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Bikini girl: Pervert Polish yeti stalked me

Seeded on Tue Sep 1, 2009 11:07 PM EDT (metro.co.uk)

A teenager has added fresh rumour to the yeti debate after claiming the beast spied on her in her bikini as she paddled in a river. Justyna Folger was having a dip during a camping trip when a shadowy creature appeared on the opposite bank.

odd-news, cryptozoology, yeti, bikini

Minicows

Seeded on Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:48 PM EDT (Slate)

A few weeks ago, I noticed an article in the Los Angeles Times about "minicows." "In the last few years, ranchers across the country have been snapping up mini Hereford and Angus calves that fit in a person's lap," wrote reporter P.J. Huffstutter.

home-garden, minicows

Can We Blame Our Bad Behavior on Stone-Age Genes?

Seeded on Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:42 PM EDT (Newsweek)

Among scientists at the university of New Mexico that spring, rape was in the air.

science, rape, genetics, evolution, evolutionary-psychology, anthropology, human-nature

It is summer 2009, and John McCain is president

Seeded on Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:58 PM EDT (Salon.com)

Picture, if you will, an America apparently like our own. A country like ours bogged down in war on two fronts and suffering from the greatest economic slump since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

politics, john-mccain

Don't Believe the Wipe

Seeded on Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:10 PM EDT (Slate)

Behold the Comfort Wipe—an 18-inch plastic stick to which you may attach a clump of toilet paper, thus easing the arduous task of wiping your bottom. I'm sure this product serves a vital purpose for some, and, hey, that's wonderful.

odd-news, comfort-wipe, toilet-paper, restrooms

North Sea gives up Neanderthal fossil

Seeded on Mon Jun 15, 2009 1:15 PM EDT (BBC News)

Part of a Neanderthal man's skull has been dredged up from the North Sea, in the first confirmed find of its kind. Scientists in Leiden, in the Netherlands, have unveiled the specimen - a fragment from the front of a skull belonging to a young adult male.

history, neanderthals, fossils, north-sea, archaeology

Tea Party Group Co-Opts Communist Symbol

Seeded on Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:10 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

FreedomWorks, the conservative organization that had a big hand in the Tea Party rallies this past April, is gearing up for a new "Taxpayer March On Washington" for September 12 -- with a very interesting logo.

politics, protests, tea-baggers, freedomworks, fists, communism, socialism

Weed, Booze, Cocaine and Other Old School "Medicine" Ads -

Seeded on Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:27 AM EDT ()

Granted, hindsight is 20/20, but some awfully strange substances have been used for pharmaceutical purposes in the past -- and some might argue, continue to be used today. Here are some vintage advertisements touting items that we might balk at taking today.

odd-news, drugs, medicine, advertising

The Threat From Below

Seeded on Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:38 AM EDT (Slate)

Will the next attack on the United States come from submarines? When I asked that question seven years ago, the model I had in mind was the Tamil Tigers, a terrorist group infamous for naval suicide strikes.

us-news, terrorism, submersibles

Maybe you shouldn't buy that: A collection of the most expensive and most worthless items in the world

Seeded on Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:42 AM EDT (Telegraph)

A new blog, maybeyoushouldntbuythat.com, publishes pictures of ridiculously expensive products. Describing itself as "a collection of the most expensive and most worthless items in the world" it is proof that some people really do have more money than sense.

odd-news, blogs, excess, wealth

Sen. Coburn's STD Lecture to Congressional Interns Put On Hold Due to Pizza Dispute

Seeded on Tue Jun 9, 2009 10:21 AM EDT (FOXNews.com)

Capitol Hill interns might miss out this summer on a famed lecture from Oklahoma Sen.

odd-news, stds, pizza, senate-ethics-committee, safe-sex, interns

10 Funniest 1950's Propaganda Films

Seeded on Sun Jun 7, 2009 9:40 PM EDT (bigstupididiot.com)

Each decade we look back and say "how'd we make it out of that?" Whether it's fashion, or world leaders... even war. Sometimes it's as simple as plain ignorance. In the 50s it seemed we wanted to prove our ignorance by documenting it in film.

history, propaganda, films

Tunnel fraud leaves Gazans on verge of financial ruin

Seeded on Sun Jun 7, 2009 9:37 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Jawad Tawfiq, a 52-year-old Gazan actor and director, was dubious at first, but his nephew insisted. If they could scrape together enough money, the nephew said, large profits could be made from investing in the tunnels that snake beneath the Egyptian border.

business, fraud, gaza, scams

9,000-year-old brew hitting the shelves this summer

Seeded on Sun Jun 7, 2009 9:23 PM EDT (scientificamerican.com)

This summer, how would you like to lean back in your lawn chair and toss back a brew made from what may be the world's oldest recipe for beer? Called Chateau Jiahu, this blend of rice, honey and fruit was intoxicating Chinese villagers 9,000 years ago—long before grape wine h …

health, beer

Obama OKs Network DVR

Seeded on Tue Jun 2, 2009 1:50 PM EDT ()

President Obama's attorney filed papers with the Supreme Court supporting an earlier court decision that found Cablevision's remote storage DVR to be legal.

entertainment, dvr

Bigfoot and the Playmate

Seeded on Tue Jun 2, 2009 12:16 PM EDT ()

With the recent attention that an actress has brought to Nessie, it seems only fair to revisit the most famous celebrity cryptozoology sighting of all time. Which report would that be? President Jimmy Carter's encounter with a cryptic attack rabbit? Commodore Stephen Decatur …

odd-news, bigfoot, cryptozoology

Group wants R rating for any film with smoking

Seeded on Fri May 29, 2009 10:32 AM EDT (CNN)

Smoking in youth-rated movies has not declined despite a pledge two years ago by Hollywood studios to encourage producers to show less "gratuitous smoking," according to an anti-smoking group.

entertainment, smoking, film-ratings, american-medical-association-alliance

Mysterious winged cat baffles animal experts

Seeded on Wed May 27, 2009 11:40 AM EDT ()

The long-haired white feline was born a normal kitten, but started to develop furry wing-like appendages on either side of its back when it was just a year old.

odd-news, cats

'Idol' Upset: Did The Evangelical Christian Vote Push Kris Allen Over The Edge?

Seeded on Fri May 22, 2009 3:00 PM EDT (FOXNews.com)

Kris Allen was indeed the underdog going into the "American Idol" finale on Wednesday evening, and the vibe inside the Nokia Theater was definitely in favor of the more controversial, theatrical and incredibly "out there" California native Adam Lambert. "Adam has the potential t …

entertainment, american-idol, kris-allen, evangelical-christians

Lawmakers rename road adopted by neo-Nazis

Seeded on Fri May 22, 2009 2:23 PM EDT ()

Lawmakers renamed a section of highway in Springfield that a neo-Nazi group adopted to keep litter-free after a Jewish civil rights leader. Rep.

odd-news, adopt-a-highway, neo-nazis

Will an exorcism cure my atheist daughter or should I call the FBI?

Seeded on Fri May 22, 2009 2:12 PM EDT ()

Dear Margo: Our daughter started college a year ago, and we've noticed during her visits home that she's not the sweet, innocent girl we sent away for higher learning.

odd-news, atheism

Hell and the Credit-Card Lobby

Seeded on Thu May 21, 2009 6:06 PM EDT (Slacktivist)

I've mentioned before that I don't believe in the idea of "Hell" as a place of infinite, eternal torment for those beyond or outside of the grace of God. And neither, apparently, does Edward L. Yingling. Yingling is the head of the credit-card lobby.

business, usury, credit, credit-cards, edward-l-yingling, sodomy, hell, justice

Diuscovery in amber reveals ancient biology of termites

Seeded on Fri May 15, 2009 5:07 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

The analysis of a termite entombed for 100 million years in an ancient piece of amber has revealed the oldest example of "mutualism" ever discovered between an animal and microorganism, and also shows the unusual biology that helped make this one of the most successful, although …

science, termites, evolution, mutualism, amber, fossils

Bloomsbury plans to publish new science books free online

Seeded on Fri May 15, 2009 4:54 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Sir John Sulston, Nobel prize winner and one of the architects of the Human Genome Project, has teamed up with Bloomsbury to edit a new series of books that will look at topics including the ethics of genetics and the cyber enhancement of humans. The series will be the first fro …

education, books, publishing, e-books, bloomsbury

Habitat for Humanity gets $100M gift from Atlanta developer J. Ronald Terwilliger

Seeded on Fri May 15, 2009 11:35 AM EDT (NY Daily News)

An Atlanta developer is donating a staggering $100 million to Habitat for Humanity after his work with the charity exposed him to the miseries of poverty and homelessness. The nine-figure gift from J.

us-news, habitat-for-humanity, homeless, philanthropy, poverty, j-ronald-terwilliger

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