Game Fodder / Story Fodder

[Salkovich]

Opens the door to a lot of scary scenarios - Want to know how long you have to live?
New telomere-based blood tests will tell you!

Alternately, this: http://machineofdeath.net/

[Setherick]

The city of the Black Pharaoh has been found: http://theweek.com/article/index/215706/satellite-discovery-17-new-egyptian-pyramids

[clockworkjoe]

DIY weapons in the Libyan Civil War

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/06/diy-weapons-of-the-libyan-rebels/100086/

[Setherick]

DIY weapons in the Libyan Civil War

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/06/diy-weapons-of-the-libyan-rebels/100086/

The truck mounted UB-32 rocket launchers are genius.

[clockworkjoe]

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[Arje]

SERIOUSLY.

http://www.sign69.com/medialounge/space9334.html

not hotlinked for your safety.

[Setherick]

So there is a term for when absinthe or ouzo turns milky white when water is added: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouzo_effect

[Moondog]

Louching is pretty cool. But then, most of the interesting properties of alcohol (such as the ability to layer them by specific gravities) are fascinating.

As they say, 'God made grapes, but Man made wine' (and alcohol thereafter).

[Setherick]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110626/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_mountain_deaths;_ylt=Aj45ph9eJP8XQfT.Z16x19aROrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTNpcGp2MmptBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwNjI2L2V1X2ZyYW5jZV9tb3VudGFpbl9kZWF0aHMEY2NvZGUDb2ZmcHpmMzBhbGxwb29sBGNwb3MDMgRwb3MDMgRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA2hpa2VyZmluZHNibw--

[clockworkjoe]

http://thelocation.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/hidden-tunnels-bugs-and-bigamy-a-strange-and-true-d-c-story/

[Setherick]

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/01/largest-cave/jenkins-text

[Setherick]

http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/dust-storm-sicknesses_2011-07-12

Related: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_fever

[Setherick]

Another one in the "they have a term for that?" category: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murderabilia

[Setherick]

Female vikings for all you sexist pigs that didn't know: http://www.themarysue.com/vikings-women/

[Setherick]

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/need-to-read/2011/07/16/welsh-soldiers-reveal-the-cyprus-town-frozen-in-time-since-1974-91466-29067110/#ixzz1T5OyYTGf