January 2012
13 posts
2 tags
Cyclopia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclopia
Typically, the face is either missing or replaced with a non-functioning nose in the form of a proboscis.
Most such embryos are either naturally aborted or are stillborn upon delivery/ hatching.
Folks, this is not an article about the Cyclops, that one-eyed giant of Greek myth, as depicted above in a piece by French Symbolist painter Odilon Redon. I...
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Justin Timberlake (Relationships)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Timberlake#Relationships
In the August 9–15, 2008 edition of Heat magazine, when Timberlake was asked to describe his perfect woman, he replied “About 5’7” -5’8”, nice butt, Midwestern American, kind-of-German last name, green eyes, big pouty lips, fair skin, ahhh….sinewy bod…”
Oh god. I can’t even....
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Link Rot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_rot
The 404 “Not Found” response is familiar to even the occasional Web user. A number of studies have examined the prevalence of link rot on the Web, in academic literature, and in digital libraries. In a 2003 experiment, Fetterly et al. discovered that about one link out of every 200 disappeared each week from the internet.
The 404...
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Autophobia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autophobia
Autophobia (from the Greek: ἀυτο, auto, “self” and φόβος, phóbos, “fear”), is the specific phobia of isolation; a morbid fear of being egotistical, or a dread of being alone or isolated. Autophobia is also used in its literal context to mean an irrational fear of oneself
In a perfect world*, I’d have some sort of magic...
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Ettore Boiardi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettore_Boiardi
The patrons of Il Giardino d’Italia frequently asked for samples and recipes of his spaghetti sauce, which he often gave to customers in old milk bottles. Boiardi began to use a factory in 1928 to keep up with orders, setting his sights on selling his product nationally.
And that is how a humble immigrant boy named Boiardi from Piacenza,...
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows
The command of the IOOF is to “visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead and educate the orphan.”
One might expect the “people are strange” tag to be apt for a group of people deeming themselves “Odd Fellows.”
But one would unfortunately be incorrect in that assumption.
Assume,...
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Italian Profanity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_profanity
“VADO A BORDO, CAZZO!”
Useful information, in case you ever need to chastise an Italian captain who crashes a cruise liner full of people, and then abandons ship during the rescue effort.
Not like that ever happens.
Photo courtesy of AFP.com
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Micronesia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronesia
Micronesia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It is distinct from Melanesia to the south, and Polynesia to the east. The Philippines lie to the west, and Indonesia to the southwest.
I’m going to come right out and admit that I don’t know jack shit about geography of the Pacific...
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Anything at All
http://en.wikipedia.org
In solidarity with today’s 24-hour Wikipedia blackout, Things I Wikipedia has decided to also black out.
(Drunk.)
VIVA EL INTERNET!!!!!!
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Rosie Ruiz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_Ruiz
In addition, her time of 2:31:56 was an unusual improvement, more than 25 minutes ahead of her reported time in the New York City Marathon six months earlier. When asked by a reporter why she didn’t seem fatigued after the grueling race, she said, “I got up with a lot of energy this morning.” Some female competitors thought it was odd...
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Davian Behavior
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davian_behavior
There was an old miner named Dave Who kept a dead whore in his cave You have to admit He hadn’t much wit But look at the money he saved!
Davian behavior is, essentially, sex with a corpse—and is actually named after this limerick.
Are you kidding me?
Apparently not. “Davian behavior” has been observed in ground...
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Titi [Cyrilla]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrilla_racemiflora
Cyrilla racemiflora, the sole species in the genus Cyrilla, is a flowering plant in the family Cyrillaceae… Common names include swamp cyrilla, red titi, black titi, white titi, leatherwood, ironwood, he huckleberry, and myrtle.
Equal-opportunity titis!!!
#LOL #HAHA #TITTIES
#IAMFIVEYEARSOLD
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Aar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aar
History
The river’s name may be attested to [sic] in the Gaulish (Helvetic) Berne zinc tablet which dates back to Roman Gaul. Its Roman name was Obringa.
All well and good—but did the river ever have PIRATES???!
[audience boo]
Right. Probably not… but it fucking has BEARS.
ggrrrrrraaaaaAAR!!!
[audience boo]
N.B. Alternate spelling:...