Archive for February 20th, 2007
What if you weighed less then 10 ounces at birth?
A premature baby who doctors said spent less time in the womb than any other surviving infant will remain in a hospital a few extra days as a precaution, officials said Tuesday.
Amillia Sonja Taylor, born Oct. 24 after just under 22 weeks in the womb, had been expected to be sent home from Baptist Children’s [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2007 under Survival.
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What if you couldn’t box because they thought you had HIV virus?
AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara
Morrison (46-3-1, 40 KOs), now 38, returns to the ring after an 11-year layoff.
Heavyweight Tommy Morrison, who was indefinitely suspended after a positive HIV test on the eve of a 1996 fight in Las Vegas, has been cleared to return to the ring after passing a battery of medical tests, Morrison told ESPN.com [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2007 under Sports.
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What if Kurt Cobain turned 40?
Kurt Cobain would have turned 40 today. We’d like to think the music world would be far better off if he were still with us, so …
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Gen-Xers, get ready to have your minds blown: Kurt Cobain, the former frontman of Nirvana who rejuvenated rock music with his band’s landmark grunge albums in the [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2007 under Movies / The Arts.
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What if Prince Philip is a God?
High in a mist-shrouded mountain village, an ancient tribe patiently awaits the return of its divine leader.
He is no mere mortal like themselves, dressed as they are in and straw sheaths to protect their modesty — rather, they believe he is the human face of an ancestral spirit who left their island many moons ago [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2007 under What If - Misc..
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Today in History - February 20
1962: American spaceman rounds the world
The first American to orbit the Earth has landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
Marine Lieutenant John Glenn, 40, travelled about 81,000 miles (more than 130,000km) as he circled the globe three times at more than 17,000 mph (27,000kph).
Lieutenant Glenn controlled nearly two of the orbits himself after reporting “minor difficulties” [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2007 under History.
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