Duck! The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says that a giant hailstone, weighing 1 pound, 15 ounces and measuring 8 inches in diameter broke the U.S. record.
The man who found the hailstone says it was 3 inches larger when he found it, but he had to use it to ice down his beer and the walleye he caught that morning.
Ooh, that’s going to sting: A provision in recently passed federal health care reforms will require businesses to file tax forms for every vendor that sells them more than $600 in goods, paperwork that is estimated to bring in an additional $19 billion in tax revenue over 10 years.
But, admittedly, some of that revenue will be offset by the increase in medical treatment for papercuts.
Is there a Facebook merit badge? More than 45,000 Boy Scouts and leaders gathered at their national Scout Jamboree, celebrating Scouting’s 100th year. But along with campfires and knot-tying, the Scouts took advantage of free Wi-Fi to update their Facebook pages.
Although tech-saavy, Scouts haven’t forgotten their Be-Prepared resourcefulness as demonstrated by one Tenderfoot who used the shiny side of his iPod 4 to reflect and concentrate the sun’s rays to start a fire.
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