October 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
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BBC News - Earth may once have had two moons →
A new theory suggests the Earth once had a small second moon that perished in a slow motion collision with its “big sister”.
Researchers suggest the collision may explain the mysterious mountains on the far side of our Moon.
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Lost Hitchcock feature Recovered →
After a world-wide search, a large part of The White Shadow (1923), thought to be the earliest surviving feature by Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1990), the celebrated master of suspense has been found in New Zealand - just in time for the filmmaker’s 112th birthday.
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July 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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April 2011
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etsydudes:
This is what happens when you tickle a penguin.
My wife is now mad at me for not buying her a penguin.
floatingparticles:
mnwka:
ATTENTION INTERNET: THIS IS A PENGUIN BEING TICKLED.
INTERNET GOLD.
March 2011
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Silicene: It Could Be The New Graphene - Science... →
I’m such a science nerd.
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The Language Wars →
theeconomist:
“Everyone knows it is wrong to begin a sentence with a conjunction such as “and”. And a sentence cannot be grammatically correct without a verb. Ever.”
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There is probably not a person alive who does not have some bee in his bonnet about the way other people speak and write. But where do such laws come from?
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February 2011
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Uncombable hair syndrome →
bestofwikipedia:
Uncombable hair syndrome is a rare structural anomaly of the hair with a variable degree of effect. It was discovered in the 1970s. It becomes apparent from as little as 3 months to up to 12 years. The hair is normal in quantity and is usually silvery-blond or straw-colored. It is disorderly, it stands out from the scalp, and cannot be combed flat. (via traceywithane)
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The cluttered frontier →
theeconomist:
There are more than 23,000 man-made objects orbiting the Earth. And hundreds of thousands of pieces of space junk. America’s new space-security policy considers how to sweep up.
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Every British queen named Jane has either been... →