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The TALE of the Computer Mouse - Or Should That Be TAIL???

September 17th 2008 09:26

This year the humble and much overlooked computer mouse turned 45 years old.

Douglas Engelbart at the Stanford Research Institute invented the first mouse in 1963. Looking more like a wooden box with a cord hanging out more than anything else, (pictured) the mouse was so named because it did look like it had the tail of a mouse running out of it.

The 1st computer mouse.

Engelbart, although he had patented it, never received any royalties for his handy device, as the patent ran out before it became widely used in personal computers.

Some analysts now predict that the mouse will be obsolete within the next 3 - 5 years.

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Charles Darwin A DISGRACE!

July 16th 2008 10:30

When Charles Darwin was growing up he was considered by his teachers to be quite a disgrace.

His school reports made mention of the fact that he cared little for study and only for shooting, riding and beetle collecting.
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Unusual Occupations

July 2nd 2008 08:19

Ant Catcher - catches ants for use in ant farms.

Bone Crusher - crushes animal bones into a powder in order to make glue.
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Are OTHERS Attractive To You When You Are REALLY In Love With Your Partner? STUDY

March 29th 2008 01:30

In a study published in the journal Evolution and Biology and also reported upon by the British weekly New Scientist, scientists have discovered that people who are really in love with their partners are less attracted to other people.

Even though many studies in the past have shown that humans are not particularly good at restraining themselves when it comes to self-gratification, psychologist Gian Gonzaga ran a study involving invited 60 heterosexual undergraduates who had been in relationships for at least three years.
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WHY DO ONIONS Make You CRY???

February 21st 2008 22:40

A very old question indeed!

Exactly why is it that chopping and peeling onions makes our eyes water furiously???
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EYELID TWITCHING!!!

February 1st 2008 22:45

Who else here is a card carrying member of the Eye Twitch Club???

I'm sure there are quite a few of us out there. you wake up in the morning, and everything seems normal, but then one of your eyelids decides to branch out on it's own, despite any central commands from the brain.
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The MOST Populated TIME ZONE In The WORLD!

January 13th 2008 00:05

With so many people living all over the world and with so much of our planet consisting of water, if you had to make a guess at the world time zone in which most people live, where do you imagine it would be?

You not only have to balance out water and land versus population, but also where those populations actually exist, that is to say that while it's fine to say that Australia only has 21 million people as the Australian Bureau of Statistics is now claiming, the majority live along the coastal areas due to the inhospitable nature of Australia's arid interior.
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Does SATURN BATHE OFTEN???

January 11th 2008 23:47

An interesting fact we learned recently at a family outing to the British National Space Centre.

Because of its density, the planet Saturn would actually float in a bathtub, providing you found one large enough to hold it.
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Sigmund Freud's Personal Phobia

November 13th 2007 17:45

A little known fact about Sigmund Freud, the founder of the science of psychology - he was deathly afraid of the number 62 and would not book a room in any hotel with more than 62 rooms in case he was allotted that particular room!

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The REAl Size Of The LOCH NESS MONSTER

September 13th 2007 10:01

Many people in Scotland and all over the world have been fascinated with the idea of the Loch Ness Monster and the possibility of it's existence.

It was calculated some time ago that If the Loch Ness monster truly exists, it could only be about as big as a 12 year old as there is only enough fish in the loch to feed a 31 kg (about 67 lb) creature.
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Unusual Facts About Albert EINSTEIN

August 13th 2007 00:35

When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn't understand German.

Albert Einstein was once offered the Presidency of Israel. He declined saying he had no head for problems.
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Chicken Hatching - LIVE!

July 16th 2007 00:50

Watching chickens hatch out of their small cramped living space can be a fascinating thing to watch.

While over here visiting the UK and looking at primary schools, I've stumbled across one school in particular who has, along with another school, purchased an incubator and is currently hatching out eggs.
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The Top 30 Busiest AIRPORTS Worldwide!

July 9th 2007 00:25

The top 30 busiest airports in the world according to passenger traffic today.
Appropriate I thought for myself at the moment as by the time this post goes up I will getting off a plane somewhere...... I think - calculating the time zone thing has me slightly baffled at the moment.....