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\"gay-flag\"The U.S. Military’s Proposed “Gay” Bomb<\/a><\/p>\n

One doesn\u2019t commonly associate the slogan \u201cmake love not war\u201d with the U.S. military. Indeed, the United States military is feared and formidable precisely because it has proven so effective at conceptualizing clever and innovative ways to search, find and destroy, often with the simple push of a button. However, in a departure from these hostile traditions, in 1994 the Wright Laboratory, part of the U.S. Air Force, produced a three page proposal for a \u201cgay bomb\u201d.\u00a0Documentation obtained by the Sunshine Project, an anti-biological weapons non-governmental organization, found that the Ohio-based Wright Lab requested a 6 year, $7.5 million grant to create a variety of non-lethal weapons. The bluntly titled project…(more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"view-from-airplane-340x191\"Why Aren’t the Windows and Rows of Seats Aligned on Commercial Aircraft?<\/a><\/p>\n

While airplane manufacturers do design the planes with general row positioning and pitch (the measurement from one seat to the same exact point on the seat in front or behind it) in mind, with the windows often lining up with the seats, the designers\u2019 exact recommended arrangement is rarely, if ever, followed. You see, the final placement of seats is left up to the individual airlines that purchase the plane.\u00a0To make the seating arrangement as flexible as possible for airlines, there are multiple tracks on the floors that the seats are mounted on. This allows the seats to easily be moved closer together or farther apart. The airlines can even switch the aisle arrangement via moving a line of seats to a completely different track.\u00a0For example, on some versions of the Boeing 777, Boeing recommends a layout of 3+3+3 with a 32 inch (81.2 cm) pitch for economy passengers. In this layout…(more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"oil-seepage\"The Mysterious Black Goo of Venezuela:\u00a0La Mancha Negra<\/a><\/p>\n

First appearing in 1986 on a highway between the city of Caracas and its airport, La Mancha Negra, meaning literally a black stain, began as an approximately 50-yard (46 meter) long smudge, seen by highway workers who were resurfacing the road with asphalt concrete. Ultimately the spot grew to cover about an 8 mile (13 km) stretch. In 1991 it was widely reported that the slippery goo had caused over 1,800 deaths and countless other injuries. So what is it and is it still there today?\u00a0Many hypotheses have been proposed over the years as to the cause of La Mancha Negra, such as that it\u2019s the result of raw sewage from slums that line the road, with the idea being the sewage runs downhill and under the asphalt where it mixes with the compounds in the road, breaking it down and producing…(more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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