Teenage tragedy song

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:01:06 -0400

The “teenage tragedy song”, also known as death rock or a “splatter platter,” is a style of ballad popular between the late 1950s and early 1960s, that lamented the early deaths of teenagers, either sung from the viewpoint of the dead person’s sweetheart, or sometimes from the viewpoint of the dead (or dying) person.

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:03:05 -0400

Chipotle Mexican Grill :

Chipotle has been sued for failure to be Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant, as a customer who uses a wheelchair was unable to see the food preparation, denying him the “Chipotle Experience”. The case against the company was upheld in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Chipotle’s appeal, leaving the 9th’s Circuit ruling intact. Chipotle has, “an official disability policy of bringing ingredients to the tables of diners with disabilities and doing tableside preparation.”

Chipotle is retrofitting restaurants affected by the ruling, and incorporating the new design into new restaurants.

T.I. - Rescue of suicidal man

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:01:05 -0400

T.I. - Rescue of suicidal man:

T.I. has been praised for helping a twenty-four year old suicidal man in Atlanta named Joshua Starks, convincing the man not to go through with jumping from a 22-story building. On October 13, 2010, T.I. reportedly heard about the situation on the radio and drove to the scene at Atlanta’s 400 Colony Square Building. He drove to the site, and asked the police if he could help Starks. T.I. then talked to the man, and convinced him not to jump.

Freshman fifteen

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:04:00 -0400

Freshman fifteen :

Colleges and universities have recently been cracking down on this common problem and are trying to educate people on how to prevent it.

A study done on 60 students at Cornell University showed that 20% of the weight gained by the test subjects was due to the fact students were eating at all-you-can-eat dining halls.

minusmanhattan: The Big Water Hole by Rui David. Yes, this is...

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:00:05 -0400

minusmanhattan:

The Big Water Hole by Rui David.

Yes, this is real. It’s called a bell-mouth spillway.

Center of the World is an unincorporated community in far...

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:01:05 -0400

Center of the World is an unincorporated community in far eastern Braceville Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. It consists of several houses and a few retail establishments centered at the crossroads where State Routes 82 and 5 diverge.

Word salad

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:01:05 -0400

Word salad:

Word salad is a mixture of random words that, while arranged in phrases that appear to give them meaning, actually carry no significance. The words may or may not be grammatically correct, but the meaning is hopelessly confused. A famous example is Noam Chomsky’s phrase, “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.”

List of people considered father or mother of a field

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:00:05 -0400

List of people considered father or mother of a field

Dry Bridge is a bridge in Zrenjanin, Serbia. It is a unique...

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:02:05 -0400

Dry Bridge is a bridge in Zrenjanin, Serbia. It is a unique bridge which does not have any water surface under it.

Some residents claim that Dry Bridge has become an ironic symbol of Zrenjanin, and should not be demolished, on the basis that it is the only bridge in the world that does not span any kind of physical obstacle; this is untrue, however, as Trinity Bridge is another example.

List of the oldest currently registered Internet domain names

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:00:05 -0400

List of the oldest currently registered Internet domain names

Nazi talking dogs

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:02:06 -0400

Nazi talking dogs:

During the 1930s and 1940s German animal behaviorists were encouraged to explore whether dogs could be taught to speak or communicate in other ways in order to be useful in the Nazi war effort.

Experiments were carried out to find evidence of telepathy between dog and man.

This image (when viewed in full size, 1000 pixels wide) contains...

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:02:05 -0400

This image (when viewed in full size, 1000 pixels wide) contains 1 million pixels, each of a different color. The human eye can distinguish about 10 million different colors.

Incest in the Bible

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:01:05 -0400

Incest in the Bible

List of ethnic slurs by ethnicity

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:02:06 -0400

List of ethnic slurs by ethnicity

Western stereotype of the male ballet dancer

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:00:05 -0400

Western stereotype of the male ballet dancer

Curse of Turan

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:01:05 -0400

Curse of Turan:

The Curse of Turan is a belief that Hungarians have been under the influence of a malicious spell for many centuries. The “curse” manifests itself as inner strife, pessimism, misfortune and several historic catastrophes.

Unsinkable Sam

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:57:06 -0400

Unsinkable Sam:

Unsinkable Sam (also known as Oscar) was the nickname of a German ship’s cat who saw service in both the Kriegsmarine and Royal Navy during the Second World War, serving on board three vessels and surviving the sinking of all three.

publicdomainbitch: Philipp Otto Runge’s Color Sphere 1810 From...

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:37:06 -0400

publicdomainbitch:

Philipp Otto Runge’s Color Sphere

1810

From Wikipedia

Strawberry Quik meth

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:57:47 -0400

Strawberry Quik meth:

Strawberry Quik meth is a drug scare from 2007. Drug dealers were allegedly using coloring and flavoring to disguise methamphetamines as Strawberry Quik, thus making them more appealing to children. The story was widely reported in the media, but no cases of children using flavored meth have been verified.

Fox News reported that drug dealers were using pop rocks to disguise the taste of meth and market it to children.

Emails began to circulate, claiming that meth was being disguised as candy and given to unsuspecting children. Snopes has reported that while colored crystal meth exists, and flavored meth may exist, there is no evidence of it being given to children.

Colored dates. yoshang: “White March, Green March, Blue...

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:24:15 -0400

Colored dates.

yoshang:

“White March, Green March, Blue October and Pink Friday also exist but do not refer to a date.”

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Teenage tragedy song

Chipotle Mexican Grill

T.I. - Rescue of suicidal man

Freshman fifteen

minusmanhattan: The Big Water Hole by Rui David. Yes, this is...

Center of the World is an unincorporated community in far...

Word salad

List of people considered father or mother of a field

Dry Bridge is a bridge in Zrenjanin, Serbia. It is a unique...

List of the oldest currently registered Internet domain names

Nazi talking dogs

This image (when viewed in full size, 1000 pixels wide) contains...

Incest in the Bible

List of ethnic slurs by ethnicity

Western stereotype of the male ballet dancer

Curse of Turan

Unsinkable Sam

publicdomainbitch: Philipp Otto Runge’s Color Sphere 1810 From...

Strawberry Quik meth

Colored dates. yoshang: “White March, Green March, Blue...