Martial Law Plans Revealed
I think it’s pretty scary how close this Onion clip is to reality.
Argentina: Where Sometimes, One is Greater than Two
I just read an interesting article today by Yes, We Have No Monedas!: Inside the world’s most annoying economic crisis. In it he explains how a coin shortage in Argentina has caused the 1-peso coin to be valued by merchants, and people in general, much more than the 2-peso note. Because of this, vendors are more hesitant to accept larger bills such as 20s and 100s as they are to accept 5s and 10s. It’s a strange situation and nobody seems to know exactly why, but as he explains, everyone seems to have a theory.
When reporting on a bird infestation…
Don’t look up.
This was posted to YouTube back in February, but it’s just too funny to not mention.
Throw-Away Society
I know it’s not Earth Day, but I’ve been rereading E.O. Wilson’s The Future of Life recently and just wanted to share a few scary statistics:
- Every three months Americans throw away enogh aluminum to rebuild the country’s entire commercial airline fleet.
- Every year Americans throw away enough disposible diapers that when linked end-to-end would stretch to the moon and back seven times.
- If every citizen of planet earth consumed as much as the average American, we would need four more planet earths to sustain ourselves.
But just so this post isn’t all gloom and doom, here’s an interesting fact about recycling:
The first instance of metal recycling in the USA occurred in 1776 when patriots toppled a statue of King George the III in NYC. The metal was melted down and made into over 42,000 bullets.
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