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Rainbow Mountains: Danxia Formations In China

On April 18, 2013 by Tim Newman

The Danxia formation is situated roughly 600 miles west of Shanghai, in the Gansu province of China. They stretch for hundreds of miles, covering almost 10% of mainland China’s surface area. Some of these regions...

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Marvellous Maggie

On April 17, 2013 by Con Mucho Gusto

The past week since the death of Lady Thatcher (or is it Baroness Thatcher? Darth Thatcher maybe?) have been of a bit of an education to me. You see, I’m of the generation...

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1811 – Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue – The ‘G’ Section

On April 17, 2013 by Tim Newman

Welcome back to my dedicated readers. For those just joining us, these articles are my choice edits from a book entitled the “Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue”, published in 1811 by Captain Francis...

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Fines Introduced For People Wearing Trousers Too Low

On April 16, 2013 by Tim Newman

Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, have banned people exposing their boxers in public with low hung jeans. If caught you face a $50 fine, for a second offence it’s $100 and for a third it’s...

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Two Headed Animals – A Photo Collection

On April 15, 2013 by Tim Newman

In this post, we’re going to look at two-headed animals, which is referred to as polycephaly. Enjoy yourself: SHARK You’d think a shark with an extra head would look more imposing, but it...

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Apollo 10 Official Transcript: Turds In Space

On April 15, 2013 by Tim Newman

The Apollo 10 space mission was a successful dry run in advance the moon mission. They got within 9 nautical miles of the moon’s surface, but never touched down. The onboard technology worked...

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1811 – Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue – My Pick Of The E’s & F’s

On April 14, 2013 by Tim Newman

Here I am again, I’m still reading the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose. As I said in my last post, I never thought I would read any kind of dictionary...

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Extreme Juggling – Who Would Have Thought?

On April 13, 2013 by Tim Newman

Let’s take a look at a juggling competition, shall we? I haven’t looked into the rules thoroughly (or at all), but it seems to consist of teams of jugglers trying to knock each...

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North Korea’s Mass Gymnastics – Defiance & Horror

On April 13, 2013 by Tim Newman

Recently, North Korea have been busy puffing out their chests and threatening the wider world with destruction. No change there, then. King Jon-un, son of Kim Jong-il, has even less tact than his father,...

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Dinosaurs: Longest, Heaviest, Smallest, and Lightest

On April 12, 2013 by Tim Newman

As children, many of us are fascinated by dinosaurs; it’s almost the default setting of human children. We’re fascinated by them in the same way that we’re fascinated by a fire breathing dragon...

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