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August 21st 2008

'Does one want fries with that?'

  1. 'Old man smell' big issue for Japanese men
  2. Doctors warn about deaths and injuries caused by text-messaging
  3. Growing numbers of Americans doing DIY switches from gas to electric cars
  4. Chinese getting fatter
  5. King penguin gets Norwegian Knighthood
Crazy traffic, Tehran style


Max Sauco pics


Programmable 'LEGO MINDSTORMS' robots


Aerial pics of center pivot irrigation systems

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$1 million a week hotel


Dumb criminal


Airbus Super Transporter


Monster Smart

  1. Great ideas from around the world
  2. Nanotech based fuel cells - possible power source of the future
  3. Former IMF chief economist says major US bank will fail within months
  4. Russian hayfever drug may cure Alzheimers
  5. UK gardener finds £1,000 worth of truffles in her back garden
Trucks hit by trains



'The door of a bigoted mind opens outwards so that the only result of the pressure of facts upon it is to close it more snugly'



Stone age rock art

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Engrish


Goldfish that swims upside down


Swarming robots


'A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone'

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World's first freerunning world championship to be held in London


Unusual chairs


Wind-up shaver


Strange sights from around the world

  1. Watermelon works like Viagra
  2. Virus that attacks other viruses
  3. Notepad for the web
  4. Swedish town paying $4,000 for people to move there
  5. Who'll make money during this recession?
Lotus ice vehicle



'If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut'

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Spanish horse wrestling festival - Fight against animal cruelty


Weird stop-motion film - 'Western Spaghetti' by PES


African kings


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