News and other tidbits that Chad Cloman finds interesting enough to share
This video shows how crows have adapted to modern cities. The crow in question drops a nut on a pedestrian crosswalk, waits for a car to run over the nut and crack it open, then waits at the edge of the crosswalk for the light to change, and safely walks out to eat the nut.
ThinkGeek is selling a Yoda-shaped backpack that looks just like in the movie, where Yoda is clinging to Luke’s back. A definite must-have for the true Star Wars fan.
All of our dogs drank from the toilet, but I think this is going a bit too far.
This site has a few jigsaw puzzles where the image is a moving video. It’s fun. You’ll need to have Macromedia Shockwave Player installed in order for it to work.
This may be old news, but it’s new to me. Farmers are growing square watermelons by encasing them in square containers, which they grow to fit. Much easier to slice, store, and stack than conventional watermelons. In addition to the linked article, this article contains more information about the Japanese watermelons.
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(via Nothing To Do With Arbroath)
This woman discovered that she can bake cookies on her car dashboard when it’s hot outside.
This is the story of an ex-contractor at Apple who sneaked into the building every day and continued to work on a cancelled project for months. The finished product was eventually included as part of the Mac OS. It’s amazing what you can get away with when they can’t fire you (because you’re not an employee).
This German man has discovered a way to actually make money from farming. He covered his fields with solar panels and sells the energy to the utility company. Reminds me of the old joke where a farmer won the lottery. When asked what he’d do with the money, he replied that he’d keep on farming till he lost it all.
This man received some junk mail that included a non-negotiable sample check for $95,093.35 (along the lines of “you could make this much money if you use our get-rich-quick system”). Just for kicks he deposited the check, and it cleared. Fully expecting it to bounce at a later date, he didn’t withdraw the money. But after several weeks with no bounce and repeated reassurances by the bank, he decided to do some research. Turns out the check was indeed negotiable, even though it said “non-negotiable for cash.” So he got to keep the money. Note to self: Do not use real bank account information on fake checks…
This reminds me of my days in college, where a credit card insurance company sent me real checks. I was supposed to fill out my credit card info on the back but never did. I got several pizzas from that deal.
This is only for a few of the European versions of the game. But if it turns out to be popular, I’d expect to see it here in the US sometime soon.
This Israeli F-15 pilot was in a mid-air collision that tore off his plane’s right wing. Yet he managed to recover from the crash and safely land.
