http://www.mixx.com Mixx of items from the Weird Facts collection en-us "For the first time, astronomers have found an object on a certain collision course with Earth. Fortunately, it is so small it is not expected to cause any damage, burning up in the atmosphere somewhere above northern Sudan in the wee hours of Tuesday mor Tue Oct 07 08:37:19 UTC 2008 http://weirdfacts.mixx.com/stories/2356157/asteroid_to_streak_across_southern_europe_and_explode_in_a_1_kiloton_blast_over_the_sudan_on_oct_7th thingy_2356157 VioletPlanet http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=58381&p=3&topicID=21306405 <img src="http://www.mixx.com/images/icons/default_video.128x96.jpg", alt = ""/><br/>In the battle for the White House, John McCain felt that he needed to step up his efforts to promote his new economic recovery plan. While speaking with business leaders in Detroit, he suggested Tue Oct 07 15:18:27 UTC 2008 http://weirdfacts.mixx.com/videos/2359575/john_mccain_s_alternative_plan_to_the_government_bailout_crisis thingy_2359575 Orlando37 http://www.mannpill.com/quick-fix/458-videos/2393-john-mccains-alternative-plan-to-the-government-bailout-crisis <img src="http://images.mixx.com/photo_thumbnails/c94a2d1575c15dbe63ffa82575ff450eec663c9a_128.jpg", alt = ""/><br/>The creation of an active-duty military force, the sea-smurfs, that could be used to suppress public protest here at home is a very bad sign. Tue Oct 07 04:54:57 UTC 2008 http://weirdfacts.mixx.com/photos/2354528/consequence_management_ready_to_be_containerized thingy_2354528 VioletPlanet http://violetplanet.blogspot.com/2008/10/consequence-management-ready-to-be.html Is it wrong to make a buck on the end of the world? Mon Oct 06 22:09:02 UTC 2008 http://weirdfacts.mixx.com/stories/2351598/global_warming_ecotourism_there_s_gold_in_them_thar_melting_glaciars thingy_2351598 VioletPlanet http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2008/10/06/global_warming_profiteers/?source=newsletter <img src="http://www.mixx.com/images/icons/default_video.128x96.jpg", alt = ""/><br/>A restaurant in Japan has some unusual waiting staff on its books - two macaque monkeys. Tue Oct 07 10:14:43 UTC 2008 http://weirdfacts.mixx.com/videos/2356841/bbc_news_world_monkeys_work_in_japanese_restaurant thingy_2356841 tazzahall http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7654267.stm Out of cruiosities sake, I browsed to the WordPress release archive and picked out the oldest version available which is 0.71 released on May 27th, 2003. Mon Oct 06 12:21:05 UTC 2008 http://weirdfacts.mixx.com/stories/2344702/blast_from_the_past_wordpress_0_71_performancing_com thingy_2344702 asblogger http://performancing.com/blast-past-wordpress-0-71 <img src="http://images.mixx.com/photo_thumbnails/4a0c0e46207247c23a18acdfe0b019274636166f_128.jpg", alt = ""/><br/>Playboy died a dreadful death. Mon Oct 06 18:19:10 UTC 2008 http://weirdfacts.mixx.com/photos/2349609/stork_eats_rabbit_pics thingy_2349609 RippinKitten http://super-photo.blogspot.com/2008/10/stork-eats-rabbit.html The Environmental Protection Agency formally refused yesterday to set a drinking-water safety standard for perchlorate, a chemical in rocket fuel that has been linked to thyroid problems in pregnant women, newborns and young children. Mon Oct 06 04:50:14 UTC 2008 http://weirdfacts.mixx.com/stories/2340722/epa_makes_no_rule_on_chemical_in_water thingy_2340722 VioletPlanet http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/10/04 It was a long and exhausting task: playing hundreds of online games for hours in a row, day after day. It was hard, but someone had to do it. Mon Oct 06 15:33:39 UTC 2008 http://weirdfacts.mixx.com/stories/2347412/the_150_best_online_flash_games thingy_2347412 asblogger http://www.techcult.com/the-150-best-online-flash-games/ <img src="http://images.mixx.com/photo_thumbnails/35c7f9507ee9d5e3c2e216f8a7f3f0420a528924_128.jpg", alt = ""/><br/>Comparison of fast food items in ads and in real life, using photographs. The truth hurts! Mon Oct 06 15:04:13 UTC 2008 http://weirdfacts.mixx.com/photos/2346999/fast_food_ads_vs_reality thingy_2346999 tazzahall http://www.thewvsr.com/adsvsreality.htm