Non-IT News Thread
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32897388
Unexplored WW2 bomb prompts evacuation of Cologne!
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US military accidentally exposes staff to Anthrax. Sends live Anthrax to 22 locations.
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Sadly one of the list is someone many of us know.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-32904575
Texas flooding toll.
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You can file this one under 'Murica
Muncie, Indiana: Woman Stabbed With Fork After Dispute Over Last Rib at Barbecue, Report Says
According to a police report, Sabrina A. Davis confronted the victim over "taking the last rib from the kitchen" and stabbed her in the left eye. Davis was arrested on Sunday night.
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Ampulex Dementor: Wasp Discovered in 2014 Turns Cockroaches Into 'Passive Zombies'
The ampulex was one of 139 species discovered in Asia's Greater Mekong region in 2014. It was named after the dementor monsters in the "Harry Potter" book and film series.
A soul-sucking ‘dementor’ wasp, a bat with long fangs, a stealthy wolf snake, a color-changing thorny frog, and the world’s second longest insect are among the 139 new species discovered by scientists in the Greater Mekong region in 2014.
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MDMA: Researchers Study Whether Ecstasy Ingredient Could Help Treat Social Anxiety
Researchers from Stanford University and the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute are conducting trials to see if MDMA could help adults with autism manage social anxiety.
So wait, doing drugs can help you with social anxiety? You think?
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Researchers have found that doing X can help make people more friendly. And tasty, like a lollipop, report goes on to say
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Cheating to get into schools. No surprises here.
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Truck full of silly video game stolen.....
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@scottalanmiller said:
Cheating to get into schools. No surprises here.
Well if the immigration system was not so bad they likely would never have done it.
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If the issue was only the passport thing, sure. But having people cheat to get into the schools is the bigger problem. And to get into such likely poor schools, too.
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Silk Road: Judge Sentences Founder of Online Black Market to Life in Prison
Ross Ulbricht, 31, was sentenced to life without parole on Friday for creating and running Silk Road. The sentencing came after he was found guilty in February of seven criminal charges.
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Fazal-ur-Rehman: Pakistani Politician Blames Women Wearing Jeans for Earthquakes, Inflation
Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad, the cleric encouraged a military operation against all women wearing jeans, saying that they, not the Taliban, were the true threat to Pakistan.
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Now you know, and knowing is half the battle. One has to wonder, though, would then the percentage of female jeans in a region not directly correlate to the chances of earth quakes? Why then are the earthquakes primarily in places with few jeans?
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@scottalanmiller said:
Now you know, and knowing is half the battle. One has to wonder, though, would then the percentage of female jeans in a region not directly correlate to the chances of earth quakes? Why then are the earthquakes primarily in places with few jeans?
Are you saying that places like California have few woman who wear jeans? I'm not sure if that's true or not, just asking.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Now you know, and knowing is half the battle. One has to wonder, though, would then the percentage of female jeans in a region not directly correlate to the chances of earth quakes? Why then are the earthquakes primarily in places with few jeans?
@Dashrender said:
Are you saying that places like California have few woman who wear jeans? I'm not sure if that's true or not, just asking.
They certainly jeans less than the midwest and northeast ladies.
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Now you know, and knowing is half the battle. One has to wonder, though, would then the percentage of female jeans in a region not directly correlate to the chances of earth quakes? Why then are the earthquakes primarily in places with few jeans?
Are you saying that places like California have few woman who wear jeans? I'm not sure if that's true or not, just asking.
Compared to other parts of the country? I'd say California seems to be at the low end of the jean scale within the US.
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New marsupials discovered that mate themselves to death!!
http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-new-species-of-marsupial-that-mate-themselves-to-death
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@scottalanmiller said:
New marsupials discovered that mate themselves to death!!
http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-new-species-of-marsupial-that-mate-themselves-to-death
"tiny carnivorous marsupials whose males are wiped out each spring after mating themselves to death"
Worst. Pet. Ever.
lol
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Accra: Explosion at Gas Station in Ghana's Capital Kills at Least 73 People, Officials Say
Flooding swept stored fuel into a nearby fire, setting off the explosion Thursday, officials said. Dozens of people were seeking shelter from the rain at the station, The Associated Press reports.
