If you love the appearance of getting hammered and are too classy to hold 'near' beer - or, oddly, you enjoy the taste of whisky but don't like getting hammered - there is good news; the world's first alcohol-free, whisky-flavored drink.ArKay has the appearance, smell and taste of traditional whisky they say, but no alcohol, no calories and no sugar - they claim you will enjoy it straight...
read moreTraces of 2,500-year-old chocolate on a plate in the Yucatan peninsula may mean chocolate was a condiment or sauce with solid food in pre-Hispanic cultures rather than as a beverage reserved for the elite.Or it could have spilled. The discovery announced by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History also suggests that there may be ancient roots for traditional dishes eaten in...
read moreCuriosity, the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, remains in good health and is just one day and 12 hours from touchdown on Mars. All systems are go and it is doing so well the planned Trajectory Correction Maneuver 5 (TCM-5) and its update to parameters for the autonomous entry, descent and landing will not be necessary. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, as they say.As of noon...
read moreMuslim protesters have set up roadblocks of stones and burning tires in the Bekaa Valley. Another day of hating Jews in Lebanon, right? Nope, they are protesting government security forces out to destroy marijuana fields. Instead of getting real jobs, the ‘farmers’ are demanding compensation…for their illegal crops. Sense of entitlement much? You can see [...]
read moreMuslim protesters have set up roadblocks of stones and burning tires in the Bekaa Valley. Another day of hating Jews in Lebanon, right? Nope, they are protesting government security forces out to destroy marijuana fields. Instead of getting real jobs, the ‘farmers’ are demanding compensation…for their illegal crops. Sense of entitlement much? You can see [...]
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