Thursday, July 15, 2010

Artist Creates Portrait From 200,000 Dead Ants

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Mr Trueman’s artwork made from ants.
Chris Trueman bought the tiny creatures alive in batches of 40,000 for £330 each for his bizarre masterpiece.  The 32-year-old then had to kill them before painstakingly rearranging them into a picture using tweezers.  The final piece, which measures 48 inches by 42 inches, was priced at a staggering $35,000 dollars, around £23,000.

Scientists Prove Which Came First — The Chicken or the Egg

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Which came first – the chicken or the egg?
One of the most puzzling and famous life questions has stumped people for generations. It’s the question of which came first: the chicken or the egg? In order for there to be an egg, a chicken would have had to lay it. In order for there to be a chicken, it would have had to hatch from an egg. It seems as though either answer could be the correct answer; until now

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Woman Jailed for Sending Threatening Text Messages to Herself

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Woman sends threatening text messages to herself.
Everyone has days when they  really don’t like themselves very much.  However, if they feel a need to write these feelings down it is usually in a hidden place on your computer or in your diary where no one else will see them.
It seems, though, that Jeanne Mundango Manunga, a 25-year-old woman from Santa Ana, Calif., took a slightly different philosophical approach.

Little 6-Year-Old Boy With No Legs And One Arm Is Star Of Swimming Team

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Gabe Marsh may be missing limbs, but he is still a great swimmer!
When the Marshes adopted another child, Ed told his wife, Ann, “Well, there’s one you’ll never have swim.”

Gabe Marsh, a 6-year-old with no legs and one arm, is 'the greatest accomplishment' on the Guntersville swim team

GUNTERSVILLE, Al. - When the Marshes adopted another child, Ed told his wife, Ann, "Well, there's one you'll never have swim.''
His pessimism was understandable. Gabe, the seventh of their 10 adopted children, was born with no legs and one arm.
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Even Ann believed her string of teaching children to swim had ended. By then, her streak had exceeded 60.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Top 10 Photos of the Week

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It’s no secret, old women are scary-ass drivers
We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Mullets and Spikes Banned In Iran

Ponytails are out but side-partings and Elvis quiffs are in. Not the latest fashion 

advice from a celebrity magazine, but a list of acceptable male hairstyles issued by 

the Iranian government.




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Iran does not want decadent Western hair styles to corrupt their wholesome culture.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Top 10 Photos of the Week

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Some artists should not be allowed to own dogs
“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”

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