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Posted by chshkt
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Source: BBC
Until last month, the clock had enough digits to measure US debt levels
The US government's debts have ballooned so badly the National Debt Clock in New York has run out of digits to record the spiralling figure.
The digital counter marks the national debt level, but when that passed the $10 trillion point last month, the sign could not display the full amount.
The board was erected to highlight the $2.7 trillion level of debt in 1989.
The clock's owners say two more zeros will be added, allowing the clock to record a quadrillion dollars of debt.
More Info: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7660409.stm
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Posted by Julia
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source: Discovery Channel
Associated Press
Ike Uncovers Mystery Ship on Ala. Coast
Sept. 19, 2008 -- When the waves from Hurricane Ike receded, they left behind a mystery -- a ragged shipwreck that archaeologists say could be a two-masted Civil War schooner that ran aground in 1862 or another ship from some 70 years later. The wreck, about six miles from Fort Morgan, had already been partially uncovered when Hurricane Camille cleared away sand in 1969.
Researchers at the time identified it as the Monticello, a battleship that partially burned when it crashed trying to get past the U.S. Navy and into Mobile Bay during the Civil War.
After examining photos of the wreck post-Ike, Museum of Mobile marine archaeologist Shea McLean agreed it is likely the Monticello, which ran aground in 1862 after sailing from Havana, according to Navy records. |
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Posted by Julia
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 източник Dnes.bg
В Китай работник, затрупан под няколкометров слой пръст, оцеля благодарение на медитацията.
Два часа 52-годишният Ван Цзянсин чакал помощ от колегите си практически без въздух, съобщава британският Times Online.
Китаецът работел в изкоп, дълбок 5 метра, когато бил затрупан от свляклата се пръст. |
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