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06
2007
Police say gravedigger stole bones from casket, used them for ashtrays:
“Police say a gravedigger stole body parts — including a skull and a thigh bone — from a broken casket at a church cemetery and took them home to make an ashtray.”
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Categories : news, weird
22
06
2007
Sure. Those respirators are really leaky aren’t they? Presumably they spent the rest of the day munching doughnuts and giggling.
Warehouse fire claims ton of marijuana:
“Firefighters who spent half an hour fighting a blaze in which 2,000 pounds of marijuana went up in smoke breathed so much of it that they would have failed a drug test, a fire chief said.”
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Categories : food, humour, news
21
06
2007
Jawbone Radio: Brilliant Ghostly Marketing:
“Everyday vending machines were rigged with a motion sensor and a recording of a little girl telling passersby to buy Ghost Pops. When they do, the machine mists up and the word “Thanks” appears.”
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Categories : ghosts, technology, weird
21
06
2007
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Lake disappears suddenly in Chile:
“Scientists in Chile are investigating the sudden disappearance of a glacial lake in the south of the country.”
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Categories : news, science, weird
20
06
2007
On Brink of Artificial Life:
“Craig Venter says success is near, within weeks or months of creating the world’s first free-living artificial organism in his laboratory.”
I for one welcome our new micro-organic masters.
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Categories : science, technology, weird
20
06
2007
All the web cams you can handle.
How To Hear and See a Ghost:
“Hearing what might be a ghost’s voice isn’t good enough for you? You actually want to see one? The Internet just might make that possible.”
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Categories : ghosts, paranormal
20
06
2007
Photo: Strange clouds over Sea of Okhotsk:
“This photograph, taken June 18 from a Japan Coast Guard aircraft off the northeastern coast of Hokkaido, shows a bird’s-eye view of cloud streets over the Sea of Okhotsk.”
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Categories : science, weird
19
06
2007
Coolpis anyone?
The Top Ten Weird and Bizarre Japanese Soft Drinks:
“Our rundown of the Top Ten Bizarre Japanese Soft Drinks gives a pretty good indication why most of the 1000 or so new soft drinks and beverages launched in Japan every year fail miserably.”
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Categories : food, weird
19
06
2007
Rooftop statues prompt suicide fear calls:
“Statues scattered across central London rooftops as part of artist Antony Gormley’s latest exhibition are proving a serious headache for police”
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Categories : art, news, weird
18
06
2007
My mistake. I thought it said “ill”.
At 111, world’s oldest man still going in Japan:
“TOKYO - At 111, the world’s oldest man keeps a daily diary, drinks milk and stays away from alcohol and smoking.”
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Categories : humour, news, science
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