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Mall Ninja! Cos malls are DANGEROUS people. You don't know it but shit goes DOWN in malls like you wouldn't believe. Well, I feel like scrubbing my eyeballs safer. via.

The Problem with Palm Oil. New website shows which shampoos, foods kill lovable primates.

Found in books "Be careful what you use as a bookmark. Thousands of dollars, a Christmas card signed by Frank Baum, a Mickey Mantle rookie baseball card, a marriage certificate from 1879, a baby’s tooth, a diamond ring and a handwritten poem by Irish writer Katharine Tynan Hickson are just some of the stranger objects discovered inside books by AbeBooks.com booksellers." . more inside

The lost rivers of London: Many of them played important role in the development of the city, as the location of mills, the source of drinking water and as open sewers. Most of them have been pushed totally underground, forced into culverts, out of sight and out of mind – even if some of them have left their mark on the city’s topology. more inside

Underwater Relationship: A National Geographic photograper describes how he was adopted by a leopard seal. [Via Nothing To Do With Arbroath]

Rocket Fishing Rod --- In case you've ever contemplated what's wrong with modern culture, not to mention modern youth... Please hold firmly in your mind, before clicking the link, the concept of simply having a pole, with a line and a hook on the end to catch fish, as it has existed throughout the ages. Then click the link and see just how far down the wrong path we have gone. How do we fix this?

The Great South West Walk - a 250 km loop in the south east (work with me here) coast of Australia, it follows the coast between Portland and Nelson before swinging inland and back to Portland. It's....a little obscure.

Man Babies Just wrong.

The Ladybird Book of The Policeman Meet Pc Brian Plectrum, the world's tallest copper, and his colleagues in this educational and informative children's classic.

Radiohead's Nude ... radically remixed. (Vimeo Video link) more inside

Cool Graphic on the Barack vs Clinton race This is just a damned fine interactive graphic from the New York Times. What matters when it comes to which candidate people voted for? Race definitely mattered. Income matters sort of. And education.

dinoballs (a webcomic)

The oil shock of 2008. A (US-centric) guide to why GM is closing plants. SUV depreciation - ouch!.

The California Paradox What if the word California completely disappeared from your universe? Yet you still lived there?

"Billy needs to mate."

How a small town loses a bank.

More Lost and Found: Where's the Wellfleet Lighthouse?

Lost pyramid relocated. The pyramid of Menkauhor Kaiu, has been found again. more inside

A short read on Facebook Etiquette from the often-entertaining Sabrina Jalees.