You thought marshmallows grew on trees? Turns out they're actually seeds for bigger marshmallows…

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My husband thought the dog had knocked something over downstairs but as he got to the bedroom door he could see the hole in the wall and all the furniture moved.

That’s when we came downstairs and saw the car there.

They must have been travelling seriously fast to launch from the kerb into a second storey bedroom.

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I know my last three posts have been YouTube videos, but this is definitely worth watching. The instrument in the video is a Theremin, invented by a Russian in 1919. It uses RF oscillators to produce sound without being touched.

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After watching this question, I'm really starting to wonder whether you can actually call McDonalds French fries a form of 'food'. After ten weeks there were still no signs of mould, even though the regular fries decomposed after two weeks.

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An unusual clash between a 6-foot (1.8m) alligator and a 13-foot (3.9m) python has left two of the deadliest predators dead in Florida’s swamps.

The Burmese python tried to swallow its fearsome rival whole but then exploded.

The remains of the two giant reptiles were found by astonished rangers in the Everglades National Park.

Some animals are stupid…

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K-Mart's own brand of bacon looks to be a bit on the streaky side, even if you like crispy bacon. I don't know which part of the pig they cut this from, but I'm guessing it's somewhere near the arse.

[Via: The Consumerist]

The eCigarette is an electronic cigarette that provides nicotine and replicates the action of smoking without giving you cancer and croaky voicebox.It even provides vapour to exhale.

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Found this on BoingBoing. I’m not sure whether Octopi are like worms in that if you chop one in half, both halves will carry on living or whether these tentacles are just nerves.

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Two Atlanta men survived an attempt to kill themselves on Friday by cutting off their arms with a circular saw, according to Atlanta Police Major Lane Hagin.

The men managed to sever three of their arms about six inches above the wrist, he said.

The two men — aged 40 and 41 — left a suicide note saying they were committing suicide because their business had failed and they had been diagnosed with HIV. The manager who read the note called police who found the two men in their apartment with “a lot of blood,”.

I can think of less agonising ways to top yourself.

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Breath Capture sells a range of glass tubes, and make necklaces, earrings and other jewellery which can hold the breath of a loved one. Why you’d want to store someone's breath in a tube is a damn good question… creepy.

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You've probably heard some of these before, but here they are anyway…

In the 1400’s a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb".

Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only…Ladies Forbidden"…and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language .

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone

Coca-Cola was originally green.

The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king in history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Q. What is the only food that doesn’t spoil?
A. Honey

In Shakespeare’s time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase……… "goodnight, sleep tight."

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride’s father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts… So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down."It’s where we get the phrase "mind your P’s and Q’s"

Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.

Via: DimWitty.com

An artist from Montreal, Canada, plans to build and launch a giant 300metre long Banana into space, the project that is called the Geostationary Banana over Texas, and the goal is to float the Helium filled Banana over Texas for just one month. So why would anyone want to float a giant banana in space? The 'goal' of the project is to promote contemporary art, but wouldn't the money be better spent on helping the homeless or building something that would last a bit longer?

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In a rush to buy a stamp? Tape the right amount of postage to the front of it and the US postal service will deliver it anyway. They didn't bother stamping it either, so it doesn't cost you anything.

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For years, competitors at the World Pie Eating Championship in Wigan have shown their eating prowess by gobbling as many meat and potato pies as they could manage in three minutes. But this year, in a break from tradition, the champion scoffers will compete to eat just a single pie in the fastest time possible.

Organisers of the annual event say the changes have been made in light of the Government's healthy eating advice and anti-obesity campaign, and will also offer vegetarian options.

“They've taken things too far this year - pies are supposed to be meat and potato and anything else just isn't normal,” said Dave Smyth, 48, from Hindley, who won the first contest in 1992 when he ate an impressive four pies in three minutes.

Source: The Times

The Lake District Tourist Board have set up a hotline for depressed Britons to call when they feel like being comforted. Callers can listen to sounds like Cumberland sausages being cooked, Lake Windermere and a reading of Wordsworth's 'Daffodils'.

Eric Robson of Cumbria Tourism said: “Few of us enjoy getting up in the dark or coming home in it. Making the most of daylight and how you spend your weekends could be important for keeping the winter blues at bay.”

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