As Cold As Ice

In 1989 the world’s first ice hotel was built near the village of Jukkasjarvi, Kiruna, Sweden. The entire hotel is made entirely out of iceblocks, including the glasses in the bar. The first guests to actually occupy the hotel, slept in sleeping bags on top of reindeer skin, due to a lack of accomadation in the town.

So girls, if your husband accuses you of being an Ice Queen, maybe a romantic weekend in Sweden could inject some passion back into your life.

Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice hotel

Smoking “Monkey” Kicking the Habbit

A South African zoo is trying to persuade its star chimpanzee to kick a bad smoking habit.

Coandă effect

The Coandă effect (IPA: ['kwandə]), also known as “boundary layer attachment”, is the tendency of a stream of fluid to stay attached to a convex surface, rather than follow a straight line in its original direction. The principle was named after Romanian discoverer Henri Coandă, who was the first to understand the practical importance of the phenomenon for aircraft development.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coanda_effect

Also important if you want to build a flying saucer

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The Etheric Body

Science has come a long way in the twentieth century, but one can’t help but admire how our Eastern counteparts have always been way ahead of us in some respect, in terms of explaining how illness manifests in the etheric body, before appearing in the physical counterpart. Eastern Philosophy has always spoken about the chakra system, which refers to seven main points in the body. Chakras are usually depicted as spinning vortices of coloured energies, which correspond to the physical organs in the body. Many psychic and spiritually evolved people, can usually see these quite clearly.  

Image taken from www.flickr.com/photos/28251607@N00/166227061

Disappearing Martian Canals

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Karte_Mars_Schiaparelli_MKL1888.png 

This image comes from the 4th edition of Meyers Konversationslexikon (1885-90). The copyrights have expired and this image is in the public domain  

Back in 1877 the canal system on Mars was observed by  the Italian astronomer (mentioned by H G Wells in War of the Worlds) Giovanni Schiaparelli, these observations were later confirmed by others and the Irish astronomer Charles E. Burton made drawings of the canal system.

If they could see them with the instruments available over 100 years ago why can’t they see them now, another conspiracy

Strange laws.

• In Illinois, the law is that a car must be driven with the steering wheel.
• In Tennessee, it is against the law to drive a car while sleeping.
• In Rochester, Michigan, the law is that anyone bathing in public must have the bathing suit inspected by a police officer
• The law states that more than 3000 sheep cannot be herded down Hollywood Blvd. at any one time.
• In Missouri, a man must have a permit to shave.
• In Michigan, it is against the law for a lady to lift her skirt more than 6 inches while walking through a mud puddle.
• In the state of Colorado, a pet cat, if loose, must have a tail-light
• In Michigan, married couples must live together or be imprisoned.
• In Virginia, chickens cannot lay eggs before 8:00 a.m., and must be done before 4:00 p.m.
• In North Carolina, it is against the law for dogs and cats to fight.

 Information from http://www.strangefacts.com/laws.html