"Tastes like chicken," says killer plant digesting a blue tit.

BBC News - Killer plant 'eats' blue tit at Somerset nursery:

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It is believed to be only the second time such a carnivorous plant has been documented eating a bird anywhere in the world.

#FF @angelablack Because I love pistachios (and have a moustachio)

Moustachio via

I am drawing moustachios on all of my pistachios.Mon Aug 01 21:54:54 via webangela black
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11 hilariously embarrassing movie apes that I'm too lazy to insert disapproving Spock into myself.

11 hilariously embarrassing movie apes prove how far we've come | Blastr

These are practically begging for the Spock Is Not Impressed treatment.

You know, when you grope for luna. (The moon as chimera.)

Two moons above Earth may have collided to create one, study says - latimes.com: 

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Once upon a time, the sky above Earth may have held two moons — until they smashed into each other to create the lunar body we know today. Such a collision early in the solar system's history could explain why the moon is lopsided, and why its far side looks so different from the face we can see, according to a report in Thursday's edition of the journal Nature.

Heard this on NPR this morning on the way to work as well, but didn't think it was a new idea? Hasn't this been, if not generally accepted as likely, widely discussed before?

+5 cdog points* if you get the "grope for luna" reference in the post title without using search.

* cdog points have no monetary or measurable value. May not be exchanged for ... anything.

A-Rod's cocaine-fueled poker tournaments?

A-Rod Played In Top Secret Poker Ring Where Drugs Were Used, Say Eyewitnesses | Radar Online:

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New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez played in an underground, illegal poker game where cocaine was openly used, and even organized his own high-stakes game, which ended with thugs threatening players.