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You Can’t Press Pause In This Call Of Duty

Some people think video games and UAVs are desensitising us to war. Tell that to James Brabazon, frontline journalist for the BBC, and he’ll tell you about the horrors he’s witnessed during the Liberian rebellion that can’t be unseen.


March 27, 2011
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These Are The Three Countries Who Don’t Use The Metric System

As a reminder, these are the three countries who don’t use the incredibly sensible metric system: Liberia, Myanmar and of course, the United States of America. U-S-A! U-S-A! Hell, we should all form some sort of alliance! Non US-people, feel free to tell us why we’re dumb for not using the metric system. [Wikimedia via ZME Science]