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September 10, 2011
Tested on Top Gear by Clarkson’s co-presenter Richard Hammond, the Marauder is a ten-ton military vehicle that the public can buy – if you have $500,000 spare.
To prove its credentials on the battlefield, Hammond conducted a series of tests to show just what it can do. Most staggeringly of all, the presenter placed seven pounds of plastic explosive under the vehicle to see what damage it caused.
The answer was very little. In fact the car barely even had a scratch, with just a flat rear tire and damage to a piece of trim. In contrast a Hummer – another military vehicle – was blown to pieces by the same amount of explosive during the test.
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luapo |
September 9, 2011
“Time” is the most used noun in the English language, yet it remains a mystery. We’ve just completed an amazingly intense and rewarding multidisciplinary conference on the nature of time, and my brain is swimming with ideas and new questions. Rather than trying a summary (the talks will be online soon), here’s my stab at a top ten list partly inspired by our discussions: the things everyone should know about time.
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luapo |
September 9, 2011
If Batman had a clipboard, it would be this one. If Superman was a clipboard, it would be this one. Why? Because this clipboard is bulletproof. Yeah, you read that right: bulletproof. It can hold paper AND stop a 9mm bullet in its tracks. We call it the Bulletproof Body Armor Clipboard, and when you get yours, you can call it whatever you want (we recommend something awesome like “Awesomeboard,” “The Boardinator,” “Bill,” or anything else you can think of).
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luapo |
September 9, 2011
Villagers and veteran hunters ensnared the saltwater crocodile over the weekend after a three-week hunt in Bunawan township in Agusan del Sur province, where terrified villagers have reported at least one deadly attack.
Elorde said he planned to make the captured crocodile “the biggest star” in an ecotourism park to be built to increase villagers’ and tourists’ awareness of the vital role the dreaded reptiles play in the ecosystem.
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