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02 Mar 2010 00:29

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World: The massive earthquake in Chile an axis-moving event

  • three
    inches
    the distance the Chile quake moved the earth’s axis, which is further than we moved today
  • just
    barely
    the amount of time (about 1.26 microseconds) the day has been shortened as a result source

02 Mar 2010 00:19

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Culture: “A new downhill event”: The zeitgeist of Jay Leno on Twitter

  • Looks like NBC is continuing their Winter Olympics coverage with a new downhill event… The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  • A bunch of tweeters (although @offdutygnome was first) • In pretty much the funniest quip to be made about Jay Leno’s return to the Tonight Show. It’s been picking up steam on the site tonight ever since YouTube star Philip DeFranco tweeted about it. If you ask us, this is the funniest thing that will come out of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. It’s all downhill from here. source