Voyager’s 25th Anniversary
Today is the 25th anniversary of the Voyager mission with Voyager 2 launched on August 20, 1977. Voyager 1 followed on September 5 and is now the most distant human-made object. The Voyager website has a sampling of the 5 trillion bits of data returned by the mission.
Phone Record
What is AT&T’s record number of phone calls placed in a 24 hour period? 431 million calls, on September 11, 2001.
Hello Kitty USB-HUB???
Hello Kitty USB-HUB???
Gizmodo
Gizmodo — the gadgets weblog.
Don’t Link to Us!
Don’t Link to Us! – Stupid linking policies.
Amazon Menus
Amazon.com is beta testing a new feature: restaurant menus.
Tombstone ATM
Cattle rancher Grover Chestnut died earlier this year at the age of 79. However, before he cashed in, he installed an ATM at his tombstone and gave ten heirs debit cards, and told them were allowed to withdraw $300 per week from the grave.
The Diamond Cartel
Have You Ever Tried To Sell A Diamond? – a look at the creation of the idea that diamonds are rare and valuable, and the De Beers cartel’s control of the diamond industry.
Klein Bottles
Acme Klein Bottles.
Sword Swallowing
Sword Swallowing To The Hilt! – the definitive website on the history, traditions and performance of the perilous art of sword swallowing.
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