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View Article  5 Tiny Mistakes That Led To Huge Catastrophes (Some Off Color Language)
by Riley Jones on Tue 29 Jul 2008 04:38 PM EDT


#4: The New York Black Out.

On the night of July 13, 1977, a system operator sat in New York City's ConEdison electric facility, probably reading a comic book and wishing the internet had been invented.

Then, lightning struck. Three times. It nearly crippled the facility. To make things worse, neighboring facilities then opened their connections to the ConEd system to keep their own from overloading. The details are technical, but let's just say at that point, the system was going to be screwed unless somebody took action.

But no worries, our trusty system operator was on duty. And all he needed to do was flip a few switches and disaster would be averted. What could go wrong?

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View Article  A collection of funny, stupid, weird, thought provoking and silly street and road signs photographed around the world.
by Riley Jones on Tue 29 Jul 2008 04:26 PM EDT


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View Article  Brigitte Nielsen's Plastic Surgery Worked
by Riley Jones on Tue 29 Jul 2008 01:51 PM EDT


"Even accounting for make-up, we gotta admit Brigitte Nielsen's complete plastic surgery makeover looks pretty good."

Methinks the author has been bribed or is blind...

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View Article  Delights of the Olympic menu? How about a dish of seal penis?
by Riley Jones on Tue 29 Jul 2008 11:01 AM EDT
DOG may be off the menu for the Olympic Games, but adventurous gourmets can still choose from a dazzling array of culinary delights in Beijing - from seal penis to cow stomach, deep-fried scorpions or sea urchins, turtle (really best done as a broth) and brains in hot pot.

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