Proposals would turn highways into wind farms

Clogged highways and frustratingly waiting while your gas needle plummets to empty usually doesn't conjure up thoughts of green, but it seems like these very roads could become the source of a lot more energy. Several recent student designs have proposed that major roadways be retrofitted with various forms of wind energy collection devices...



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The Real China [Pics]

Real China, in photos



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United Stated National Debt As A Percentage Of GDP - Historical 1940 to Now

Second Graph down on page but whole page is good information. Are the naysayers right in saying not to be concerned?



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What Do 300 Calorie Meals Look Like?

"Here is a selection of meals that are in the 300-400 calorie range. The visual representation gives an idea of portion size."



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Marijuana Shrinks Tumors, Government Knew In 1974

While trying to prove the opposite, a researcher stumbled onto the fact that marijuana aggressively kills some forms of cancer.The government stepped in, shut down the study, and burned all the research. The study has since been proven to be true.



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PHOTOS: If you don't clean your room for a long time

This happens, when you drink much, you smoke and at all you do not like to clean your room :-)



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Bank of America Gave Me A Counterfeit $20

I had four bucks left in my wallet last weekend. It was time to go to the ATM...



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The Most Dangerous Roller Blades Ever (PIC)

When the day comes, if you don't have the cojones for bushido we recommend the Booster Blades for a respectable self-offing.



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Photo: The 3rd Man In History To Ever Walk On Water !!!

The 1st one was Jesus...The 2nd one was Peter (the apostle)...Then there was this guy .......Jose



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Picture: Laziest worker

This photo demonstrates how lazy we are.



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PICTURE: If you were in a hurry, which door would you chose?

Read carefully.



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PICTURE: The Happiest Bug You'll Ever See

What a great shot!



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Frightening Image of Nigerian Children

Armed with the Latest Weapons of Mass...



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(Pic) I have nothing to hide...except the TRUTH

A protestor holds up a sign prior to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the U.S. Capitol in Washington Thursday, April 19, 2007 about the controversial dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)



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Graph : 2nd Cousin Twice Removed? - What Does That Mean?

This is a great chart that will help you understand.



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Dilbert develops the iPod "killer"

The title says it all



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Unbelievable Concert Hall in Paris [PICS]

The 2,400 seat auditorium designed by Jean Nouvel is due to open in 2012.



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PICTURES: Art With Wires

Don't worry it's not the porno clips joke going around with a different name. Although it could be done with wires.



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29 Predictions For The Year 2000 (Written in 1900)

The Ladies Home Journal from December 1900, which contained a fascinating article by John Elfreth Watkins, Jr. “What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years”.



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25 years murder-free in 'Gun Town USA'

This is a tale of two cities. Kennesaw, GA, requires every head of household to own a firearm and watches its crime rate plunge. Morton Grove, IL, bans all firearms (except for police officers) and watches its crime rate skyrocket.



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Vince Young To Take Madden 08 Cover...

Well, Vince had a good run. Congrats, Mr. Young, and we wish you a speedy recovery!



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Limbaugh: Games Aren't To Blame

Not every video gamer goes out and murders 33 people on the college campus though. There's more than that. We can find all kinds of societal problems and ills, but the fact of the matter is that whatever you would look at as a bad influence - video games as you mentioned - it may desensitize people, but it doesn't turn everybody into mass murderers



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Nine Inch Nails' "Year Zero" disk holds a secret.......

If you picked up the new album today, you opened it up to find a black CD. Put upon putting it in your computer and listening to it for a while, you'll find the CD isn't black anymore when you take it out......



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SICK: CELEBRITY CULT OF SCIENTOLOGY ATTEMPTS TO CAPITALIZE ON VIRGINIA TECH

scientology stoops to new low with this one.



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Forbes picks the 10 Sexiest Cars

Believe it or not, though, choosing 10 super-hot vehicles for this feature was no easy feat (we know what you're thinking: How hard can it be to ogle Ferraris?).



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Really Cool Guilt Art

American Consumption Art



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Fast Food: Ads vs. Reality

Check out the difference in how they advertised the product and what you really got. Each item was purchased, taken home, and photographed immediately. Nothing was tampered with, run over by a car, or anything of the sort. It is an accurate representation in every case.



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For Sale: One useless cat

Pics.



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How to Win at Rock-Paper-Scissors (and also how to cheat)

Earlier this month, our YouTube Hunter found some riveting rock-paper-scissors footage. Today, Rocketboom has more, including classic interviews with the world’s best RPS athletes.



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Proof : Astronauts had to go through US Customs to return from the Moon

This is a scanned image of the signed customs declaration.



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The World's Ugliest Wedding Dresses [PICS]

What were they thinking? Check the third one... how nasty is that!



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Toyota Prius can't pass Georgia's emissions test

Every Toyota Prius tested has failed the state of Georgia's emissions test because the vehicle is required to idle its engine during the test. The Toyota Prius shuts off its engine instead of idling, so the automated test instantly fails the hybrid car. This presumably affects any car with an engine stop function at idle.



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New US Passport Design is, um, Incredible?

The new U.S. e-passport will incorporate updated security features and a new design. This design will reflect the varied landscapes of our country and each page will include a quote reflecting the hope and success that is the United States of America. They sure crammed in as much imagery as they could. Pretty incredible.



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Geek Culture [PICS]

These are the greatest monitor setups I have ever seen.



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Kermit the Frog had an itch...

...so he went to the doctor and found some not so good news.



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A rare collection of cloud formations (amazing)

Title says it all



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GEEKS!! EXPLAIN THIS PIC

You wont find anything special in the first look.Get up from your chair and move five steps back and look again.If any one know how this is happening please answer.



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25 Reasons You Might Be A Hardcore Graphic/Web Designer | BittBox

It's shameful how true these are..



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PHOTOS: Tarzan's Chimpanzee Cheeta Celebrates 75th Birthday

Cheeta the chimpanzee, the animal star of 12 Tarzan films, celebrated his 75th birthday yesterday.The famous animal star, who appeared in the 30s and 40s jungle blockbusters, is the world's oldest chimpanzee.



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Why should we have eight hours' sleep?

A tiny minority of us get eight hours' sleep a night. But do we really need that much?



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Most Politically Incorrect Store Name. Ever. (photo)

Title says it all...



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Urban Art Big Illusion

Random yellow paint or is there something else going on on a much much larger scale? You know you want to find out.



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[PIC] - Best Help Menu Ever

Screenshot from the application iSquint for OS X. The best use of the help menu.



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[PIC] - Best Help Menu Ever

Screenshot from the application iSquint for OS X. The best use of the help menu.



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Quake Lifts Island Ten Feet Out of Ocean (with photos)

Ranongga island in the South Pacific Ocean was raised ten feet higher after it was hit by an 8.1 magnitude earthquake. National Geographic has some photos by William West and a short article about it.



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Meet the Hamster Shredder

Just be mindful to keep your little guy clear of the paper-grinding gears, we wouldn't want this thing taking its name literally.



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Funny Bumper Sticker (PIC)

Don't mess with America....



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Grand Canyon Skywalk is a ripoff

Anyone who is planning a trip to experience the Grand Canyon Skywalk should read this: "The view and feeling of hovering were amazing. It really was the closest I've ever come to experiencing flight...Unfortunately, the experience had already been soured by the feeling of being taken advantage of and lied to."



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PICTURES: Dry Valleys of Antarctica

"The Dry Valleys of Antarctica get almost no snowfall, and except for a few steep rocks they are the only continental part of Antarctica devoid of ice. The terrain looks like something not of this Earth; the valley floor occasionally contains a perennially frozen lake with ice several meters thick..."



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If Homer Simpson was Real

We're used to Homer in 2 dimensions, we've even seen him as a 3D character in the series. But what would he look like if he was a real person? This step by step study answers this question.

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PIC: Adolf Hitler's pictures

Did you know that Adolf Hitler (WW2) was a good painter? Here are his pictures.

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READ THIS, IT'S AMAZING

Joshua Bell is one of the world's greatest violinists. His instrument of choice is a multimillion-dollar Stradivarius. If he played it for spare change, incognito, outside a bustling Metro stop in Washington, would anyone notice?

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Funny Bathroom Graffiti (pic)

Funny.

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Jack in the Box - Disturbing unknown object in Fajita Pita [Photo]

I just spent some time chewing on this. I have no idea what it is. I don't know if I want to know what it is. I do want to make sure that no one else eats one though.

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Pranksters GLUE School Doors Shut w/ ADHESIVE

High schoolers plugged over 100 locks with super-strength adhesive.

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The worlds most amazing fish tank (PICTURES)

Someone please give me a quick lesson on physics or something to explain this….

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George W Bush: Failure Again, Says Google

Bush is back in the top results for "failure" at Google, after the White House foolishly uses that word on Bush's web page, reactivating the failure Googlebomb.

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PICTURE: Photo reveals the opposite of recycling

"While traveling in China, my brother Mark Pescovitz and his son Ari spotted this pair of bins, one for recycling and one for, er, the opposite of recycling. Click image for a larger version..."

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Photo: The Smallest Blowfish EVER

Smaller than Golf ball.

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Racial slur on sofa label stuns family

From the Toronto Star: "When the new chocolate-coloured sofa set was delivered to her Brampton home, Doris Moore was stunned to see packing labels describing the shade as "Nigger-brown."

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The Rich Are More Oblivious Than You and Me

What causes celebrities to act like they play by a different set of rules? Is it that the power brought on by fame and money allows them to escape the consequences of their actions, or do they focus so much on the rewards that they lose touch?

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Bill O'Reilly loses it going against Geraldo Rivera

"We've seen Bill lose it before, but I think this one is the wildest segments I've ever seen. I really thought Bill was going to haul off an upper cut to Geraldo's jaw. Geraldo yelled at O'Reilly that the way he used this case was " A SIN!""

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Man Tries Living Underwater

A man is going to try living in a sealed box underwater for two weeks, using algae to eat and to produce enough air for him to breathe.

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Who killed more people in the Bible? (image)

God v. Satan, interesting...

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Reznor adopts unusual Web campaign for new album

"Trent Reznor could have just given a few interviews to explain Nine Inch Nails' new album, "Year Zero." But instead, he's using a multifaceted Internet scavenger hunt, and in some cases, his own rabid fans, to help gradually build the story of the project."

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Top 10 Most Gruesome/Bizarre Sports Injuries

Most of these are nasty. They will make your stomach turn. So if you're eating a meal, be careful.

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PICTURES: Buddhist Sand Art

Buddhist monks from the Namgyal Monastery in Ithaca, New York will construct a five-and-a-half foot Medicine Buddha sand mandala in the Ackland's Yager Gallery of Asian Art. On that day, the monks will dismantle the mandala and deposit the sand in a body of water.

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PICTURES: Incredible Egg Stacker

This guy is amazing. It must have taken a lot of chickens to do this!

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10 Creepiest Deep Sea Creatures

Yikes!

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PICTURES: A three layer wedding cake made out of MEAT!

The author made this meatcake as a joke groom's cake in his friend's wedding. 3 layers of juicy grade A beef, mash potatoes for the frosting, and ketchup to top it off.

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FOLLOWUP: House Isolated in a Construction Pit for 3 Years = Torn Down

The home of a Chinese family who defied property developers in a high-profile campaign has been demolished after a deal was reportedly agreed.

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Air Force turns 'pain gun' on AP reporter

We're all quite familiar with the Air Force's so-called 'pain gun' by now -- the millimeter wave weapon that gives targets an unbearable, full-body burning sensation and that may or may not have been recommended for testing on Americans by branch secretary Wynn -- but can you ever really 'know' a crowd control device without seeing it in action?

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PICTURE: Why America is Fat

Title says it all...

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Geoge Orwell's Home Surrounded By Surveillance Cameras

Use of spy cameras in modern-day Britain is now a chilling mirror image of Orwell's fictional world of '1984'. On the wall outside his former residence, where Orwell lived until his death in 1950, an historical plaque commemorates the anti-authoritarian author. And within 200 yards of the flat, there are 32 CCTV cameras, scanning every move.

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Google's New Mail Feature: Gmail Print

You click, we print.

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Google's New TISP Service

Get a head start and order your free TISP kit today ONLY

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