DPTV-187-2007-03-15

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show notes:

• Yesterday was Albert Einstein’s birthday in 1879
• Yesterday was Internationsl PI day

This Day in history

• Christopher Columbus returns to Spain from New World in 1493
• Maine become 23rd state in 1820
• Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia, is forced to abdicate his throne in 1917
• The first hospital blood bank in the United States was established, in Chicago, at Cook County Hospital in 1937
• President Lyndon Johnson asked Congress for legislation guaranteeing every American the right to vote in 1965!!!
• Hu Jintao was chosen to replace Jiang Zemin as the president of China in 2003
• Scientists reported the discovery of Sedna, the most distant object in the solar system in 2004
• Beware the Ides of March
• Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the senate house by a group of conspirators in 44BC

Current Stories

• Antony and Cleopatra coin changes the faces of history
• U.S. Mint goof creates Godless dollars
• Colorado couple find faceless dollar coin
• Wireframe Subaru is piece of art – looks like invisible Wonder Woman car
• A New Battery Takes Off in a Race to Electric Cars
• A fuel tank full of water – Hydrogen on demand fuel cells
• Smart Women are not having enough babies – Idiocracy intro
• Why Women Have Fewer Babies
• Conservatives outbirthing Liberals
• DARPA researches squirrels to learn how to freeze soldiers into deep hibernation
• Squirrel Blues on YouTube
• Buy movie Idiocracy online
• Controlling Water Pollution By Isolating Urine
• Turn your Toilet into a Sink Combo
• Toilet Paper Folder andamp; Dispenser Prototype
• Toilet paper for Men

Credits

• Opening Comment by Adam Curry of Daily Source Code
• First ending clip – Addicting Bleach video
• Second ending Clip – Star Wars in 30 Seconds by the Bunnies
• Last ending clip – The knack
• Music – Derek K Miller – Washing Off Like An Aardvark

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