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The following is an article from Uncle John's 24-Karat Bathroom Reader.(Image credit: Flickr user Luke Ma)If you think the streets of Paris are enchanting, wait till you discover what lurks below.
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September 11, 2013 9:57 AM
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September 10, 2013 12:41 PM
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RandomWord.net, generates a random word, shows the definition, and displays the first google image result for that word. This site is a useful resource for creative writing prompt.
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September 10, 2013 5:31 AM
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Scroll down to see amazing geological wonders, unique plants, trees, and alien-looking landscapes. This page is constantly updated, so make sure to bookmark it. For various animals, fishes, and insects, see our "Animals" category.
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September 10, 2013 5:28 AM
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This time at Dark Roasted Blend, we’re turning the spotlight on some of the most massive ocean-going vessels in the world (as part of our "Biggest Ships in the World" series). Semi-submersible ships are the only vessels capable of loading, transporting and off-loading extremely heavy equipment. These mighty ships are used to carry entire gas refineries, huge oil drilling rigs, and even warships and submarines, on lengthy journeys across the globe.
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September 10, 2013 5:26 AM
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The ferocity of Afghan resistance to foreign rule has been recorded down the centuries, from Alexander the Great to our own modern times. Yet it is not only outsiders who have been the focus of the ire of the Afghan people.
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September 9, 2013 7:54 AM
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Nadja Durbach questions the extent to which Joseph Merrick, known as the Elephant Man, was exploited during his time in a Victorian 'freakshow', and asks i...
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September 9, 2013 7:53 AM
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In a village of blue-eyed & brown-eyed people there are n blue-eyed people. The villagers are forbidden to discuss eye color and no one knows their own eye color but can, of course, see everyone else's eye color.
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September 8, 2013 6:00 AM
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Dogs have been used in warfare for millennia – and are still trained to operate in war zones today. From the scouts to the tracker, detectors and sentries, this is a tribute to those dogs who work with the military today - and of course their trainers. It is a fact easily overlooked that dogs are used by the military in war zones – many people do not realise that they are used at all. They have made significant contributions where they have been deployed. A fitting point at which to start is to pay our respects to those dogs that helped win wars in the past. Here, Military Working Dog (from here on in referred to as MWD) Rico accompanies Petty Officer 2nd Class Blake Soller to salute the dogs who helped to liberate Guam in 1944. The inscription on the memorial says “25 Marine War Dogs gave their lives liberating Guam in 1944. They served as sentries, messengers, scouts. They explored caves, detected mines and booby traps.
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September 8, 2013 5:58 AM
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Rabbit used to check for leaks at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado, manufacturing plant that produces sarin gas.
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September 8, 2013 5:57 AM
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Every weekend, Longform shares a collection of great stories from its archive with Slate. For daily picks of new and classic nonfiction, check out Longform or follow @longform on Twitter. Have an iPad?
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September 8, 2013 5:55 AM
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The problem with tracing meh over time, as with so many fleeting interjections, is that it’s terribly underrepresented in the linguistic and lexicographical literature.
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September 7, 2013 12:16 PM
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In the 1960s Heineken proposed a novel idea: rectangular World bottles that could double as bricks for affordable housing. And its not nearly as crazy...
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September 10, 2013 12:42 PM
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September 10, 2013 5:32 AM
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Most awesome and unusual architecture and interior design (past, present, and concepts for the future):
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September 10, 2013 5:29 AM
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Scroll down to see fabulous pictorials about all sorts of animals, insects and fishes. This page is constantly updated, so make sure to bookmark it. For unusual trees, plants and geological formations, see our "Nature" category.
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September 10, 2013 5:27 AM
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In Japan, baseball is beisuboru. In China, microphone is maikefeng. And in Germany, cell phone is Handy
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September 10, 2013 3:11 AM
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September 9, 2013 7:54 AM
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Have you ever taken a stroll through a wood and felt that you were being watched? Yet when you turn around, no-one is there. You carry on with your walk but that feeling of disquiet lingers. Perhaps you were being watched by something almost as disquieting as that galloping, mad axe murderer you were dreading. The Doll’s Eyes Plant could be eyeingyou up as you innocently ramble. In North America, not just the hill have eyes.
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September 9, 2013 7:52 AM
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The only house that sings in the rain stands in the quirky neighborhood of Äußere Neustadt in Dresden, Germany. It’s called the Hof der...
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September 8, 2013 5:58 AM
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Beneath the red hot sand of an Indonesian island something stirs. A large egg is hatching and soon the newborn creature will dig its way out to the surface and take its first gulps of fresh air. Yet no parent watches over it. This sounds as if it should be a young turtle, thrusting its flippers sideways as it makes its desperate lurch towards the ocean. It is not, however. This is a bird. More remarkable still is that when it emerges the chick will already be able to fly.
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September 8, 2013 5:57 AM
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When I was a kid, and my grandma would tell me the story of the Battle of the Alamo, she tended to exaggerate the final acts of Col. James “Jim” Bowie.
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September 8, 2013 5:56 AM
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I vividly remember the Facebook post. It was my friend’s 5-year-old daughter “Kate,” (a pseudonym) standing outside of her house in a bright yellow bikini, the street address clearly visible behind her on the front door.
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September 8, 2013 5:54 AM
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