Mark Morford: Untimely death of the homophobe (SF Gate)
Did you hear the one about how, if you live your whole life absolutely convinced that the world's going to hell because of gay marriage and the terrifying "homosexual lifestyle," that you'll die approximately 2.5 years sooner than you would if you were, you know, not a homophobic jerk your whole life?
Rohan Ramakrishnan, Aatif Zubair: 5 Movie Plots That Rely On People Sucking at Important Jobs (Cracked)
Action movies are usually populated by busty damsels in distress, hard-jawed men who will do anything to get their families back, and ingenious, possibly British-accented villains whose intellect is rivaled only by their sadism. At their best, these movies are about extraordinary situations that require extraordinary men. But sometimes we can't help but notice that the entire plot kicked into gear only because the authority figures in these universes sucked at their jobs to an absurd degree.
David Bruce: Wise Up! Comedians (Athens News)
Don Rickles knows the world's best punch line; unfortunately, he is not the person who said it. A homeless man once asked him, "Got any spare change?" Rickles gave him $5 and said, "Go buy yourself a ranch." The homeless man thanked him and started to walk away, then turned around and said, "Now I need cattle."
The Backwater Gospel (2011 - Horror/Western)
"As long as anyone can remember, the coming of The Undertaker has meant the coming of death. Until one day, the grim promise fails and tension builds as the God fearing townsfolk of Backwater wait for someone to die."
Memoria (2013 - Psychological/Horror)
Addicted to drugs and living on the streets in denial, Vincent ends up in an abandoned house, where a dark and twisted entity forces him to face his suppressed past.
Fruit Stripe gum launched in the early 1960's as an extension of the Beech-Nut gum line. It is the only gum with painted on stripes. Yipes is the name of the Fruit Stripe Zebra.
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Fruit Stripe is an artificially and naturally flavored fruit chewing gum that is notorious for its strong but fleeting flavor. It is packaged in zebra-striped wrappers, and every stick now comes with one or more temporary tattoos.
The "Five Flavor Gum" was invented by James Parker and launched in the early 1960s as an extension of the Beech-Nut gum line. Farley's & Sathers Candy Company acquired Fruit Stripes in 2003 from The Hershey Company.
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-- bill in Kansas City was first, and correct, with:
Yipes! Stripes! Beech-Nut Gum!
Yipes! Stripes! in Fruit Stripe Gum!
Yipes! Stripes! Five different flavors!
Get Beech-Nut Fruit Stripe Gum!
from my childhood
Lois, With A Rainbow Of Pretty Colors, Of Oregon said:
OMG! I totally KNOW this one! Yikes, stripes, Beechnut Fruit
Stripe Gum! It's the gum that makes you go way too gay!
That's right: You know it, I know it, Arizona knows it! For
all I know, the American People know it, too. Homosexuality
is NOT GENETIC! It is caused by CHEWING GAY GUM! FRUIT
STRIPE GUM, to be exact! When will this country finally open
it's collective eyes and pass legislation to end this
terrible blight? For the love of god, just look at the
evidence! Here are "before" and "after" pictures of beloved
children's entertainers Gumby and Pokey, the innocent
victims of a casual chewing gum purchase, and now they are
condemned to a life of colorful deviance that will render
them outcast from decent society for all time! America, wake
up!! STOP CHEWING NOW!!!!
P.S. @ Joe. Urrgghhllll. Those pictures. The fat. It hurt.
Whimper.
Marian wrote:
Fruit Stripes...Got a call after 5 PM telling me to prepare to evacuate and asking if I wanted a home visit. Why? I have done this recently. Told to pack my car and move it tomorrow. Mud slides from Colby fire may impact our house. I think I really hate 2014. Made a reservation at a hotel for Friday and Saturday nights but may have to go earlier.
Charlie replied:
Fruit Stripe - 5 juicy flavors.
Another stripey thing: Rui Costa, current professional road race champion.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Fruit Stripe
Adam answered:
Fruit Stripe Gum
Alan J took the day off.
Sally said:
How about Fruit Strip Gum for today's answer?
I remember this gum!
More snow, but not much...
Deborah in damp Vacaville replied:
Fruit Stripe gum - I loved that stuff!
Dale of Diamond Raining Springs, NorDroughtycali, responded:
Fruit Stripe Gum. Yipes! Stripes! Vintage Babes!
DJ Useo, answered:
The answer is Fruit Stripes. As a wee lad, I might buy them, but only for the tattoos.
The gum tasted great for about 30 seconds, then, blechh!
MAM wrote:
Beech Nut Fruit Stripe Gum ~ Introduced in the 1960s, an artificially and naturally flavored fruit chewing gum that is notorious for its strong but
fleeting flavor. It is packaged in zebra-striped wrappers, and every stick now comes with one or more temporary tattoos.
Beech-Nut Fruit Stripe Gum 1960s TV Commercial
BttbBob said:
Oh, I remember that one... and the stir it caused amongst us kiddoz cuz it was 'different' and seemed to be especially for us ("Foo!" on all grown-ups was our mantra)... "Fruit Stripe Gum" it was simply called, I believe.
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'Revenge of the Stereotype!' Moment - Reading the divergent opinions on "José Jiménez" yesterday brought an observation to mind that I, personally, find to be rather satisfactory. Yes... yes, I do. See, fer years now it was almost 'de rigueur' for TV adverts to portray men (especially husbands) as clueless dolts that need to be lead around by hand when in public (that's why, guys, yer ladies like to hold hands with you when amblin' 'bout. Any other explanation is a lie). Now, emerging stealthily, are 'guerrilla' adverts who's message is "Haha! Smarty-pants woman!". First, there's the car insurance one with the suspicious wife questioning who her husband is talkin' to on the phone - a male insurance agent. "She sounds hideous!", "Well, she's a guy, so..." (the look on the guy's face when he says that is priceless). Then, THEN, there's the investment
company advert with the wife finding their special 'colored investment money' in a pair of jeans. She immediately runs her husband to ground and lectures him about being careless with their 'special money' until he points out that "Those are your jeans" - Zing! Away she flees (with nary an apology, I might add)... Guys! The revolt has begun!
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Yeah... what I just said...
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Happy Birthday this day to:
(33) I like Chelsea, but I'm not at all certain that her talents lie with TV news specials.
(83) I always thought that Paul was a lucky guy...
Born this day:
(1932-2011) I'd love to know what's on Liz's mind here... Zounds, what a 'Look'... Hoo ha (Sorry, Sandra...)
And, Joe S said:
Fruit Stripe Gum? Never heard of it. Evidently it's from the 80s and evidently the flavor didn't last long. That's all I know about it and I just read that, just now, on the Googles. Maybe it wasn't sold up here in the Northwoods or maybe I wasn't paying attention because I was too busy surviving the Godamn Reagan Revolution. It's still not over.
THIS JUST IN........ Asked Carla if she ever heard of Fruit Stripe Gum, she said "yes." She loved it. So it goes.
The Oscars are this coming Sunday, so now's the time to make your predictions of who will win what.
Send your guesses to Marty, by 11pm (est) , Saturday, 1 March, 2014.
Best Picture
"12 Years a Slave"
"American Hustle"
"Captain Phillips"
"Dallas Buyers Club"
"Gravity"
"Her"
"Nebraska"
"Philomena"
"The Wolf of Wall Street"
Actor
Christian Bale: "American Hustle"
Bruce Dern: "Nebraska"
Leonardo DiCaprio: "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Chiwetel Ejiofor: "12 Years a Slave"
Matthew McConaughey: "Dallas Buyers Club"
Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi: "Captain Phillips"
Bradley Cooper: "American Hustle"
Michael Fassbender: "12 Years a Slave"
Jonah Hill: "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Jared Leto: "Dallas Buyers Club"
Supporting Actress
Sally Hawkins: "Blue Jasmine"
Jennifer Lawrence: "American Hustle"
Lupita Nyong'o: "12 Years a Slave"
Julia Roberts: "August: Osage County"
June Squibb: "Nebraska"
Directing
David O. Russell: "American Hustle"
Alfonso Cuaron: "Gravity"
Alexander Payne: "Nebraska"
Steve McQueen: "12 Years a Slave"
Martin Scorsese: "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Original Song
Alone Yet Not Alone from "Alone Yet Not Alone" - Bruce Broughton and Dennis Spiegel
Happy from "Despicable Me 2" - Pharrell Williams
Let It Go from "Frozen" - Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
The Moon Song from "Her" - Karen O and Spike Jonze
Ordinary Love from "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" - Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen
marty's picks:
Best Picture - American Hustle
Actor - Leonard DiCaprio
Actress - Cate Blanchett
Supporting Actor - Jared Leto
Supporting Actress - Lupita Nyong'o
Director - Alfonso Cuaron
Song - Let It Go (Frozen)
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Marian's Oscar predictions
Picture - Twelve Years a Slave
Actor - Matthew McConaughey
Actress - Cate Blanchett
Supporting Actor - Jared Leto
Supporting Actress - Jennifer Lawrence
Director - Alfonso Cuaron
Original Song - "Let it Go" from Frozen (my grandkids fav)
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Dale o de Diamondy Springs's Oscar Picks:
Picture - 12 Years A Slave
Actor - Matthew McConaughey
Actress - Cate Blanchett
Supporting Actor - Jared Leto
Supporting Actress - Lupita Nyong'o
Director - Alfonso Cuaron
Original Song - Let It Go (Frozen)
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Joe's Oscar Predictions:
Picture - 12 Years A Slave
Actor - Bruce Dern: "Nebraska" (Old and still going strong)
Actress - Sandra Bullock: "Gravity" (Hot)
Supporting Actor - Barkhad Abdi: "Captain Phillips" (I like the way his name sounds)
Supporting Actress - Jennifer Lawrence: "American Hustle" (Hot)
Director - Steve McQueen: "12 Years a Slave" (Loved him in "The Great Escape" before he died)
Original Song - Let It Go (Frozen) - Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (My granddaughters sing this beautifully)
Just so you know, I have not seen any of these movies.
... caught by one of my son-in-law's 'trail-cams' scavenging on a winter-kill deer carcass placed there as 'photo bait'... The eagle appeared 'banded' and in other photos, very hungry. The fierce winter is taking its toll on the wildlife hereabouts... The location is 60 miles north of Bay City within the Huron National Forest.
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'Big Bang Theory', followed by a FRESH'The Millers', then a FRESH'2½ Men', followed by a FRESH'The Crazy One', then a FRESH'Elementary'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Stupid Human Tricks, Simon Helberg, and Young the Giant.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Julia Stiles, Dave Itzkoff, and Roddy Hart & the Lonesome Fire.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'Community', followed by a FRESH'Parks & Recreation', then a FRESH'Hollywood Game Night', followed by a FRESH'Parenthood'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Denzel Washington, Shaun White, and Sara Bareilles.
Scheduled on a FRESHSeth Meyers are Lena Dunham, Anthony Mackie, and John Mayer Trio.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Tim Heidecker & Davin Wood, Washed Out, and "Aatsinki".
ABC starts the night with the FRESH'Countdown To The Oscars', followed by a FRESH'Grey's Anatomy', then a FRESH'Scandal'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Kerry Washington, Michael Strahan, and Juicy J featuring Wiz Khalifa.
The CW offers a FRESH'The Vampire Diaires', followed by a FRESH'Reign'.
Scheduled on a FRESHArsenio Hall are Cloris Leachman, Tommy Chong, Ashley Wagner, andJ. Holiday.
Faux has a FRESH'American Idol', followed by a FRESH'Rake'.
MY recycles an old 'House', followed by another old 'House'.
A&E has 3 hours of old 'Duck Dynasty', 'Wahlburgers', and another 'Wahlburgers'.
AMC offers the movie 'Mission: Impossible III', followed by the movie 'Face/Off'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 2 - Ep 9 - The Satan Pit
[9:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 2 - Ep 10 - Love & Monsters
[10:00AM] TORCHWOOD: CHILDREN OF EARTH - Season 3 - Ep 2 - Day Two
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 3 - Interface
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 4 - Gambit (Part 1)
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 1 - Ep 2 - Revisited: Walnut Tree
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 10 - Park's Edge
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 11 - Spin-A-Yarn Steakhouse
[4:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 12 - Episode 2
[5:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 12 - Episode 3
[6:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 3 - Ep 10 - Anna Vincenzo's
[7:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 3 - Ep 6 - Mama Rita's
[8:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 13 - Prohibition Grille
[9:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 14 - Chappy'sNEW
[10:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 15 - Zocalo
[11:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 13 - Prohibition Grille
[12:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 14 - Chappy's
[1:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 15 - Zocalo
[2:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 3 - Ep 10 - Anna Vincenzo's
[3:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 1 - Ep 2 - Revisited: Walnut Tree
[4:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 10 - Park's Edge
[5:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 11 - Spin-A-Yarn Steakhouse (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Millionaire Matchmaker', another 'Millionaire Matchmaker', followed by a FRESH'Millionaire Matchmaker', and another 'Millionaire Matchmaker'.
Comedy Central has last night's 'Colbert Report', last night's 'Jon Stewart', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', still another 'Tosh.0', yet another 'Tosh.0', 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', and another 'It's Always Sunny In Philly'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Kevin Roose.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Jeff Goldblum.
FX has the movie 'Captain America: The First Avenger', followed by the movie 'Step Brothers', then a FRESH'Anger Management', followed by the movie 'Taken'.
History has 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', yet another 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH'Pawn Stars', then another FRESH'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH'Vikings'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[6:15AM] The Spoils of Babylon-The War Within
[6:45AM] The Spoils of Babylon-Kicking the Habit
[7:15AM] The Spoils of Babylon-The Rise of the Empire
[7:45AM] Analyze This
[10:00AM] Analyze That
[12:00PM] Johnson Family Vacation
[2:00PM] Analyze This
[4:15PM] Analyze That
[6:15PM] Meatballs
[8:15PM] Up in Smoke
[10:00PM] Portlandia-Sharing Finances
[10:30PM] Portlandia-One Moore Episode
[11:00PM] Napoleon Dynamite
[1:00AM] Portlandia-Sharing Finances
[1:30AM] Portlandia-One Moore Episode
[2:00AM] Up in Smoke
[3:45AM] Crank: High Voltage
[5:45AM] Whitest Kids U'Know (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Love Lust Shorts
[6:15AM] Cry Baby
[8:00AM] JFK
[12:00PM] The Pelican Brief
[3:00PM] A Few Good Men
[6:00PM] Unforgiven
[9:00PM] The Red Road-Arise My Love, Shake Off This Dream
[10:00PM] Law & Order-Slave
[11:00PM] Law & Order-Girlfriends
[1:00AM] Unforgiven
[4:00AM] Children of the Corn (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has themovie 'Underworld: Evolution', followed by the movie 'Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are John C. Reilly, Pete Holmes, and the Haden Triplets featuring Ry Cooder.
Judy Garland's three children - Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft and Joseph Luft - will appear at the Oscars on Sunday for a 75th anniversary tribute to Garland's 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz," show producer Neil Meron said on Twitter on Monday afternoon.
Meron called it the first time the three siblings would all celebrate together, though his tweet implied that they would watch the tribute rather than take part in it.
Meron and the show's other producer, Craig Zadan, announced the "Oz" tribute last month, but have not released any details about what it will involve.
On Monday morning, the producers announced the names of 46 presenters for the show, which will take place on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre.
Actor and Eastern Congo Initiative Founder Ben Affleck, left, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the Congo. Raymond Gilpin, Academic Dean of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University, center, and former U.S. Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo Roger Meece, right, join Affleck at the witness table.
Photo by Susan Walsh
After rumors swirled that Justin Bieber was considering making a move to Atlanta, a local radio station pulled off the ultimate hoax, duping the likes of CNN, TMZ, Gawker, Time and the BBC, among other media outlets.
According to CNN, a morning show on Atlanta station Rock 100.5 called "The Regular Guys" created a fake neighborhood group and convinced a total of 33 international outlets that the "Buckhead Neighborhood Coalition" was protesting against the pop singer putting down roots in Atlanta following his recent trouble with the law.
The hoax reportedly generated a whopping 45,000 news stories.
Tim Andrews from "The Regular Guys" played the role of Harold White in the interviews with major outlets such as the BBC and pretended to be the face of the fictitious protest.
Speaking with CNN, Andrews (as White) said, "We're concerned he'll bring the wrong type of element into a quiet, residential area. It is our position that a person with his means could certainly find a neighborhood more suited to his eclectic lifestyle."
"Fifty Shades of Grey" has joined the 100 million club.
Vintage Books announced Wednesday that sales for E L James' sexually explicit trilogy have reached 100 million copies and have spent 100 weeks on The New York Times' paperback bestseller list. The novels have been translated into 51 languages, including Hebrew, Icelandic and Korean. With a film adaptation planned for 2015, many more sales are likely.
James' books, which originated as fan fiction inspired by Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" books, immediately topped bestseller lists after Vintage acquired them in 2012. Vintage is an imprint of Penguin Random House.
Actress and fashion designer Sarah Jessica Parker poses at the SJP Collection at Nordstrom pop up shop opening on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 in New York.
Photo by Evan Agostini
A massive statue of Marilyn Monroe that has turned heads for two years in Palm Springs is headed east.
The Riverside Press-Enterprise says the 26-foot-tall, 34,000-pound statue will be transported in April from California to Hamilton, N.J., where it will be part of an exhibit honouring its designer, Seward Johnson.
A going away party, open to the public, is planned for March 27.
The sculpture depicts Monroe trying to push down her billowing skirt in her memorable scene in the "Seven Year Itch."
A California jury has ordered Lisa Kudrow to pay her former manager $1.6 million in residuals from her work on "Friends."
The Los Angeles County Superior Court jury returned its verdict Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by Scott Howard. He claimed he had an oral agreement with the actress and was owed a percentage of her earnings on the hit NBC sitcom.
City News Service says testimony during the trial indicated that Kudrow was earning more than $1 million per episode by the end of the show's run. Kudrow starred on "Friends" from 1994 to 2004.
Howard worked with Kudrow for 16 years, beginning in 1991.
Musician Glenn Frey of the rock band "The Eagles" watches in the first half of an NBA basketball game between Atlanta Hawks and Chicago BullsTuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, in Atlanta.
Photo by John Bazemore
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday ordered Google Inc to remove from its YouTube video-sharing website an anti-Islamic film that had sparked protests across the Muslim world.
By a 2-1 vote, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Google's assertion that the removal of the film "Innocence of Muslims" amounted to a prior restraint of speech that violated the U.S. Constitution.
The plaintiff, Cindy Lee Garcia, had objected to the film after learning that it incorporated a clip she had made for a different movie, which had been partially dubbed and in which she appeared to be asking: "Is your Mohammed a child molester?"
In a statement, Google said: "We strongly disagree with this ruling and will fight it."
A woman dressed as Hindu Goddess Kali participates in a procession on the eve of Shivratri festival, in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Shivratri, a festival dedicated to the worship of Hindu God Shiva, will be marked across the country Thursday.
Photo by Channi Anand
Independence Bowl Foundation officials say Duck Commander, the company run by the stars of the reality television series "Duck Dynasty," is the new title sponsor of Shreveport's annual college football bowl game.
Officials say Duck Commander chief operating officer Willie Robertson (R-Self-Righteous) also has agreed to bring back the game's original name.
The move restores the word "Independence" to the bowl's name after it was called only by the name of its previous sponsor, AdvoCare V100, last season.
The Independence Bowl began in 1976 to honour the United States' bicentennial.
A cargo boat being built by carpenters is seen at a yard in Karachi's Fish Harbour February 25, 2014. The yard is used mainly for building and repairing cargo and fishing boats the traditional way, without using high-end technology or blueprints. The boat sizes vary from 60 to 120 feet, and takes 15 to 20 artisans to complete in 15 months. According to a local contractor, the boats are made for locals as well as foreign buyers.
Photo by Akhtar Soomro
Sultan Moulay Ismaïl of Morocco, "The Bloodthirsty," reputedly sired hundreds of children and perhaps more than a 1,000. Now computer simulations suggest this could have been possible if the ruler had sex about once a day for 32 years.
Ismaïl, who reigned from 1672 to 1727, was the first great sultan of the Moroccan Alaouite dynasty, the current royal house of the kingdom. He was Sharifian - that is, he claimed descent from Muhammad, the founder of Islam.
Ismaïl's rule was the longest in Moroccan history, and toward its end he controlled the country with an army of more than 150,000 men. Ismaïl was infamously ruthless - his reign is said to have begun with the display of 400 heads at the city of Fez, most of them from enemy chiefs, and over the next 55 years it is estimated he killed more than 30,000 people, not including those in battle.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Ismaïl fathered 888 children, the greatest number of progeny for anyone throughout history that can be verified. Based on reports by Dominique Busnot, a French diplomat who frequently traveled to Morocco, the sultan may actually have had 1,171 children from four wives and 500 concubines by 1704. At that time, Ismaïl was 57 and had ruled for 32 years.
To solve this question, scientists developed computer simulations to see how many times Ismaïl had to have sex each day to have 1,171 children in 32 years. They found the sultan could have set this record.
A Hindu holy man smokes marijuana in the courtyard of the Pashupatinath Temple in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Shivratri, a festival dedicated to the worship of Hindu God Shiva, will be celebrated Thursday.
Photo by Niranjan Shrestha
Physicists in Germany and the United States said on Wednesday they have discovered an exotic new type of particle that they call a quantum droplet, or dropleton.
Writing in the journal Nature, they said it behaves a bit like a liquid droplet and described it as a quasiparticle - an amalgamation of smaller types of particles.
A previously known example of a quasiparticle is the exciton, a pairing of an electron and a "hole" - a place in the material's energy structure where an electron could be located but is not.
The quantum droplet is made up of roughly five electrons and five holes. It possesses some characteristics of a liquid, like having ripples, the scientists said.
Bonobo monkey mother Muhdeblu comforts her newborn baby at the Zoo in Wuppertal, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. The yet unnamed female baby was born on Feb. 6, 2014 and supporters are asked to vote for a name.
Photo by Frank Augstein
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