Transit tokens

Source: John Hawks Weblog

Kepler thought the next transit wouldn’t be until 1761, predicting a near miss in 1639. But Horrocks found an error in the great astronomer’s calculation and realized there would be a second transit, instead of a near miss, in 1639. Horrocks ...
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BMW Zagato Coupe revealed

Source: Top Gear

Stunning hand-built street legal machine in Italy at Villa d‘Este. TG wants one immediately The eyes of the automotive world might be gazing lustfully into the heritage-rich locale of Monte Carlo this weekend, but BMW has jus ...
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Oldest-known flutes found in Germany

Source: Press TV

According to the report published in the Journal of Human Evolution, the artifacts discovered from Geibenklosterle cave in southwestern Germany date back to the Stone Age. The unearthed flutes, made from bird bone and mammoth ivory, ar ...
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Oldest Musical Instruments Found

Source: AlanCross.ca

Early flautist. May not be exactly as illustrated.When I first heard about this story, I thought they might talking about drumsticks. Instead, though, the instruments in questions are two flutes made from bird bone and mammoth ivory. ...
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Hairy Tale: Island Of Lost Souls Revisited

Source: The Quietus

As far as reasons for banning a film go, that it's "against nature" would be viewed as a positive selling point in many quarters. The legend which says that was the reason given by the BBFC for denying Erle ...
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Links for 2012-05-25 [del.icio.us]

Source: P2P Foundation

On Thursday Google said it received almost 1.25 million take-down requests in the past month on behalf of 1,296 copyright owners. The requests targeted more than 24,000 websites that contained pirated copyrighted materi ...
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Budget in a season of terror

Source: Rantburg

The economists are either incapable of computing Pakistain's economy with terror as the curve input or they have joined the politicians in hoping for the impossible. All they know is that Pakistain's economy is in dire straits with the following sympto ...
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Letters: Hedgecock and nature

Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

U-T San Diego | In response to “Humans are the natural world, too” (Opinion, May 24): Roger Hedgecock – humans are ruining the planet. It’s not propaganda, it’s scientific fact. Species are being depleted in record numbers, th ...
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Lil Wayne – Goulish [Pusha T Diss]

Source: Lil Wayne HQ

damn he killed him The best rapper aive is back about time UNREAL, YMCMB goes hard when they’re competing fuck what KTT says, this diss goes hard. Are you guys fucking serious? This was terrible. Like….T.E.R.R.I ...
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