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| September 30, 2005
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Warning: Armed dolphins are now loose in the Gulf of Mexico!
Dolphins have been trained in attack-and-kill missions since the Cold War. The navy launched the classified Cetacean Intelligence Mission in San Diego in 1989, where dolphins, fitted with toxic dart harnesses and small electrodes planted under their skin, were taught to patrol and protect Trident submarines in harbour and stationary warships at sea. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, several of these dolphins are thought to have been let loose inadvertently.
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|  Source: Guardian via Chris Cummings
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| September 29, 2005
| Animals
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Only female mosquitoes bite.
The mosquito's probiscis is very sharp and thin, so it's often not even felt. After sucking in about 5 microliters (5 x 10-6 liters), the mosquito flies off. Unfortunately, some saliva remains in the wound causing swelling and itching.
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| Source: HowStuffWorks via Jason Langberg
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| September 27, 2005
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Gauchos are South American cattle herders, living on the pampas, the plain that extends north from Patagonia bounded on the west by the Andes.
They have become romantic figures just like "cowboys". Like the North American cowboy, gauchos are generally reputed to be strong, silent types, but arrogant, and capable of violence when provoked.
"Gaucho pants" are now all the rage even though they look funny.
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| Source: Wikipedia via Lavanya Nagaraj
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| September 26, 2005
| Technology
FactID: 443
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2003 was the first year that digital cameras outsold traditional cameras.
The Photography Marketing Association estimates that 42% of households had a digital camera in 2004.
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| Source: PMA via Wired
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| September 25, 2005
| Food
FactID: 442
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40% of the world's almonds, 20% of all peanuts, and 8% of the world's sugar ends up in a candy bar.
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| Source: "The Secret Life of Candybars" on the Food Network
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| September 22, 2005
| Politics
FactID: 441
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"The world has changed when the widely despised news media have a far higher approval rating (77 percent) than the President (46 percent), as measured last week in a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll. "
-- Frank Rich, NY Times columnist
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| Source: NY Times via Chris Cummings
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| September 19, 2005
| World
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Qatar, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates have pledged $100 million each to help with Hurricane Katrina relief.
See the full list at foreignpolicy.com!
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| Source: Foreignpolicy.com via Prerak Bathia
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| September 15, 2005
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One out of every three acres of American land - 600 million acres - is public land.
Explore away!
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| Source: National Public Lands Day
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| September 14, 2005
| Technology
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The new iPod nano is really small.
It is one-fifth the size of the original iPod. It's one-third the size of the super-thin Motorola RAZR. And it weighs less than 8 quarters in your pockets -- it even fits comfortably into the change pocket of your jeans.
Check out the TV ad!
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| Source: Apple
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| September 13, 2005
| Health
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Infants aged 0-5 months who are not breastfed have seven-fold and five-fold
increased risks of death from diarrhea and pneumonia, respectively, compared with infants who are breastfed exclusively.
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| September 11, 2005
| Food
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Pimento, the red sliver in green olives, is a large, red, heart-shaped pepper. They are added to olives as part of the pickling process to make olives less bitter.
Since green olives are picked while unripe, they are more dense and more likely to be bitter than black olives.
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| Source: Ask Yahoo! via Jason Langberg (not Asha Rangaraj)
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| September 8, 2005
| Society
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An American child will consume and pollute more over a lifetime than 30 children born in India.
Our economy also uses more resources than any other nation and generates one quarter of the greenhouse gases contributing to global warming.
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| Source: Nova: World In the Balance on PBS via Shruti Nagaraj
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| September 7, 2005
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The average person sheds million of skin cells each day -- even during sleep.
Dust mites in your bed feed on them; so much so that the weight of a mattress will double every ten years because of the dead bugs inside!
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| Source: Simmons Bedding Co. via Fortune
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| September 6, 2005
| Sports
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NASCAR is the country's fastest growing sport! N.A.S.C.A.R. stands for National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
It's the second-most-watched sport behind pro football. NASCAR-licensed products netted $2.1 billion last year! Corporate sponsors gave $1.5 billion, compared to $445 million for the NFL and $340 million for major league baseball.
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| Source: Fortune article
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| September 4, 2005
| Food
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Americans, on average, drink 52 gallons of soda a year!
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| Source: The Secret Life of Soda on the Food Network
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| September 1, 2005
| Business
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QVC, the home shopping channel, is the 3rd largest TV channel in terms of annual revenue ($5.7B).
Worldwide, QVC received 192 million phone calls last year.
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| Source: Business 2.0 and QVC
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