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They Killed a 14 Year Old Boy, Just to See if it Was Possible to Commit the Perfect Crime
Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were two wealthy University students who murdered a 14 year old boy in 1924. They were only 19 and 18 years old, and they killed the boy just to prove themselves that it was possible to commit a perfect crime. Read
By: Jos Kirps | 17/01/2008 | News and Society
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Intellivision: a Game Console Far Ahead of Its Time
Intellivision was the first 16 bit game console ever released and introduced a lot of new concepts and technologies: innovative game controllers, superior graphics and sound, game downloads, home computer extensions, a voice synthesis device and a synthesizer keyboard for example. Read
By: Jos Kirps | 17/01/2008 | Computer Games
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How to Get your Own Domain Name
A lot of people now have a blog, many more are planning to get one and some people even run an entire website. An own domain name would be cool - but now that domain names are quite inexpensive it becomes in fact very hard to find an available one. Read
By: Jos Kirps | 17/01/2008 | Domain Names
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The Apollo 20 Alien Spaceship Hoax
Apollo was NASA's moon exploration program. In 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men to walk on the moon with Apollo 11, the last Apollo mission was Apollo 17 in 1972. Apollo 18, 19 and 20 were planned missions, but due to budget constraints they were finally canceled. Read
By: Jos Kirps | 17/01/2008 | Science
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A Tribute to Captain Future
Captain Future is science fiction character invented by writer Edmond Hamilton. Captain Future first became popular during the 1940's when stories about the character were published in pulp magazines, later on he got his own magazine and finally he got cult status after the anime series was produced in the late 1970's. Read
By: Jos Kirps | 17/01/2008 | Television
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The Worst Movie Ever: a Turkish Star Wars Clone
There are many bad sci-fi movies, and for many years movie addicts even considered Ed Wood's "Plan 9 From Outer Space" to be the worst movie of all times. But "Plan 9" is still a pretty good movie when compared to "Dünyayi Kurtaran Adam", a film commonly known as "Turkish Star Wars". Read
By: Jos Kirps | 17/01/2008 | Movies
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How to Put a Virtual Solar System Onto your Website or Blog
Wouldn't it be cool if you could place a solar system with exoplanets onto your site? Okay, this may sound quite irritating, so let me explain... Read
By: Jos Kirps | 17/01/2008 | Blogging
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Do you Know What a Moon Buggy Is?
The Lunar Rover (sometimes also called the "moon buggy", and officially named Lunar Roving Vehicle - LRV) was a surface exploration rover used on the Moon during the Apollo 15, 16 and 17 missions. Read
By: Jos Kirps | 16/01/2008 | Science
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David Prowse - the Man Behind Darth Vader's Mask
David Prowse is the man who played the Darth Vader character in the original Star Wars trilogy. He was born on July 1, 1935 in the UK and became a bodybuilder, weightlifter and an actor. When he was casted for the Darth Vader character he was 6 ft 6 in (198cm) high and weighed 265 lbs (120kg). Today he's 72 years old. Read
By: Jos Kirps | 16/01/2008 | Movies
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The Very First Video Game Ever Released (and It's not Pong)
When asked about the very first video game ever released most experts will tell you that it was Pong, the famous table tennis inspired video game released in 1972 by Atari Inc. But Pong wasn't the first one, as a company called Nutting Associates had already released their Computer Space game in 1971. Read
By: Jos Kirps | 16/01/2008 | Computer Games