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Another selection of pieces which you may have missed and will definitely wish you hadn’t.
It’s no wonder that bites hurt and itch when you see the chemical composition of insect venoms.
Now here’s a brilliant demonstration of the way in which evolution happened. Fish adapt to life outside water by learning to walk.
Some truly stunning macro photographs of insects by Yudy Sauw.
Question of the week … Do farts carry germs? Apparently it depends on whether or not you’re wearing pants.
We all have them, we’re not aware of them and they do no harm … mites that live on our faces. And here are three things you didn’t know about face mites.
You have a microbial aura. It rubs off on your house. And when you move house, your microbial aura moves too.
When you shave (or wax) your hair grows back ticker. Right? Apparently not.
So just why is it that fingernails grow so much faster than toenails?
And while we’re on curiosities of the human body … what are those strange things you see floating in your eye?
Oh, and here’s yet another … why do men get erections in the morning?
OK so enough of this ribaldry, let’s move on to food …
Monosodium Glutamate has a bad reputation. But is it deserved? Seems there isn’t too much evidence.

So in 50 years time, will we all be eating insects? Seems like not such a bad idea, though I still might pass on the grubby ones.
One day the medics are going to make up their minds … Now some are suggesting that a bottle of wine a day is not bad for you and abstaining is worse than drinking.
And so to things historical …
Did the historical Jesus exist? It seems a growing number of scholars don’t think he did and that Christianity is a load of myths repackaged by people like St Paul.
Well guess what … Stonehenge was round! Now there’s a surprise.
And here are 44 medieval beasts that just cannot handle it right now. (Well that story about Stonehenge was such a shock!)
Coming more up to date, it appears (and I use that word advisedly) that some DNA evidence has unmasked Jack the Ripper after 125 or so years. Hmmm … I’d be more convinced if this had been submitted to peer review and published in a reputable science journal, rather than in a book and the Daily Mail.
Ever thought of time travelling? Ever thought what you could do if you couldn’t take anything with you? Yep, get some useful information tattooed on. But what would you choose as a tattoo?
And for our final two contributions we descend further into the realms of the banal.
First here are 35 perfect fairy gardens made from usefully broken flowerpots etc.
And finally some hilariously amazing constructions from the National Beard & Mustache Championships.
Something for the Weekend
Something for the Weekend
Oddity of the Week
Novel reading … uterine derangement … gathering in the head … political excitement …
An absolutely amazing list of reasons why patients were admitted to a US lunatic asylum in 19th century.

This has been circulating in the Intertubes for some years but is just too good not to share!
Using this as a set of criteria how many of us would not have been put away?
Something for the Weekend
Oddity of the Week: Red Paint
Seeing red
It seems that the paint on red cars fades more quickly than any other car colour. Is there a reason why? (Continued)
I noted the comments on fading red paint in The Last Word (7 June). I came across an amusing instance of this in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia, where the Pichi Richi Pass is a spectacular feature on the road from Port Augusta to Quorn. For many years a sign naming the pass stood at its entrance. It was written in black text, except that the initial letters of each word were in red. That part of the world enjoys a lot of bright sunlight and clear skies, and the red paint faded over time to be almost invisible. This left behind a rather amusing sign.
From: “The Last Word”; New Scientist; 12 July 2014
Something for the Weekend
This week’s cartoon is for all the adults out there …
Something for the Weekend
Oddity of the Week: Gummy Bear Brat
Spencer Grundhofer, of Grundhofer’s Old Fashioned Meats in Hugo, Minnesota, makes Gummy Bear Bratwurst.
Full story at www.odditycentral.com/foods/minnesota-meat-shop-makes-gummy-bear-bratwursts.html.


