Astronaut Takao Doi was asked by a friend, Yasuhiro Togai, a world boomerang champion, to see what happens when you throw a boomerang in space. Takao did it and it worked just like it does on Earth.
Study Shows Philadelphia Sucks
I love It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia but I didn’t think people in Philadelphia was really like that. A Travel & Leisure magazine and CNN Headline News survey found that Philadelphians are the least stylish, least active, least friendly and least worldly. Beating out Washington DC and Dallas/Fort Worth for the honors.
Farley (senior editor at www.travelandleisure.com) pointed out the results…mean people in Philadelphia are ugly or the city is a bad place to visit.
Okay the “…” replaces “don’t”. But who cares Philadelphia sucks. Especially the way they played .500 ball at the end of the season, forcing the Mets to make the greatest collapse in sports history.
Automatic Toilet Paper Dispenser
Engadget posted this video of the automatic toiler paper dispenser. Finally, no more using my hands to wad up TP like an idiot.
Science of Godzilla
Scienceblog has a post about the science of Godzilla, explaining the biology of Godzilla. It talks about both the original and the dumb one they made in 1998 where he was a monster created by the Mountain Dew marketing department. It has dinosaur experts talking about Godzilla if he had actually existed.
They expert did agree that the Mountain Dew version was less plausible even if it did look more “real.” They also explained why Godzilla wouldn’t need to eat and how he would be able to breath radioactivity.
Hexafluoride
This is a gas that’s five times thicker than air and they make an aluminum foil boat float for a little bit.