Cheese Rolling Race Goes Ahead Despite Health And Safety Warnings

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Thousands of people gathered last weekend at Cooper's Hill in the English county of Gloucestershire for the annual cheese-rolling race. The unofficial event, which has taken place at the same spot for over five hundred years, sees people risking life and limb in the pursuit of a rolling 7lb round of Double Gloucester cheese.

The event is, as you can imagine, never without casualties. However, cheese rolling has always been exuberantly amateur in nature and everyone who participates is well aware of the risks that they take. To grab and win the cheese is, it seems, worth the potential hazards of lunging headlong down a hill at breakneck speed.

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Google Celebrates Birth Of Inventor Of The Petri Dish

Julius Richard Petri (1852-921) was a German bacteriologist who is generally credited with inventing the Petri dish while working as assistant to Robert Koch. Google celebrates the birth of Julius Petri with a doodle on its home page. The doodle features six petri dishes which are swabbed by a hand. You can then see bacteria grow and spread in the dishes.

The Curious Evolution Of The Typewriter

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Chances are you're typing on a keyboard as you read this. But could you imagine typing on a set of keys like the ones above? The typewriter keyboard has a long and colorful history - and here are some eye-opening pictures of typewriters from the past two centuries.

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The Coffinmaker

Every year, Americans bury enough metal in the ground to rebuild the Golden Gate Bridge, says Vashon Island coffin maker Marcus Daly. His simple, handcrafted wooden coffins are an economical and environmentally friendly burial alternative. But Daly believes a coffin's most important feature is that it can be carried. Here's why.



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Video Game Comes With Its Own Race Car

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Codemasters have announced that the world's most expensive videogame - the GRID 2: Mono Edition - is available for pre-order. The game comes with a street-legal race car, with a 280hp engine and carbon fiber body that can go from zero to 60 miles per hour in just 2.8 seconds, reaching a top speed of 170 miles per hour. The cost of the video game is $189,600. On its own, the car costs $146,000.

Friday Cartoon By Mark Anderson

Mark Anderson is a professional cartoonist from the Chicago area. His cartoons have been published in Reader's Digest, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Woman's World and the Saturday Evening Post, to mention just a few. Among his clients are GM, General Electric, FedEx, Microsoft, and IBM.

2,000-Year-Old Computer Used By Ancient Greeks

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In 1901, divers looking for sponges in the Antikythera area between Crete and Greece came upon one of the most mysterious discoveries the world has ever seen - the Antikythera Mechanism. The device was being carried on a Roman ship that was wrecked between 80 and 60 B.C.

After the device was found, it wasn't until 50 years later that an Australian archaeologist using X-rays began to discover that there was a lot more to the mystery piece than was originally thought. However, the actual function of the Antikythera Mechanism wasn't known until decades later.

Learn Guitar With David Brent

David Brent is a character in the BBC television mockumentary The Office, portrayed by Ricky Gervais. Brent is the general manager of the Slough branch of the Wernham-Hogg paper merchants. As a part of YouTube Comedy Week, David Brent kicks off his new series of guitar tutorials with the song 'Life On The Road'.



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The Mortsafe: Or How To Protect Your Loved Ones From The Bodysnatchers

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Medical students in the United Kingdom of the eighteenth century faced a quandary. They had been accustomed to using the corpses of executed criminals to study anatomy. However, the annual demand for bodies to dissect by the growing medical profession surpassed ten times that number.

A thriving and historically infamous bodysnatching trade arose. Those mourning the loss of a loved one soon developed a weapon against this: the mortsafe.

Does The Dog Die?

Do you turn off Old Yeller before the end so you can pretend that he lived a long and happy life? Did a cute pet on a movie poster make you think it would be a fun comedy but it turned out to be a pet-with-a-terminal-illness tearjerker instead? Are you unable to enjoy the human body count in a horror movie because you're wondering whether the dog's going to kick the bucket?

If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, then welcome - DoestheDogDie.com is here for you!

The Unfiltered History Of Rolling Papers, Plus Tommy Chong's Big Fat Jamaican Vacation

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The history of rolling papers, from their humble beginnings on the streets of 16th-century Spain to their manufacture in the Spanish village of Alcoy. Collectors Weekly has an interview with Josh Kesselman, the founder of RAW Rolling Papers, which still produces rolling papers in Alcoy, as well as Tommy Chong, who knows a thing or two about rolling papers but confesses that he's more of a pipe guy.

If TV Shows Had Different Theme Songs

A montage of TV show intros mashed up with different theme songs. Featuring The Office, Mad Men, Lost, Modern Family, How I Met Your Mother, Friends, and Game of Thrones.



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10 Of The World's Most Unique Movie Theaters

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Ten of the most unusual and unique movie theaters from around the world.

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12 Beautiful Examples Of Guttation

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Guttation is the exudation of drops of sap on the tips or edges of leaves of some vascular plants, such as grasses. Guttation is not to be confused with dew, which condenses from the atmosphere onto the plant surface. When there is a high soil moisture level, water will enter plant roots, because the water potential of the roots is lower than in the soil solution.

The water will accumulate in the plant, creating a slight root pressure. The root pressure forces some water to exude through special leaf tip or edge structures, hydathodes or water glands, forming drops. Here is a beautiful gallery that shows examples of guttation.

Coffee Vs. Beer: Which Drink Makes You More Creative?

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From a scientific perspective, creativity is your ability to think of something original from connections made between pre-existing ideas in your brain. Which one would actually help you be more creative and get work done, coffee or beer?

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Animals are awesome. Yes, they are!



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Is It A Plane Car, Or A Car Plane?

Jeff 'Speedy Cop' Bloch, a 40-year-old Washington, D.C. police officer, combined an old Cessna aircraft with a Toyota fan to create this plane car. Or is it car plane?

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The Living Root Bridges Of India

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India has a population of over a billion and our ideas about the country are often informed by that statistic. Yet there are places on the sub-continent which are still almost inaccessible.

Meghalaya in the north east of the country is home to mountainous subtropical forests. In order to get around, local people have come up with an ingenious form of natural engineering - the living root bridge.

Six Flags Over Texas New Ride - Skyscreamer

The Texas SkyScreamer is the newest attraction at Six Flags Over Texas. It's 400 feet high and will hold a world record title as the tallest tower swing ride in the world. Up to twenty-four riders sit in open-air swings while spinning in a 124-foot circle at speeds up to 35 mph.



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10 Largest Military Airplanes In History

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The aircraft on this list are amongst the biggest and most spectacular ever built.
These 10 giant military planes are incredible feats of engineering, and their impact on people's lives cannot be underestimated.

This article includes such classic airplanes as World War Two's Boeing B-29 Superfortress, the monstrous Cold War-era Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, and massive transport plane the Convair XC-99.

26 Fascinating Pictures Of The Chicago Bean

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Cloud Gate, a public sculpture by Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor, is the centerpiece of the AT&T Plaza in Millennium Park within the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Constructed between 2004 and 2006, the sculpture is nicknamed 'The Bean' because of its bean-like shape. Made up of 168 stainless steel plates welded together, its highly polished exterior has no visible seams. It is 33 by 66 by 42 feet (10 by 20 by 13 m), and weighs 110 short tons.

The 10 Greatest Soviet Cosmonauts In History

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A look at 10 Soviet cosmonauts who realized their dreams - embarking on careers that are like the stuff of storybooks. From the first man and woman to venture into space, to the first cosmic explorer to come down with space sickness, these adventurers remain true champions of the stars.

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The History Of The Tulip

The Himalayan mountain range was the original home of the tulip even though most of us associate the flower with the Netherlands. How it got there makes for a fascinating story, from the courts of the Turkish dynasties to its Dutch arrival, this animation gives us the whole history.



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The Oddest-Looking Musical Instruments On Earth

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Most musical instruments look a little weird, if you stare at them for long enough. When aliens finally make contact, they'll be confused by our habit of gripping wood and metal structures and throttling sound out of them. But some devices are odder than others.

Here are the strangest musical instruments of all.

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Did You Know The First Computer Mouse Was Wooden?

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The computer mouse comes from humble beginnings and had a long road to the sleek, sometimes quirky, often high-tech and efficient tool we now use on a daily basis.

In 1963, Douglas Engelbart, working for the Stanford Research Institute, became the father of the modern mouse. He developed a gadget made with a wooden base using two wheels to roll back and forth. It was the first mouse that could fit into a user's hand.

How Did Feathers Evolve?

To look at the evolution of modern bird feathers, we must start a long time ago, with the dinosaurs from whence they came. We see early incarnations of feathers on dinosaur fossils, and remnants of dinosaurs in a bird's wish bone. Carl Zimmer explores the stages of evolution and how even the reasons for feathers have evolved over millions of years.



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10 Sole Survivors Of Catastrophic Plane Crashes

Since 1970, only a handful of incredibly lucky people have walked away as the sole survivors of commercial airline crashes. Often described by the media as miracles in the flesh, these individuals lived through astonishing circumstances to cheat death - but the aftermath, the trauma and the long road to recovery are far from glamorous.

These 10 accounts of airline crashes are stories of extraordinary hope and determination, as the shell-shocked survivors have tried, little by little, to rebuild and move on with their lives.

Hobson-Jobson: The Words English Owes To India

In 1872 two men began work on a lexicon of words of Asian origin used by the British in India. Since its publication the 1,000-page dictionary has never been out of print and a new edition is due out next year. What accounts for its enduring appeal?

Hobson-Jobson is the short title of Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive, a historical dictionary of Anglo-Indian words and terms from Indian languages which came into use during the British rule of India.

Fish-Shaped Office Building in India

This fish-shaped building is a regional office for the National Fisheries Development Board located near Hyderabad, India. The 4-story building is probably inspired by the 1992 monumental sculpture 'Fish,' by Frank Gehry. The building officially opened in April 2012.

Eine Murul / Breakfast On The Grass

Video inspired by Edouard Manet's painting 'Le déjeuner sur l'herbe' (Luncheon on the Grass) to the tune of Maurice Ravel's 'Bolero.'



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Bismuth: Beautiful Diamagnetic Chemical Element

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Bismuth is a chemical element, a pentavalent poor metal, chemically resembling arsenic and antimony. Until the 18th century it was often mistaken for tin or lead. Yet once refined in to its purest form it becomes a thing of great beauty.

About twice as abundant as gold, the chance are you have come unwittingly into contact with it if you have ever had a minor digestive upset. As a bismuth oxide core structure with salicylate ions attached to the surface you probably know it as Pepto-Bismol.

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Heineken 'The Kick' - Steve Cope

Steve Cope's new film for Heineken tells the story of a man's attempts to stay ahead of the bounce and reclaim a precious Heineken cup signed ball.



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Black-And-White Photos Of Vintage NASA Facilities

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Gorgeous black-and-white photographs of vintage NASA facilities. Taken between the 1920s and 1950s, when the golden age of space travel was still a beautiful dream, decades before the peak of the Space Race, and more than half a century before the future of space exploration had sunk to the bottom of the governmental priorities barrel.

10 Famous Businesspeople Fired Before They Made It Big

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The world of business isn't always welcoming and profitable straight away. In their younger lives, the following 10 iconic businessmen and women were fired for various reasons, including insubordination, simple clumsiness and insufficient business savvy.

Whatever these individuals were lacking at the outset, they kept on chipping away, going on to become inspirations for us all. Sometimes, it seems, getting fired can be just the motivation you need to succeed.

Beautiful Underwater Photos Of Luminous Sea Creatures

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Photographer Joshua Lambus has put together a beautiful series of photographs showing luminous creatures of the deep glowing with light against a pitch-black background.

The photographs were captured in the ocean during the Hawaii-based photographer's deep dives. He says: My photos are to show people things they haven't seen before... or maybe things they see all the time... in a way they've never cared to look.

Van Halen's Eruption Guitar Cover

Van Halen's Eruption guitar solo played by 14-year old Tina. The guitar is a Vigier Excalibur Custom.



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Which Emotion Is The Hardest To Fake?

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We've all done our fair share of faking it. Whether it's a canned excited response when that one particularly eccentric aunt gives you a Christmas sweater for the fifth year in a row, or a friendly smile when greeting someone you don't particularly like - putting on a good face often seems like the socially appropriate thing to do. Unfortunately not all expressions are so easy to fake.

Unlike the commonly deployed social smile, distressed expressions - anger, fear, sadness, and occasionally surprise - prove much more difficult to display on command. These expressions cause tension throughout the face as one part of the brain tries to control an expression caused by another part of the brain.

Hitler's Hospital: The Eerie Remains Of Beelitz Sanatorium

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In the last years of the nineteenth century the population of Berlin was expanding rapidly. The attendant issues of housing large numbers of people in cramped conditions were not far behind. By 1898 the German National Insurance Institute had a sanatorium built for the victims of tuberculosis.

Beelitz-Heilstätten (or the Beelitz Sanitorium) steadily grew and functioned for many decades, playing host to a number of infamous patients, including Adolf Hitler. Yet most of it is now abandoned.

The Higgs Boson

The Higgs boson is a subatomic particle with zero electric charge whose existence would explain the masses of the elementary particles. It's sometimes referred to as the 'God particle.' This video gives a short explanation of the Higgs boson.



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11 Creative And Cool Ways To Reuse Old Scrabble Tiles

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If you have some old scrabble tiles, here are some cool ways to reuse them.

Mystery Of The White Tiger's Coat Solved

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Chinese scientists have acquired new insights into how white tigers get their colouration. The researchers have traced the cause to a single change in a gene known to drive pigmentation in a host of animals, including humans.

White tigers are a rare variant of the customary orange Bengal sub-species. Today, they are found exclusively in captive programmes where the limited numbers are interbred to maintain the distinctive fur colour.

A Spanish Roadtrip

Two weeks traveling across Spain, from Basque Country, to Galicia, Andalucia and finally Barcelona.



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10 Incredible Cryptids That Attack From The Air

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A cryptid is a creature or plant whose existence has been suggested but is not yet recognized by scientific consensus. Well known examples include the Yeti in the Himalayas, the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland, and Sasquatch in North America.

One characteristic many cryptids share is an element of the uncanny, eerie or downright terrifying. They're something we can frighten our friends with around the campfire - especially when it comes to the ones said to lurk above us, perhaps waiting to swoop down and attack. Here's a look at ten cryptids that might strike from the air.

15 Famous Living Trees

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There are probably hundreds of famous living trees in the world. They are mostly known because of its location, age, size, unusual appearance, connections with some historical events or because of strange uses by humans. Most of these trees are visited by tens of thousands of tourists from around the world each year.

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Star Trek Theme By Camille And Kennerly Kitt

Identical twins Camille and Kennerly Kitt play their electric duet harp arrangement of the Star Trek: The Next Generation and the Original Series main theme.



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Dachshund Milo Is Lion's Best Friend - And Dentist

Milo is an 11-pound dachshund and Bonedigger is a 500-pound lion. But that didn't stop these two from becoming the best of friends. The 5-year-olds go way back. Joe Schreibvogel, an animal expert at the Garold Wayne Zoo in Wynnewood, Oklahoma first introduced his four dachshund puppies to Bonedigger when the lion was just a 4-week-old cub.

A metabolic bone disease rendered Bonedigger mildly disabled, and Schreibvogel thinks that might have something to do with the friendly connection the animals formed.

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12 Highest Waterfalls In The World

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One of the most stunning sights on earth is the endless, incredibly loud wonder of literally tons of water falling over the edge of a rock face every second, in a veritable kaleidoscope of rainbow colors that can take away your breath. Here are the highest waterfalls in the world, measured by the highest drops.

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Dave Cole: The Music Box

A 22,000 lb vibratory compactor, turned into a 2,000 lb music box, capable of being moved through a single door, and installed in a second floor gallery.



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Tunnels To Manhattan

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If this looks like an entrance to a world completely alien to most of us, that's because it is. These tunnels lead to Manhattan. Photographer Patrick Cashin snapped these amazing photos of the East Side Access project for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, showing the progress of the underground tunneling project that will allow the Long Island Rail Road to access Grand Central Terminal.

The Killer Mobile Device For Victorian Women

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Adrift in a sea of digital apps, we often feel our needs are met better today than in any previous era. But consider the chatelaine, a device popularized in the 18th century that attached to the waist of a woman's dress, bearing tiny useful accessories, from notebooks to knives.

In many ways chatelaines provided better access to such objects than we have today: How often have you searched for your keys or cell phone at the bottom of a cavernous bag? Like a customized Swiss Army knife, a chatelaine provided its wearer with exactly the tools she needed closest at hand.

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Topological Marvel: The Klein Bottle In Art

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A geometric enigma, a convoluted mind-bender dropped upon us from the wonderful extra-dimensional realm of topology, the Klein Bottle is perhaps even popular with artists and architects than the ubiquitous Moebius strip.

In fact, the Klein Bottle is what happens when you merge two Moebius Strips together: the resulting shape will still have only one side - with its inside and outside merging into one.

Socorro - Solmar V

Short video by Sarosh Jacob of the Revillagigedo Archipelago, informally known as 'Socorro.' Socorro is a group of volcanic islands located about 240 miles south of Cabo San Lucas. The abundance of sharks, dolphins, manta rays, whale sharks and giant schools of fish makes Socorro a true adventure of incredible beauty.



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10 WWII Stamp Forgeries Used as Psychological Warfare

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While the concept of war may conjure images of armed men, espionage and heavy weaponry, psychological warfare has also played a crucial part in the conflict between nations. Being able to sow dissent and discontent among both the opposing forces and civilians can have a powerful effect.

The messages spread can cover a wide range of objectives, from pointing out the perceived evil of the enemy, to positive representation of one's own faction or mockery of a foe. In World War Two, this led to the practice of forging postage stamps - something everyday yet significant, aimed at ultimately undermining the enemy.

Friday Cartoon By Mark Anderson

Mark Anderson is a professional cartoonist from the Chicago area. His cartoons have been published in Reader's Digest, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Woman's World and the Saturday Evening Post, to mention just a few. Among his clients are GM, General Electric, FedEx, Microsoft, and IBM.

Life Size X-Wing Is Largest LEGO Ever Built

An enormous Star Wars X-Wing spaceship has landed in New York's Times Square. It took 32 master builders more than five million LEGO bricks and 17,000 hours to put together the full-scale replica of the Star Wars fighter. The X-Wing is the largest LEGO model in history. It's as big as the real thing and would be capable of fitting the real Luke Skywalker inside.

The full scale mode imitates the official $60 LEGO 9493 X-Wing Fighter - except it's just 42 times larger. However instead of just 560-pieces and a few inches in length, this model uses more than five million pieces. It's 11-feet tall, 43-feet long and has a 44-foot wingspan.

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How Marmite Is Made

Some people love it, others hate it. The product that was to become Marmite was invented in the late 19th century when German scientist Justus von Liebig discovered that brewer's yeast could be concentrated, bottled and eaten. This video shows how Marmite is made.



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The Science Behind Luwak Coffee

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Kopi luwak is a rare and prized variety of coffee. Kopi luwak refers to the beans of coffee berries once they have been eaten and excreted by the Asian Palm Civet. Producers of the coffee beans argue that the process may improve coffee through two mechanisms, selection and digestion.

It's the most expensive coffee in the world with retail prices reaching $700 per kilogram. This article is by Professor Massimo Marcone who explains the science behind Kopi luwak.

10 Absolutely Amazing Tipping Stories

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A tip (also called a gratuity) is a sum of money tendered to certain service sector workers for a service performed or anticipated. Such payments and their size are a matter of social custom. Tipping varies among cultures and by service industry.

We hear a lot of bad stories about cheap tippers and even cruel tippers (like the pastor who refused to tip because she gives God 10 percent), but it's a lot rarer to hear about excessive and genuinely kind tippers. Fortunately, such people are out there.

10 Awesomely Creative Piggy Banks

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Piggy banks date back over 600 years. Back then, there weren't any modern-style bank accounts, credit cards or tax forms, and people had no choice but to hide their money somewhere relatively safe. This often meant filling up an old container with extra coins.

Today, the humble piggy bank still has its place. Not only is it a powerful symbol of financial savvy, but it's also a way for people to get thrifty and learn how to manage their money - both physically and virtually.

Pig Box

A story about a shivering blue bird and a sleepy porcupine.



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What To Do When Social Media Drives You Crazy

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Is Social Media Anxiety Disorder the newest affliction resulting from our love affair with Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites? Researchers have stopped short of actually classifying SMAD as a disorder, but it's no doubt a problem.

Sure, you could quit using your social sites altogether - but then you'd be, well, bored and lonely. Science may someday shed more light on social media stress, but in the meantime, here are the most common problems associated with popular social networks.

Plague Helped Bring Down Roman Empire

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The plague may have helped finish off the Roman Empire, researchers now reveal. The plague is a fatal disease so infamous that it has become synonymous with any dangerous, widespread contagion.

Scientists investigated ancient DNA from the teeth of 19 different sixth-century skeletons from a medieval graveyard in Bavaria, Germany, of people who apparently succumbed to the Justinianic plague, named after the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. The Justinianic plague killed more than 100 million people. Some historians have suggested it contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire.

Women In Space: The Mercury 13

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On April 19, 1959, NASA introduced the seven astronauts who would take part in the Mercury Program. The goal: to put an American into orbit. It was America's first manned space program, and competition for the seven slots had been fierce. Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Donald Slayton were chosen (photo above).

Why not women? The length of time between the first-ever man in space and first woman in space was just over two years between Vostok 1 and Vostok 6, whereas the length of time between the first American man and first American woman in space was 22 years between Freedom 7 and Space Shuttle Challenger STS-7.

North To Norway

Beautiful Norway. Filmed during 9 days in the western fjords of Norway.



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Skywhale Rises Over Australia

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The Australian state of Canberra is 100 years old this year. As part of the on-going celebrations the Skywhale - a 34 meter long hot balloon was commissioned to symbolize... well, a lot of Canberrans aren't exactly sure what. Skywhale has hardly gotten off the ground before she is the center of very divided opinion.

Irish Potato Famine Pathogen Identified

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Scientists have used plant samples collected in the mid-19th Century to identify the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine. A plant pest that causes potato blight spread to Ireland in 1845 triggering a famine that killed one million people.

DNA extracted from museum specimens shows the strain that changed history is different from modern day epidemics, and is probably now extinct. Other strains continue to attack potato and tomato crops around the world.

Art And Culture Of Burning Man

Burning Man is a week-long annual event held in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, USA. The event is described by many participants as an experiment in community, art, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance. This video offers a glimpse into the art and culture of this dynamic community with the hope to spark a dream within you.



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Like A Snowdrift On The Slope

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In the competition for tourists, Reinhold Streng, manager of the Pitztal Glacier Lift in Austria, came up with something rather special. At 3,440 meters above sea level, the slope is now crowned by a new upper station for the 'Wildspitzbahn' - with a spectacular design by the architects at Baumschlager Hutter Partners.