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5 American Fast Food Items You Can’t Get in America

beckyminx — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:06:01 +0000

Pizza Hut pork stew? While America may be known around the world as a fast food paradise, there are actually some menu items you can’t get stateside.

Here are our Top 5 oddities from abroad.

Source:
http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/fast-food/5-american-fast-food-items-you/

American woman suffers amnesia after intercourse

beckyminx — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:30:24 +0000

An American woman suffered a sudden attack of amnesia after having sex with
her husband.

Source:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6515742/Mind-blowing-sex-American-woman-suffers-amnesia-after-intercourse.html

Deadliest Drugs: Deaths vs. Media Coverage [INFOGRAPHIC]

beckyminx — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:18:59 +0000

Cannabis is no more harmful than alcohol.

And horse-riding is riskier than taking ecstasy.

Source:
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/visualising-the-guardian-datablog/

Mandatory sex lessons for every 15-year-old

beckyminx — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:16:13 +0000

Sex education is to be made compulsory for all pupils, prompting fury from faith groups which said that the move would contravene the right for children to be educated in accordance with their parents beliefs.

Source:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article6905543.ece

Chickenhawk Tancredo storms off set after Markos confronts

beckyminx — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:14:13 +0000

Chickenhawk Tancredo storms off set after Markos confronts him on veterans health care

Source:
http://www.dailykos.com/tv/w/002322/

Kirk Cameron links Charles Darwin to Hitler/racism/sexism

beckyminx — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:12:11 +0000

In a video posted recently to YouTube, Cameron lays out a plan to subvert ‘Darwin Day’ on November 22, 2009 — a date marking the 150th anniversary of the publishing of Charles Darwin’s “Origin of Species.” Cameron says that he and like-minded activists plan to deliver 50,000 copies of an altered version of Darwin’s book to students.

Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/22/kirk-camerons-origin-of-s_n_294349.html?meh

Chrysler’s Complete Five-Year Product Plan [Infographs]

beckyminx — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:50:02 +0000

Here’s Chrysler’s complete product plan all the brands including Fiat for the next five years.

Source:
http://jalopnik.com/5397322/chryslers-complete-five year-product-plan

CDC Can Now Track Swine Flu In Near Real Time

beckyminx — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:52:05 +0000

The Centers for Disease Control have settled on a private, nationwide database with the electronic medical records of 14 million people run by General Electric in order to track potential outbreaks of the H1N1 virus.

Source:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140403/CDC_adopts_new_near_real_time_flu_tracking_system

Something’s not right here… [pic]

beckyminx — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:52:06 +0000

Something’s not right here… [pic]

Source:
http://i.imgur.com/eG35W.jpg

McDonald’s Across the World (Graphic)

beckyminx — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:18:08 +0000

A look into McDonald’s dominance around the world, finding that you’d find a franchise in most countries, with the most being in the US.

You’d find yourself paying a huge US$7.18 for a burger in Norway, compared to only US$3.57 in the US.

Source:
http://www.bme.eu.com/news/mcdonalds-across-the-world/