Skeleton Boy is armed, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.

Found on my desk whilst tidying up. I need to do more skeleton boy cards.

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The Times has launched a public campaign and 8-point manifesto calling for cities to be made fit for cyclists

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Intelligence Study Links Low I.Q. To Prejudice, Racism, Conservatism

Are racists dumb? Do conservatives tend to be less intelligent than liberals? A provocative new study from Brock University in Ontario suggests the answer to both questions may be a qualified yes.

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What’s more, although sex is one of the most basic of human functions, space sex is one of the greatest unknowns in the history of manned spaceflight — apart from a few hushed rumors, sex in space has never been attempted. However, as we are about to discover, future human sexuality in space — particularly in interstellar space — may not be very familiar… or even desirable (for procreation purposes, at least).

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Mice sing ultrasonic love songs to their sweethearts

If you’ve ever seen a common domestic mouse, your first thought probably wasn’t, “You know, I bet that guy has an amazing singing voice.” But it turns out male house mice are rodent crooners, singing ultrasonic love songs to woo females.

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“Tweedland” The Gentlemen’s club: Oxford Bags

Oxford bags were a loose-fitting baggy form of trousers favoured by members of the University of Oxford, especially undergraduates, in England during the early 20th century from the 1920s to around the 1950s. The style had a more general influence outside the University, including in America, but has been somewhat out of fashion since then.

The style originated from a ban in 1924 on the wearing

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Iron Sky looks like fun.

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The two Toronto teens, Matthew Ho and Asad Muhammad, purchased a weather balloon and outfitted it with cameras, a GPS-equipped cellphone, and a Lego minifig holding a tiny Canadian flag in a custom-designed Styrofoam box.

As soon as the winds shifted to keep the balloon inside the Canadian border they launched it and waited, hoping their amateur spacecraft would get a few pics. Roughly two hours after letting the balloon go they were notified by the cellphone of the craft’s successful return. It travled approximately 15 miles up into the stratosphere and roughly 75 miles laterally, capturing some stunning images along the way.

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Knobkierrie, also spelled knobkerrie, knopkierie or knobkerry, are African clubs used mainly in Southern and Eastern Africa. Typically they have a large knob at one end and can be used for throwing at animals in hunting or for clubbing an enemy’s head. This knob is carved out of a treetrunk and the shaft is simply the branch that protruded from the tree at that point.

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Gotta love a good drift video.

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A huge cannabis farm has been discovered just yards away from Manchester’s main police station.

More than 300 plants, valued at up to £100,000, were being grown under the noses of cops at Bootle Street Police Station.

The illicit crop was inside a disused, six-storey office building on Peter Street in the city centre – less than 20 yards from the station.

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The Deluge, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.

Every cistern should be a Deluge.

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Folded bench, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.

These are rather neat- benches made from one sheet of metal, bent and welded along one seam.

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