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24 years after the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, a new video has surfaced capturing the incident from afar.
The four minute video, shot by retired optometrist Jacob Moss, is believed to be the only amateur video of the event.
[Check it out via Alltop]

Men’s Health magazine (courtesy of USA Today) is out with a list of America’s “drunkest” cities and topping this list is none other than Fresno, CA. Yup. Fresno.
The list, which can be found in the March edition of the magazine, drew upon data such as “death rates from alcoholic liver disease, booze-fueled car crashes, [...]

 
Did you listen to Sarah Palin’s final speech as the Governor of Alaska? Were you confused? baffled? What the heck was she uttering you might be wondering.. Well.. as it turns out – it was really a poem!!!
OK – it wasn’t.. but it certainly sounds better as one as we found out last night when [...]

Slate.com is responsible for the above hilarious image of what Obama’s News Feed MIGHT look like on Facebook (assuming of course all the folks on that feed actually had accounts on there). Great stuff – had me laughing for some time. I particularly liked the Nancy Pelosi humor (“Did not” vs “Did too”). Thx [...]

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.

Here’s an awesome time-lapse video of the sky overhead a Texas Star Party. The galactic center of the Milky Way goes right on by before morning..
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Fans of Dave Matthews Band listen up! Hulu.com will be live streaming a DMB concert being held at the Beacon Theatre on June 1st.  The stream will begin at 9pm EST on June 1st and will be available afterwards on an on-demand basis.
[Check it out via News.com]

For the average person who normally isn’t into Star Trek, the new J.J. Abrams version of Trek is certainly entertaining. It has all the elements to a summer blockbuster hit. Action, some suspense, special effects, loud booms etc etc. For the hardcore Trekker like me, I can’t help but feel disappointed with [...]

 
For you BK and Star Trek fans out there – the Warp Five Wedgie (and a defense for it).
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Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As ‘Fun, Watchable’
The Onion is out with a new video clip entitled “Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film as ‘Fun, Watchable’”. Yes.. all you hard core Trekkers/Trekkies will appreciate this one (or maybe not?)
 
[Check it out via Wil Wheaton’s blog]

Ever feel like you’re insignificant in the grand scheme of things? Well to help encourage that line of thought – the above image tries to put everything in perspective by comparing the sizes of various objects in space.
Yes it truly puts all of us in our place doesn’t it? (Tho yes, if we [...]