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16 Feb 2011 22:11

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Offbeat: Meet the British government’s highest-ranking cat. (Seriously.)

  • Meet Britain’s new Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office: Larry the Cat has one of the most important jobs in Britain – and it’s one that the government, wisely, didn’t put on the chopping block during their recent austerity craze. See, Larry, a 4-year-old former stray, will be in charge of killing mice inside of David Cameron’s 10 Downing Street office. There are many rats in London, and Larry seems like he’s up to the job. We salute you, old chap. source
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16 Feb 2011 10:04

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Offbeat: Guy holds onto winning lottery ticket way too freaking long

  • Let’s say you had a winning lottery ticket. What would you do with it? Would you turn it in as soon as possible, knowing that you’d have to deal with the glow of the spotlight? Would you sit on it? Or would you go in on the last day to accept your prize, creating an unusual situation that draws as much, if not more attention, than accepting the prize in the first place would have? If you’re North Carolina resident Raleigh Hill, you choose the latter. Hill, even though he know he had the winning lottery ticket, waited a few weeks to even tell his wife Erin, then proceded to procrastinate on the ticket to the point where he lost the thing in a shoebox. Finally – finally – he came forward a day before it expired. Hey, if you don’t want the $680,000 after taxes, we’ll take it, Raleigh. source
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14 Feb 2011 22:24

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Offbeat: NASA: Deep space sex unlikely to yield reproductive gains

  • YES makin’ babies in space is tough, due to radiation source
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14 Feb 2011 15:30

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Offbeat: Study rules new winner in “history’s biggest bear” contest

  • 2M the age, in years, of the skeletal remains of a South American bear have been studied
  • 11 the bear’s projected height (in feet), giving this fellow the mantle of tallest bear ever
  • 3,500the bear’s projected weight (in pounds), which easily breaks that record, as well source
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14 Feb 2011 09:21

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Offbeat: Kissing Thai couples set record for kissing each other (kiss)

  • 33 straight hours swapping spit with each other (and counting) source
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09 Feb 2011 13:44

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Offbeat: How do you get rid of an unwanted bear? Play some honky-tonk

  • problem Whilst doing some work on a hospital in Boulder, CO, a plumber found an unwanted guest sleeping underneath one of the residence buildings: a hibernating bear.
  • solution Rather than tranquilize the bear, they blasted country music, and it ran away. Because even bears don’t like country music (except for these bears, of course). source
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08 Feb 2011 20:47

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Offbeat: Who is Gibby Goo Bop and why did he send us this video?

  • So, we usually don’t do this, but we just got an e-mail from this guy named Gibby Goo Bop. Here’s what he wrote: “because the world can get too serious when you love what you do, just realize that everybody will snooze blue… And hey… I made this music video just for you!” It’s the weirdest thing we’ve seen in a while. This wizard dude really likes David Bowie, apparently. Probably Tim and Eric, too. source
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08 Feb 2011 10:19

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Offbeat: Real headline: “Man Stabbed to Death by Rooster During Cockfight”

The bird was wearing a blade that stabbed a man in the leg, severing a major artery. In other news, cockfighting is an evil sport that hurts animals. source
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07 Feb 2011 23:00

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Offbeat: Scientists to oysters: You have become irrelevant

  • They are functionally extinct – in that they lack any significant ecosystem role and remain at less than one percent of prior abundances in many bays.
  • An elite team of researchers • Reporting on a recent study on oyster habitation. This is quite the indictment of the humble oyster: “Hey, not only are 85% of your reefs destroyed; you’re also completely unimportant to your surroundings and have no impact on anything.” Sheesh. source
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26 Jan 2011 20:49

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Offbeat: Broke New Jersey county: We’re using “pickle juice” to stop snow

  • We’re assuming that this girl isn’t a sanitation worker. Bergen County, New Jersey, has been using a briny mixture of salt and water that they’ve called “pickle juice.” With just a $4 million snow budget (and $3 million already spent), they’ve had to get creative, and let’s face it, you don’t get more creative than you do with pickle juice. Anyway, this is a major cost-saver for the county. A ton of salt costs $63. A gallon of this mixture costs 7 cents. Roughy 250 gallons of water equals a ton. The result? Less than a third of the cost. We bet it doesn’t work very well, no matter how much it saves. (photo by spanginator) source
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