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Mars Pathfinder was launched on Dec. 4, 1996 at 1:58:07 am EST on a Delta II rocket. After an uneventful journey, the spacecraft safely landed on the surface of Mars on July 4, 1997. The first set of data was received shortly after 5:00 p.m. followed by the release of images at 9:30 p.m. The Sojourner rover, with three Lewis components, then began its Martian trek and returned images and other data over the course of three months. After operating on the surface of Mars three times longer than expected and returning a tremendous amount of new information about the red planet, NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission completed the last successful data transmission cycle from Pathfinder at 6:23 a.m. EDT on Sept. 27, 1997. A panoramic view of Pathfinder's Ares Vallis landing site reveals traces of a warmer, wetter past, showing a floodplain covered with a variety of rock types, boulders, rounded and semi-rounded cobbles and pebbles. These rocks and pebbles are thought to have been swept down and deposited by floods which occurred early in Mars' evolution in the Ares and Tiu regions near the Pathfinder landing site. The image, which is a 75-frame, color-enhanced mosaic taken by the Imager for Mars Pathfinder, looks to the southwest toward the Rock Garden, a cluster of large, angular rocks tilted in a downstream direction from the floods. The Pathfinder rover, Sojourner, is shown snuggled against a rock nicknamed Moe. The south peak of two hills, known as Twin Peaks, can be seen on the horizon, about 1 kilometer (6/10ths of a mile) from the lander. The rocky surface is comprised of materials washed down from the highlands and deposited in this ancient outflow channel by a catastrophic flood. The remarkably successful Mars Pathfinder spacecraft, part of NASA's Discovery program of fast track, low-cost missions with highly focused science objectives, was the first spacecraft to explore Mars in more than 20 years. In all, during its three months of operations, the mission returned about 2.6 gigabits of data, which included more than 16,000 images of the Martian landscape from the lander camera, 550 images from the rover and about 8.5 million temperature, pressure and wind measurements.   Image Credit: NASA/JPL

Because Florida was hastily attached to America to be the butt of her jokes, this latest piece of ridiculousness should come as no surprise: Florida might have accidentally banned all computers and smart phones. How? It all stems from a poorly worded bill that banned Internet cafes and slot machines.

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Google has apparently plugged the massive, 4-year-old security hole in Android that allowed malware to make its way on to your phone. Now you just need to wait for your phone manufacturer to pass it on to you.

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Before you watch the video below have a close look at the picture above and guess how this was done. There are 3 slots cut into a piece of wood, there is a real solid nail placed in the wood. Each section of wood including the outer sections are solid (just as it looks). You would not be able to remove the nail by sliding it. This was a real puzzler for me and I wouldn’t have guessed how it was done without watching the video…

Leave a guess in the comments if you think you have figured it out. You will probably need to try to not look at any other comments that may exist. I am curious how many people get it?

 

IKEA designed improved temporary housing for refugees. Like IKEA’s furniture, the houses are assembled on-site. They are more durable and comfortable than tents and even have a solar panel and insulation. More here and here.

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In 1957, the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham came with an optional minibar in the glove compartment because....

No, there's no good reason for this feature. Though, cleverly, the shot glasses were magnetized on the bottom to prevent them from tipping over. That's the only smart thing about this option. It's one of 10 bad car design features rounded up by Michael Ballaban of Jalopnik. You can read the rest at the link.

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Elvis' favorite sandwich was always one filled with bacon, peanut butter and banana, but really, who wants to deal with all that boring bread? Thanks to Dude Foods, we now have a much more pure version to enjoy. Plus, it's low-carb and gluten free, so it's a perfect diet snack, something the late king would have appreciated.

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Do you remember the Restoration Hardware Aviator Chair that you’re still ogling and trying to rationalize spending $1300 on? (For the record, we are too.) The guy that designed it for Restoration Hardware, renowned London-based antiques dealer and furniture reproductionist Timothy Oulton, has designed his own collection of hardcases based on the same “make it look like a fighter jet” mentality that makes the Aviator collection so drool worthy. Designed to replicate the style of the interlocking panel details of ...

In Miami Beach on Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard unloaded more than 1,200 pounds of cocaine recently intercepted from a go-fast boat off Costa Rica.

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