5 Most Bizarre Accidental Deaths

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>By: Alexa Lyons</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7oMthkciOPQ_keyctRuuImoK0Z6vuSHOHJuBAWKSebkzPgb0Gakv89-d7RdyLXuCZS-7v6dDLJQe6V7WGd7RcOZajl1dmYLUV4LkIoiTVP7MTNSQStmbVHgd0svrod7hwU9aANTDX17gW/s1600/soup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7oMthkciOPQ_keyctRuuImoK0Z6vuSHOHJuBAWKSebkzPgb0Gakv89-d7RdyLXuCZS-7v6dDLJQe6V7WGd7RcOZajl1dmYLUV4LkIoiTVP7MTNSQStmbVHgd0svrod7hwU9aANTDX17gW/s320/soup.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Who knew that soup, cacti, and balls of yarn could be so hazardous to your health?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ilda Vitor Maciel, an 88-year-old Brazilian woman who was staying in a hospital after having a stroke, died in September 2012 after a nurse carelessly injected her with…soup. That’s right, soup. Not cyanide, not some potent painkiller, just some delicious canned broth. It got us thinking about other unusual causes of death. Here are five of them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></div><a href="http://afkra.blogspot.com/2012/11/5-most-bizarre-accidental-deaths.html#more">Read more »</a>

5 Most Bizarre Accidental Deaths

By: Alexa Lyons Who knew that soup, cacti, and balls of yarn could be so hazardous to your health? Ilda Vitor Maciel, an 88-year-old Brazil...

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Ilda Vitor Maciel, 88, Dies After Allegedly Being Injected With Soup

<div class="title-news"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>By David Moye</i></b></span></span></div><div class="title-news"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJcIuoEOWgR3N3IO4ZYGaSA_1FyRZdxFjPZLv3xFnIIk0zegRHLVxrJ-KwMypBAQTuDIwCQECy_IRWoB7TcUx6todbP6iltJ2AHGd5L2BYBQ8mbPp-w-L0B6ymOe664oIJghEweOH0xjK/s1600/woman-dies-soup-injection-big.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJcIuoEOWgR3N3IO4ZYGaSA_1FyRZdxFjPZLv3xFnIIk0zegRHLVxrJ-KwMypBAQTuDIwCQECy_IRWoB7TcUx6todbP6iltJ2AHGd5L2BYBQ8mbPp-w-L0B6ymOe664oIJghEweOH0xjK/s320/woman-dies-soup-injection-big.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A woman suffering from a stroke was allegedly injected with soup. Ilda Vitor Maciel of Rio de Janeiro died Sept. 28 at the age of 88 and her family alleges the death was caused when one of the nursing technicians injected soup into the woman’s vein instead of her feeding tube, according to HispanicallySpeakingNews.com.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><a href="http://afkra.blogspot.com/2012/11/ilda-vitor-maciel-88-dies-after.html#more">Read more »</a>

Ilda Vitor Maciel, 88, Dies After Allegedly Being Injected With Soup

By David Moye A woman suffering from a stroke was allegedly injected with soup. Ilda Vitor Maciel of Rio de Janeiro died Sept. 28 at the age...

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Creative Bookshelf Designs

Some fancy and creative bookshelf designs worth looking at. Some might be just perfect for your house.<br><br><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>1. The Invisible Book Shelf</b></span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnMSJdG93m5W0nFb4TGZEtioRE5x8lHOK3Libw0eFNNhhKXqApAHswT7tPwze7NKCrI1fEESagoCa33PA4mrdSRhmYT6NK7ATv00bbnXlvc6jtSMd-DD6TXAPD4O3VMxeu3ZLlkTGTCC-/s1600/1a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnMSJdG93m5W0nFb4TGZEtioRE5x8lHOK3Libw0eFNNhhKXqApAHswT7tPwze7NKCrI1fEESagoCa33PA4mrdSRhmYT6NK7ATv00bbnXlvc6jtSMd-DD6TXAPD4O3VMxeu3ZLlkTGTCC-/s320/1a.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvyMGI9TnVI78Sdkj7fJciQd-mny4OdcKiEWxLR30zFuxnX7K7aF99efb6MRVcu8FqyXUPevWhQZxIcTszrrufhLu1TquIcmFcdGq5M8lKawR4j6bRx8XgqtwXNI6lPO-5cmxGqCHsEEpV/s1600/1b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvyMGI9TnVI78Sdkj7fJciQd-mny4OdcKiEWxLR30zFuxnX7K7aF99efb6MRVcu8FqyXUPevWhQZxIcTszrrufhLu1TquIcmFcdGq5M8lKawR4j6bRx8XgqtwXNI6lPO-5cmxGqCHsEEpV/s320/1b.jpg" width="320"></a></div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b></b></span><br><a href="http://afkra.blogspot.com/2012/11/creative-bookshelf-designs.html#more">Read more »</a>

Creative Bookshelf Designs

Some fancy and creative bookshelf designs worth looking at. Some might be just perfect for your house. 1. The Invisible Book Shelf   Read mo...

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What The M’s Stand For In “M&M”s

<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiviBpXFsTnZgoNfTCkAtAZYQA3yjSBubBdqo8m9XQ-REetvqX0H27oqbmnFMieqGROobdfYNT7y7DNq5HFvYT3omAA4m7A-weHeD-8tkhKEVUhI306Kq1LTx_cLB6PmxUO9GBSB0YTGKsL/s1600/m&m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiviBpXFsTnZgoNfTCkAtAZYQA3yjSBubBdqo8m9XQ-REetvqX0H27oqbmnFMieqGROobdfYNT7y7DNq5HFvYT3omAA4m7A-weHeD-8tkhKEVUhI306Kq1LTx_cLB6PmxUO9GBSB0YTGKsL/s320/m&m.jpg" width="320"></a></div>In 1941, Forrest Mars Sr., of the Mars candy company, struck a deal with Bruce Murrie, son of famed Hershey president William Murrie,  to develop a hard shelled candy with chocolate at the center.  Mars needed Hershey’s chocolate because he anticipated there would be a chocolate shortage in the pending war, which turned out to be correct.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br></div><a href="http://afkra.blogspot.com/2012/11/what-ms-stand-for-in-m.html#more">Read more »</a>

What The M’s Stand For In “M&M”s

In 1941, Forrest Mars Sr., of the Mars candy company, struck a deal with Bruce Murrie, son of famed Hershey president William Murrie,  to ...

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10 Largest Known Stars Of The Universe

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>By Sameed Khan</i></b></span></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTXytgDWCwSkMslGh5hoKTQBXt-NkGOBcCU8eGon4G-b5KeQbJ2Y_rGExTWjf4_61DwoCkz93J9aBW3kzgg-7_KT7_SWftWZurTfsmoPzFaF9IWek5sBlnBfbdBvYllrPh2jlzeNA87b1/s1600/hubble-starburst-large-100706-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTXytgDWCwSkMslGh5hoKTQBXt-NkGOBcCU8eGon4G-b5KeQbJ2Y_rGExTWjf4_61DwoCkz93J9aBW3kzgg-7_KT7_SWftWZurTfsmoPzFaF9IWek5sBlnBfbdBvYllrPh2jlzeNA87b1/s200/hubble-starburst-large-100706-02.jpg" width="200"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The study of the vast and enigmatic universe, the phenomena at work within it and the unfathomably large heavenly bodies that it encompasses makes one feel so tiny, so insignificant. We are mere specks compared to the size of our planet which is only a fraction of the size of the Sun. But there are stars out there that make even our Sun look like an insignificant fleck.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i> </i></b></span>So here we have compiled a list of some of the largest known stars of the universe. The size of each star has been mentioned in solar radii, where one solar radius (1 <em>R</em>_☉) is equal to the radius of the Sun.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong></strong></div><span id="more-5165"></span><br> <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><br></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong></strong></div><a href="http://afkra.blogspot.com/2012/11/10-largest-known-stars-of-universe.html#more">Read more »</a>

10 Largest Known Stars Of The Universe

By Sameed Khan The study of the vast and enigmatic universe, the phenomena at work within it and the unfathomably large heavenly bodies t...

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Where The Words "GEEK" And "NERD" Came From

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>By <span class="heading-author">Daven Hiskey</span></i></span></b></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixGOP2BeQUVVAnPk218KlstnXZn_U9D2kvebg9DWIVjFLzf4uD958la-N8WHMkVePQx3_39O1BaW693Wze1cxfs8lGT6XGoBQk20OHIEBlThXipfEH7xraYqt7_23FbNBuRJ7L106DPD0/s1600/geek.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixGOP2BeQUVVAnPk218KlstnXZn_U9D2kvebg9DWIVjFLzf4uD958la-N8WHMkVePQx3_39O1BaW693Wze1cxfs8lGT6XGoBQk20OHIEBlThXipfEH7xraYqt7_23FbNBuRJ7L106DPD0/s320/geek.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The first documented case of “geek” dates all the way back to 1916.  At the time, the term was used to describe sideshow freaks in circuses.  Specifically, it was typically attributed to those circus performers who were known for doing crazy things like biting the heads of various small live animals or eating live insects and the like.  These performances were often called “geek shows”.  The word itself, “geek”, came from the word “geck”, which was originally a Low German word which meant someone who is a “fool/freak/simpleton”.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><a href="http://afkra.blogspot.com/2012/11/where-words-geek-and-nerd-came-from.html#more">Read more »</a>

Where The Words "GEEK" And "NERD" Came From

By Daven Hiskey The first documented case of “geek” dates all the way back to 1916.  At the time, the term was used to describe sideshow f...

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Ten Most Horrible Places On Earth

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>1. The Mutter Museum of Medical History.</b></span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjNwaSgcTrwpsEzceEvVWuU3rOfHKncrd6P4j0pYWQ3_Qq8SAY5e6_PZk87wgOrix2u6XiW0S9Lxl0iX9dbvuAQbsnnva5P2elLSjNG94poSya6aH6Qp5vNvbNOhzkH79oCKnATV4RWFS/s1600/Mutter-Museum-Exhibits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjNwaSgcTrwpsEzceEvVWuU3rOfHKncrd6P4j0pYWQ3_Qq8SAY5e6_PZk87wgOrix2u6XiW0S9Lxl0iX9dbvuAQbsnnva5P2elLSjNG94poSya6aH6Qp5vNvbNOhzkH79oCKnATV4RWFS/s320/Mutter-Museum-Exhibits.jpg" width="320"></a></div>The museum was founded to educate future doctors about anatomy and human anomalies. It is a museum of pathologies, ancient medical tools and biological exhibits. The museum is known for its extensive collection of skulls. It also has various unique exhibits, for example, the dead body of a woman which turned into soap in the ground where she was buried. One can also see there the Siamese twins sharing only one liver, the skeleton of a two-headed child and other hideous exhibits. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br><br></div><a href="http://afkra.blogspot.com/2012/11/ten-most-horrible-places-on-earth.html#more">Read more »</a>

Ten Most Horrible Places On Earth

1. The Mutter Museum of Medical History. The museum was founded to educate future doctors about anatomy and human anomalies. It is a museum ...

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