Defiant Chinese Man’s Frozen Waterfall Rebellion
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Mr Wen Shu, 58, lives in Jilin City, in northwestern China in an apartment block. He’s lived there for 35 years. He was asked to move out by developers who wanted to build a...
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Russian Artist Pyotr Pavlensky Wraps Himself In Barbed Wire In St Petersburg
This is the kind of Russian art that seems really Russian. A guy in St Petersburg called Pyotr Pavlensky wrapped himself up in barbed wire and waited there, naked, to get cut out by...
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Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow: Turkmenistan’s Unusual Dictator
I wrote a post recently about Saparmurat Niyazov, one of the craziest despots in living memory. His reign over Turkmenistan was cut short by an eagerly awaited heart attack in 2006. His successor Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow spent some...
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X-Ray: Brazilian Fires Harpoon Into His Eye, Survives
A Brazilian Ph.D. student called Bruno Coutinho from Petropolis decided to fire a 12-inch fishing harpoon into his eye. I say ‘decided,’ but I’m pretty sure it must have been an accident. He...
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Turkmenistan’s Strange Dictator: Saparmurat Niyazov
I’ve not been to Turkmenistan and I’ve never met anyone who has been there, but it sounds pretty bonkers. It’s the richest nation in Central Asia despite being about 80% desert, thanks to...
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Our Queen Defiled In Berkshire Garden
I’m no royalist. I find it difficult to really care about a family that’s famous and rich because of the womb they fell out of. I don’t hate them either, though. How can...
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How Do You Clean Your Teeth In Space?
The International Space Station (ISS) has been whipping around the Earth tens of times a day for decades. Canadian astronaut Colonel Chris Hadfield spent some time up there, conducting experiments and staring out...
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Obama Pestered By Religious Nuts
This is my first post about Obama. Whether you love him or hate him, or are ambivalent towards him like me, he sure has ruffled some bald eagle feathers. This is an old...
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Chad Roberts’ Incredible Beard Skills
I had the pleasure of going the International Beard and Moustache championships when they were held in Brighton around 20 years ago. It was a true joy. There was military garb, musketeer regalia, and...
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Intergrooming Is The The Anti-Crufts
Crufts is a funny business isn’t it? Lots of dogs all groomed to high heaven and proud people who care more about their dog than their own personal hygiene. I have nothing against dog...
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