32
POPSTen of the strangest names (ever) • @. And finally, let's go full circle to "@," pronounced "ai ta" or "love him" by an unidentified Chinese couple: The unidentified couple and the attempted naming were cited Thursday by a Chinese government official as an example of bizarre names creeping into the Chinese language. "The father said 'the whole world uses it to write emails and translated into Chinese it means 'love him'," Li Yuming, the vice director of the State Language Commission, said at a news conference. More Unusual Names: Check out Wikipedia, which has a HUGE list of unusual names ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_personal_names
27
POPS8 Child Prodigies So Amazing They'll Ruin Your Day "Ah, childhood. It's a magical time when you're still allowed to be a non-productive drain on society and not feel guilty about it. But while most of us spent our childhoods staring at cartoons over bowls of sugary breakfast cereal, some kids were more focused on things like composing symphonies, performing surgery or getting nominated for the Nobel Prize."
15
POPSExtinct thylacine genome brought to life Known as the Tasmanian Tiger, it was one of the few marsupial predators that were in Australia before the arrival of the west. The other is the Tasmanian Devil, which survives, but is threatened by a disease that causes ulcers.
13
POPSMan Fired for Posting "Dilbert" n the strip, Dilbert and another character are shown having the following exchange: "Why does it seem as if most of the decisions in my workplace are made by drunken lemurs?" "Decisions are made by people who have time, not people who have talent." "Why are talented people so busy?" "They're fixing the problems made by people who have time."
9
POPSGreen tea may help snorers sleep easy One of my biggest problems is that my dog Lani snores. She doesn't like tea. I like green tea with Jasmine. I'm going to make a cup when I've posted this. It's that time of day. The chemicals in green tea may protect the snorers from damage caused by free radicals that are in excess as a result of sleep apnoea, but they still can't help anyone who is listening. These catechin polyphenols help sufferers, and no doubt victims of oxygen deprivation. A compound using them as an active ingredient may also be used as part of the first aid kits that assist CPR, in drowning and heart attack victims. I don't know if that's on the agenda, but the quicker an overload of free radicals can be neutralized, the better. It may in many cases reduce some of the serious brain damage in survivors. (You'd have to check that with a pharmacologist)
15
Top Clips on May 20, 2008
Popular
Pops
Newest Clips
Latest Comments
Print
Save
Turn on live update