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Before They Were Famous: 25 Actors in 3 Minutes

luapo | August 18, 2011

Funny pre-fame footage of 25 top celebs, including Angelina Jolie, Jim Carrey, Ryan Gosling, Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogan, Natalie Portman, Jack Black, Joseph-Gordon Levitt and more.

The Campaign For Real Monopoly

luapo | August 17, 2011

Have you ever played Monopoly? Of course you have. Everyone’s played it at some time in their life. It’s shared culture, a common element that weaves together our modern world.

But when was the last time you played it? You can’t remember, can you? We’ve all played it sometime, when we were kids; but never recently, and why?

Because it’s crap. It takes ages to play, suffering long action-free periods in which the players endlessly circle the board in search of the streets they need to complete a set, and lacks the interaction between players that we look for in a game. In short, it’s boring and lacks skill.

Except that it isn’t crap. Actually. You just have to play it the way it was designed to be played.

What Is Real Monopoly?

Real Monopoly is Monopoly played according to the actual rules. Now as you read this I can just imagine you shaking your head and saying, “Right… Because getting rid of free parking is so going to revolutionise the game!”

But I’m not talking about the rule changes that everyone knows are house-rules. I’m talking about the rules changes that everyone thinks are part of the original rules. I could waffle on, but it’ll save a lot of your time and my typing if I just present you with the relevant section of the rules:

BUYING PROPERTY…Whenever you land on an unowned property you may buy that property from the Bank at its printed price. You receive the Title Deed card showing ownership; place it face up in front of you.

If you do not wish to buy the property, the Banker sells it at auction to the highest bidder. The buyer pays the Bank the amount of the bid in cash and receives the Title Deed card for that property. Any player, including the one who declined the option to buy it at the printed price, may bid. Bidding may start at any price.

New Drug May Cure All Viruses

luapo | August 17, 2011

Most bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics such as penicillin, discovered decades ago. However, such drugs are useless against viral infections, including influenza, the common cold, and deadly hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola.

Now, in a development that could transform how viral infections are treated, a team of researchers at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory has designed a drug that can identify cells that have been infected by any type of virus, then kill those cells to terminate the infection.

One Hour of TV Equals 22 Minutes Off Your Life

luapo | August 17, 2011

A new study claims that for every hour you spend watching TV, your life is shortened by 22 minutes. I am not saying I am skeptical or anything but, if this is true, the current generation of kids out there won’t live beyond 35.

Experts from the University of Queensland, Australia, write: “TV viewing time may have adverse health consequences that rival those of lack of physical activity, obesity and smoking; every single hour of TV viewed may shorten life by as much as 22 minutes.”