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This is a description of some kind of fuckery, including a link.

Double Atomic bomb survivor dies in Japan.

My favorite bit:
Immediately after the war, Yamaguchi worked as a translator for American forces in Nagasaki....

I could not be so forgiving.

Bound to happen eventually: raccoons stop taking no for an answer.

This is probably not new to all, but it gave me a giggle: http://eternal-earthbound-pets.com/.

Franchises available! Call now! From the creator of the site:

So I'm toying with setting up this service for the North East and franchising it to other sections of the country. While New England wouldn't be a top performing area, representatives in the Midwest and the South, the Bible Belt, would have more takers than they could shake a pooper scooper at.

Words won't do it justice. Just go take a look at this classy, hand made, custom molded resin spoon rest on Craftster. You won't like it.

It sounds like bad PETA propaganda, but it's true:

Two researchers at the University of Chicago estimated that switching to a vegan diet would have a bigger impact than trading in your gas guzzler for a Prius. A study out of Carnegie Mellon University found that the average American would do less for the planet by switching to a totally local diet than by going vegetarian one day a week.

Discuss!

Male rape is on the rise in the Congo, one of the worst places on earth.

A new 32-story, 200-unit highrise condo building in Florida has one tenant. You know what I'm thinking? POOL PARTY!

"'It's certainly biological. It's definitely not an oil product of any kind. It has no characteristics of an oil, or a hazardous substance, for that matter. It's definitely, by the smell and the makeup of it, it's some sort of naturally occurring organic or otherwise marine organism.'"

Sooooo awesome. Worth making it to the end! http://www.phillyd.tv/2009/07/01/westboro-baptist-church-the-song/

Viral video explained:
They are clumps of annelid worms, almost certainly tubificids (Naididae, probably genus Tubifex). Normally these occur in soil and sediment, especially at the bottom and edges of polluted streams. In the photo they have apparently entered a pipeline somehow, and in the absence of soil they are coiling around each other. The contractions you see are the result of a single worm contracting and then stimulating all the others to do the same almost simultaneously, so it looks like a single big muscle contracting.
(The link above is tame, push play at your own risk!)

OMG Apocalypse Fiiiinally!

Quoth Yahoo: SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea threatened Wednesday to wipe the United States off the map as Washington and its allies watched for signs the regime will launch a series of missiles in the coming days.

*As a side note I'm amused that the only thing on CNN is about a senator who cheated on his wife. OTOH at least CNN isn't pretending he's a democrat.

In Chad, you can get a plate of fried blood for about 20¢. With peppers, onions, salt, Maggi stock cubes (aka, flavored MSG), and spicy sauce.

They don't really say what kind of blood, but that's probably all right.

Weeeird.

The strangest monument in America looms over a barren knoll in northeastern Georgia. Five massive slabs of polished granite rise out of the earth in a star pattern.

Panic in the streets over the possibility that antiquated sewing machines may contain trace amounts of a non-existent substance, making us all rich beyond our wild dreams:

Check your sewing machine for red mercury today! Could be a total cash cow.

Where's my STUPIDITY category???