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April 17, 2006
Censored Wikipedia Articles Appear On WikiTruth
A group of disenchanted Wikipedia administrators have been retrieving articles deleted by Jimbo Wales or other higher-ups. Now they're putting them back up on a website for everyone to see.
Finding a killer's internet history:
a young girl was murdered in Purcell, Oklahoma, by her neighbor. Now people are digging up her (alleged) killer's internet identities, partially out of pure train-wreck interest, partially to see if he left clues to his future behavior behind.
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Really Really Curious George; Sid Killed By His Mum?
Tried like hell to find any other information online about this but could not. Here's the story; saw an hour-long documentary last night called Sid Vicious: The Last 24 Hours, which apparently is part of a UK series.
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April 16, 2006
Two German tourists who say
they have taken a photo of the presumed extinct Tasmanian Tiger, the Thylacine, have returned to the state in a bid to prove the images are legitimate.
Draw a face
And it will be added to all the others. These will then be rendered into the mean (average, not stingy or angry) face. (Flash-based.)
Sing a simple song.
(warning, noise, lameness)
In Search of the Real Dracula
For the true believer, the boundaries between Bram Stoker's creation and historical fact have become blurred, like all great legends. Many people believe that the immortal count was based on a real person: a medieval Romanian warlord called Vlad Tepes, also know as "Vlad the Impaler" and "Vlad Dracula."
Was this famous national hero the man behind the legend?
Why Did The British Spaz?
Tiger Woods landed in hot water after he made this comment in a post-round interview with CBS at the Masters Tournament:
"I was so in control from tee to green, the best I've played for years... But as soon as I got on the green I was a spaz."
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April 15, 2006
Baby walruses
are dependent on their mothers for their first two years, but the rapid melting of Arctic sea ice may be forcing walruses to abandon their young in deep water. Also here.
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Global Corruption Report 2006.
From Transparency International, "the global coalition against corruption." Lots and lots of info. This year there's a special focus on health care corruption, including reports entitled The causes of corruption in the health sector (.pdf) and Corruption in the pharmaceutical sector (.pdf). Also, reports on corruption in countries from Algeria to Venezuela (two downloads: A to K (.pdf) and M to Z (.pdf)). Plus, much, much more!
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The BBC's ranked list of rudeness.
Rude words and their rudeness valence. According to the Beeb Beeb Ceeb.
Curious George: Touchy Subject
Sorry for the bad pun, but me and some friends were talking about Skrik's earlier post...
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April 14, 2006
Matzah!
Smooth-E drops lyrics on the tasty treat with "the same flavour as the box it came in." Embedded video, via ABS.
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Steve Martin Interview
from May 2005, about his fiction writing. His short article on King Tut, Johnny Carson (really good) and his own site.
Steve R00lz
The WPA
kept artists like Milton Avery and Jack Levine busy during the Depression, but did you know the program also featured a circus?
Everything I Know About Canada...
I Learned During The Commercials.
A collection of NFB Vignettes that taught a generation of Canadians about archetypal norsemen, hydraulic treeshears, birling, how to speak French without having to learn it, and more!
(YouTubeorama)
And a link to the Hinterland Who's Who archive, for a one-two combo of unbridled nostalgia!
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