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.