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Frozen Neutrino Observatory

The earth to them is but a silly ball
To them, through which they simply pass,
Like dustmaids down a drafty hall,
Or photons through a sheet of glass...

-- Updike

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-a-frozen-neutrino-observatory-grapples-with-staggering-amounts-of-data


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She Kills People From 7,850 Miles Away

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/18/she-kills-people-from-7-850-miles-away.html
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P-40 Pilots at Pearl Harbor

   WW II PEARL HARBOR ATTACK 
A short video about two American P-40 pilots who were able to get Off the ground at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941                                                                       
  https://www.youtube.com/embed/zS8HWFWaqa4


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Pumpkin carving - with a rifle!



Is America great, or what?
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When the Western World Ran on Guano

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/when-the-western-world-ran-on-guano?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura&utm_campaign=265ca17dfe-Newsletter_10_15_201510_14_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_62ba9246c0-265ca17dfe-60865325&ct=t(Newsletter_10_15_201510_14_2015)&mc_cid=265ca17dfe&mc_eid=019f22cd0f
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The Woman Who Invented Software

http://www.wired.com/2015/10/margaret-hamilton-nasa-apollo/?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email
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Donald Trump in 1988 on the Oprah Winfrey Show



I guess he finally decided he'd had enough.
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Earth's rotation gave Bengals win over Seahawks

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/12/earths-rotation-gave-bengals-nfl-win-over-seahawks-says-neil-degrasse-tyson

I'm pretty sure they didn't cover this in Physics for Jocks.
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Maybe, it's not the guns, it's the people holding the guns

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Inside the Saturn V


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