48 marathons in 47 days

thompson.karnazes3.jpegDoctors told the cross-country runner his left leg might heal shorter than his right and he would never run again. They placed a titanium rod in his left leg, stretching from his left knee to his ankle, to help him walk.

Eight years later, he is running. 26.2 miles. Every day.

Thompson, a volunteer coordinator for a church in Katrina-ravaged Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, is on a quest to raise awareness for the people he knows along the Gulf Coast who have largely been forgotten a year after Hurricane Katrina slammed the region.

And he’s doing the thing he does best, running — his mission is to complete 50 marathons in 50 days in all 50 states. He says he’s nearly done, having now logged 48 marathon-distance runs in 47 consecutive days.

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Kitty Bling

Dentist Puts Gold Teeth on Pet Cat
Sebastian, a Persian cat with long black hair, sports gold crowns on his two large teeth, which grew sticking out from his lips in an underbite similar to a bulldog’s. Concerned that his cat’s exposed teeth could be damaged, Dr. David Steele a dentist from Alexandria, Ind., had gold crowns made for his pet cat.

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US Government Debt

For some reason I didn’t think the government would post this thing daily.

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Currently in the red $8,483,654,083,915.88

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Movie Jigsaw Puzzles

Moving jigsaws are a very unusual and challenging type of jigsaw puzzle. Instead of a static picture, each piece is animated, like the image in a movie. You have to solve the puzzle while the image animates.

Note:  It’s a very large file so the download can take a while, may not be worth your time.

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