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Strange News of the Day: School Sells Test Scores to Raise Money

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Yep, you read it right. A middle school in North Carolina is said to be selling test scores to students to try to raise money. Twenty test points will be sold to students for $20, where students can add 10 extra points to each of two tests of their choice. The principal defends that the points would not have enough impact to change the overall grades, while officials of the Department of Public Instruction says that the exchange is teaching them wrong lessons.

And to think, they did this because last year’s bake sale didn’t work. Have they thought of carwash first?

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Cross Between Rip Van Winkle and Sleeping Beauty

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

One of the most random things I’ve read recently. Apparently, there was this girl in the 1800s who fell asleep. Sounds normal, right? Well, not if she wakes up only after nine years after she dozed off.

Check the story out by clicking here. Can anyone prove if this is fact or fiction?

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The Yolk’s on You

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

By feeding hens certain dyes they can be made to lay eggs with varicolored yolks.

First of all, why would you feed chickens dye? Aren’t pellets enough? Secondly, why would you want multicolored eggs in the first place? I wouldn’t like my fried eggs green. At least Dr. Seuss would have his green eggs.

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Secret Squirrel

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Just wondering: does anyone remember Secret Squirrel and his assistant, Morocco Mole? We were just reminiscing about the old-school cartoons, and this is one of them that I really miss. Secret’s a parody of James Bond, bearing the designation Agent 000 of the International Sneaky Service, and he takes orders from Double Q. Like James Bond, he’s got an insane amount of gadgets, practically all of which are hidden in his trench coat or purple hat.

For some reason, I always imagined his tail would be really soft and fluffy if you touch it.:P

Pepsi’s New Logo

Friday, November 6th, 2009

image_pepsilogo1Just read an online article. Apparently, Pepsi’s changed its logo after how many years. Mountain Dew too. You can check out the entire entry here. You can see the new designs for Mist, Gatorade, Pepsi Max, and Diet Pepsi as well.

It’s funny, I’ve read the comments and people seem to be really affected by the change.

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It’s not like they changed the formula of the drink, like the whole New Coke controversy. Maybe the Mountain Dew one is more extreme, since they effectively changed the actual name (never mind if only through the spelling). I don’t get what the fuss is about. It’s not like the Pepsi logo changed drastically, they still used the Red, White, and Blue, but then, I’m not a designer, so they could have violated a lot of rules without my knowing.

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