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Planetary Lineup Starting Saturday
April 19, 2002The five planets visible to the naked eye?Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn?will line up in the sky, beginning April 20. Astronomers say this rare arrangement may not be seen again for a century. A similar arrangement of planets happened... continued
The Nazification of America or Just Plain Bad Taste?
April 19, 2002The new 55-cent stamp, introduced by the Post Office in February 2001, displays an eagle which looks uncomfortably like the Nazi eagle. According to Al Martin of Almartinraw.comthis design will also be used for the triangular arm badges and hats... continued
Can?t Sleep? You?re Not Alone
April 19, 2002Nearly half the population of Singapore suffers from insomnia. A survey released by the European pharmaceutical company Sanofil-Synthelabo shows that among 430 Singaporeans polled, 46 percent were categorized as suffering from insomnia. Only 27 percent of them were aware of... continued
Chimp Boy Discovered
April 18, 2002A disabled Nigerian boy who was adopted and raised by chimpanzees for 18 months is now in a children?s home. He has been named Bello by the nursing staff. He was brought to them six years ago by hunters after... continued
Sniffing Out Volcanoes
April 18, 2002It may be possible to sniff out a soon-to-erupt volcano, according to Chinese scientists Chih-Chieh Su and Chih-An Huh. They have evidence that the air downwind of a volcano that?s ready to blow is laced with a distinctive radioactive gas.... continued
TV Ready for Iraq War
April 18, 2002According to the Israeli newspaper Yedi'ot Aharonot, a CNN film crew has been studying rooftops along Tel Aviv?s seafront in recent weeks so they?ll be able to film the action in case Iraq launches missiles at Israel. Do they know... continued
We?re Having a Heatwave
April 18, 2002For much of the East and Midwest, summer-like temps have people sweating. After an odd winter that saw tulips sprouting in January in Iowa and a March snowstorm that caused more than 20 deaths from Texas to the Great Lakes,... continued
Thank You For Thirteen Million Hits a Month!
April 17, 2002Over the past thirty days, Unknowncountry.com reached another all-time record in hits: 13,004,308. Yes, you read that right--thirteen million! That averages out to 419,493 hits a day. You also spent an average of nine minutes on the site each time... continued
Thinking Cap May Mimic Alien Implant
April 17, 2002The so-called ?alien implants? that have been found in the bodies of some of the people who report UFO abductions, when removed by physicians like Dr. Roger Leir, are often found to have a small magnetic field. This may be... continued
Trees Won?t Save Us From Greenhouse Gas
April 17, 2002U.S. and Brazilian researchers say waterways in the Amazon are releasing far more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than previously thought. That finding suggests tropical rainforests are not carbon ?sinks? that protect the Earth from excess CO2. Using satellite radar... continued