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Toilet Seat Restaurant

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:32:20 GMT

clipped by: Cielerella

Do you mind sitting on the toilet while you dine? Or wiping your mouth with toilet paper? Don’t bother showing up at W’Duck in Motosinhos if you need to think about your answer. Since December 2006, W’Duck has occupied the old Sapataria Concalve space at 245 Avenida da República in this small port town.

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It Puts The Lotion On It's Skin...

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:57:18 GMT

clipped by: Cielerella
clipper's remarks: StumbleUpon is a very risky add-on. You can't "unsee" things.
Female skin for males.

Clip Source: www.maskon.com

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Wedding rings made from couple's bones

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:27:21 GMT

clipped by: Cielerella

Clip Source: www.iconoculture.com

Biojewelry: Wedding bands made from the happy couple's bone tissue

"With this bone, I thee wed." Five U.K. couples recently sealed their vows by exchanging rings made from their own bone tissue, grown in the lab from sample cells.

Scientists harvested the cells from tiny slivers extracted from the couples' jawbones, then grew new tissue in bioglass scaffolds that mimic human bone structure. Artists fused the pure white bone with silver to create the unique rings.

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Backup Your Hard Drive Onto Bacteria

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:36:45 GMT

clipped by: Cielerella
clipper's remarks: Germs are our friends.

Clip Source: www.technovelgy.com

Bacteria Save Your Data, Make Multiple Backups

According to researchers, up to 100 bits of data can be attached to each organism. Scientists successfully encoded and attached the phrase "e=mc2 1905" to the DNA of bacillus subtilis, a common soil bacteria.

One early use for the technique would be to create special markers to identify legitimate versions of pharmaceuticals. However, the bacillus itself creates new copies of the data every time it reproduces itself, thus making it an ideal archival storage system.

Bacillus subtilis also creates extra copies of the data, inserting it in different places in its genome, further safeguarding the data. That's "multiple backup copies" for those of you who have lost data in the past.

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4 Legged Duck

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:33:21 GMT

clipped by: Cielerella

Clip Source: www.chinadaily.com.cn

Tiny duckling has 4 legs

Stumpy, a four-legged duckling at Warrawee Duck Farm, Copythorne, Hampshire, England, Saturday Feb. 17, 2007. A rare mutation has left the bird with two legs behind the usual two. [AP]

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Weird New Frog

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:09:39 GMT

clipped by: Cielerella

Clip Source: skirmisher.org

The Weirdest Frog In The World

Discovered only about four years ago in India, the Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis is a “chubby, seven-centimeter-long, purple amphibian with a pointy snout.” It was found hopping around in the Western Ghats, a range of hills in western India [Wikipedia entry here].

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