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Britons too ugly for dating website

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:13:34 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Probably the news story of the week.

Britons are among the ugliest people in the world, according to a dating website that says it only allows "beautiful people" to join.

Fewer than one in eight British men and just three in 20 women who have applied to BeautifulPeople.com have been accepted, an emailed statement from the website showed.

Existing members of the "elite dating site" rate how attractive potential members are over a 48 hour period, after applicants upload a recent photo and personal profile.

Swedish men have proved the most successful, with 65 per cent being accepted, while Norwegian women are considered the most beautiful with 76 per cent accepted, the website said.

The way that BeautifulPeople.com accepts new members is simple. A potential member applies with a photo and a brief profile. Over 48 hours, existing members of the opposite sex vote whether or not to admit them, the site said.

Options are: "Yes definitely," "Hmm yes, OK" "Hmm no, not really" and "No definitely not."

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Some Odd Facts from the Animal World

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:51:53 GMT

clipped by: Stumblerz
clipper's remarks: Which animal grows the maximum from birth to adulthood? Though a male kangaroo can be about 7 ft. tall and weigh 90 kg, at birth they are about 2 cm tall and weigh a few grams only! After birth, the baby has to climb about 6 inches along the furs of its mother’s abdomen to reach the edge of the pouch and enter into it. It is equivalent to a human baby climbing about 10 ft.! The infant kangaroo is suckled inside its mother’s pouch, where it completes its development to emerge when it weighs more than a kg.

Clip Source: www.stumblerz.com

Some Odd Facts from the Animal World

Body-builders like to show off their muscles but as far as the number of muscles to show, they are no match to the humble caterpillar which has about 4 times the number of muscles possessed by humans.

It is difficult to believe that the neck of a giraffe and the neck of a man has the same number of bones – seven in total.

When we think of large animals that have appeared on earth, the dinosaurs come to our mind. The heaviest dinosaur was Brachiosaurus at 80 tons and the longest was Seismosaurus, related to Diplodocus, which could be 130 ft. long from tip of nose to tip of tail. But the largest animal that ever lived is in our present day world. The Blue Whale can reach a length of about 110 ft. and weigh as much as 180 tons which equals the weight of about 30 African elephants! A Blue Whale at birth weighs about 3 tons, as much as an adult hippo!

Fighting For The Welfare State

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:14:47 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This makes me really proud to be Danish. Anyway, why ARE we so happy? Well... we all know how we are all are in the grip of the worldwide economic crisis at the moment, right? Well, despite this, a huge number of Danes are now calling for the government to please let us pay more taxes! "Please raise taxes, so we can afford more!". .Now... I know this might seem odd and counter-intuitive to some, but please lend me your ear and I'll try to explain....

In a society like for example the US, where Wall Street reigns supreme and the gap between rich and poor just grows every day, how can it be expected that there is anything in it all, for the little guy? Capitalism is all good and fine, but money shouldn't be the goal, but merely the means. It's not about how much you have, but how much you give.

Clip Source: www.oprah.com

In October 2009, Oprah traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark's charming capital city

her first visit to the country that's considered one of the happiest places on earth.

For the past 30 years, scientific researchers and survey results have all reached the same conclusion—Danes are consistently happier than the rest of the world

So what makes the Danes so happy?

people are very environmentally conscious.

Homelessness, poverty and unemployment are also extremely rare

If you lose your job, Nanna says the government continues to pay up to 90 percent of your salary for four years. And not to worry…healthcare is free for everyone.

Clip Source: www.oprah.com

The Danish government also takes a special interest in mothers and their children.

And, when it's time to go to college, citizens get paid to go the universities. "When you go to university, then you get paid $400 or $500," Nanna says. "You have free education. Then, you have healthy, well-educated people in the world. What could beat that?"

Tags: people power, social democracy

Penny Stocks & US Stock Market

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:57:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Penny stock investment is treated a high risk since companies that trade speculative securities do not have the same regulations as companies that are listed on a major exchange. Speculative securities are mainly listed on Pink Sheets. To get comprehensive, knowledge, please click on penny stocks

Clip Source: pennystocks03.pointblog.co.uk

If you haven’t heard of penny stocks, maybe you should stop and read this. Penny stocks, as odd as it may seem, are responsible for the vast majority of stock trading in the US each day, accounting for over three-fifths of the NASDAQ stocks traded and over three-quarters of the stocks traded on the NYSE. But what are penny stocks, really?

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The Wonders of the Tenga Flip Hole Masturbator

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:57:48 GMT

clipped by: angelicasam15
clipper's remarks: Fleshlights have been men’s best friend, but why not try other stuff. There are a lot of good products for solitary fun. A featured product months before was the Tenga Flip Hole Masturbator.

Clip Source: yoursextoys.co.uk

The Wonders of the Tenga Flip Hole Masturbator

Fleshlights have been men’s best friend, but why not try other stuff. There are a lot of good products for solitary fun. A featured product months before was the Tenga Flip Hole Masturbator. Some people think it’s an odd name, but forget the name

Some reviews mention it as a decent masturbator whose price is lower than other products, but the benefits are almost the same, if not better.

2. It has pleasurable internal design. When you flip this toy open, you will see that the internal portion of the sleeve is filled with bumps, nubs and ridges, which give exhilarating experience that is much better than the real one.

This toy does not have vibrating feature, unlike the popular vibrators, but the functions are breathtaking.

Tags: masturbator, sex-toys

8 Memorable Sesame Street Celebrity Cameos

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:44:51 GMT

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Clip Source: www.mentalfloss.com

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1. James Earl Jones Scares Your Children

In Sesame Street’s second episode, James Earl Jones became the first celebrity guest (which was no surprise, since he was a student of Will Lee, Sesame’s Mr. Hooper).

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2. Ralph Nader: Consumer Advocate/Grammar Snob

Perhaps my favorite strange celebrity appearance is from a Sesame Street PBS pledge drive special from 1988 featuring Ralph Nader. He joined Bob for a chorus of “The People in Your Neighborhood,” singing, “A Consumer Advocate is a person in your neighborhood.”

3. Mr. Donahue Meets Mr. Snuffleupagus

4. The Second Guy on the Moon

5. The Micro Machines Guy

John Moschitta, Jr.—better known as either the fast-talking “FedEx Guy” or “Micro Machines Guy,” depending on when you were born—appeared in several Sesame Street sketches.

6. Mayor Dinkins

7. Real Estate Tycoon Ronald Grump

one odd villain came to us by way of Joe Pesci, who portrayed the evil real estate tycoon Ronald Grump

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8. Neil Patrick Harris, Shoe Fairy

Tags: entertainment, children, humor, sesame street

Near death, aided by ghostly companion

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:42:23 GMT

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Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Sevigny had had a premonition that he would die like this. He just didn't have any inkling that it would happen on this spring morning.

When Sevigny awakened, he could barely stand. His back was broken in two places, his knees were busted, and he had internal bleeding. He gave up hope of surviving and curled up in the snow to die. But then he felt an odd sensation. He felt someone behind him and heard a voice: "No, you can't give up. You have to live." Read all about cheating death

What happened next was so profound that Sevigny, a scientist who disdains organized religion, says he couldn't talk about it for years afterward without crying. Sevigny still doesn't know who that voice belonged to, but another man does. He calls it "The Third Man."

John Geiger has sifted through the survival stories of people like Sevigny for six years. Adventurers, sailors, prisoners of war and pilots, they all tell strikingly similar stories of being saved from death by a mysterious presence, he says.

Tags: death, ghosts, belief

odd psychic test and a dream

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:58:40 GMT

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clipper's remarks: odd psychic test and a dream

Clip Source: psychicdreams.vox.com

odd dream

here is my short and odd dream:

Scary circus elephant in living room jumping up and down 3 nights in a row.
pregnant woman.

psychic dreams

Dream Interpretation Updated: 3 days ago

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Mercury and Autism

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:33:20 GMT

clipped by: robm47
clipper's remarks: The controversy rages on. A recent study said that because the mercury levels found in people's blood with and without autism were basically the same, there was no link. But, as this clip suggests, the place to be testing mercury levels isn't in the blood, but in the tissue.

Clip Source: www.naturalnews.com

Misleading Media Denies Connection between Mercury and Autism

Mercury injected into the blood would have to move on to other tissues before ASD could be caused by it. Regardless of whether mercury caused the ASD, the blood levels of those with and without autism would be roughly the same. Obviously, in order for the mercury to have caused ASD, it has to have affected and damaged the nerve cells. This means it's no longer in the blood stream.

Most scientists agree that the most accurate measurement method of mercury contamination in mammals, including humans, is hair, not blood.

Does it seem odd to anyone that this study was done and published and grabbed up by the main stream media right about the same time that H1N1 vaccines containing Thimerosal (a mercury derivative) are being pushed on pregnant women and young children?

Ghostly 'dance of a sea dragon'

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:17:41 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Ghostly 'dance of a sea dragon'

One of the most elegant courtship rituals in the animal kingdom has been captured on film by a BBC crew.

The dance of the weedy sea dragon takes place every year in the shallow seas off the coast of Australia.

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

During the ghostly dance, two beautifully odd-looking fish mirror each other's every movement.

At the end of the ritual, the male fish is the one to get pregnant, giving birth two months later, a process the BBC crew filmed for the first time.

The dance of the weedy sea dragon is captured for the BBC natural history series Life.

Clip Source: newsimg.bbc.co.uk

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"There is no sense that they are at all concerned about anything other than each other."

The mirror dance usually takes place in the fading evening light.

"What's so lovely is you feel you have seen the most intimate moments of their lives," says Mr Chapman.

The ritual usually takes place in spring.

Clip Source: newsimg.bbc.co.uk

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Sea dragons, seahorses and pipefish are the only fish species in which the males carry and raise the young.

Tags: marine-biology, seahorses, video

Toba Catastrophe

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:02:14 GMT

clipped by: Jackofclubs

Clip Source: www.cracked.com

Around 75,000 years ago, something very odd happened. Genetic diversity imploded, the population bottlenecked and suddenly most species of Homo whathaveyou vanished

The prevailing explanation is the Toba catastrophe theory, which posits that a supervolcano erupted near Lake Toba in Sumatra. The Toba eruption created an explosion of around 2,000 megatons (more than 150,000 Hiroshima bombs)

the ensuing havoc resulted in the extinction of every member of the Homo genus save Neanderthals and modern man. Homo sapiens didn't escape unscathed, though--the blast may have reduced the human population to approximately 10,000 people

Ten. Thousand. People. In comparison, Wrigley Field holds around 40,000 fans. After the Toba event, the entirety of mankind, all the remaining humans in all the world, could be consigned to the bleacher section.

The Toba event was the closest the human species has ever come to extinction

What puts you in a good mood? A bad mood?

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:08:26 GMT

clipped by: ronhuxley
clipper's remarks: Not sure if I buy this idea that a bad mood can put you in a good mood but I think I get the premise. I have some of my best family therapy when I didn't feel like putting up with peoples game playing. What puts you in a good/bad mood? Tweet us a reply or comment below!

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You may have noticed the odd times when something is irking you, putting you into a bad mood, and you sit down at your easel and do good work. While it's not as pleasant as when you're in a good mood and everything is coming up peonies, it works to your benefit in another way. In my experience, a bad mood helps the attention span and the critical faculties--not necessarily to be more creative--but with a wider vision and a sharper focus.

Professor Joseph Forgas at the University of New South Wales in Australia has now produced research that shows people in a negative mood are more critical and more attentive than regular happy folks.

Sadness, he found, actually promotes information-processing strategies best suited to dealing with demanding situations. Other bad-mood benefits the professor found included less gullibility, improved assessment of others, and memory improvement.

No human life is all joy, none is all pain. It may be necessary to have a bit of one to gain more of the other.

Tags: anger, bad mood, emotions, good mood, joy, mood, pain

Which Gadgets Are Selling: For Some Technology, Analysts Say, It’s Buyer Beware

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:21:45 GMT

clipped by: Stumblerz
clipper's remarks: What’s hot? What’s not? And what was the last gadget you actually bought? It’s quite the challenge to keep pace with technology’s latest and greatest trends, especially with disposable income tighter than ever for so many. Which made us wonder: Despite all the flashy ads and splashy headlines, which types of consumer electronics are actually selling?

Clip Source: www.digitaltrends.com

Which Gadgets Are Selling: For Some Technology, Analysts Say, It’s Buyer Beware

HDTVs Still Topping Buyers’ Wish Lists

What’s hot? What’s not? And what was the last gadget you actually bought? It’s quite the challenge to keep pace with technology’s latest and greatest trends, especially with disposable income tighter than ever for so many. Which made us wonder: Despite all the flashy ads and splashy headlines, which types of consumer electronics are actually selling? According to the top technology insiders we spoke with, the results may shock. Planning on buying a new PC or iPod this year? Surprise: Here’s why you might just be the odd man out…

Top tech experts and leading retailers confirm it: High-definition television (HDTV) sets are by far the most popular item on holiday wish lists this year, and should continue to remain a must-have purchase throughout 2010.

Tags: hdtv, android, ipod, notebook, netbook, psp, mp3

ONE of the world's finest martial arts experts has spoken about how he drinks urine and what it does

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:54:42 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au

Ultimate Fighting Championship light-heavyweight champion Lyoto 'The Dragon' Machida drinks urine

Lyoto Machida on drinking urine

Ultimate Fighting Championships' (UFC) light-heavyweight title-holder Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida is unbeaten.

He was asked by Men's Fitness magazine about his odd habit of drinking urine.

"I feel very well doing this," Machida said.

"It is something I learned from my father when I was young. It really strengthens my immune system, and those who have tried this say there is no harm.

"I really don't recommend it to anyone. It's something my father passed on to me."

The 185.4cm 93kg Machida, from Belem, Brazil, defends his title for the first time against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on Sunday (AEST).

The Dragon ... World Fighting Championships' light-heavyweright champion Lyoto Machida talks about drinking urine. Source: The Daily Telegraph

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"Illuminati" Symbolism In Movies

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:04:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Really kind of odd if you think about it...

Clip Source: video.google.com

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