[Weird thing of the day] Beware of the ground moving beneath your feet

[Aaron Solomon Adelman]

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Greetings.

Jewish date:  2 Marḥeshwan 5771 (Parashath Lekh-Lekha).

Today’s quasi-holidays:  National Cake Decorating Day, World Mental Health Day (UN), National Angel Food Cake Day, 42 Day.

Worthy cause of the day:  “Tell the DOJ: Investigate the Chamber of Commerce's campaign spending”.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Biggest Genome Ever”
• “An Asteroid Smashup”
• “Old tracks show protodinosaurs emerged millions of years earlier than previously thought”
• “Regulators consider more rigorous examination of consumer genetic tests for serious diseases”
• “Smarter Than You Think - Google Cars Drive Themselves, in Traffic”
• “Longreach life-saving bazooka wins James Dyson Award for Australian inventor”
• “So, How Long Would It Take to Travel to That Exciting New Exoplanet?”
• “The 100-year leap”
• “Linguists Discover New Language in Remote India”

Today’s weird thing is “650 Million Years in 1 Min. and 20 Sec.”, which animates continental drift.  And the continents have moved around quite a bit.


650 Million Years in 1 Min. and 20 Sec.

Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron

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Posted By Aaron Solomon Adelman to Weird thing of the day at 10/10/2010 12:22:00 PM