Odd & Other
Referee gets beaten up by entire soccer team!
“BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai soccer referee was beaten up by an entire team after sending off three of their players during a match to decide promotion to country’s second division, local media reported on Friday. Referee Prakong Sukguamala needed 50 stitches and also broke a finger after being attacked by the Kuiburi FC squad…”
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500 People convince Grand Central that time had stopped
A flash mob of people descend on Grand Central to perform what has to be the best improv ever. It has everyone in the entire station utterly confused!
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This—is—awesome
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Finnish Patient Gets New Jaw From Own Stem Cells
Scientists in Finland said they had replaced a 65-year-old patient’s upper jaw with a bone transplant cultivated from stem cells isolated from his own fatty tissue and grown inside his abdomen.
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State-of-the-art bionic arm will go into clinical trials
Dean Kamen’s “Luke arm”—a prosthesis named for the remarkably lifelike prosthetic worn by Luke Skywalker in Star Wars—came to the end of its two-year funding last month.
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Another study says studies suck
Research shows we are far too drunk on stupid studies that tell us what research shows
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‘Bizarre’ new mammal discovered
A new species of mammal has been discovered in the mountains of Tanzania, scientists report. The bizarre-looking creature, dubbed Rhynochocyon udzungwensis, is a type of giant elephant shrew, or sengi. The cat-sized animal, which is reported in the Journal of Zoology, looks like a cross between a miniature antelope and a small ant eater.
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How One Big Earthquake Triggers Another
Every so often, one large earthquake can trigger another. These “earthquake doublets” might happen because the first quake shifts stresses around in the Earth’s crust, triggering the second temblor, scientists say.
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Girl, 15, ‘filmed herself trying to kill her parents
In the video, the girl first filmed herself as she sat in her bedroom dressed in a silk nightgown and discussing what she planned to do to her parents, who were downstairs. The film then switched to the downstairs living room.
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