Angelina Jolie Helps Kids Unload 8 Foot Teddy Bear!

Angelina Jolie combined her love for kids and gigantic stuffed animals, when she helped Tim Alexander and his twins, Allen and Brandon, in Toluca Lake, CA trying to sell "Big Bear" ... an 8 1/2 foot tall teddy bear for $50.

After an hour of nothing, their father Tim says a Cadillac pulled up with Angelina and Shiloh inside, and BOOM ... they had a taker. He says Angelina doubled the twins' asking price -- handing over $50 to each of them.

Dad says Allen and Brandon had no idea Angelina was a celeb.

The Lantern of the Photuris Firefly

THE lantern, or light organ, of a particular Photuris firefly is covered with jagged scales that dramatically enhance the brightness of the light that the insect produces. * Jagged scales Consider: Researchers have found that tiny scales on the lantern surface of some fireflies form a corrugated pattern, somewhat like overlapping shingles or tiles. The scales tilt up at one end by just 3 micrometers —less than one twentieth the thickness of a human hair. Yet this tiny tilt lets the lantern shine almost 50 percent more brightly than it would if the scales formed an even surface!

An Overview of Indonesia

Land Straddling the equator between Australia and continental Asia, Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago. Most of its more than 17,500 islands feature rugged mountains and dense tropical forests. With more than 100 active volcanoes, it is also the most active volcanic region on earth.

Oil—How It Affects You

HAVE you ever stopped to think what life for many would be like without petroleum and its products? Oil made from petroleum is used to lubricate motor vehicles, bicycles, strollers, and other things with moving parts. Oil lessens friction, thus slowing the breakdown of machine components. But that is not all.

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