3 Animals That Cheated Death

It's a known fact that we all eventually die; Some people go down fighting, others go down peacefully. The three animals below punched death in the face, presumably with a pipe in their mouth, laughing all the way.

"Sophie Tucker"

In the era of naming pets human names, Sophie Tucker probably has one of the most exciting stories. Sophie, is a grey and black cattle dog, around four years old at the time. Her owners were suggestively wealthy, because she was accompanying her owners on their yacht. People generally don't buy a Yacht when they're struggling to pay rent, and wondering where their next meal is going to come from.

It generally doesn't work this way.

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3 of The Most Powerful Computers In the World

Computers, where would we be without them? I'd be willing to bet fifty bucks, that you're looking at your computer screen right now. Don't worry about it, I'll put it on your tab.

The Top500 Project ranks and details the most fastest non-commercial computers in the world. What does that mean? You probably wouldn't be able to go to your local computer store, and pick one up for seven hundred dollars. (Not in this economy!)

Jaguar

After the developers created the fastest computer in 2009, they decided to give it a hardcore name to scare the competition. They even went as far as putting a picture of a Jaguar on the giant computers, probably to make everyone urinate as they entered the room. What's that? Oh yeah, it fit an entire room. Not really something the developers would throw in the sedan, drive to their friends house, and play War of Warcraft.

"I can play WoW on the highest settings." *Flexes*

The supercomputer was created by Patriotic Americans at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The computer was clocked at 2.5 quadrillion calculations per second. (It'll take a lot of calculators to beat that.) The whole computer included 224,256 AMD Opteron processors.

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3 Biological Warfare Experiments Done By The U.S. Government

Biological Warfare? Sounds like jolly good fun to me. Throw on some Global Thermonuclear War, and it'll be the icing on the cake. Back in the 20th Century, it was a pretty confusing time, who would have known which side would have won the Cold War, who would have known the "Internet" would have become a "big thing"? One thing was clear though, the U.S. didn't have "don't let people know that we're throwing pathogens everywhere to see what happens" on the top of  their budget.

"Coffee doesn't buy itself you know."

1950, Serratia marcescens

During the late 1950's, the United States Navy conducted an experiment that included spraying extremely large quantities of S. Marcescens over San Francisco. It was said that there was one point, in which a cloud made out of S. Marcescens formed up to about two miles long. The idea was to simulate a biological attack from another nation. (Why? Because.)

Because why not?

The experiment was "successful" in the terms that eleven people developed rare, severe urinary tract infections, and one of which, died; Three days after the experiments began. Cases of pneumonia also increased after the experiments began.

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Horrifying Tuesday : Giant Isopod

I've decided to do this one another shot, let's actually do it on Tuesday. In fact, I've written "Do Horrifying Tuesday Post" on my arm to remind myself. If that doesn't show you how committed I am about horrifying stuff, then I don't know what commitment is.

In this post, we're going to discuss a creature out of your childhood nightmares. No it's not Zippy the clown, it's  something a little less scary, the Giant Isopod. While the name sounds like a giant mutant jelly fish from a science fiction movie, it's actually somewhat close.

The Giant Isopod has been compared to pill bugs and woodlouse. Both of them, not very pleasant to look like.

They definitely are not something you give your kid to cuddle up with at night.

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5 Reasons Why Summer Isn't So Bad

I know that I wrote a post before, giving reasons why summer is the worst thing since canned cheeseburgers, but it's time to look at the brighter side of things. (Get it? Because Summer is Sunny? Nevermind.) Summer can be a exciting period of the year, to opposed to the icky hot weather. Below, I'll list four reasons why Summer isn't so bad.

This picture alone should be all five reasons.

1. Summer movies. Don't we all love the hundred of movies coming out during the summer? It's like every weekend, a four new movies come out for your enjoyment. Don't enjoy the cheesy predictable plots? You could still enjoy sitting in a air-conditioned room with friends for two hours right? Unless you hate being cool, and hanging out with friends.

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