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ALSO, ONE OF THE FISH HAD THE FACE OF JEEBUS

Biologists at the University of Manchester want help in cracking their “miracle” discovery of three fish inside a sealed egg.
The group found the duck egg in a small pond on a field trip to the French Alps and noticed something moving inside it.
When they cracked open the shell, three live minnows were inside.

Fish egg ‘miracle’ […]

WONDERFULNESS

Through the pylons we can see hundreds of people — families, kids, ice-cream vendors and fishermen — all hanging out on Mexico’s side. The fence itself has kind of a beach vibe here: It’s broken in parts, and Mexican nationals wander back and forth, left alone by the border-patrol units perched up on the hill […]

GUESS

It is something! With the colours inverted!

(Click the photo to go to its Flickr page, where you may see a larger version. Or you may not! How am I supposed to know?)

TODAY’S BLOGQUOTE

Clearly, we just haven’t tried hard enough to find reasons to support torture! Really, when you think about it, people oppose torture because it has a bad name. If it was called ‘puppy-flowerism’, everyone would love it! We just need to work hard to come up with situations where sticking a flashlight up a guy’s […]

THE AWESOMEST VID IN THE HISTORY OF AWESOME

…or at least today. I larfed my guts up, and now they’re all over the floor. Curse you, Langerland!

Irish Music Through the Ages (Flash, via Twenty Major)

Disclaimer: I play Irish folk music—played some last night, even—but I do not have a beard.

Previously ‘varked:

Put Down the Coffee Before You Watch This
Probably Offensive … to Utter Wankers

WHERE’S MEL GIBSON NOW?

He’s in rehab, and Youkilis is on first base!

Denis Leary tells Mel Gibson to shove it (Flash, @ AlterNet, via Cruel)

I NOT NORMAL!

‘Varked mainly because of the very cute moth, and because the first sentence made me read the results in a fake Chinese accent.

You are 33% normal

You not normal. In fact, you are a weirdo. Although you still have the potential to fool people into thinking you are normal. They will certainly be in for a […]

MY DEVIANT SWEETIE

I should also mention that one of Kevin’s photos is featured on DeviantART today as a “Daily Deviation.” Congrats!

“CAR OF THE FUTURE”? MAYBE, BUT IT LOOKS FUN

BBC Top Gear clip featuring the GM Hy-wire (YouTube)

Seriously, this is a must-see, just for the coolness factor. (You can see a larger version of the video here.) Thanks, Kevin!

More:

GM Hy-wire: Major Step Forward in Reinventing Automobile (General Motors)
GM: Hydrogen cars will re-establish company (MSNBC)
How GM’s Hy-wire Works (Howstuffworks)
GM’s Billion-Dollar Bet (Wired, 2002)

NO FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS IN *HERE*

Some smart-ass “American citizen” decided to “exercise constitutional rights” or whatever, and there was hell to pay!
The story: A frequent flyer bravely decided to torment TSA screeners by writing “Kip Hawley is an idiot” with a Sharpie on his gallon ziploc bag holding today’s allowed hair gel and toothpaste. Even though most of the screeners […]