How Long Do You Need To Boil Water?

The fact is, with a water temperature of 165 degrees F (74 C) it takes just half an hour for all disease causing organisms to be inactivated. At 185 degrees this is cut to just a few minutes. By the time water hits its boiling point of 212 F (100 C) the water is safe. Even at high altitudes the time it takes for the water to reach a rolling boil and then cool means you can safely drink it.
How Long Do You Need To Boil Water?

The Wealthiest Americans Ever

An interactive graphic showing the 30 all-time richest Americans.
The Wealthiest Americans Ever

Tour de France - Live Tracker 2007

Watch the exact position and additional data (heart rate, cadence, speed, power) of the racing cyclists on an interactive map.
Tour de France - Live Tracker 2007

Is Your Printer Spying On You?

MIT"s Media Lab has started a website that helps consumers contact the manufacturer of their printer so they can request that "tracking dots" be eliminated from their machines.
Is Your Printer Spying On You?

Tallest and Shortest

The world's tallest man, Bao Xishun today shook hands with He Pingping who claims to be Earth's shortest.
Worlds apart: Tallest and Shortest

How to Travel the World with 10 Pounds or Less

The name of the game in world travel is being “fashionably light.”
How to Travel the World with 10 Pounds or Less

The Origin of Everyday Punctuation Marks

Here are the origins of several symbols we use in everyday life.
The Origin of Everyday Punctuation Marks

How to Actually Execute Your To-Do List

Getting things on your to-do list actually done is difficult because it’s really a collection of habits that most people don’t think about. Today, we’ll look at addressing those issues that stop you from doing things, and the habits needed to overcome those issues.
How to Actually Execute Your To-Do List

10 Alternatives to iTunes for managing your iPod

This overview details the features (with screenshots) of 10 different programs other than iTunes to manage your iPod. Tutorials are included for every program, and they’re all either free or Open Source.
10 Alternatives to iTunes for managing your iPod

Seven Wonders of the Tech World

Seven Wonders of the Tech World

50 Best Websites 2007 - TIME

50 Best Websites 2007

Voluntary Work, Australia, 2006

Contains information about participation in unpaid voluntary work through an organisation or group. This publication includes data about the types of organisation with which the voluntary work is associated, the types of activities carried out, time spent volunteering, the characteristics of the volunteer, and the reason for volunteering. Also includes information about givers of monetary donations to organisations.
Voluntary Work, Australia, 2006

How to use Winamp to manage your iPod

This brief tutorial will show you how to use Winamp to manage your iPod.
How to use Winamp to manage your iPod

101 Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things

In every part of your house, everyday items — from clothespins to cotton swabs — are simply waiting to do surprising new things.
101 Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things

Top 10 Most amazing facts about the Earth

1. Gravity is not the same over the surface of the Earth
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Top 10 Most amazing facts about the Earth

33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names

1. AGLET - The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace.
2. ARMSAYE - The armhole in clothing.
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33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names

Five Things that Are Worse than Global Warming

While public attention is focused on climate change, things elsewhere will continue much as always. During the 24 hours of Live Earth, 214,000 acres of tropical forest will disappear forever. Two billion gallons of human sewage will be dumped into the world's oceans. 10,800 children will die from drought or the lack of clean drinking water. And we'll be 85 million barrels closer to the end of the Petroleum Age.
Five Things that Are Worse than Global Warming

Your Guide to Never Feeling Tired Again

The true culprits are our everyday habits: what we eat, how we sleep, and how we cope emotionally. Read on for some simple, recharging changes that can help you tackle all of the energy stealers in your life.
Your Guide to Never Feeling Tired Again

Do you want a Fly with that?

In a fantastic bit of advertising by the largest supermarket chain in Australia, a proof reader allowed this clip into the Coles Catalogue to advertise their in-store bakery.
Do you want a fly with that?

A Bite of Chocolate a Day May Keep Blood Pressure at Bay

Chocolate lovers can rejoice again: More research has found that the antioxidants in dark chocolate can help slightly lower blood pressure.
A Bite of Chocolate a Day May Keep Blood Pressure at Bay