In 40 seasons, Sesame Street has featured over 1,000 characters. Although we’ll always have mainstays like Big Bird, Elmo, Bert and Ernie, many Muppets have been forgotten or deemed unnecessary. picked by kakana 2 weeks ago

Created by sculptor Chen Wenling, the 20-foot statue depicts, well, a big fiberglass bull that rams a devil figure with its horns while making whoopie so hard the devil crashes into a wall.

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According to criminal complaints, Robert E. Lee, entered the CVS pharmacy at 4:17 p.m. Police said Lee walked to the front area of the store, lifted up his shirt, dropped his pants and defecated on the floor before walking out. picked by kakana 2 weeks ago

A group of Common Cranes gather in dawn light, on a lake in the German state of Brandenburg, close to Berlin.

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Caitlin Snow, 2, walks through Gladiator Pumpkins on Connors Farm in Danvers, Massachusetts.

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A central Illinois corn and soybean farmer races against the setting sun to harvest his cornfield in Loami, Illinois.

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Fog rises off a lake in Highlands, New York.

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An Amish farmer and three children bring in a cart full of harvested corn stalks at a farm in Middlefield, Ohio

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Druids celebrate the Autumn equinox on Primrose Hill on September 22, 2009 in London, England. The ceremony is one of three events staged by the order with the Spring Equinox ceremony at Tower Hill and the Summer Solstice held at Stonehenge.

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An electric superbike has broken a land speed record by bursting though the 150mph mark .
The zero-emissions Mission One ridden by Jeremy Cleland became the fastest electric-powered vehicle when it hit an average speed of 150.059mph over two miles. picked by kakana 2 months ago

Right from the start of modern evolutionary science, why humans are hairless has been controversial. "No one supposes," wrote Charles Darwin in The Descent of Man, "that the nakedness of the skin is any direct advantage to man: his body, therefore, cannot have been divested of hair through natural selection." picked by kakana 2 months ago

As if bushfires, drought and floods aren't enough, Australians have now been warned to watch out for volcanoes.
A scientist has warned an eruption is "well overdue" and says there are hundreds of volcanoes that could cause trouble, from South Australia and Victoria through to Queensland. picked by kakana 2 months ago

One breed, the savannah, is capable of jumping 7ft vertically in the air and can grow three times bigger than a domestic cat. picked by kakana 2 months ago

A father in eastern India gave away his teenage daughter to a fellow gambler after he lost a card game, with police launching a hunt to retrieve the girl. picked by kakana 2 months ago

A man who was apparently was upset after finding a soda can in his room allegedly used a sword to cut two of his roommates. picked by kakana 2 months ago

Just as humans speak louder in noisy locations, great tits likely avoid low-pitched tones so that their calls will carry further, said the researchers, who will present their findings at an Ornithological Society of Japan's conference that began on Saturday in the Hokkaido Prefecture city of Hakodate. picked by kakana 2 months ago

Anna Sundström at erotic store Afrodites Apotek in Stockholm believes that it will be a big hit. "Many of our customers are environmentally conscious and often say 'no' to a plastic bag. It saves the environment when you don't use batteries," she said to Expressen. picked by kakana 2 months ago

For the first time, the state's highest court ruled today that the state Declaration of Rights allows police to break into a suspect’s car to secretly install GPS tracking devices, provided they have a warrant before they act. picked by kakana 2 months ago

If you pop the head off a dandelion, white sap oozes freely from the wound for about a second.
But if you pop the head off the genetically engineered variety, the sap oozes for minutes, producing five times more latex than from the average dandelion. picked by kakana 2 months ago

Sick of losing your car radio channels on long journeys? Does your thrash metal melt into static, or worse, Dean Martin as you clock up the miles? Never fear, IBM has the answer. Merging car radios with satellite navigation systems can solve the problem, picked by kakana 2 months ago

But you don't have to be a Buddhist monk or an expert on brain plasticity to help increase global compassion. There is evidence that altruistic acts spread through social networks. In other words, if you are kind to a friend, they are more likely to be kind to someone else they know. picked by kakana 2 months ago

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A pious Catholic in Vienna was killed by a 400-kg (860 lb) gravestone that fell on him when he prayed in the yard of a local church. picked by kakana 2 months ago

Jimmy Santiago Dominguez, a confessed loser in love, couldn't win the heart of Elissa Rodriguez, who is 12 years his junior. So last month, Dominguez hatched what authorities say was a criminal plot that he hoped would bring him and Rodriguez together. picked by kakana 2 months ago