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Barthheart

#105
November 20, 2015, 08:48:18 AM

BanzaiCat

#106
December 01, 2015, 11:04:46 AM
Not sure if this is particularly interesting to anyone or not. It definitely lends a certain morbid curiosity.

http://www.arcgis.com/apps/StorytellingTextLegend/index.html?appid=0d41baefd133497db0a10018af579b5a

This site is the e-collection of several deaths, accidental and otherwise, associated with the Grand Canyon. There is a book called Death in Grand Canyon that I own, which will shed light on exactly how deadly the Grand Canyon can be. The data on this site is largely derived from the research put into said book. Not just with falls, either.

QuoteOver 770 deaths have occurred in Grand Canyon from the first river exploration by John Wesley Powell and his crew of 1869 to tourists falling off the rim today.

Zoom in with your mouse wheel towards any hexagon with a number and eventually the hexes will turn into icons representing the accident or other unfortunate incident that occurred.

Then, click on an icon to get a pop-up window with a brief synopsis of that event.

bayonetbrant

#107
December 07, 2015, 09:20:45 AM
Betty White was born in 1922, a full six years before the Chillicothe Baking Company sold the very first loaf of sliced bread on July 7, 1928.

Therefore, sliced bread is the best thing since Betty White.
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Bison

#108
December 07, 2015, 10:09:06 AM
Surprising how many airplane crashes apparently happen around and in the Grand Canyon.  Personally if someone told me "Hey we are going to fly into the largest hole on Earth.  It'll be awesome!", I'd walk away and feeling comforted that I missed that unique and awesome experience.

steve58

#109
December 09, 2015, 11:09:31 AM Last Edit: December 09, 2015, 11:12:29 AM by steve58
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bayonetbrant

#110
December 09, 2015, 11:34:54 AM
the SC bomb site used to be on my drive to/from my ARNG unit back in Mullins, SC
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bayonetbrant

#111
December 11, 2015, 11:18:23 PM
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Martok

#112
December 12, 2015, 07:29:28 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 11, 2015, 11:18:23 PM
http://www.slapkirk.com/play
That proved to be far more entertaining than it had any right to be.  >:D 

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bayonetbrant

#113
January 02, 2016, 10:52:23 PM
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Staggerwing

#114
January 02, 2016, 11:14:25 PM
Need origami instructions for tench and exhaust port.
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mirth

#115
February 04, 2016, 10:09:40 AM
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mirth

#116
March 22, 2016, 09:10:31 AM
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bayonetbrant

#117
March 23, 2016, 06:03:15 AM
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"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

mirth

#118
March 23, 2016, 08:05:57 AM
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Barthheart

#119
April 05, 2016, 06:54:51 AM
Important question that needs answering....

http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/

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