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		<title>The Springtail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Meet the Springtail, one of nature&#8217;s more curious little creatures!

According to Wikipedia, &#8220;Springtails (Collembola) form the largest of the three lineages of modern hexapods that are no longer considered insects (the other two are the Protura and Diplura). The three orders are sometimes grouped together in a class called Entognatha because they have internalmouthparts, but they do not appear to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arthur C. Clarke Imagines Life in the Year 2000</title>
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		<title>Huzzah! The Competitive Croquet Season Hath Begun!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Monday afternoon saw the commencement of the competitive croquet season in the United States with the 2010 Hendrick&#8217;s Croquet Competition beginning in Boston. Well lubricated with an assortment of Hendrick&#8217;s libations, participants spent a sunny afternoon bashing balls around a grassy lawn by Boston Harbor. Needless to say, tension and tempers ran high as gentlemen and ladies battled it out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Fall-less Niagara Falls</title>
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What happens when you remove all the water from one of the world&#8217;s most remarkable waterfalls? Not much. Apparently, as proven by this unusual experiment conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1969, you are merely left with a monumental mound of dry rock. A so-called &#8220;cliff&#8221; if you will. But nonetheless, an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bizarre Bellies Take a Wild Roller Coaster Ride</title>
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This advertisement for a Japanese amusement park is almost as disturbing as the California Raisin gentlemen.
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		<title>From the Department of Unnecessary</title>
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		<title>And Now, Please Enjoy a Peculiar Moment of Meditation</title>
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		<title>The Sounds of Saturn</title>
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Ever peer up at the evening sky and wonder what space sounds like? Well, wonder no more. Or, at least you know know what Saturn sounds like. Listen to the eerie cries of this celestial body below.
&#8220;Saturn is a source of intense radio emissions, which have been monitored by the Cassini spacecraft. The radio waves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enter Your Ego to Win!</title>
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Reflect on the finer things in life such as yourself and our marvelously-unusual, cucumber-infused gin with a wonderfully crafted Hendrick&#8217;s looking glass! Simply sign-up with your email below. We promise not to harass you with news of the humdrum, but only with the kind of accounts and announcements that champions of the curious can appreciate! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Guide to Peculiar Barware and Instruments Suitable for the Curious Cocktailer</title>
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