These Photos are a Delight
2003-03-09
You may be working away on your computer, but you’ll cheer up when you check these out.
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Got World’s Biggest Cheeto? Sell it on E-Bay!
2003-03-07
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Mike Evans found a Cheeto in a bag he bought that’s the size of a small lemon and weighs about half an ounce. He was wise enough not to eat it?instead, he posted it on eBay, where it was eventually bid up to millions of dollars. The bidding got so ” says Evans. “I’ve even seen it online on a Russian site.” He finally donated the giant Cheeto to the little town of Algona, Iowa, where they plan to shellac it, mount it on plush velvet and put it under Plexiglas.
“This giant Cheeto could be a boon to our local economy,” says resident Tom Straub. “Anything we can do to attract visitors to our town would be good.” The town raised $180 to bid on the Cheeto. When Evans found out, he decided to donate it to them.
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Life Like a Spy Movie
2003-03-07
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South Korean film director Shin Sang-ok and his actress wife Choe Eun-hui have lived a life that sounds like a spy movie. They spent years as prisoners of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il. Choe was kidnapped in Hong Kong by secret agents in 1978. She says, “I was in such a worried state I couldn’t eat or drink anything for ages. Finally I fainted and later learned that they had injected me with some sort of sedative.” She was smuggled aboard a ship and taken to Pyongyang. Her husband flew from Seoul to Hong Kong to look for his her, and was also kidnapped. He says, “Someone suddenly pulled a sack over my head and I couldn’t see anything or breathe properly.read more
Getting Warm Weather Trees to Grow in Cold Places
2003-03-07
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If the greenhouse gas gobbling Jatoba tree, which grows in rainforests, could be planted in cold climates, it would help compensate for the CO2 given off by auto and power plant emissions. Swedish scientists now think they may be able to alter trees so they can adapt to new environments by manipulating the genes that tell them to change color and start dropping their leaves in the fall. This is one of the main reasons they’re able to survive through the winter. Scientists aren’t sure what triggers this change, although it may be shortened hours of daylight.
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