My favourite part was when the skin was sliced off to be made into delicious pork scratchings.
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My favourite part was when the skin was sliced off to be made into delicious pork scratchings.
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A Bolivian player spices up a game of football with a kung-fu kick.
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A town in Romania has built the world's biggest 'pint' of beer. It stands at 6m high, weighs 3 tons and has a capacity for 11,000 litres.
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Nick Burcher has posted a load of screenshots and a review of the Cockney ATMs that have been installed in London. Surprisingly, the machine also features a Welsh screen.
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"1500 hours of moving legobricks and take photos of them."
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For 140 to 160 nights out of the year, for 10 hours at a time, the sky above the river is pierced by almost constant lightning, producing as many as 280 strikes per hour. Known as the "Relampago del Catatumbo," this lightning storm has been raging, on and off, for as long a people can remember.
You can read more about this amazing phenomenon over at Atlas Obscura. [via]
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Great features and what looks to be a very good battery life.
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3 ATMs in London now allow you to select Cockney Slang as your chosen language. You have to enter your 'Huckleberry Finn' (pin) to use the machine, check out how much 'sausage and mash' (cash) they have and withdraw 'speckled hens' (tens). Link.
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Print this out and give to anyone that relies on you for tech support.
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The following joke was voted the funniest at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival...
It may not be the funniest joke, but it's better than the other entries.
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Twitter's so old hat!
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Sao Paulo underground bosses have installed larger seats at underground stations to allow people of a larger stature to sit whilst waiting for a train. The seats are twice the size of a regular seat and can accommodate people weighing up to 500lbs. [via]
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Impressive considering its age. [via]
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And it turns out much better than this.
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A goldfish which survived being flushed down the lavatory is enjoying a new lease of life after being rescued from a sewage plant near East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire.
The fish, nicknamed Pooh, is now being looked after at the Philipshill Waste Water Treatment Works until a new home can be found for it.
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CNN's guide to the 12 most annoying types of Facebookers. Love the last one:-
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Nice wedding video made using a Canon EOS 5D Mark II [via]
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Truck spills and nothing but truck spills.
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This guy is sending invoices to companies such as restaurants, cafes and supermarkets for the time he has spent there. Amazingly, he's received some money.
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If you've never been to London then you've missed the numerous Gingerbread Men that travel the many underground trains. Here's a photo of one riding the Central Line after a hard day's work. Link
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A complex, but useful map showing where you can get panoramic views in central London.
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You're forgiven if you can't bring yourself to watch the entire video.
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I think the title's right. That's what it said on YouTube.
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The Telegraph has posted some old photos of London including this 'baby cage' that attaches to the side of a house to allow babies to get some fresh air and sunshine. Unsurprisingly, it didn't get past the idea stage.
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This Cuban tree frog was so intrigued by the lights on this tree, he decided to 'eat' one of them. The frog was fine and the light didn't do him any damage. [via]
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Very cool!
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A motorist sits precariously on the Maple-Oregon Bridge in Sturgeon Bay after getting stuck on the bridge as it opened. The motorist safely went on her way after the bridge was lowered. Police are hoping she’ll call to explain how she managed to get stuck in that position. Link
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A collection of behind-the-scenes Star Wars photos.
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Woman almost gets killed by rally car.
Crazy jump
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An inforgraphic highlighting the best planes to use, where to sit, and the best time to fly.
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A drug lord in Mexico got busted and this is what police found.
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That reversing signal would be really annoying if you were a passenger inside.
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A series of documentary photography of the meals selected by prisoners before their execution. Would be nice to have some background information about each meal.
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Cab driver 'Mudzi' Mehmet goes on a culinary taxi tour around London and shows some of the best places in London for coffee, bacon rolls and deserts.
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