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Unobtainium

Unobtainium

Unobtainium is any very rare, expensive, or impossible material needed to suit a particular application.

Engineers have long (since at least the 1950s) used

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100 things author dies

100 things author dies

The author of 100 Things to Do Before You Die is dead at the age of 47. I hope he …

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The Holy Grail [Amazing]

The Holy Grail [Amazing]

The most Onion-like real news story of all time has been found. [Sioux City Journal via James Wilkerson

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The Onion’s Decider

The Onion’s Decider
Here’s an unexpected move: The Onion has launched a CitySearch/Yelp competitor called Decider. It’s only available for Chicago right now. I’ve …

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New site: BackType. It tries to aggregate and make searchable all the comments in the blogosphere (now there’s a rich data set!). TechCrunch calls it “a Twitter for comments.

New site: BackType. It tries to aggregate and make searchable all the comments in the blogosphere (now there’s a rich data set!). TechCrunch calls it …

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Banksy Does New Orleans [Art]

Banksy Does New Orleans [Art]
A tipster has sent us five photos of brand new works by semi-secret superfamous street artist Banksy. All five …

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