Useless Fact Of The Day

There are 4,200 clocks and 691 water fountains in the Pentagon in Washington, DC.

Bad mix.

Beginning at the post–World War I 1920 Summer Olympics, the lighting of the Olympic Flame was followed by the release of doves, symbolizing peace. This gesture was discontinued after several doves were burned alive in the Olympic Flame during the opening ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics.

I've Been Watching With My Eyes Closed

Solaris - Cliff Martinez



Moon - Clint Mansell



I Heart Huckabees - Jon Brion



The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis



Dead Man - Neil Young

4 Things

About half of the essential elements needed to grow crops already exist on the Moon, in the dusty layer that covers the surface.

The number of disappearances that occur within the Bermuda Triangle is fairly similar to other ocean areas of similar size.

In Haiti, more people now have access to clean water than before the earthquake.

Almost all white cats with blue eyes are deaf.

Aperture Science

1. View of Earth, captured by Japan's asteroid sampling Hayabusa spacecraft.

2. Image of a Neolithic henge near the site of Stonehenge, discovered using ground penetrating radar, magnetic surveys, resistivity and electromagnetic studies.

The Loneliness Of The Elementary Particle

A neutrino is capable of passing through a light-year (about six trillion miles) of lead without hitting a single atom.

Start As You Mean To Go On

Captain America first appeared nine months before the Pearl Harbor bombings, punching Adolf Hitler on the cover of the comic's first issue.

Manos: The Hands Of Fate

Even on the hands of the most scrupulously clean people, about 150 different species of bacteria can be found, and these numbers are not significantly affected by regular hand-washing.

Even identical twins who share the same DNA profile have "substantially" different bacteria living and growing on their hands.

This suggests that the collective genomes of these microbes may be more personally identifying than our own human genomes.


BBC News: Forensic role for hand bacteria.

InEquality

Domestic violence causes more death and disability among women aged 16-44 than cancer or traffic accidents.

In A Silent Way