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In a 1990 study done at the University of California, Davis, researchers found dog saliva killed E. coli and Streptococcus canis, another harmful bacteria. The scientists concluded that when mother dogs licked their nipples it helped keep puppies free from disease, and that dogs licking their own wounds accomplished the same goal. This is an [...]

Today, I added this new section to my blog of amusing stuff. Yes, it’s a category for ugly people. Ugly in this context, does not mean “not good looking”, it means people with bad attitude and do stupid stuffs. To start off this segment, today I met 3 ugly buggers in Malaysia. They were supposed [...]

NTT, the Japanese communications giant, has recently developed a technology called RedTacton, which it claims can send data over the surface of human skin at speeds of up to 2Mbps — the equivalent of a fast broadband data connection. To work, a transmitter is attached to a portable device, such as an MP3 player, which [...]

First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds, who had left the herd to graze while they had breakfast, watched as nearly 1,500 others followed, each leaping off the same cliff, Turkish media reported. In the end, 450 dead animals lay on top of one another in a billowy white pile. Weird [...]

From BBC News: China has abandoned its currency’s peg to the dollar and revalued the yuan by 2.2%. It now buys more US dollars than before. With China both one of the world’s largest exporters of manufactured goods and one of the largest importers of raw materials, the move’s economic impact will be felt worldwide. [...]

Maybe it’s because young computer gurus are now enjoying the millionaire life. Perhaps it has something to do with the unexpected popularity last year of the movie “Napoleon Dynamite,” about a quirky, dancing teen and his sleepy Idaho town. Whatever the reason, being a nerd, a geek, a dork — whatever you want to call [...]

Google changes its search engine logo today to honor the first manned moon landing on 20th of July 1969. Take a look here: Source:Google. Clicking on the image on google site will bring you to a google map image of the moon. Cool huh? Related items Can you balance two person with your head? The [...]