Rachel Carson- The Mass Murderer?

Rachel Carson's novel, Silent Spring, raised awareness on the dangers of insecticides like DDT. Her book led to the banning of DDT in the United States. Chemical companies went on the attack and said that Carson's hate for DDT caused insect-borne diseases (ex. malaria) to infect millions of Africans. In actuality, the mosquitoes became resistant to DDT and the use of pesticides was no longer effective.

What are the Odds?

What are the odds that someone is allergic to water?
The odds are 1 out of 230,000,000 (.000000435%) that you're allergic to water.

What are the odds of getting in a car accident?
The odds are 1 out of 5 (20%) that you will have a car crash within the first year of driving (if you are 16 years old).

What are the chances of having a stroke?
The odds are 1 out of 550 (.183%) that you will have a severe stroke this year.

What are the odds of contracting measles?
The odds are 1 out of 300,000,000 (.000000333%) that you will die from measles this year.

How many people regret getting a tattoo?
The odds are 1 out of 5 (17%) that you regret getting your tattoo if you have one.

What are the chances that all of this is false?
Anywhere from 42.7% to 93%.

Amphioxus

Amphioxus or lancelets are small, eel-like animals that spend much of their time buried in sand. However, because of their remarkable morphology, they have proved crucial in understanding the morphology and evolution of chordates(a subphlyum of the animal kingdom) including vertebrates. Fossil cephalochordates have been found in very old rocks predating the origin of the vertebrates

Race to Arms

The United States and U.S.S.R were in a tense Cold War from the late forties till 1990. In 1960 a Russian scientist claimed to have created a new form of water, polywater. If polywater came in contact with other sources of water it too would turn viscous. This had dangerous implications, but in the end polywater was a hoax that came about due to dirty equipment.

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Polywater

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Natural Relaxer-Spoof Website

http://www.naturalaxer.com/
This website is legit but they are falsley advertising their product. Relaxers are a products that chemically alters the hair strand by breaking the disulfide bridges. This process is permanant and cannot be reversed. This website claims to be all natural when in reality it is not.