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Billie Holiday - "Summertime"

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thanx.
Thu, May 31, 2007 - 11:07 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
Botched Executions
www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php

NOTE: The list below is not intended to be a comprehensive catalogue of botched executions, but simply a listing of examples that are well-known.

1. August 10, 1982. Virginia. Frank J. Coppola. Electrocution. Although no media representatives witnessed the execution and no details were ever released by the Virginia Department of Corrections, an attorney who was present later stated that it took two 55-seco... read more
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Jellyfish (they're cool)

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Cnidarians are a morphologically simple phylum of aquatic animals that lack a skeleton; many of them are sessile. Nevertheless, most of these animals are predators, feeding on motile prey such as fish and crustaceans. In order to catch their prey and defend themselves from predators cnidarians have evolved a unique "weapon system" - the cnidocytes; these are single cells able to shoot structures at a target and inject toxic substances into it.

Cnidocytes are single cells, each containing a subcellular organelle called a cnidocyst. The cnidocysts are composed of a hollow coiled thread-like structure attached to the bulb-shaped nematocyst capsule body. The externally-oriented side of a cnidocyte cell also has a hair-like trigger on it, called the cnidocil. When the trigger is activated the cell "fires" - the shaft of the cnidocyst penetrates the target and the hollow thread is everted into the target organism body. This discharge is one of the fastest biological processes, takes no more than a few microseconds and reaches accelerations of about 40,000g[1]. Following penetration, the toxic content of the nematocyst is injected into the target organism. The rapid activity of the injected neurotoxins serves to immediately paralyze the mobile prey, thus allowing the sessile cnidarian to devour it.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnidocyte