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Beavers falling from the sky! Long-lost film shows animals parachuted from a plane (http://www.cbc.ca/radio/a... ) [http://i.cbc.ca/1.3286351... ]

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""A lot of wildlife things are kind of out there sometimes, but this is really a very, very unusual sort of story and to actually see it was pretty amazing," Vicky Runnoe tells As It Happens host Carol Off. "We're very excited to get a hold of it again."" - rønin - -

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Another Hermit Crab Gets a New Home in a 3D Printed Japanese Wedding Chapel Shell (http://3dprint.com/88060/... ) [http://3dprint.com/wp-con... ]

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"The question is: are they merely colonizing a derivative form or are they truly their shell’s author since each wears it individually?" - rønin - [ 1 ] -

"The answer: They are hermit crabs and not bothered by such ridiculous existential self-doubt." - rønin - [ 4 ] -

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Do You Do Birthdays?: Massive Gallery Of Japanese Artist's Unbelievable Insect And Balloon Animals (http://geekologie.com/201... ) [http://geekologie.com/201... ]

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"This is a giant gallery of the balloon insects and animals twisted by Japanese balloon artist Matsumoto-san. A lot of them are unbelievable. Just think: if this guy is already making things so impressive, just imagine what he could create if he ever found out there are more art supplies in the world than just balloons. It's staggering." - rønin - -

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Hmm... so are we now all migrating over to Mokum?

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I forgot I was going to look at that. I'll try to remember tomorrow. - bentley - -

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I'm in both spots, and drastically dialing down my FB interaction (huzzah!) - Jennifer D. - [ 2 ] -

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Charity bake sale cancelled after sex toy is discovered inside cake (http://www.thescottishsun... ) [http://img.thesun.co.uk/a... ]

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"The bake sale was being held for employees to buy cakes and help raise money for charity. However, the sale was called off and word quickly spread that all cakes had to be binned due to this malevolent act. By the close of business, the true nature of things came to light - someone had rammed a sex toy through a chocolate cake. As further acts of malice could not be ruled out the rest of the baked goods were binned." - rønin - -

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One can never have enough storage, right? A bit over 32TB. http://twitter.com/ronin/... [https://pbs.twimg.com/med... ]

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Well this is new. I can only see this working w/at most one adult and 2 small children. [https://pbs.twimg.com/med... ]

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Argh, UPS needs to stop sending their "Package Scheduled for Delivery Tomorrow" emails right after midnight. My mind hasn't realized that it's a new day yet so I get all excited thinking I'm getting a package tomorrow when it's really the next day.

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Thank Goodness for a Break in the Clouds (https://www.flickr.com/ph... ) [https://c1.staticflickr.c... ]

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My contribution to Sunday night's super/bloodmoon event. =) - rønin - -

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Man On Flight Wakes Up, Pees Between Seats In Front Of Him, Goes Back To Sleep (http://geekologie.com/201... ) [http://geekologie.com/201... ]

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And you thought your flight was bad. =p "A police report said passengers and airline employees told officers Rubin had been sleeping for most of the flight. About 30 minutes before landing, they said, he stood up and began urinating through the crack between the seats in front of him -- and on to the passengers sitting there. The report said he lost his balance and fell backwards, splashing urine on passengers, seats and luggage." - rønin - -

Wow, what a jackass. - Jennifer D. - -

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The real heroes you don't hear about. (http://9gag.com/gag/aVXge... ) [http://img-9gag-fun.9cach... ]

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New Tokyo restaurant promises food that tastes like crap: actual poo-flavored curry (http://en.rocketnews24.co... ) [https://sociorocketnewsen... ]

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For the love of god, why??? "According to a press release, this flavor is apparently a combination of the extreme bitterness of its two main ingredients goya (bitter gourd) and senburi (swertia japonica) tea. The texture is achieved by blending cocoa powder and water in just the right balance. Despite the horrid taste and feel of Shimizu curry, it’s actually some healthy sh*t." - rønin - [ 1 ] -

(Liking for the wordplay.) - bentley - -

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Russian police smash illegal $30 million cheesemaking ring (http://news.yahoo.com/rus... ) [http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/... ]

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Noooo.... not the cheese!!! *fans self* "Russian police said Tuesday they had detained an "international criminal gang" that produced contraband cheese worth some $30 million using banned Western ingredients." - rønin - -

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Beer will be next. - Joe - -

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Some photos I took during our visit to the Statue of Liberty this weekend (https://www.flickr.com/ph... ) [https://farm1.staticflick... ]

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That memorial is pretty well done. - John B. - -

Yeah I was surprised to see it actually. Haven't been by that area in years. - rønin - -

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Batman pulled over by cops in viral video dies in highway crash (http://www.polygon.com/co... ) [https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/... ]

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Oh man. =( - rønin - -

"Batman has died. Lenny B. Robinson, who became a viral sensation three years ago when he was pulled over in full costume driving a custom black "Batmobile" Lamborghini on the way to visit sick children in a hospital, was killed Sunday night returning to his home in Maryland. He was 51." - rønin - -

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Do A Barrel Roll: Seabreacher Sailfin Personal Submarine (http://geekologie.com/201... ) [http://geekologie.com/201... ]

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Not a fan of the styling but does look hella fun to operate though. "This is a video of the Seabreacher Sailfin, the largest Seabreacher submersible watercraft built to date (previously: the smaller dolphin model). It even has a water cannon in its nose and sky rocket launchers in its fin. What the hell is a sky rocket launcher? I don't know but I need some in my life. The sub also has a retractable snorkel so it can perform high-speed barrel rolls and sustained dives." - rønin - -

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Meet the World's First Ned Flanders Themed Metal Band (http://ripitup.com.au/mus... ) [http://ripitup.com.au/wp-... ]

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"What do you get when you combine hardcore metal with the Simpsons’ god-fearing neighbourino Ned Flanders? The answer is Phoenix outfit Okilly Dokilly, the world’s first and only ‘Nedal’ band. They’re bespectacled, mustachioed, impeccably costumed in pink, green and grey, and their Facebook bio gets straight to the point: “Most of our songs are direct Ned quotes.”" - rønin - -

"He also confesses that band’s long-term goals are, like their inspiration, quite humble. “In reality, this is all just an over-the-top attempt at getting Matt Groening’s autograph, even if it comes on a cease and desist letter.” Which, we can all agree, is a noble and probably achievable goal." - rønin - [ 1 ] -

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Lightning strike injures 40 U.S. Army Ranger students, four instructors (http://news.yahoo.com/lig... )

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I guess the training was a success then. "Forty Army Ranger students and four instructors were struck by lightning in Florida during a training program aimed at protecting themselves from a thunderstorm's lightning bolts, the U.S. Army said on Thursday." - rønin - -

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Odd suckers: Octopus species that's weirdly social, romantic (http://news.yahoo.com/odd... ) [http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api... ]

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"The octopus already is an oddball of the ocean. Now biologists have rediscovered a species of that eight-arm sea creature that's even stranger and shares some of our social and mating habits. With their shifting shapes, mesmerizing eyes, and uncanny intelligence, octopuses "are one of the most mysterious and captivating species," said Rich Ross, a senior biologist at the California Academy of Sciences. "They're aliens alive on our planet and it feels like they have plans."" - rønin - -

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Photos of the Australian mining town where thousands of people live underground (http://www.businessinside... ) [http://static1.businessin... ]

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"The name Coober Pedy actually means “white fella’s hole in the ground,” and its dugouts started when construction workers and soldiers returning from World War I settled here back in 1917." - rønin - -

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[MV] t YOON MIRAE(t 윤미래), Boys Noize _ #Capture The City (https://www.youtube.com/w... )

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Yeah it's a Heineken ad but Yoon Mirae! And love the camera work w/the panos, especially the 360 globe stuff. - rønin - -

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A stranded Dutch warship evaded Japanese bombers in WWII by disguising itself as an island (http://www.businessinside... ) [http://static1.businessin... ]

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"While the sun was up they would anchor the ship near other islands, then cover as much ocean as they could once night fell — praying the Japanese wouldn’t notice a disappearing and reappearing island amongst the nearly 18,000 existing islands in Indonesia. And, as luck would have it, they didn’t." - rønin - [ 2 ] -

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World's cutest male spider does embarrassing dance to impress cutest female spider (http://www.theverge.com/2... ) [https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/... ]

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That's pretty adorable. - rønin - [ 3 ] -

I love fuzzy spiders. - faboomama - [ 2 ] -

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AP Investigation: Olympic teams to swim, boat in Rio's filth (http://bigstory.ap.org/ar... ) [http://binaryapi.ap.org/a... ]

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Well that's definitely not good. =( "Athletes in next year's Summer Olympics here will be swimming and boating in waters so contaminated with human feces that they risk becoming violently ill and unable to compete in the games, an Associated Press investigation has found. An AP analysis of water quality revealed dangerously high levels of viruses and bacteria from human sewage in Olympic and Paralympic venues — results that alarmed international experts and dismayed competitors training in Rio, some of whom have already fallen ill with fevers, vomiting and diarrhea." - rønin - -

""If I were going to be in the Olympics," said Griffith, the California water expert, "I would probably go early and get exposed and build up my immunity system to these viruses before I had to compete, because I don't see how they're going to solve this sewage problem."" - rønin - -

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Booted up my Win8 install and when I launched Chrome to update, 2 tabs were for Google Reader and FriendFeed. Obviously I'm not a Win8 user. =p

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Were you booting Windows just to upgrade to 10? - Julian - -

Yup. =) Still waiting for the go ahead from MS though. =p - rønin - -

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World Order 'Multipolarity' https://www.youtube.com/w...

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Always fun to watch these guys. Looks like Genki Sudo's taking more of a director role now as he hadn't been in their last two vids (as a dancer that is). - rønin - -

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