Tag: Nature
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Earth a bit peeved at all the talk about Kepler, Mars

With the news wires stuffed to the seams with discoveries on Mars and updates on potentially earth-like Kepler exoplanets, and blockbuster movie The Martian setting box-office records, Earth is starting to feel a bit neglected.
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48% of humans feel personally validated when Weather app is proven wrong

Despite predicting a relatively confident 100% chance of rain at 9:00am today, Rodger’s Weather app was foiled by the vagaries of an unpredictable climate. The morning is cloudy, to be sure, but it still hasn’t rained, and it’s 9:31. In typical human fashion, Rodger has chalked this up as a personal validation of his John-Henry-esque…
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Tourist rescued by passing fishermen
On Tuesday, passing fisherman discovered the plump and sunburned body of a foreigner sprawled along a muddy shoreline embankment on the River Nile.
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Family super embarrassed of member killed by (baby) lions

Hong Kong resident Nigel Dortmund has been missing for several days after embarking on what is now being considered an ill-fated safari trip through northern Uganda. He is presumed deceased after his personal effects were found near a well-known play area of several infant lions. While safari reports record the size of the suspected lions…
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Former backpacker shocked by revelation that he is a complete yuppie now

In an attempt to get back to the good ol’ backpacking days he is incessantly mentioning to friends (and most likely leaning on for social validation), Nigel Dortmund, 30, of Hong Kong, signed himself up for a four day safari tour of western Uganda. In the weeks preceding the trip, and even through the four-hour…