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News: Afghan War Goes to Pot
October 13th, 2006From YahooNews:
Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian troops fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan have stumbled across an unexpected and potent enemy — almost impenetrable forests of 10-feet-high marijuana plants.
General Rick Hillier, chief of the Canadian defense staff, said on Thursday that Taliban fighters were using the forests as cover. In response, the crew […]
Cool Stuff: Museum of Goofy Food Anomalies
July 17th, 2006Over at the MOFA (Museum of Food Anomalies) you can learn all about odd and strange food, and I don’t mean just your run of the mill “Virgin Mary in Bannana Split” kind of anomalies. They have everything from a smiley face mushroom to corn with birth defects.
News: Almost Extinct American Chestnut Tree Making a Comeback in Georgia
May 19th, 2006From SeattlePI.COM:
Rare American chestnut trees discovered
By ELLIOTT MINOR
ALBANY, Ga. — A stand of American chestnut trees that somehow escaped a blight that killed off nearly all their kind in the early 1900s has been discovered along a hiking trail not far from President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Little White House at Warm Springs.
The find has stirred […]
News: Miracle Scientific Breakthrough! Scientist Discover How Beans Make you Fart
April 26th, 2006
From CNN.COM:
Scientists find secret to gas-free beans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Two strains of bacteria are the key to making beans flatulence-free, Venezuelan researchers reported on Tuesday.
They identified two bacteria, Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus plantarum, which can be added to beans so they cause minimal distress to those who eat them, and to those around the bean-lovers, […]
News: Getting your House Plants Drunk May be Good For Them
April 6th, 2006From CNN.COM:
Expert: A little liquor helps houseplants
Study finds diluted alcohol stunts stems but not blossoms
ITHACA, New York (AP) — For home gardeners who don’t want their daffodils to tip over, a Cornell University horticulturist thinks he has the answer: Get the flowers a little tipsy with some hard liquor.
Giving some potted plants diluted alcohol — […]
Kid shot by Neighbor for Walking on His Lawn
March 20th, 2006From CNN:
Neighbor charged with killing teen who walked on his grass.
BATAVIA, Ohio (AP) — A man who neighbors say was devoted to his meticulously kept lawn was charged with murder in the shooting of a 15-year-old boy who apparently walked across his yard.
Charles Martin called 911 on Sunday afternoon, saying calmly: “I just killed a […]
Shamrock or Scamrock? Botanists refute the Special Magic Powers of the Common Clover, Green leprechauns Disagree
March 17th, 2006
From MSNBC:
Irish shamrock a load of blarney, some say
St. Patrick’s Day hype aside, botanists say, nothing special about clover
DUBLIN, Ireland - For one week a year, nursery owner Cecil Geddis is knee-deep in shamrocks, the delicate three-leafed plant that people the world over associate with Ireland and St. Patrick’s Day.
“You have to move fast in […]
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