someone decided to do an 'art project' in the skies above New York.


YouTube Link

The full message read: Lost Our Lease. Last Chance. Now Open.

Interesting quote from the Artist Kim Beck (source):

“They’re advertising messages that are no longer advertising anything specific,” Ms. Beck told City Room. "'Lost Our Lease' can speak to the feeling of being exhausted, and 'Last Chance' is everything coming to an end. 'Now Open' means something else as well.”


Well that's what she says. Here is what I say:

Lost Our Lease -> Time to leave.
Last Chance -> You have been warned.
Now Open -> For Business.

Businesses this is your last chance to leave?

It appears to have a slight threatening undertone, but maybe that is just my interpretation.

But then again, an interesting comment (source):

She was inspired by the "Surrender Dorothy" skywritten message in "The Wizard of Oz."


So the artist used a threatening message as inspiration. If you are using a threatening message for inspiration, then you are intending for your creation to have a threatening 'edge' about it.

A threatening message written in the sky.

A threat from the sky.


2002 onwards - Become Enlightened.
From the previously mentioned episode of Ancient Aliens - Aliens and the Founding Fathers, Freemason Akram Elias also had this to say:

We need a source of light in order to become enlightened. We cannot do it alone.


A source of light: Tribute in Light


Just like the Washington monument draws our eyes up, the beams of light also draw our eyes upwards. They are pointing us in the right direction. They are our guilding lights. They are trying to light the way for us. They are trying to show us what lies within the darkness.

The light beams are comprised of 88 searchlights. From a distance they appear as two light beams stretching into the sky, reminicent of the twin towers. Symbolic of an 11.

88 searchlights creating an 11.
88 11
8x11 11
8 11 11
8th Day, 11th Month, 11th Year?

8th November 2011

88 searchlights, searching for A threat from the sky.


Symbolic Artwork

We shall never forget. What shall we never forget? A very important date (11/9/11).



The cover of Time Magazine's September issue commemorating 9/11.


A nice cover, although seems odd and out of place for 9/11, seeing as it is from space.
Very symbolic. The light beams again symbolic of an 11, with 9/11 positioned next to them. Giving us the date 11/9/11, the U.S is lit up, which suggests the U.S date format, giving the date:

November 9th 2011

The main image shows the Earth viewed From Space:

Earth from Space. <-> Earth from the sky.
Terra from Space. <-> Terra from the sky.
Terror from Space. <-> Terror from the sky.

11/9/11 Terror from the sky.

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Conclusion:

At approx. 11:30pm UT on the 8th November 2011, Asteroid YU55 will impact the Northern Atlantic. Possibly along 30-38 latitude, between east coast US and -46 longitude.

Or to be more precise, 38 latitude, -46 longitude.

Possible tsunami warning for the north atlantic rim on the 8th/9th November 2011.

At approx. 11:30pm UT on the 8th November 2011, Asteroid YU55 will impact the Northern Atlantic.
At approx. 11:30pm UT on the 8th November 2011, Asteroid YU55 will impact the Northern Atlantic.
At approx. 11:30pm UT on the 8th November 2011, Asteroid YU55 will impact the Northern Atlantic.

Just repeating what is important.

9/11 told us "Impact. From the sky will come a Great King of Terror. 9/11 11."
Obama told us "Mayday! Great King of Terror into the sea."
NASA told us "From the sky will come a Great King of Terra's."
Yu55 told us "The Great King of Terra will be controlling the waters of the Atlantic on 9/11/11."
Elenin told us "Chaos from Space on 9th November 2011."
Skywriting told us "A threat from the sky."
Tribute in Light trying to show us "What is in the sky. 8/11/11"
Coloring Book told us "Not to forget 11/9/11."
Time Magazine told us "11/9/11 Terror from Space."

Whether it is a coded impact warning, or a coded warning of a possible impact, or just a series of strange and bizarre coincidences, you can decide. Is it worth ignoring or is it worth taking precautions 'just in case'?

One thing is for certain, 2011 has been a year for impacts, whether it's social, economic or the occasional satellite and minor space rock.

Finally, mathematical models can only take you so far, so in the event of a known sea impact, would you consider a 'live tsunami test' to give you some idea of what to expect? However, the only way to achieve such a test would be with a significant nuclear detonation underwater. I doubt the people's of the world would agree to that. Maybe you could do it in secret, but then you would have to try and find a way of explaining the increased radiation levels.

I'll leave you with some interesting words:

Can we and all nations not live in peace? In our obsession with antagonisms of the moment, we often forget how much unites all the members of humanity. Perhaps we need some outside, universal threat to make us recognize this common bond. I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world. And yet, I ask you, is not an alien force already among us? What could be more alien to the universal aspirations of our peoples than war and the threat of war? - President Ronald Reagan, 42nd session UN General Assembly, September 21, 1987


Imagine if a government deceived the people into going to war. Would the people ever trust the government again, would they ever believe a war was just? If you destroy the people's faith in their government, who will they turn to?

"We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order." - David Rockefeller


New World Order - Order Out Of Chaos.

The End?

[Frankie]

The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!

And the most popular last name: Johnson

Muhammad Johnson is one popular guy.

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