citizenk + curious   25

Chinese firefighters extinguish 180-year-old coal fire
Chinese firefighters have succeeded in putting out an underground coal fire that had burned unabated for 180 years.
fires  news_  curious 
october 2007 by citizenk
Telegraph | News | Driver beats fine with schoolboy science
Convinced of his innocence, he wrote off asking for photographs of the incident and used the classroom formula 'speed equals distance over time' to prove he was travelling at 44.8mph in the 50mph zone
curious  maths  physics  driving 
november 2006 by citizenk
BBC NEWS | Americas | Rare stamp 'used on US post vote'
But it will be 22 months before laws will permit the box with the envelope to be reopened and the stamp checked.
stamps  us  news  curious 
november 2006 by citizenk
AppleInsider | MacBook snaps photos inside Apple repair depot
What do you get when you write a script that instructs your MacBook to take a photo every time it wakes up from sleep, then send the notebook in for repairs? Photographs from the inside of one of Apple Computer's repair facilities.
apple  photography  curious  pictures 
november 2006 by citizenk
Salad Anyone?
Look closely at the package. Just below the lettering.
curious 
october 2006 by citizenk
A jacket for sleeping on public transportation
a jacket that transforms into a firm and protective shell around the user
design  clothing  transportation  clever  curious 
october 2006 by citizenk
Boing Boing: Pot grown in a PC
A few days ago police in Poland arrested a 17 year old kid who ran a mini-farm of cannabis inside his PC. The PC was normally used but modded to contain a light source, and keep humidity and temperature at proper levels.
curious  mods  hardware  pc 
october 2006 by citizenk
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Seeds 200 years old breathe again
Seeds which have been stored away since the time of George III have been persuaded into new life.
biology  plants  science  research  curious  history 
september 2006 by citizenk
New Scientist Planet Science: Torque of the devil
they call it a rebellious celt, but it's also called a rattleback or just a celt.
physics  curious  rebellious-celt 
september 2006 by citizenk
hmmm
Quite a dangerous stretch of road
traffic  bolivia  pictures  curious 
july 2006 by citizenk
Eye-to-eye with a giant squid - The Other Side - Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au
THE crew of a New Zealand fishing trawler were lucky Archi the giant squid was dead when they hauled him up on deck.
biology  museum  animals  archytheutis  curious 
december 2005 by citizenk
Article: Manhole Covers in Space -- and Online, by Debbie Moorhouse
Was it true that a manhole cover, accidentally blasted upwards at escape velocity during the American nuclear tests in the 1950s, was in fact the first manmade object in space, beating Sputnik 1 by a long way?
space  urban-legends  curious 
july 2005 by citizenk
IS THIS YOU?
ARE YOU HERE? (Une petite saveur d'Amélie Poulain...)
tube  london  uk  photography  pictures  curious 
july 2005 by citizenk
'Japan soldiers' found in jungle
Japanese officials in the Philippines are to meet two men who claim to be Japanese soldiers who have lived in the jungle since the end of World War II.
japan  pacific  jungle  war  curious 
may 2005 by citizenk

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