August, 2011

The Clan’s debut single off of one of the best hip-hop albums ever made.

Scientists have discovered a subterranean river 4km (do your own conversion) beneath the Amazon River that may be 6,000km long and hundreds of times wider than the Amazon.

From The Guardian:

Both the Amazon and Hamza flow from west to east and are around the same length, at 6,000km. But whereas the Amazon ranges from 1km to 100km in width, the Hamza ranges from 200km to 400km.

The underground river starts in the Acre region under the Andes and flows through the Solimões, Amazonas and Marajó basins before opening out directly into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.

The Amazon flows much faster than the Hamza, however, draining a greater volume of water. Around 133,000m³ of water flow through the Amazon per second at speeds of up to 5 metres per second. The underground river’s flow rate has been estimated at around 3,900m³ per second and it barely inches along at less than a millimetre per hour

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Off The Dropouts‘ new album LSD, but all it’s doing is just getting me more pumped for Phonte’s upcoming solo offering.

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HBO finally gives us a look at the upcoming season of their award-winning smorgasbord of badassery, and it looks like it’s going to be a doozy. Here’s hoping Michael K. Williams gets his hands on a shotgun at some point.

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Irene prep.

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6 People Who Single Handedly Screwed Entire Economies – [Cracked]

The Lost Roles Of Paul Rudd – [SplitSider]

A Comprehensive Hurricane Irene News Update – [The Daily What]

The Retired Steve Jobs Advice Meme – [Slacktory]

Mexico Gunmen Set Casino On Fire, Killing At Least 53 – [LA Times]

Gunmen stormed a crowded casino in northern Mexico on Thursday and ignited a fire that trapped patrons inside, killing at least 53 people in what the nation’s president called an “aberrant act of terror.”

The attack on the Casino Royale was the latest bout of spectacular violence in Monterrey, an industrial hub that is Mexico’s third-largest city. For more than a year, the city has been the setting for a brutal turf war between rival drug-trafficking gangs that at times have held gunfights on downtown streets in broad daylight.

The Real Musicians Behind Film And TV’s Fake Bands – [Flavorwire]

No matter how much we love them, there comes a time when we must face up to the sad reality of film and TV’s fictional bands: They don’t write their own songs. It just isn’t possible. They aren’t real. Solace, however, can be found in the surprising little-known facts that accompany these fake jams. Many of them, for instance, were written and recorded by actual bands long before they became hits for your favorite faux ensembles, while others were simply ghostwritten by artists you probably know.

Coordinated Multinational ATM Fraud Nets $13M In One Night – [Boing Boing]

Crooks who compromised Fidelity National Information Services’s prepaid debit card database were able to draw out $13 million in one night, working with co-conspirators in several countries in one weekend night, after the banks had closed.

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There are a lot of theories on what killed the dinosaurs, but anyone that gets laid repeatedly knows they died from a giant dinosaur fight…with lasers…in space…with sharks.

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The game that decides everything, updated for our elected officials.

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