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LOTD for May 22

The power of the tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma released energy that was far stronger than the power of the atomic bomb that devastated Hiroshima!
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/05/power-moore-tornado-dwarfs-hiroshima-bomb-0


US UAV strikes have killed 4 Americans since 2009, 3 by accident:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/05/4-americans-drone/


Some countries apparently have been inflating their poverty numbers to get more international aid:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/05/some-countries-appear-to-want-inflated.html


Study found that the US could produce 25 billion gallons of algae-based fuel per year, 1/12 of the entire country's year needs:
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/05/study-nation-equipped-grow-serious-amounts-pond-scum-fuel


18-year-old Bay Area girl was honored at an international science fair for inventing a device that can fully charge a cell phone's battery in just 20 seconds:
http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2013/05/20/california-teen-invents-device-that-could-charge-cell-phone-in-20-seconds/


MMA fighter who had a connection to the Boston bombers was interviewed today and apparently attacked the FBI agent interviewing him.  The FBI agent was injured and the fighter was killed:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/05/ibragim-todashev/


Woman apparently brutally hit a bicyclist with her car, flinging him into a hedge.  He is lucky to be alive and wasn't even going to report the incident until he saw that she bragged about hitting a bicyclist on Twitter.  Police are now investigating the incident:  
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-22602141
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