The U.S. Military Today

Many People know that the U.S. military is currently deployed in countless places around the world today. Few Americans know exactly how la...

How Fast Is The World's Population Growing?

Unless you have been living under a rock someplace you already know that the world is in the midst of a population explosion. The number of...

Tons Of Trash From Japanese Tsunami Headed For U.S.

The Earthquake and subsequent Tsunami that hit Fukushima, Japan on March 11th, 2011 was devastating in many ways. For Japan itself it resul...

FDR And His Secret Train Car

Not a lot of people know about it or have ever even heard about it. Underneath the Grand Central Terminal in New York City, just under the ...

Space Junk In Earth Orbit Now Worse Than Ever

Officials at NASA now say that the amount of "Space Junk" that is in Earth's orbit is now greater than ever before. They are ...

Ground Zero Finally Rising from the Ashes

It took until about 2006 for all the squabbling and fighting that went on between the various authorities and owners of the site known as ...

The President And His "Beast"

One of the perks of becoming the Commander in Chief is that the gig comes with what must be the most "tricked out" ride on the pl...

Sometimes Even Presidents Don't Get Good Health Care

You would think that a sitting President of the United States would get the finest health care all the time. While that is what they strive...

Brief History About The Debt Cieling

The debt ceiling in the United States has been around for a while. Since 1939 the debt ceiling has been raised a total of 84 times. 55 of t...

The Most Profitable Sports In The U.S.

There are a good many different sports that are practiced in The United States but only really a hand full that are profitable and popular....

The Most Nuclear Powered Countries On Earth

In the wake of the nuclear disaster that took place and is taking place in Japan with its power plants after the earthquake and Sunami that...

Nasa Rover "Spirit" Feared Dead On Mars

Nasa this week has decided it will no longer make any attempts to contact it's long silent Martian rover known as "Spirit." T...

The Missing Girls Of India

A crisis is evolving in India and it has gone on for decades. The preference for Indian families to have male children is becoming so epide...

The Cost Of Bin Laden

Now that the U.S. finally got it's man and dispatched the leader of Al Queda it might be a good time to try and figure out at what cost...

Facebook Facts And Figures

Don't look now but the Internet website Facebook has taken over the known universe. Kudos to the new boy king Zuckerberg. In case you a...

The Failure Steve Jobs And Henry Ford Have In Common

We all know that Steve Jobs and Henry Ford have a lot of success in common. They both created something that the world went crazy for that ...

What Is The Point Of Daylight Savings Time?

It is springtime again as i write this article and it is time again for me to get up on a ladder and climb up to my big clock on the wall a...

So How Do You Spell That Libyan Guy's Name?

While the people of Libya struggle to remove a dictator that has ruled over their country for over 40 years the media in the United States ...

Pentagon Testing New Super Tiny Spy Plane

The next generation of UAV's (unmanned Aerial vehicles) is going to be smaller than ever before. The Pentagon is testing a UAV that w...

It Was Machine Over Man In Jeopardy Computer Contest

If you were watching Jeopardy this week you got to see perhaps a preview of what is to come for mankind and his inevitable decline into sec...

U.S. Population Breakdown

The 2010 Census has been taken and the Bureau came up with an official number for the U.S. population of 309,745,538. Here is a closer look...

The World's 10 Largest Armies

In a dangerous world it is seen by many to be a necessity to have a large army if you are to protect your nation from foreign foes. Some co...

Gun Violence In The USA

With the recent shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Griffiths, resulting in the deaths of 6 of her constituents, including a 9 year old...

Dead Celebrities And Their Last Words

Almost everybody is going to have a headstone one day and what you decide to have put on yours is going to say a lot about who and what you...

Leaf Cutter Ants Display Intelligent Labor Skills

It has been known for a long time that ants have a seriously evolved societal structure within their anthill colonies. Scientists have rece...

Constitution Misread Aloud On The Floor Of The House

January 6th was opening day for the 112th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives. The new Republican leadership led by the permanent...