Clipmarks | vk2yoc's 'weird' clipshttp://clipmarks.com/clipper/vk2yoc/tag/weird/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/vk2yoc/tag/weird/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-usWeird African Stuff.http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/3E9A4D50-41DD-49C4-9A4C-05E4B2FE12FC/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/vk2yoc/">vk2yoc</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> No remarks necessary. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.oddee.com/item_89227.aspx" title="http://www.oddee.com/item_89227.aspx">www.oddee.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><CENTER> <IMG vspace="5" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a103_a9.jpg" /><BR /> A power line pole in the middle of the road (BuruBuru, Nairobi, Kenya) </CENTER></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><CENTER> <IMG vspace="5" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a103_a10.jpg" /><BR /> How to paint a pool (in Lusaka, Zambia) </CENTER></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><CENTER> <IMG vspace="5" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a103_a11.jpg" /><BR /> In Lagos, Nigeria. </CENTER></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/9422423F-A042-4539-A413-436B7F1E36A3.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/5A01465E-BDA9-4838-80EF-CD6199D4365E.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/4F721EF1-9D54-457A-9114-BAEAB492F5BD.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><CENTER> <IMG vspace="5" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a103_a2.jpg" /><BR /> In Cape Town, South Africa </CENTER></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><CENTER> <IMG vspace="5" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a103_a1.jpg" /><BR /> The famous "SOTP" sign (in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) </CENTER></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/weird/" rel="tag">weird</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/african/" rel="tag">african</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/stuff./" rel="tag">stuff.</a></div>http://www.oddee.com/item_89227.aspxSun, 04 Nov 2007 11:07:57 GMTWeird Laws in Texashttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/814480D0-8F70-4DE9-AD03-50DE5DCDDE84/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/vk2yoc/">vk2yoc</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Heaps more on the website. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://weirdfacts.com/content/view/62/2/" title="http://weirdfacts.com/content/view/62/2/">weirdfacts.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><SPAN class="header">Weird Texas Laws</SPAN></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>It is illegal for children to have unusual haircuts.</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>A recently passed anti-crime laws requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and explain to the nature of the crime about to be comitted.</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>It is illegal to milk another persons's cow. </STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Up to a felony charge can be levied for promoting the use of, or owning more than six dildos.</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>In Clarendon - It is illegal to dust any public building with a feather duster.</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>In Galveston - It is illegal to drive a motor car down Broadway before noon on Sundays.</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>In Richardson - It is illegal to do "U Turns".</STRONG></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/weird/" rel="tag">weird</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/laws/" rel="tag">laws</a></div>http://weirdfacts.com/content/view/62/2/Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:22:20 GMTAlien, mr Spock? Looks a bit fishy, sirhttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/792EEF37-A8B0-4333-8645-FDA85FEC6374/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/vk2yoc/">vk2yoc</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Uuuuggghhhhh! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://divaboo.info/Deepseafishesandanimals/" title="http://divaboo.info/Deepseafishesandanimals/">divaboo.info</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/4C5EBF01-A14B-4780-873E-75F4B13B5875.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/35E423B5-C144-4C1B-A58C-CAB4F3E44F29.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/52A33C7A-FD22-4B19-B21E-39465B787A11.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/9B08220E-F7E3-4761-8C2F-4CE96633E04E.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/582797B6-A4A6-431C-B01E-79AA72B81D4C.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/5E5D7340-FF3E-4420-9A06-DCCBF587CBCA.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/84BB30BA-E35D-424A-ABEF-2DBF755785EC.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/DA32307E-CC0A-44BC-9238-D4739E8F4086.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/44517CC6-4CC5-40A9-8812-5AE516B2DA94.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/fish/" rel="tag">fish</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/deep/" rel="tag">deep</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/weird/" rel="tag">weird</a></div>http://divaboo.info/Deepseafishesandanimals/Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:22:42 GMTAlien, mr Spock? Aye aye, sirhttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/929481B7-A331-41F7-8F37-982AA26E098A/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/vk2yoc/">vk2yoc</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Don't want to meet one of these on a dark night.<br/><br/>Check out the website for more info. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://divaboo.info/" title="http://divaboo.info/">divaboo.info</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/60A07D55-9771-4A40-A195-7BAC4297CD09.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a strepsirrhine native to Madagascar that combines rodent-like teeth with a long, thin middle finger to fill the same ecological niche as a woodpecker. It is the world's largest nocturnal primate, and is characterized by its unique method of finding food; it taps on trees to find grubs, then gnaws holes in the wood and inserts its elongated middle finger to pull the grubs out. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/390DB6B9-BB6F-4DC8-8743-C98879B1A364.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The Star-nosed Mole (Condylura cristata) is a small North American mole found in eastern Canada and the north-eastern United States. It is the only member of the tribe Condylurini and the genus Condylura. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/28EBEDEE-7EA0-4D6D-BDA2-A9BC04B746FF.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus) is a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of Australia and Tasmania. Due to the inaccessibility of its habitat, it is rarely seen by humans. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/0D1DEBC6-F630-41AD-B8D9-93E9D233EFAE.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/0530AC5C-20C1-4821-8340-470F55AC8B92.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/7DB87FB5-2265-447B-BC70-381EEF90C816.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>Dumbo Octopus</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/787EF9F0-B42F-4547-A9BC-2D7FC89E59F7.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/5CB507DF-AA63-4532-B2E8-7A89BE706501.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/66A96ABC-0357-41D8-B5AC-CF4982CDF511.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/C3D486D6-FB4C-4E50-9FAA-E9A63E7A6B21.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/40B10AB6-397D-4E34-83D4-B30D8BC0356F.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/B27647F5-370E-4E64-A94B-812B331CC832.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> Named after the dragons of Chinese mythology, Leafy seadragons (Phycodurus eques) resemble a piece of drifting seaweed </div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/animals/" rel="tag">animals</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/weird/" rel="tag">weird</a></div>http://divaboo.info/Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:13:48 GMTScarey Historical Factshttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/53FFFE38-5F39-4C45-ADC4-ED3710FDAF2E/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/vk2yoc/">vk2yoc</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Ya wouldn't read about it! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.thebiglad.com/Crazy-Facts" title="http://www.thebiglad.com/Crazy-Facts">www.thebiglad.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. <BR /><DIV>John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Both Presidents were shot on a Friday. <BR /><DIV> Both Presidents were shot in the head.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy. <BR /><DIV>Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808. <BR /><DIV>Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839. Lee <BR /><DIV>Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.' <BR /><DIV>Kennedy was shot in a car called a 'Lincoln' made by Ford.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse. <BR /><DIV>Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials! And here's the <BR /><DIV>kicker:</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland. <BR /><DIV>A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Creepy, huh? </div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/weird/" rel="tag">weird</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/history/" rel="tag">history</a></div>http://www.thebiglad.com/Crazy-FactsFri, 28 Sep 2007 08:02:02 GMTWho needs spelling?http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/BC0DFB56-32D4-449A-BB38-2A7D5510DEA4/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/vk2yoc/">vk2yoc</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> The power of our minds! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.thebiglad.com/Crazy-Facts" title="http://www.thebiglad.com/Crazy-Facts">www.thebiglad.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you can read it. </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the human mnid aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a word are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>Amzanig huh? </DIV></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/words/" rel="tag">words</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/spelling/" rel="tag">spelling</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/human+mind/" rel="tag">human mind</a></div>http://www.thebiglad.com/Crazy-FactsFri, 28 Sep 2007 07:52:22 GMTCrazy mailboxes.http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/F4B6D3B5-C4A5-45BA-876E-B48B3232C2D3/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/vk2yoc/">vk2yoc</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Full marks for originality. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://sblom.com/mailbox/" title="http://sblom.com/mailbox/">sblom.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/8D68C7CB-2001-4AAE-B115-4BE525F3388A.jpg" alt="blugal.jpg (805332 bytes)" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/12AF3274-81B7-41CC-8E53-005F7CE355B1.jpg" alt="mb113.jpg (248026 bytes)" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/29F4E640-C908-40E7-8ED3-CFC67302D892.jpg" alt="hamail.jpg (13845 bytes)" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/40963460-D32F-41E3-A03E-3747BC12E1E2.jpg" alt="meanmule.jpg (359437 bytes)" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/5D0B241B-C6CE-4C0E-B900-E80C12383226.jpg" alt="Bear.jpg (55172 bytes)" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/102BA705-B422-488F-A004-53CA6C20C56A.jpg" alt="Scorpionmailbox1.jpg (684811 bytes)" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/C354C44A-9F99-49ED-9A3B-F5F4951129E9.jpg" alt="mb118.jpg (46032 bytes)" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/A178261F-79FB-41D6-926F-60FE924F598A.jpg" alt="texasmailbox.jpg (73817 bytes)" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/mail/" rel="tag">mail</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/photos/" rel="tag">photos</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/weird/" rel="tag">weird</a></div>http://sblom.com/mailbox/Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:09:40 GMT