Bill Hicks took stand-up comedy to new heights – and depths – but died at just 32, on the brink of global fame. A hard-edged new biopic reveals and intense and dark young comic.
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Monthly Archives: May 2010
USSR Planned Nuke Attack on China 1969
The Soviet Union was on the brink of launching a nuclear attack against China in 1969 and only backed down after the US told Moscow such a move would start World War Three, according to a Chinese historian.
Allure of Avatar to Unlock Secrets of Sex
Strange History of the Sunflower
Resurrect Dead On Planet Jupiter
Something is wrong in Jupiter. Astronomer Anthony Wesley’s photos show that one of its two dark stripes is gone. Maybe Sir Arthur C. Clarke was right and the gas giant will turn into a star to jumpstart life in Europa.
But no, even while it’s 2010, the process has happened before. It’s a phenomenon called South Equatorial Belt Disturbance, and it happens every three to fifteen years. The dark reddish brown—caused by sulfur and phosphorous mixed with ammonia crystals at 108 degrees below zero—fades away. At the same time, the Great Red Spot—a fiery anticyclonic storm that can reach 40,000 kilometers in diameter—gets darker.
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CONSPIRAPORN! 