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Stonehenge Looking for a New General Manager
If you’re looking for a job, English Heritage may be looking for you, they are looking for a general manager for Stonehenge, yes, THE Stonehenge. This December, there will be a new visitor center completed at the site, and part of the new GM's job will be to oversee the center along with 80 employees and 100 volunteers. The GM will also be responsible for bringing the facility into a new era.
10,000 Year Clock Under Construction In West Texas
It will be the slowest computer in the world when it’s completed, but it will be able to keep accurate time for 10,000 years, that is why it’s called the 10,000-year clock. The official name is the Clock of the Long Now, and is the brainchild of Danny Hillis, who wanted a clock that would use the sun to keep time and have a century hand that will advance once every 100 years.
3 Earth-Size Planets Disovered
Three new planets have been discovered by astronomers that are close to Earth-size and are the right distance from their sun to make the temperature similar to Earth’s. The planets were discovered in what scientists call the ‘habitable zone’ where the surface of the planet isn’t too hot or too cold.
Principal From Michigan Runs 25.79 Miles in Boston but Completes Marathon at Home
With the manhunt going on for the Boston Marathon bomber and all the news stories covering everything from childhood friends of the suspects to their travel to Russia, a nice story comes from the Boston Marathon tragedy. It happened to a principal at Hamilton Elementary School in Michigan. Dr. Pam Mathers, 62, ran 25.79 miles of the 26.2-mile marathon when the explosions occurred and she was unable to cross the finish line.
Milk That Tastes Like the Bottom of Your Cereal Bowl
Milk that tastes like the bottom of your cereal bowl has made it to the market.
Rare Pink Diamond Sells at Auction for $39.3 Million
Both the buyer and seller were anonymous, but a rare pink diamond recently sold at auction for $39.3 million. The 34.65-carat diamond was sold at Christie’s Auction House in New York and was the second highest jewel sold at auction. The diamond is nicknamed "The Princie Diamond", and had its origins in India where it was found 300 years ago.
Masters Winner Adam Scott Will Not Be The Next Bachelor
Since Adam Scott won the Masters championship, he has been one hot commodity.
Girl’s Names That Aren’t as Popular Anymore
Ancestory.com did a little digging to find out what popular girls names from the past you don’t see or hear much anymore. These are names that were common in their day, but aren’t as common now. The names aren’t strange or hard to spell; they are now considered ‘vintage’ names.
Disgusting Ingredients That Aren’t on the Label
Here are some things you are eating but don’t know about because they are not on the ingredients panel on the items you buy. The ‘cochineal beetle’ is used to make red food dye, so if you ever ate tomato products, cherries or jams, you also ate beetles. ‘Beaver anal glands’ or ‘castoreum’, a mixture of anal secretion and urine, is used in vanilla and raspberry flavors and some perfumes.
Giant African Sanils Invade South Florida
Its bad enough Florida is dealing with a huge population of wild pythons, now in South Florida they are dealing with a new problem, giant African snails. The snails can eat through almost anything including stucco, hard plastic recycling bins and their shells are hard enough to blow-out a vehicle tire if run over.