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[X-Files]

A Russian operator of mobile advertising, Superfon, registered a smiley as its trademark. Now the company intends to charge everyone who uses its trademark in its commercial advertising. Many well-known Russian companies have already said that they are not going to pay a ruble for that. The incident marked yet another attempt to claim the rights for the smiley in Russia.

 

I gotcher smiley face right here, Komrade.

[X-Files]

If you're wondering why the girlfriend is being stranger than usual, or Grandmom is trying to put a quarter into the maple tree out front and make a call to Aunt Mable, blame it on the moon:

 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/weat...icle5327206.ece

Each month the Moon makes a full orbit around the Earth in a slightly oval-shaped path, and tonight it will swing by the Earth at its closest distance, or perigee. It will pass by 356,613km (221,595 miles) away, which is about 28,000km closer than average.

 

The unusual feature of tonight is that the perigee also coincides with a full moon, which will make it appear 14 per cent bigger and some 30 per cent brighter than most full moons this year – so long as the clouds hold off from blocking the view.

 

The next closest encounter with a full moon this large will not be until November 14, 2016.

[X-Files]

Spider as big as a plate among scores of new species found in Greater Mekong

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/...ter-Mekong.html

 

A huntsman spider, named Heteropoda maxima, measured 30cm across and was found in caves in Laos. It was described as the "most remarkable" of 88 new species of spider located in Laos, Thailand and the Yunnan province of China.

 

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Briton 'sleepwalks' to his death off hotel balcony

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/...ter-Mekong.html

 

A holidaymaker died after sleepwalking out of a second-floor bedroom window, an inquest heard.

 

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A British scientist said Monday that the tangled threads seen encased in this prehistoric piece of amber is the world's oldest spider web, at 140 million years old. A microscope revealed the existence of tiny threads about 1/20th of an inch long amid bits of burnt sap and fossilized vegetable matter.

Edited December 16, 2008 by X-Files

[X-Files]

Krampus brings punishment back to the Christmas holiday, threatening naughty children with more than a lump of coal in their stocking.

 

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe...,594050,00.html

 

[X-Files]

Archaeologists are stumped after finding a 100-year-old Swiss watch in an ancient tomb that was sealed more than 400 years ago. They believed they were the first to visit the Ming dynasty grave in Shangsi, southern China, since its occupant's funeral.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/art...-400-years.html

[Guest bojan]

Archaeologists are stumped after finding a 100-year-old Swiss watch in an ancient tomb that was sealed more than 400 years ago...

 

Thanks for inspiration for the next Call of Cthulhu RPG adventure...

[Mike Steele]

Thanks for inspiration for the next Call of Cthulhu RPG adventure...

That or a new Mummy adventure.

[Corinthian]

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/140257/Soccer-...-Argentina-game

 

Soccer kick kills pigeon during Argentina game

12/19/2008 | 09:01 AM

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentine soccer player Gaston Aguirre killed a pigeon with a single shot — right off his foot. "I kicked the ball and, poor pigeon," the San Lorenzo defender said. "Now I will be remembered as the pigeon killer."

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/140247/Shootin...-bullet-in-head

 

Shooting victim goes to work with bullet in head

12/19/2008 | 08:01 AM

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RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. – A man who was hit by a stray bullet in the back of the head is back at work — with the slug still stuck in his skull. E.T. Strickland, 74, a commercial real estate seller, said the bullet hurts, but not enough to keep him from his job.

[Mike Steele]

Small and cute animals.

http://webecoist.com/2008/12/17/adorable-c...e-animals-pets/

[Corinthian]

Small and cute animals.

http://webecoist.com/2008/12/17/adorable-c...e-animals-pets/

 

OVERLORD!

 

 

The bug-eyed, furry little Philippine Tarsier has been called “the world’s smallest monkey”, but it’s not actually a monkey at all. Scientists have loosely classified them as primates for lack of anywhere else to put them, since they’re extremely unique. That's because they're aliens!

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http://www.switchpod.com/users/fakedsanity...royYouBunny.gif

[KingSargent]

OVERLORD!

 

Is that your Liberal sister, Tomas?

[X-Files]

 

Looks like they'd make a pretty decent Minion. Do they understand English?

[X-Files]

Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis, and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of. And unto this, Conan, destined to wear the jeweled crown of Aquilonia upon a troubled brow.

 

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-arch...bekli-tepe.html

Six miles from Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey, Klaus Schmidt has made one of the most startling archaeological discoveries of our time: massive carved stones about 11,000 years old, crafted and arranged by prehistoric people who had not yet developed metal tools or even pottery. The megaliths predate Stonehenge by some 6,000 years. The place is called Gobekli Tepe, and Schmidt, a German archaeologist who has been working here more than a decade, is convinced it's the site of the world's oldest temple.

http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=14968

[X-Files]

Tiger Moth hits cow : film on youtube.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...-hit-video.html

[KingSargent]

Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis, and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of. And unto this, Conan, destined to wear the jeweled crown of Aquilonia upon a troubled brow.

 

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-arch...bekli-tepe.html

Six miles from Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey, Klaus Schmidt has made one of the most startling archaeological discoveries of our time: massive carved stones about 11,000 years old, crafted and arranged by prehistoric people who had not yet developed metal tools or even pottery. The megaliths predate Stonehenge by some 6,000 years. The place is called Gobekli Tepe, and Schmidt, a German archaeologist who has been working here more than a decade, is convinced it's the site of the world's oldest temple.

http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=14968

Archaeologists are ALWAYS convinced that anything they find is of great religious significance...

[X-Files]

THIS JUST IN... THIS JUST IN... THIS JUST IN... THIS JUST IN... THIS JUST IN... THIS JUST IN...

 

http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite...ticleController

 

ZOO managers have taken Brussels sprouts off the Christmas menu after the vegetable caused an attack of flatulence in their gorillas. The staff at Chessington Zoo fed the giant apes on the seasonal favourite as they are filled with nutritional goodness. However, they hadn't reckoned with the gassy qualities of the tiny veggies.

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THIS JUST IN... THIS JUST IN... THIS JUST IN... THIS JUST IN... THIS JUST IN... THIS JUST IN...

 

http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite...ticleController

 

ZOO managers have taken Brussels sprouts off the Christmas menu after the vegetable caused an attack of flatulence in their gorillas. The staff at Chessington Zoo fed the giant apes on the seasonal favourite as they are filled with nutritional goodness. However, they hadn't reckoned with the gassy qualities of the tiny veggies.

 

They forgot the Beano?

[Ivanhoe]

Yet another reason why the Kyoto treaty is fatally flawed; no ban on cruciform vegetables.

[X-Files]

Archaeologists are ALWAYS convinced that anything they find is of great religious significance...

... or watch too many cheesy movies.

Meanwhile, the Arkham cabal up in Salem is still fighting to keep their darkest secrets hidden :

 

A commission that oversees the Witch House denied a request this week by Spirit Finders Paranormal Investigators of North Smithfield, R.I., to hunt for restless shades in the 17th-century landmark, citing the need to respect the historical importance of the site.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachus...hunting_ghosts/

[Corinthian]

Is that your Liberal sister, Tomas?

 

Hehe no. Correction: green not liberal.

 

Looks like they'd make a pretty decent Minion. Do they understand English?

 

We are the minions. They are our Overlords. And they understand English.

[Corinthian]

... or watch too many cheesy movies.

 

That film was soooooo disappointing.

[X-Files]

Mice may be responsible for a blaze that killed nearly 100 cats at an animal shelter near the Canadian city of Toronto, officials say. The fire at the humane society shelter in Oshawa also killed three dogs and some rats that were up for adoption. An initial report from the fire marshal says mice or rats chewing through electrical wires in the ceiling are likely to have sparked the blaze.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7792475.stm

 

[X-Files]

Liposuctioning unwanted blubber out of pampered Los Angelenos may not seem like a dream job, but it has its perks. Free fuel is one of them. For a time, Beverly Hills doctor Craig Alan Bittner turned the fat he removed from patients into biodiesel that fueled his Ford SUV and his girlfriend's Lincoln Navigator.

 

 

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/12/2...=rss_technology

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/art...ce-Britain.html

 

Giant 'woodlice' take up residence in Britain