Is a "Cow Poo" house in your future? Posted: 3 years ago by Browntrout
Home-buyers of tomorrow could find themselves walking across floors made from manure. Researchers say that fiber from processed and sterilized cow manure could take the place of sawdust in making fiberboard, which is used to make everything from furniture to flooring to store shelves.
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Manure is dumped on Clarkson's lawn Posted: 2 months ago by davethefish
Climate campaigners have dumped horse manure on TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson's front lawn in protest against his views on global warming.
The activists from environmental group Climate Rush unloaded the bag-loads of manure at his home in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, with a banner which read "this is what you're landing us in".
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Border Officials Dig Through Cow Manure To Find $6 Million Pot Posted: 9 months ago by suebe
About 1,700 pounds of potent "B.C. Bud" marijuana was stuffed in hidden compartments beneath cow manure and urine in a cow trailer, said U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
"It was a messy operation"
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Man Burns Dog, Dog Burns House, House Burns Man Posted: 9 months ago by suebe
After an angry boyfriend doused a Pomeranian puppy with fuel and set it on fire Tuesday night, the frantic dog ran around the house, igniting spilled fuel, setting the house ablaze and burning the man and woman.
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California cows start passing gas to the grid. Posted: 2 years ago by haven
When most people see a pile of manure, they see a pile of manure. We saw it as an opportunity.
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Dome House Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
Dubbed the “habitat for the 21st century,” the Dome House is an igloo-shaped structure built from snap-together wall sections made of 100% expanded polystyrene foam (styrofoam). It might seem like an odd choice of material for a house, but the company lists a number of advantages that styrofoam has over traditional materials.
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Hair As a Building Material Posted: 3 months ago by Bingo
Paula Sunshine of Lawshall, Suffolk, UK, built an extension onto her 16th Century thatched house with hair. Cattle hair has been used as a traditional building material, but Sunshine is using primarily human and dog hair
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Man spends 96 years in same house Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
A 96-year-old man in Portsmouth, England, still living in the house in which he was born says he doesn't understand why people move around so much.
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First lady facts Posted: 2 years ago by misswinkle
The First to Sell White House Manure for Cash: Mary Todd Lincoln
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Draw A House Posted: 3 years ago by Maiden
The way you draw a house says a lot about your personality. You can use this site to draw a house, answer some questions based on your house then find out what your house says about you.
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World's first walking house is unveiled Posted: 1 year ago by tigertony
Designers say it provides an ideal solution to the problem of rising water levels as the house can simply walk away from floods.
Maybe the design should be mandated for all new Gulf Coast construction. It could walk away from hurricanes.
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Naked Man Arrested Following Waffle House Dispute Posted: 3 years ago by civicracer18c1
Waffle House is where all of the excitement happens.
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10 Year Haunted House in China Finally Solved Posted: 2 years ago by Zaeyde
For ten years, people have moved into the house, only to leave soon after due to it being 'haunted.' Two brothers bought the house for a ridiculously low price and solved the mystery.
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Waffle House weirdness continues Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
The news of the Waffle House Weird seems to be as continuous and prolific as the chain itself. Why is it always Waffle House? Maybe we just pay more attention to a news story when there’s a Waffle House angle. Or maybe unusual events just gravitate toward the Norcross-based chain of diners.
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Thieves steal house brick by brick Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Thieves didn't try to steal from this house, they tried to pinch the whole thing. Dressed as workmen, they attempted to take the building, brick by brick and slate by slate.
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Bush says "neener neener" - Obamas can't move into the Blair house early Posted: 12 months ago by 2manyusernames
Traditionally, the incoming president moves into the White House guest house on January 15th. Obama requested to move in on January 5 so his children could start school on opening day. Bush denied the request stating that there are guests that will be staying there who can't be asked to stay elsewhere.
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And the 4th little pig made his house with moon dust Posted: 1 year ago by Wingnut
Researchers say a waterless concrete made entirely from moon dust can be used to build structures on the moon, which would reduce the amount of materials that would have to be shipped there to establish permanent bases.
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Manure thief falls into dung, flees naked Posted: 1 year ago by bevissimo
BERLIN (Reuters) A woman trying to make "manure bombs" using stockings, slipped into a slurry tank and fled the scene naked, German police said Friday.
--Those wacky Germans again!
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Your House Is About To Be Photographed Posted: 3 years ago by Bornbad
Photographers from a Canadian company are going house to house, shooting pictures of every house in America, in hopes of building a giant database that can be sold to banks, insurance companies, and appraisal firms.
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Amazing house designs Posted: 2 years ago by ash0283
Check out some of his works... they're incredible. I'm especially in love with the Nautilus house. The Satellite complex kinda reminds me of the smurfs.
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Horsewoman ejected from Tesco's 'for being too smelly' Posted: 10 months ago by 2manyusernames
Woman is disgusted and offended that a store would ask her to leave just because she had horse manure on her boots and generally stank so bad that people were complaining. She was so embarrassed by the "inconsiderate" treatment that she had to tell the whole world she doesn't know the benefits of soap and water.
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