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uber-scotsman mcglashan explains how the scots invented everything. this scottish sketch shows how the plucky scots are able to take the piss out of themselves for having invented lots of cool stuff.
woody norris shows off two of his inventions that treat sound in new ways, and talks about his nontraditional approach to inventing and education. as he puts it: "almost nothing has been invented yet." so -- what`s next?
chimpanzees in the congo were recently recorded using a new kind of tool to scoop up termites.
remember ladies - always leave on a high note.
wtf
a german company has come up with a novel way of beating bans on smoking in pubs – put the nicotine in the beer.
a new beer, known as nicoshot, is undergoing testing in germany with hopes it can be moved toward approval in the next few months. each beer contains three milligrams of nicotine and a 6.3 per cent alcohol reading.
its german maker, nautilus, claims the beer is designed to help smokers quit the habit rather than make the drink addictive.
"while nicoshot can lessen cravings, it is not a 'cure' for smoking," nautilus said.
"but it can help you make changes in your lifestyle without having to walk out of the bar for a quick smoke to deal with sudden withdrawal symptoms. over time, when you are more comfortable being a non-smoker, the use of nicotine beer can be reduced and then stopped."
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paul otlet`s vision that came way before its time
haggis was invented by the english before being hijacked by scottish nationalists, according to a leading food historian. catherine brown has discovered references to the dish in a recipe book dated 1615, the english hus-wife by gervase markham. this was published at least 171 years before robert burns penned his poem address to a haggis, which made the delicacy famous, reports the daily telegraph. the first mention she could find of scottish haggis was in 1747, indicating that the dish originated south of the border and was later copied from english books. ms brown believes that scottish nationalists may have appropriated haggis as a symbol of their nationhood in the decades following the act of union with england in 1707. "it seems to be that there's an identity thing there. we'd lost our monarchy, we'd lost our parliament and we gained our haggis," she said. she said burns claimed the pudding as scottish with his poem in 1786 because it was a thrifty contrast to the elaborate and pretentious french cuisine popular in edinburgh at the time. james macsween, director of macsween's, the award-winning edinburgh haggis-maker, said that whatever its origin, the pudding would remain a scottish icon. he said: "this is certainly a revelation to me, but haggis is now renowned as scotland's dish largely due to robert burns, who made it famous. "that's not to say that prior to burns that haggis wasn't eaten in england, but scotland has done a better job of looking after it. i didn't hear shakespeare writing a poem about haggis." source, wth is haggis???
the golden wheel spider (carparachne aureoflava) is truly a unique and amazing creature of the beautiful namib desert. it builds burrows that extend 40-50cm deep into the sand dunes. the burrow generally gives it sufficient shelter from its predators and especially its archenemy: pompilid wasps. however, sometimes their burrow collapses and they have to build a new one, which can take a few days. the new burrows are initially not very deep and this is the time for the wasp to attack. they go into the burrow to inspect the size of the spider. the spider can fight them off in the burrow but then the wasp begins to dig a hole towards the end of the burrow. the wasp is able to shift 10 litres of sand or up to 80,000 times its own body weight during this process. the spider, now exposed to the wasp, has two alternatives. if it is on a steep sand dune, it makes itself into a ball and rolls down the slope with a speed of 1 m/s and about 20 rotations per second. the wasp is unable to follow the spider and the spider survives. the other option is running. however, the wasp can fly after the spider, sting it, paralyze it and then plants an egg inside the spider. the wasp then proceeds to carry the spider into a hole, which it seals off. now the newly hatched wasp has a lot of food when it wakes up. the wheel spider is the only known animal to use a wheeling motion to move and can be found exclusively in the namib desert.
so they could bounce, of course!
yet another video showing all those "mistakes" that never made headlining news like mccain's did. just sharing some of the ones i came across because the media won't.
ali g pitches his idea to a few marketers.
in my opinion one of his bests stand ups.
