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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Random Stuff

Stealthy Colgate Ad Ruins Ice Cream Forever

2:00AM Mark Wilson | In Bangkok, Colgate advertised oral health by passing out something a bit more cruelly creative than mere toothpaste samples. Instead, advertisers loaded sweets like lollipops and cotton candy with wooden toothbrushes. Low, Colgate. Low. [IBelieveInAdvertising via InspireMeNow]
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Science

Amputee Elephant Walks Again Thanks To Incredibly Strong Artificial Limb

2:15AM Jack Loftus | Motola, like so many who must share their lives with former war zones and forgotten minefields, lost a limb in 1999. Thankfully, she walked again today courtesy modern medicine and an artificial limb. The thing is, she’s an elephant. More »
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Thursday, March 6, 2008
Gadgets

Wristwatches Banned in College-Entry Exams Thanks to One Lousy Cheater

3:10AM Wilson Rothman | Some kid used his mobile phone-connected watch to receive incriminating text messages during a college-entry exam in Thailand and now “all kinds of watches” have been banned from 18 exam centres. Thailand has a seriously competitive testing system, with selectivity in some engineering and medicine programs reaching 1 in 100. Still, you’d think that a kid caught using an innovative way to cheat would be sent to the head of the class (kinda like Captain Kirk and that Kobayashi Maru business). I wonder what they’ll do when everyone has cellular/GPS implants—little bit harder to ban, I’d imagine. [Reuters] More »
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