Here’s a LITTLE KNOWN NASA FACT that you won’t often hear on any space-oriented TV show or VIP tour: astronauts can propel themselves through space by using their pee as a propulsion method.
It’s true.
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Today marks yet another accident on the Walt Disney World transportation system — this time, a 10-year-old boy was struck and killed by Disney bus while he was riding his bike near Fort Wilderness with an 11-year-old friend (who was unhurt). Initial reports say that both children were wearing proper safety gear, but bike helmets are no match versus a bus.
This past year has seen an unfortunate growing number of major accidents involving guest transportation at Disney World. Two other bus incidents – one of which just occurred last week – sent park guests to area hospitals with mostly minor injuries and one serious one. Combined with the Monorail cast member death last July, these accidents seem to be happening with more and more frequency, especially troubling as Walt Disney World prides itself on creating a safe environment for its guests.
So while Web Watch has talked about HOW TO IMPROVE DISNEY TRANSPORTATION in the past, perhaps its time to take another look at what else could be done.
March 20th is OBSCURA DAY.
This is a day celebrated around the world as a way to highlight obscure activities and hidden gems found in cities all over the world.
Perhaps there’s a secret underground tour that you’ve been dying to take, or a unique museum in an out-of-the-way town that nobody ever visits that should be brought to someone’s attention. Obscura Day is your invitation to do those things that you’ve always wanted to check out.
IrishCentral.com, home to all things Irish, has compiled a list of TEN THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT IRELAND. If you have any interest in visiting the Emerald Isle, you’ll be well served by taking a refresher course of Ireland and its culture on that site.
- Technically, it is an offense to be drunk in public in Ireland.
- An Irishman founded the Argentinean Navy
- Only two members of U2 were born in Ireland
- The British Embassy in Tehran is on a street named after an Irishman
- Up until around the early 1990s, Ireland had a low per capita consumption of alcohol
- A Belfast hospital is a world leader in kneecap reconstruction
- Ireland has the fourth largest stadium in Europe
- In the summer of 2007, it rained in Ireland for 40 days straight
- Playboy was banned in Ireland until 1995
- More Guinness is sold in Nigeria than in Ireland. (Ireland is the third largest market for Guinness. Check the link for who’s number two…)
We’ve all been travelled a bit across the country and have been disgusted by what we’ve found in a dirty hotel room, right?
Web Watch recalls one hotel we stayed at that was so disgusting that we did everything we could to avoid touching anything in the room (we didn’t have much choice as to where else to stay, and it was only for one night – we figured we could stick it out for a few hours. Of course, we didn’t have a hotel sleep sack to use at the time — that would have been most awesome!).
One year, a travelling companion of ours found a used condom on the floor of her off-strip hotel in Las Vegas. You’d think the cleaning folks would have noticed it was there and destroyed the evidence. (She ended up getting her night comped, but not before subjecting the hotel manager with some very harsh words.)
Even the local news stations have run reports on how you’re not supposed to drink out of the in-room glassware or use the in-room coffee pot at even the fanciest expensive hotels, because those items may not be cleaned in as regular a time period (or in a sanitary way) as a guest would like. Just saying…
The point is that TripAdvisor has released their list of the TOP 10 DIRTIEST HOTELS IN AMERICA, based on survey results they have received from world travellers.
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Movie Review: UP IN THE AIR
Rated R for brief nudity, language, and obscene product placement imagery
Rating: A-
UP IN THE AIR is one of those high-concept films that tend to leave some audience members baffled at whether what they saw was good or not, yet they still leave the theater satisfied that the answer is “yes”… even if they can’t exactly say why that is.
George Clooney is typecast as himself – a charming guy who lives for travel and wearing suits – who is playing a character whose job it is to fly around the country and fire people.
Detroit’s Hans Steiniger knows all about what it takes to be a true football fan.
That’s because HANS STEINIGER HAS VISITED ALL 31 NFL STADIUMS as part of a four-year quest to complete a unique journey of experiencing each stadium as a “local fan”. Yup, he attended the games as a local would – in full jersey, face-painted, bead-wearing, cheesehead-toting regalia.
If you travel a lot, then you probably have as many opinions about the places you visit as you have visited places.
But for those who don’t get to see the world for free, we have to rely on others to tell us what to believe. TRAVEL + LEISURE magazine recently conducted a survey to determine AMERICA’S FAVORITE CITY. So of course, Web Watch is braving the way to tell you exactly which of the 30 cities surveyed come out on top, and which ones (like St Louis) are floundering at the bottom.