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Lord John.

The world’s shortest and tallest men have finally met. He Pingping is just 73 cm (2’5”), while Sultan Kosen is a towering 246.5 cm (8’1).

(via He Pingping and Sultan Kosen | World’s tallest and shortest men meet | News.com.au)

xutraa:

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Diamond oceans could explain why the magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune appear tilted so far off their north-south axes, given that they could deflect or tilt the magnetic fields. Both planets may consist of up to 10 percent carbon, the elemental building block of diamond. (via Neptune and Uranus May Have Oceans of Liquid Diamond | Popular Science)

Jumping off the Burj

So last week the Burj Khalifa in Dubai was opened, the latest building to be qualified as the world’s tallest. It cost something like 1.5 billion dollars to construct and is basically a vertical…

Interview with Joshua Ellis about Red State Soundsystem

From the Gonzo Squad days: That’s the song Scarecrow, my fave track off the debut album by Red State Soundsystem, Ghosts In A Burning City. In continuing our investigation of being an artist in the future-present, I organised an interview with the man behind the moniker, Dr Joshua Ellis. I’ve been listening to some of […]