‘Featured’ Archives
Sky Burials in Tibet
All funerals are sad and creepy, but they’re way better than feeding the corpse to a bunch of hungry eagles. Sky burials are often practiced in the mountains of Tibet, both for religious and practical reasons. Basically, the corpse is placed on a mountain top and sliced open in various places, to attract the birds of prey circling above. [...]
Egyptian Pet Mummies
Egyptian Animals Were Mummified Same Way as Humans The ancient Egyptians mummified more than just human corpses. Animals were viewed not only as pets, but as incarnations of gods. As such, the Egyptians buried millions of mummified cats, birds, and other creatures at temples honoring their deities. (more...)
Gold plated Buddhist cell phone
Since Buddhism is the most followed religion in China, this Chinese cell phone maker has cashed on to people’s beliefs and launched a Buddhist Mobile plated with 24 karat gold. I wonder what the connection is between the Enlightened One and a cell phone and Gold. The highlight of the cell phone is the distinguished incarnation of Lord Buddha [...]
Kingdom of gnomes in China
Kingdom of Gnomes in China Small people participate in the "Kingdom of the Dwarves" show in Yunnan province, China, Nov. 11, 2009. The "Kingdom of The Dwarves" was opened last summer with more than 100 little people from all over China, forming a unique community The whole country of gnomes in China! As if in a fairy tale (more...)
Will We Clone a Dinosaur?
If you use DNA taken from its myriad wing descendants, the idea is not as farfetched as it first appears The short answer is no. The slightly longer answer is definitely not. The Jurassic Park idea „ amber, insects and bits of frog dna „ would not work in a million years, and it was by far the most ingenious suggestion yet made for how [...]
Tommy Lee’s Helicopter Pulled Over By Cops
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ they first noticed Tommy Lee's helicopter around Glendale, when it flew underneath and "too close" to an LAPD chopper. After the pilot was ordered to land at the Van Nuys Airport, the LAPD went searching for the pilot. Sources say approximately 10 minutes later, they found him at a nearby hotel and he said he'd [...]
Evolution: The next 200 years
Richard Dawkins Which facts about evolution had to be true, and which just happen to be true? Did the genetic code have to be digital in order for natural selection to work? Could any other class of molecules have substituted for proteins? How inevitable was the evolution of sex? Eyes? Intelligence? Language? Consciousness? Was the origin of life [...]
Grandma Just Added You! Boomers Begin Social Media Invasion
If you’re a geek and you’re reading this, to you social media is old news — which is why it’s now mainstream (and about to get worse). But first a history lesson: The real story behind the sucess of MySpace and Facebook is that they were sites NOT aimed at geeks — unlike so many Web 1.0 hubs the real appeal of this first generation of [...]
American Tradition On A Dollar
Presidents on dollar bills: below is a breakdown of some presidents on united states money currency. Which president is on the one dollar bill? Of course, it's George Washington. On the one dollar bill, the first U.S. President George Washington was painted by Gilbert Stuart. It's interesting to know that generally the life of a $1 bill is 22 [...]
The 11 Most Depressing Moments Of The 2009 Detroit Auto Show
Just because we had fun at the Detroit Auto Show doesn't mean there weren't somber moments. In fact, most moments were. Here are the 11 most depressing moments from the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. 11.) Reporters Asking Us For Jobs While working at Jalopnik may seem like a dream job, we're sometimes treated as a curiosity by print journalists who [...]
