Toads are exploading – no one knows why. Scientists only know 2 things about this phenomenon: (1) "The bloated animals suffer for several minutes before they finally die"; and (2) as far as the cause of explosion is concerned, they have "ruled out the possibility that it is a fungus that made its way from South […]
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Liger cubs on display in Serbian zoo
April 26th, 2005 
etdot Bred for their skills in magic, a couple of liger cubs are on display in a Serbian zoo. Zoo director would have us believe that although this mating is "practically impossible in the wild", this was not a scientific experiment – the lion and tiger just didn’t have anything better to do.
IQ Loss for email users more than double IQ loss for Potheads
April 22nd, 2005 etdot First it was TV, then marijuana, now email is the thing sucking our brains. The Guardian reports that email, with it’s "addictive, drug-like grip" will drop 10 points from your IQ on average, more than twice the 4 point loss caused by cannibus. Read the article here. The Register also has a story on this here.
Drum Machine
April 19th, 2005 etdot A rather cool Shockwave file hosted at RockStar games called Drum Machine.
Pooping just got safer
April 12th, 2005 etdot India Railways has decided to go with "passengers-friendly amenities." What does that mean? "…shock absorbing coaches, which will be designed in such a way that the toilets at the end of the coaches will not pass on the impact of collision to the passengers." How have we survived this long without shock absorbing toilets? HOW?! Article […]