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03/11/08 // Link:
Man, 101, to Run London Marathon And you thought you were in good shape. A 101-year-old man has his sights on the London Marathon in a bid to become the world’s oldest competitive runner. Working plumber Buster Martin ran Sunday’s Roding Valley half marathon in Essex …continue reading »
02/26/08 // Link:
Debunking ‘Third-World’ Myths A fantastic talk by Hans Rosling from the TED conference archives. Rosling does a nice job of debunks some myths about the so-called “developing world.” But really what carries the point home is the stunning animation software developed by Rosling’s …continue reading »
02/15/08 // Link:
A Data Point on Every Block This is a fantastic interview with Adrian Holovaty, who’s something of a personal hero. His new venture, a hyper-local news site by the name of EveryBlock, is absolutely stunning in the amount of data to puts at your fingertips. Unfortunately …continue reading »
02/12/08 // Link:
The Amazing and True Story of Charles Fawcett The amazing and true story of Charles Fawcett, who died in London on February 3 at the age of 92. His unlikely — some would say unbelievable — life seems to have been a healthy mix of careless lunacy and …continue reading »
02/08/08 // Link:
Woman Does Own Caesarean Section to Give Birth This isn’t exactly breaking news, but it’s so incredibly shocking I think it bears repeating. Ines Ramirez, of sourthern Mexico is the only woman known to have performed a successful Caesarean-section on herself: The sun had set hours ago. The …continue reading »
01/08/08 // Link:
The 61 Year Old Farmer Who Won the World’s Toughest Race I wish I knew more stories like this one: Every year, Australia hosts an 875-kilometer endurance racing from Sydney to Melbourne - considered to be the world’s longest and toughest ultra-marathon. It’s a long, tough race that takes five days …continue reading »
12/15/07 // Link:
Stunning Temples Secretly Carved Out Below Ground Next time you think your hobby is occupying too much of your free time, consider this guy’s project, which is most likely a bit larger in scope and goals: Nestling in the foothills of the Alps in northern Italy, 30 …continue reading »
10/18/07 // Link:
The World’s (Un)Luckiest Man This a quite simply one of the most amazing stories I’ve ever heard. A Croatian music teacher named Frane Selak has managed to survive a simply remarkable number of accidents and near death incidents, including falling out of a plane. …continue reading »
09/20/07 // Link:
Train Runs Through Bangkok Market Just one of the many reason why Asia is so damn great. Try to imagine what would happen if you attempted this in the west.continue reading »
09/18/07 // Link:
Keep Your Eyes on the Bat Mets vs Braves. Wednesday, September 12, 2007. Top of the Fifth. An amazing, once in a lifetime combination of way to many factors to even contemplate… just watch the bat.continue reading »
09/18/07 // Link:
The Fantastic Tale of Opal Whiteley In 1918, at the age of 20, Oregonian Opal Whiteley published “The Fairyland Around Us” (contains full text & pictures), a nature book for children. Two years later, her diary (also contains full text and pictures) was published and became …continue reading »
07/27/07 // Link:
After 1,000 years, Restored Viking Ship to Sail North Sea “An 11th-century Viking longship that has been reconstructed to its original condition will soon depart on a seven-week voyage from Denmark across the North Sea to her home port of Dublin, powered only by her sails.” “The Havhingsten fra Glendalough …continue reading »
06/25/07 // Link:
Girl, 2, Becomes Member of Mensa This is pretty damn amazing. From the BBC: “A two-year-old girl from Hampshire has become the youngest ever female member of British Mensa.” “Georgia Brown, from Aldershot, Hampshire, astounded experts by scoring 152 in an IQ test — putting her …continue reading »
06/18/07 // Link:
500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art (YouTube) Amazing YouTube video of morphing female portraits from the last 500 years of Western art with a soundtrack of Yo-Yo Ma playing the sarabande from Bach’s first cello suite in G Major. There’s something like 85 portraits blended together in …continue reading »
06/18/07 // Link:
Interview With the (Then) Oldest Woman in the World. A Neatorama reader translates a video clip of the (then) world’s oldest woman: “Grandmother Sarhat is always happy when her 2 years-old neighbour Nadin gets in her window. They drink tea and eat candies together. Saahrad says that this child …continue reading »

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