Spider Webs: What Are They Made Of? And Is Spider Silk Really As Strong As Steel?

On September 4, 2013 by Tim Newman
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Spiders, our old foe, the arachnid. A fearsome yet tiny beast. Our evolutionary adversary. Most people can’t stand the site of them, normally I can’t stomach them either, but I found one on my...

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Arrogant Poker Player Carter Gill Gets Comeuppance

On September 3, 2013 by Tim Newman
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I know little to nothing about poker, in fact I don’t know much about any games/sports. But this video is well worth a watch. It shows Carter Gill on the left playing David...

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Women Pirates: Sadie The Goat – New York’s Queen Of The Waterfront

On September 3, 2013 by Tim Newman
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Today’s lady pirate is Sadie Farrell, known affectionately as Sadie the Goat. She was a notorious and vicious gang leader in New York’s “bloody” 4th ward. She started her criminality on the shore...

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Close Encounter With A Bison At Yellowstone

On September 2, 2013 by Tim Newman
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Bison are incredible beasts and close up they look pretty formidable. This video shows a couple of hikers in Yellowstone park who decided to stay very still and quiet as a bison walked...

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Massive Rock Nearly Crushes Car In Chinese Landslide

On September 1, 2013 by Tim Newman

This video is incredible. It’s more Hollywood than Hollywood. It was taken in Keelung Badouzi, China. China has a big problem with landslides due to the massive rainfall they’ve received since July 2013....

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Worst Youtube Singing Tutorials Ever

On September 1, 2013 by Tim Newman

Having dinner with my family the other day, we found ourselves watching singing tutorials on Youtube, like you do. We were trying to explain falsetto singing to my sister-in-law, like you do. We came...

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Women Pirates: Jeanne de Clisson – The Lioness Of Brittany

On August 31, 2013 by Tim Newman

Today’s fearsome lady pirate, Jeanne de Clisson, was born Jeanne-Louise de Belleville, Dame de Montaiga in the year 1300. She became known as the Lioness of Brittany, and for good reason, if the...

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Kangaroo Vs Dog

On August 31, 2013 by Tim Newman

  This Australian video has been doing the rounds recently. Most of the media descriptions of it, and the description given by the owner of the video and dog, describe the incident a...

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Man Who Dumped Decapitated Deer Head In Tesco Freed

On August 31, 2013 by Tim Newman

Some of you with good memories for weird news may remember the mysterious incident of the decapitated deer head that was left at a Tesco checkout. The story was set in Saffron Walden...

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Ann Bonny – Another Fearsome Female Pirate

On August 30, 2013 by Tim Newman

I wrote about a Chinese pirate queen called Ching Shi the other day and found it all rather interesting so I thought I’d learn about another femme fatale of the blustery high seas....

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