Learn Something New Every Day Part 10: Elephant Junkies

…in this CNN story about one Elephant who has kicked the habit through methodone therapy. One assumes, though the story doesn’t say, that the illegal traffickers use H to keep the animals placid and easily controlled. Yup, here’s a different version of the story, this time from AP. I think if they catch these people, a [...]

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Learn Something New Every Day Part 9: Magnetic Fields are Cool Lookin’

 

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Learn Something New Every Day, Part 8: How To Kiss Someone Passionately.

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Learn something new every day: he likes them limber.

The U.K.’s Daily Telegraph newspaper ran a story about the rumors that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is seeing a gymnast and Olympic gold-medalist turned Duma member named Alina Kabaeva. It doesn’t go much into whether it’s true or not, but it’s certain from the pictures they chose that they know why he might be attracted to [...]

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Learn Something New Every Day Part 7: Bangladeshi Fishermen are cruel and stupid.

“(CNN) — Fishermen in Bangladesh beat a rare river dolphin to death because they had not seen “this kind of creature before,” according to local news accounts.” Link to the story. Did they think it was a demon, come to steal their souls? Or maybe a Siren, and it was going to sing them into drowning [...]

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Learn Something New Every Day, Part 6: But how big was the trap?

Apparently, 1-ton rats used to hang out in South America four million years ago. They were 3 meters long. Nowadays, they only get that big in New York. No, they don’t really. This was, like, a mammoth rat. Just thought I’d share.

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Learn Something New Every Day, Part 5: Beachcombers should try harder.

So there’s this P-38 in a beach. No, not on a beach; in a beach. Did no one go over that area with a metal detector looking for change and lost jewelry? Seriously? No elderly gentlmen in shorts, big floppy hat, sandals and dress socks? Because a P-38 is pretty big, guys. 52 foot winspan, [...]

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Learn Something New Every Day, Part 4: Kimberly

….someone named Kimberly used to have my new cell phone number. I’ve gotten two calls for her so far. I know her last name too but I probably shouldn’t post it. I wonder who she is? Why did she give up the number? Is she a secret agent? IS SHE???? hehe. Just kidding. About the secret [...]

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Learn Something New Every Day Part 3: Be Cremated.

Because, if you don’t, and somebody thinks your corpse is interesting, you might get displayed as a curiosity.  As if it wasn’t enough that this poor child was murdered as part of some religious ritual, now her remains get to be routinely and casually gawked at by the museum-going public.  Way to go, High Mountain Archaeological Museum!

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Learn something new every day part 2: Men want hotties.

Apparently, the Associated Press thinks the fact that men want to be with good looking women is news. To them, maybe.

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