Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
How to Swear in French
Taxi drivers accused of racism over St George stickers
Pakistani ambassador rejected because his name is NSFW in Arabic
Ancient tribal language becomes extinct as last speaker dies
11 Little-Known Grammatical Errors That Will Shock and Horrify You (via)
How to use a semicolon - The Oatmeal
10 fake Simpsons words that belong in the dictionary
Fun With Words: Collective Nouns and Collective nouns, groups of animals, terms for animal and other groups including birds.
Fictitious or dubious collective nouns for groups of things/people, animals etc.
100 Free Tools & Resources to Teach Yourself Chinese
Aphorisms Galore (via)
How to Swear in French – and How Not to
11 Incredible (and Disgusting) Translation Errors On Foreign Menus
Food, Glorious Food Myths
Being vegetarian does more harm to the environment than eating meat
The Evolution of the Sweet Tooth
Recipe for Survival: 23 Ways Restaurants Save Money (via)
Food, Glorious Food Myths
18 Bacon Wrapped Foods
Suspect sought after tomato fight leaves man with fractured neck
Top 10 Weird Donuts From Our Global Donut Tour
A look at some of the world’s biggest foods
Ignore Expiration Dates
Bid On The Banana Museum
Top 10 Steak Grilling Tips (via)
How to Cook Food on Your Car's Engine (via)
An egg inside another egg? Eggcellent
AAAS: cure for peanut allergy 'within three years'
Service at sword point at "Ninja" restaurant
10 of the Strangest Mc Donald's Meals
Pediatricians call for a choke-proof hot dog
Coffee filters are great for more than coffee (via)
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Site Changes
I finally got around to adding a new template to this site. It won't look a lot different to the old one when it is finished but I have quite a lot to do before it works out ok. If you have any problems viewing or finding older pages or if anything seems broken let me know and I will take a look.
Thanks for your patience in advance! :)
Thanks for your patience in advance! :)
Extinct In Our Lifetime — 11 Species We've Lost Forever
The noughties: a decade of lost species
The four faces of the Bengal tiger (18 pictures)
Extinct In Our Lifetime — 11 Species We've Lost Forever
Which Side Are You On? Birds Need Tutoring to Find Out
Australian study uses cat food in war on cane toad
Squirrel banned from riding rollercoaster
I caught a lizard... WITH WINGS!
Cute Animals
Injured eagle soars free
Amy, the world's biggest rabbit, dies of stage fright
A life in the trees is a longer one
Group gets up close and personal with playful meerkats
Why Ladies-Only Species Don’t Need Men
Trekking With Wolves
The owls with a heavenly place to roost
How elephants communicate using a 'secret language'
End of road for Territory's great white
Photographer captures a hoof's-eye view of the moment a lioness attacks a herd of zebra
WWF launches year of the tiger to safeguard endangered species (20 pictures)
Magnum takes a look at the educational value of taxidermy as well as some of its less lauded uses in sport
Dark secret of the farm where tigers' bodies are plundered to make £185 wine
Cheeky meerkat gets in trouble with a prim giraffe
Monkeys, butterflies, turtles… how the pet trade's greed is emptying south-east Asia's forests
African safaris: Bleak news from the bush
Spring melodies from the tiny 5p bird
Zebra's Escape from the Circus Caught on Tape
Asia's greed for ivory puts African elephant at risk
Plants and animals race for survival as climate change creeps across the globe
Black Swan – The Theory and The Feathered Friend
A Colombian city that's gone to the dogs
Japanese Sitting Dog Assumes Meditative Pose
Dogs battle cheetahs
Guinness Announces World’s Tallest Dog Ever — Do YOU Have a Record-Setter?
Orangutan And Dog Become Best Friends
25 Dog Fails
Cat thinks it's a chook
Migrating Monarch Butterflies Have Longer Wings
Great white sharks 'more endangered than tigers'
New Giant Prehistoric Fish Species Found Gathering Dust in Museums
Dolphins could hold the key to curing diabetes (because they can switch condition on and off)
On the brink of extinction – 25 of our closest relatives
Meet the world's endangered primates (15 pictures)
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Five-Year-Old's 911 Call Saves Dad's Life
Jason Bonham answered a 911 call at the Hancock County, Indiana dispatch. On the line was a five-year-old named Savannah Hensley who reported that her father had trouble breathing. An ambulance was dispatched, and Frank Hensley’s life was saved by her calm but adorable call. via
That Guy
A mixed bag of links.
Carnivorous Plants
America's Most Miserable Cities
Babies with laser eyes
What your handshake says about you
Uncoiling the spiral: Maths and hallucinations (via)
The Least Populated Countries in The World
Awesome Kid Gets Detention For Being Hilarious
Husband wakes from coma after wife whispers in his ear that he has become a grandfather
I Hate Golf (GIF)
Gemfields discovers 6,225-carat 'elephant' emerald in Zambia
Old Fence
That Guy
Epic Space Heroes Who Gave A Better Apology Than Tiger
Famous, Rich, and Successful People Who Were High School or College Dropouts
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