Daddy long-legs (harvestmen) are not the most poisonous spiders in the world. They are not even spiders. They have no venom, only one body segment and do not produce silk. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones There is a daddy long-legs spider too (cellar spider) but it is capable of biting people in spite of its small fangs, and the bite is not dangerous. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholcidae
1845. British ships Erebus and Terror were ordered to gather magnetic data in the Canadian Arctic and complete a crossing of the Northwest Passage, which had already been charted from both the east and west but never entirely navigated. The expedition sailed from Greenhithe on 19 May 1845 and the ships were last seen entering Baffin Bay in August 1845. The disappearance of the Franklin expedition set off a massive search effort in the Arctic and the broad circumstances of the expedition's fate was revealed during a series of expeditions between 1848 and 1866. Both ships had become icebound and were abandoned by their crews, all of whom subsequently died of exposure and starvation while trying to trek overland to Fort Resolution, a Hudson's Bay Company outpost 600 miles (970 km) to the southwest. Subsequent expeditions up until the late 1980s, including autopsies of crew members, also revealed that their canned rations (This expedition was the first to bring canned food as ships supplies. Unfortunately, the cans were made of lead.)may have been tainted by both lead and botulism. Oral reports by local Inuit that some of the crew members resorted to cannibalism were at least somewhat supported by forensic evidence of cut marks on the skeletal remains of crew members found on King William's Island during the late 20th century. The remains of the ship have yet to be found.
Just looking for a thread about interesting things I've heard during the election. One newscaster said it's a funny thing about folks from Maine...or Maryland...or one of those states up there. Can't remember! Sorry. But, they speak as if they're from Canada but vote like they are from Alabama! Funny, but interesting. Not sure it's a fact either.
HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank) utilizes the Munroe Effect to concentrate blast energy and turn a cone of metal inside out into a supersonic molten jet, melting through thick armor.
