Seriously? Come on...
Warfare: Neanderthals and human aerial bombardments Posted: 12 months ago by henkspaan
Neanderthals didn't throw stuff; we did and do.
Were Neanderthals stoned to death?
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Total Recall: Woman Remembers Every Second of Her Life Posted: 12 months ago by henkspaan
She's constantly bombarded with fragments of memories, exposed to an automatic and uncontrollable process that behaves like an infinite loop in a computer.
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Illegal immigrants found hiding in Christmas tree Posted: 12 months ago by henkspaan
Years ago it was that Christmas lights contained lead. Now Christmas trees contain illegal immigrants... Four of them sneaked their way into the UK by hiding in a giant Christmas tree.
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Police: Santa Violates City Code - Threatens Fine Posted: 12 months ago by henkspaan
In what can only be described as an unreal Kafka-esque situation, city code law enforcement officials in Daytona Beach threaten a shop with fines if their Santa Claus leaves the store.
The reason: once outside Santa is considered an animated sign - and *that* violates city code.
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Thousands of New Unsellable Cars Clogging US Port Posted: 1 year ago by henkspaan
Thousands of cars worth tens of millions of dollars are being warehoused, turning dozens of acres of the US' second-largest container port into a parking lot.
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World’s First Functional Computer Made Out Of Wood Posted: 1 year ago by henkspaan
No mercury, lead or plastic in the machine. Wood panels impregnated with *seeds* so that when you throw the thing away, it'll grow new trees!
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British Muslims say: Put Christ back in Christmas Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
You know you're wrong when everybody else is telling you so...
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Mechanical flatulent cow puts wind up locals Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
A mechanical cow that breaks wind on the hour has become Edinburgh's latest tourist attraction.
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Japan Scientists Develop Fearless Mouse Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
This puts a whole new twist on that Friends' song "Smelly Cat":
Mice are naturally terrified of cats, and usually panic or flee at the smell of one. But mice with certain nasal cells removed through genetic engineering didn't display any fear.
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Strangers help soldier make it home for birth Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
I told him, ‘You know what? We've gotta get you to this birth.'
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Christmas parade candy tossing seen as danger Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
"Step away from the float! For your own sake; step away!"
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Santa breaking privacy laws? Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
Thank God we're focusing on the *important* stuff.
Santa Claus could be breaking privacy laws in his collection and use of data about British children, experts have warned.
Children across Britain who write letters to Claus with a list of gift requests are not told for how long that data is kept, or if it will be used for other purposes such as marketing by third parties.
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Government: "Sorry, no button for miracles" Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
Woman is healed through prayer and wants to stop her benefit payments. Government says they can't as the computer has no button for miracles....
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Wreaths across America Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
<silence>
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Cat missing for 5 years home Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
Always intrigues me these kind of stories. Cat was found 700 miles away. What he's been up to meanwhile, no-one knows.
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5th-grader applies lesson to save choking pet’s life Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
“He’s not used to getting scraps, so he just ate it whole. He just fell over and started gasping,” Tori recalled.
The family is still struck by how fast it happened, how instantly Gizmo was affected and unable to breathe. But luckily, Tori moved quickly, too.
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Three men commended for rescue 30 years ago Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
Goin and his crew of two other Kentucky National Guardsmen could keep flying through a brutal snowstorm to rescue a 13-year-old girl who had been in an accident or play it safe.
"They wanted to see that little girl rescued if at all possible," Goin said.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 135 [+].
Islam’s Silent Moderates Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
It is often said that Islam has been “hijacked” by a small extremist group of radical fundamentalists. The vast majority of Muslims are said to be moderates.
But where *are* the moderates? Where are the Muslim voices raised over the terrible injustice of incidents like these?
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Propheteering? Try 'Miracle Jesus' Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
Good opinion piece.
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Christmas Trees Can Make You Sneeze Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
Apparently the spores and mold can cause an allergic reaction.
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Microsoft unplugs oral sex talking Santa chat bot Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
An artificial-intelligence Santa bot operated by Microsoft to talk to children wavered off topic saying: "It's fun to talk about oral sex, but I want to chat about something else...."
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Boy, 12, w. brain injury makes miracle recovery Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
His brain injury was so massive that experts at Southampton General Hospital feared he may not survive.
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Secret Santa hands out 20K in Phoenix Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
Along his journey, Santa and his elves gave $100 to a homeless man pushing all his belongings in a shopping cart, to a mother buying a bike for her 9-year-old son and to a man looking for a jacket for his stepdaughter's funeral.
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Despite injuries, mom rescues her children from fire Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
A young mother jumped almost 15 feet out a window and despite having a broken foot, cuts and bruises, she broke another window and raced up a flight of stairs to rescue her two small children from the fire that destroyed her home Tuesday morning.
Comments: 11 Score: [-] 421 [+].
Hero pulls man out of blazing truck Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
"I couldn't let him burn to death," said Claude Walker, who dragged the truck driver to safety.
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