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Stalin's mass murders were 'entirely rational' says new Russian textbook praising tyrant
Stalin acted ‘entirely rationally’ in executing and imprisoning millions of people in the Gulags, a controversial new Russian teaching manual claims.
Fifty-five years after the Soviet dictator died, the latest guide for teachers to promote patriotism among the Russian young said he did what he did to ensure the country’s modernization.
Revisionist history anyone?
Man turned cat is world's ‘most modified man’
Museum openings are usually pretty muted affairs - but not when you invite a man who can turn himself into a cat and someone who thinks he is a lizard.
WTF?!
8-foot mechanical ape stolen from Maine store
A giant gorilla that's been a longtime fixture outside a flea market store in East Machias has gone missing and its owner is asking that the mechanical ape be returned, no questions asked.
How exactly does one steal an eight foot tall mechanical gorilla in broad daylight and not get caught?
The average person only gets 63 minutes of peace and quiet a day
Television, radio, the internet, and telephones intrude so much on our day that the average person has just over an hour free from "media noise".
One in three adults do not even have an hour of rest while at home and more than one-in-five (22 per cent) have 30 minutes or less, according to findings from media researchers M-Lab.
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The times of day that people are most likely to enjoy a bit of media free time are from midday to 12.30pm and 5pm to 5.30pm - around lunch and dinner time - which may indicate we can only tear ourselves away from media produced noise and distraction to eat some food.
I'm just gonna go ahead and not comment here.
Stem cells being used for bigger breasts
In one of the latest uses of human stem cells, cosmetic surgeons in Japan and Europe are using them for breast augmentation.
Some surgeons in the United States also have begun using the procedure, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
You've really gotta be fucking kidding me!
Man accused of igniting sleeping man's pants
A Metro East man is free on $20,000 bond after being accused of setting another man's pants on fire.
Twenty-one-year-old Joseph Hornsey of Godfrey is charged with aggravated battery.
Investigators say the victim was treated at a hospital for second- and third-degree burns to his leg.
Madison County Sheriff's Captain Brad Wells says the 20-year-old victim had been drinking alcohol and camping in Hornsey's backyard when Hornsey lit the frayed strings on the man's pants.
Wells says the alleged victim managed to put out the fire and went back to sleep, only to awaken later with burn-related blisters on his leg.
A message seeking comment from Hornsey was left Wednesday with a relative.
Well now this whole article is just filled with WTF?!
"Sometimes Breathtaking. Sometimes Horrific
Each photo has the power to inspire."
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I love this site!
Stalin's mass murders were 'entirely rational' says new Russian textbook praising tyrant
Stalin acted ‘entirely rationally’ in executing and imprisoning millions of people in the Gulags, a controversial new Russian teaching manual claims.
Fifty-five years after the Soviet dictator died, the latest guide for teachers to promote patriotism among the Russian young said he did what he did to ensure the country’s modernization.
Revisionist history anyone?
Man turned cat is world's ‘most modified man’
Museum openings are usually pretty muted affairs - but not when you invite a man who can turn himself into a cat and someone who thinks he is a lizard.
WTF?!
8-foot mechanical ape stolen from Maine store
A giant gorilla that's been a longtime fixture outside a flea market store in East Machias has gone missing and its owner is asking that the mechanical ape be returned, no questions asked.
How exactly does one steal an eight foot tall mechanical gorilla in broad daylight and not get caught?
The average person only gets 63 minutes of peace and quiet a day
Television, radio, the internet, and telephones intrude so much on our day that the average person has just over an hour free from "media noise".
One in three adults do not even have an hour of rest while at home and more than one-in-five (22 per cent) have 30 minutes or less, according to findings from media researchers M-Lab.
...
The times of day that people are most likely to enjoy a bit of media free time are from midday to 12.30pm and 5pm to 5.30pm - around lunch and dinner time - which may indicate we can only tear ourselves away from media produced noise and distraction to eat some food.
I'm just gonna go ahead and not comment here.
Stem cells being used for bigger breasts
In one of the latest uses of human stem cells, cosmetic surgeons in Japan and Europe are using them for breast augmentation.
Some surgeons in the United States also have begun using the procedure, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
You've really gotta be fucking kidding me!
Man accused of igniting sleeping man's pants
A Metro East man is free on $20,000 bond after being accused of setting another man's pants on fire.
Twenty-one-year-old Joseph Hornsey of Godfrey is charged with aggravated battery.
Investigators say the victim was treated at a hospital for second- and third-degree burns to his leg.
Madison County Sheriff's Captain Brad Wells says the 20-year-old victim had been drinking alcohol and camping in Hornsey's backyard when Hornsey lit the frayed strings on the man's pants.
Wells says the alleged victim managed to put out the fire and went back to sleep, only to awaken later with burn-related blisters on his leg.
A message seeking comment from Hornsey was left Wednesday with a relative.
Well now this whole article is just filled with WTF?!