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Ten million girls killed by parents, says Indian minister Ten million girls - seen as liabilities by many Indians, especially because of the banned but rampant practice of dowry - have been killed by their parents in India in the past 20 years, either before they were born or immediately after, a government minister said yesterday, describing it as a "national crisis".
Cure for Diabetes? Diabetes breakthrough! Toronto scientists cure disease in mice.
How to take a Coke from 89 degrees to freezing in 2 minutes It takes about 20-25 minutes in a freezer. If you put it in a bucket of ice, that would halve that time. If you put water in that ice, it'd be cold (+- 5c) enough to drink in about 4-6 minutes, if you put salt in that water, you'd reduce the chill time to just over 2 minutes.
US-Mexican Border Fence Building Firm Busted for Hiring Illegal Workers The Golden State Fence Company, which built part of the border fence that is used to keep illegal immigrants out of the US, has been fined almost $5 million for hiring illegal workers. Two executives may face jail time.
Brainwashed Cricket Commits Suicide Gordian worms live inside crickets for long periods, feeding on the cricket's diet. Once fully grown, they inject chemicals into the cricket's brain brainwashing it and forcing it to kill itself by jumping into the water. Once in the water, the worm wriggles out of the writhing body and swims off in search of a mate.
The ten most dangerous toys of all time To keep things interesting, we excluded BB guns, slingshots, throwing stars, and anything else actually intended to inflict harm. Below, our toy box from hell.
Top 50 Viral Videos of 2006 iFilm picks the Top 50 for 2006, the Year of the Viral Video. Debate, discuss and be disgusted!
Dr. Shameless: Why I take handouts from drug companies "My drug-company habit started innocently enough —a pen here, a lunch there. But soon I hit the harder stuff: a trip to Italy in exchange for attending a symposium, tickets to a Mets game for my sons and me (and a chatty drug rep). Et cetera. There's a moment when each of us knows we have gone over the edge."
Seinfeld Horror Spoof Seinfeld recut into a horror movie. This has to be the most amazing editing job I've ever seen for one of these spoofs, really well done and funny!
By Popular Demand: 50 More ’80s Commercials Seems that Giant magazine forgot more than a few entries when they compiled their list of the 50 top commercials of the 1980's. After a lot of user submissions, they present the 50 most requested (and missing) ads!
Great White Shark BBC Planet Earth. Simply breathtaking.
The Nissan boob commercial This commercial really helps me understand the workings of vehicle suspension better than any mechanical engineering book I have ever read.
Top 10 Scams of 2006 Consumer affairs chose from the roughly 50,000 consumer complaints they processed in the past year, are the ConsumerAffairs.com Top Ten Scams of 2006.
Gettin Sideways Iraq Style Middle Eastern fun in a Nissan SUV.
Close Call - Skydiver Nearly Gets Hit By A Plane Guy jumps out, opens his parachute and almost gets hit by a passing plane.
Street Pranks Pictures Real life practical illusion pranks on streets.
Henry Rollins - America Is Under Attack Rant.
After Lung Cancer Surgery, Nearly Half of Patients Resume Smoking More than a third of smokers who had surgery to remove early stage lung cancer were smoking again within a year, a new study finds.
This guy is really, REALLY good at cleaning glass. Glass prank. Watch people fall into clear glass prank that look like an open doorway.
History of the Condom from 1000 BC to Present Day Who knew the condom dated all the way back to the ancient Egyptians around 1000 BC?
How to deal with a heckler at a comedy show Joe Rogan shows how to silence a heckler... Completely owns this woman until she just has nothing to say...
eBay power seller ruins Christmas eBay power seller decides to ruin his 99.9% (1000+) reputation for a few thousand dollars. Lesson to learn: ALWAYS use a credit card to fund your payments. Charge back is your friend; PayPal isn't.
Video: First 7-10 Split Conversion Ever cought on video. A video of Mark Roth, a Professional Bowler making the first 7-10 split ever put on TV.
Public Shaming of Prostitutes Misfires in China Police in China parade sex workers in China to humiliate them publicly, the ploy backfires and they end up getting criticized for violating the rights of the sex workers. Public humiliation has been used as a punishment in China since ancient times. But the times... they are a-changin.
U.N. Says Cow Farts More Harmful to Atmosphere Than Man Meet the world's top destroyer of the environment. It is not the car, or the plane,or even George Bush: it is the cow.
Photo: Volkswagen Yin & Yang Better than seeing these in a Junk Yard. Glad they made use of these...
Map showing distribution of family names in the US in 1840, 1880 and 1920 Very Cool!
Wicked scary walking table!!! This thing scares the crap out of me, I wouldn't want it anywhere near me!!
Sea snail key to future of pain relief Dr Jenny Ekberg, a Research Fellow with UQ's School of Biomedical Sciences, has studied a toxin produced by a marine snail found on the Great Barrier Reef, which has the ability to precisely target chronic pain without severe side-effects.
To the women who work in my office... I hate you This is a very funny rant on craigslist - it made the "best of" page. My favorite: "To the Fat woman who works in suite 19- I don ’t know exactly what you do for this company, but I know far too much about your personal life. When you talk to your boyfriend on company time, please refrain from telling him it felt so good when he slipped his...
BBC Documentary: Torture in the United States BBC did a documentary on torture in American prisons. If you think what is happening Abu Ghraib is bad, this is happening right here in the US, in this prison in Texas! Prisoners crawling around naked is just the beginning. Never saw any of this on CNN or FOX...
Radially expanding table (Video) "The expansion leaves are stored within the table and, in just four seconds, smoothly and quickly emerge upon rotation, rising and radially expanding outwards as the entire top is turned through 30 ˚. Existing tables can seat six persons when small, and twelve or more when expanded, but there are other design possibilities."
Kazakhstan to build city inside giant tent - I likey! Kazakhstan has unveiled plans to build a city under a huge transparent tent in its capital. I wonder what Borat would have to say about this...
Cool, amazing inventions I like this one. Janjaap Ruijssenaars air mattress uses a matching set of repelling magnets, built into the bed and the floor below, to support ~2,000 lbs.
Incredible Original Photos Of The Aftermath Of The Pearl Harbor Attack The fellow who sent these received them from an old shipmate on the USS Quapaw ATF-110. ATF-11O. Interesting as he's never seen them anywhere else. I think they're spectacular. You must see them for yourself to see how astonishing these photos are.
Scerri vs Preacher UCLA Professor combats fundamentalist Christian preacher. Classic quote: "I teach logic, motherfucker". This was actually my Basic Chemistry professor at UCLA. He's a pretty cool guy that blows up oxygen into water and plays the electric guitar in class.
Homeless Guy = Genius? Two guys walk upon this man panhandling and it turns into a deep philosophical lecture about the meaning of life and the ultimate truth. Warning: Very Long.
Geek Squad .. SUCKS! An undercover operation in which folks from this news channel, simply took out the IDE cable and guess what the Geek Squads tell them, ITS A POWER SUPPLE ISSUE. Way to go Geeks! Even compusa/circuit city correctly diagnosed the issue. whew!
Toyota Hybrid Battery Factory Turns Landscape to Poisoned Wasteland So many plants and trees around the factory at Sudbury in Ontario, Canada, have died that astronauts from Nasa practised driving moon buggies on the outskirts of the city because it was considered the closest thing on earth to the rocky lunar landscape. Is this really true???
Top 10 Most Unusual Buildings Man, these are weird!
50 Works of Art You Should See Before You Die Add to my list of things to see before I die...
Thumbelina: The World 's Smallest Horse Thumbelina, officially the world's smallest horse stands at an astounding 17 inches tall. She was born on a farm in America to a couple specialising in breeding miniature horses. Thumbelina was a dwarf among the dwarves, which her owner calls it a complete fluke. Normal horses lives to about 35 years while she is only likely to live for 17 years.
What Happens To Your Body If You Drink A Coke Right Now? They took the cocaine out of Coca-Cola because it was redundant. This is a scary time line of what actually happens to your body as you have a coke and a smile.
VIDEO: New Guinea's bizarre Birds of Paradise The strangest, most colorfully eccentric, strangely behaving bird I have ever seen footage of. From David Attenborough's "Planet Earth"
The Great Dictator: Chaplin's Speech This is from 'The Great Dictator', a satire of the Nazi's, who Chaplin hated. The words he speaks still rings true today. Chaplin a true genius whose wisdom will never die.
Sunset on Mars (jpg link) pretty cool!
Kurt Cobain Singing at Age 2 Watch the video to hear tapes that Cobain's Aunt owns of him, on which he's singing when he was only 2.
Voice Mail Why you should let voice mail pick up your calls, or not..
The World's Best Online Multiplayer Game - See for yourself... No need to register or enter a password. Just input a username, and begin! Played like pictionary.
Man Makes Own False Teeth of Stainless Steel This guy really should be inducted into the Maker hall of fame. If that doesn’t exist, they should create one. Just for him.
Amazing Video: How One man could Build Stonehenge Wally Wallington has demonstrated that he can lift a Stonehenge-sized pillar weighing 22,000 lbs and single-handedly moved a barn over 300 ft. What makes this so special is that he does it using only himself, gravity, and his incredible ingenuity.
Largest Earth Mover in the World This is the largest mover in the world.The mover stands 311 feet tall and 705 feet long. ~ It weighs over 45,500 tons~ Cost $100 million to build
You don't think immigration is really that big of a deal? Watch this... A video showing what will happen to America if congress does not lower the immigration levels to what it was in the past.
Never pay federal income tax again? If this documentary is correct, Americans should never have to pay federal income tax again. I, for one, would love to not have to file!
What if chat rooms were real? Hilarious Parody: Pedophiles, young teen girls, old men and women. Its AOL in it's prime!
Ever wonder where your confiscated items go that don't get past the checkpoint in the airport? Here they are! Notice in the seller's description that the items sold "ARE NTSA SEIZURES".
The stunning size 12 model branded 'too fat' for TV competition
My nomination for TRIPIEST website goes out to ... - From the creators of The Teletubbies.