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[tipper75]

I am very happy that they all made it out, but I wish I could have been near a TV when Yonni came up. He is going to make his wife rich, rich, rich, when his book comes out Sorry for the sarcasm, it was a great international effort

[RBS]

Is Yonni the one with the self-proclaimed mistress? If so there was one woman waiting for him when his turn came. Still not sure which woman it was.

[tipper75]

That was the mistress, his wife stayed away, after consulting with the First Lady of Chile.

[EscapeGirl]

Congrats to the San Francisco Giants on winning the 2010 World Series!

[old biker]

right ...heard about the superbowl

[tipper75]

Biker, there are no football bats World Series is baseball, Super Bowl is american football

[tipper75]

48 hours have been by

I just saw the most extraordinary story on the Discovery Channel about a guy that has been blind since he was 13 months old. He taught himself echolocation, just like a dolphin does. He walks through an area while making clicking sounds, and has the ability to interpret the return echoes well enough to differentiate a tree from a shrub And he is going around the world teaching this skill to other blind people. That is fascinating to me, as a sea creature

[EscapeGirl]

I think that's amazing. Good for him. And I find it fascinating as well. Thanks for sharing.

[tipper75]

Yeah, I had never heard of that, but I just watched him find a ball in the middle of a football field. Crazy, Discovery is one channel I trust

[EscapeGirl]

WOW! That's seriously awesome. I wonder if I can find a link that that on their youtube channel or something? Hmm. I'm gonna see what I can find out. I can't imagine how that would work???

[Adventure]

Me neither. And I have to say I am very skeptic about this ability. I don't believe the auditive cortex of a human can evolve that fast.

[tipper75]

I found a

This is not exactly what I saw last night, but there are only three people in the world that can do this

[Yvonne]

I have seen that boy a couple of years ago. Don't know on which channel or program but he was a little bit younger then he is now in this video.

[Adventure]

Thanks for the video. I had also read several scientific articles about it, and now I believe it's not fake. If I may believe the articles I read, everyone is able to learn it. After some weeks of training you should be able to recognize if you have an object on front of you or now. And with more training you can learn to identify different kind of objects. Interesting. I never heard of echolocation by humans before.

[Purp]

For people who need more good news in their life. Aung San Suu Kyi was released today!!