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There are many astounding things about the US Health System The United States is the only industrialized democracy that doesn’t provide health care for all its citizens, despite spending considerably more per person than any other country. "It’s generally agreed," says Dr. Elliott Fisher, of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy," that about 30 percent of what we spend on health care is unnecessary. If we eliminate the unneeded care, there are more than enough resources in our system to cover ever." Some communities in America achieve excellent health outcomes at a much lower cost than others. There is massive...

Last year WILT asked 'What do these three baddies have in common?" This was part of our report on the 2011 Purdue University Goldberg Machine Contest. The 2012 winner has just been announced. The challenge - blow up and pop a balloon. The old world record was smashed. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

The very first post to What I Learnt Today was about Neil Pasricha's "1000 Awesome Things". On June 28, 2008, Neil posted his first awesome thing, Number 1000, "The Brocoflower".What an ambitious undertaking - not 10, not 100, but 1000! The countdown has ben maintained every weekday since then. Neil's blog was an inspiration to this blog, and has been a stawalt of Emaildigest. The site has auspiced two books and been featured in all major media networks. Awesome Thing 780 Squeezing through a door as it’s shutting without touching it   Awesome Thing 438 Your almost name - What your parents were going to...

Its amazing what you can do with just a web browser. An article in Fast Company today describes six websites where you can do some pretty cool stuff with no software. Perform Multitrack Audio Editing and Recording without Garage Band Photoshop-like photo editing without Photoshop Convert from any file format to any other Skype Chat without Skype Create decent Powerpoint presentations without Powerpoint and Copy those tricky little characters like ® and ¥ Permalink | Leave a comment  » ...

Think Geek released some very special new items today. Star War's Admiral Ackbar Singing Bass - "It's a Trap" Admiral Ackbar was one of the bravest and wisest minds of the Rebellion. He was the head of the Rebellion Fleet, no less, yet all everyone remembers is one line he said. This fish/Ackbar says that line, and plays the Cantina Song, too! Hungry Hippos for iPad Everyone loves Hungry Hungry Hippos. Time to update the classic to the new iPad era! How? By using capacitive-padded hippo heads on an iPad board with a custom HHH app, that's how! HIPPO POWER! Barbie Fashion Styling Head for iPad Barbie™...

Tomorrow iis April Fool's Day. Beware if friend's who have seen this video by Richard Wiseman. Permalink | Leave a comment  »