What is probably the largest living organism on earth has been discovered in the Malheur National Forest in eastern Oregon. A fungus living three feet underground is estimated to cover 2,200 acres. After testing samples from various locations, scientists say it is all one organism.
Officially known as Armillaria ostoyae, or the honey mushroom, the fungus is 3.5 miles across and takes up 1,665 football fields. The small mushrooms visible above ground are only the tip of the iceberg.
Category: Scary
A 2,200 Acre Mushroom in Eastern Oregon
Superman Festival Human Zoo
Like a Star Trek convention, a Superman festival brings out the weirdest folks.
Another Reason to Hate AOL
It would appear that a simple AOL peon employee could get access to every single one of AOL’s screen names (about 92 million) and sell the list to spammers.
Another Scary Stat
Of the world’s 100 largest economic entities, 51 are now corporations and 49 are countries. Wal-Mart and their Supercenters aren’t even the biggest corporation on the list (#2 corp, #25 overall) — that prize belongs to General Motors (#23 overall).
A Scary Stat
A Wal-Mart Supercenter opens in American every 1.65 days. Just think how many Mom-and-Pop-type shops are getting driven out by these folks. Scary. Link via Kottke.
There Are Some Very Weird People Out There
But I can’t say that I’ve seen anything quite as weird as this (former) Mormon, Playboy model, stock broker, and self-described “good witch” who once offered to raise money for Armageddon by appearing in porn films but is now going to (potentially) put on death row.
Whoa.
That’s Comforting
Our lovely government can’t seem to locate quite a few missiles. I’ll sleep better knowing that. Thanks Barney for the link.
Please Shoot Me — Or Him
It’s bad enough that David Hasselhoff has a singing career, but he’s decided to team up with Ice-T to release a rap album.
Did anybody ever see Hasselhoff on Whose Line is it Anyway? Boy was he horrible on that show. They’ve had lots of celebrity guests do skits with the regulars on that show, but he was by far the worst.
You can find anything on DVD
Proof in point: The first seasons of The Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider, and The A-Team. (And yes, I did put my Amazon affiliate tag in there, in case you do feel the need to buy the items I’ll at least get a few pennies off of it.)
I didn’t need to see that
If you want to scare the crap out of somebody in the morning, set this as their wallpaper.