I am currently on vacation and thought I might entice you to do the same by giving you glimpses of some rather odd places to stay. No, I do not have the luxury of staying in one these accommodations which you will see over the next week or so. MEET THE GIRAFFES Without sacrificing its [...]
October 8, 2009
Buenos Aires boasts impressive waiters, whose minds are worth studying, according to the paper Strategies of Buenos Aires Waiters to Enhance Memory Capacity in a Real-Life Setting, published in the journal Behavioural Neurology. “Typical Buenos Aires senior waiters memorize all orders from clients and take the orders, without written support, of as many as ten [...]
October 8, 2009
A post about a perky penguin seems fitting for our quirky compendium. Colonel-in-Chief Sir Nils Olav is a King Penguin living in Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland. He is the mascot and Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King’s Guard. Nils was visited by the Norwegian King’s Guard on the 15 August 2008 and awarded a knighthood. The honor [...]
October 7, 2009
More than 46,000 Brits changed their name in the past 12 months in a bid to reinvent themselves. But while many changed their names for sensible reasons, others just wanted quirky and wacky monikers, like Mr Adjustable Spanners. In case you were wondering Adjustable Spanners is what the 27-year-old from Essex changed his name to, [...]
October 7, 2009
BRIDGEWATER, S.D. — Behind the freezer doors at a meat plant mysteriously abandoned by its owner, 44 tons of bison meat managed to hold its own for months, masked by the brutal chill of two South Dakota winters. Once the power was cut and spring thaw arrived, nature took over. And enough rotting meat to [...]
October 6, 2009
BOSTON — Sex in a Tufts University dorm is fine. Sex in a Tufts dorm with your roommate present? That’s a no-no. This semester, the school has a new policy banning sexual activity while a roommate is in the same room. A Tufts University spokeswoman said the school issued the new rule after a dozen [...]
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October 9, 2009
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