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Britain’s first dog poo crack team squad hit the streets of London
Meet the Dog Squad. A 22-man crack team unit employed to clean up the streets of London by targeting dog walkers who fall foul of pooper scoop laws. Irresponsible dog walkers will be hounded by the Dog Squad (Picture: Islington Council) The anti-poo wardens have been introduced by Islington Council in north London in an attempt to catch repeated dog foul offenders. Members of the public are also being encouraged to 'shop a dropper' through a newly set-up hotline. (...)
‘Psychic’ pig to make Euro tips
KIEV (Reuters) - A psychic pig is set to take over where Paul the Octopus left off at the 2010 World Cup by predicting the results of matches at the European championships in Ukraine and Poland.
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Pictures of the day: 18 May 2012
The Gnome Experiment
If Earth was a perfect sphere of uniform density, then gravity would be consistent. But it's not, which means gravity varies wherever you go. A garden gnome from Germany, nicknamed Kern, travels the world to find out how much he weighs in different places.
So far, Kern has journeyed more than 20,000 miles across 15 countries, by plane, train, ship, bus and car. And as Kern travels, his weight varies, due to a combination of the spin of the Earth and the fact that our planet is not round, but more potato-shaped, according to scientists. (...)
How Many Of These Brand Names Are You Saying Wrong?
How do you pronounce Hermès? Or Stella Artois, Kinerase, Saucony, Adidas, Porsche? A company's name should be a lot of things: unique, catchy, memorable... but what about pronounceable? Be it due to a language barrier or just bad planning on the company's part, many people go around mispronouncing high-profile brand names. (...)
The Eyes Have It
The Eyes Have It is a game by Yoni Alter. How fast can you find all famous characters in the dark? Beware, a wrong guess and using the flashlight will add seconds to your time.
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The Alps At Night
A collection of time-lapse sequences shot at night last January by Belgian videographer Matthew Vandeputte. He captured the magical night skies of the French Alps from the famous Meribel ski resort.
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10 Landlocked Countries With Navies
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While landlocked countries are obviously unable to develop a sea-going blue-water navy, they may still deploy armed forces on major lakes or rivers. There are a number of reasons a landlocked country may choose to maintain a navy. If a river or lake forms a national border, countries may feel the need to protect and patrol that border with a military force.
In some regions, roads may be unreliable or circuitous, and a river or lake may be the easiest way to move military forces around the country. Sometimes, possession of a body of water may actually be contested - for example, countries around the landlocked Caspian Sea have different views of how ownership should be divided. (...)
Friday Cartoon By Mark Anderson
Meeting Cartoon by Andertoons
Mark Anderson is a professional cartoonist from the Chicago area. His cartoons have been published in Reader's Digest, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Woman's World and the Saturday Evening Post, to mention just a few. Among his clients are GM, General Electric, FedEx, Microsoft, and IBM.
Kenichi Ito Is The World’s Fastest Runner On Four Legs
A Japanese monkey enthusiast in suburban Tokyo has been named the world's fastest human runner on four legs after developing a style of running based on the movements of the African Patas monkey. Kenichi Ito has been developing the running style for over a decade.
The record of 18.58 seconds over 100 meters was set by Kenichi Ito at Setagaya Kuritsu Sogo Undojyo, Tokyo, Japan.
A Completely New Way You Buy From Stores
Postmates is already one of the most talked about startups in Silicon Valley, but now it has a brand new app that's going to change the way you purchase goods from stores. It's releasing the Get It Now application, which will let you use Postmates to order just about anything - from food to a MacBook Pro - and have it delivered to you in under an hour.
You give Postmates a credit card number, and it authorizes your account for the cost of whatever you're purchasing and gives a courier the ability to use that cash to buy the good. For now, Get It Now and Postmates are only available in San Francisco.
(via Business Insider)
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