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CBC: Lt.-Gen. Walter Natynczyk takes over from Gen. Rick Hillier.

McCain well ahead following Super Tuesday

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Winter afternoon.

Kongelige Bibliotek (Danish Royal Library): “The French-burgundian parchment manuscript, Chansons d’Amour — also known as The Copenhagen Chansonnier — was produced in the late 15th century.”

(Via Bibliodyssey.)

New York Times: “For years, cyclists who ride on city streets have cherished an unusual superstition: if they wear a helmet, they are more likely to get hit by a car. ‘I belong to an e-mail list for cyclists, and they complain about this all the time,’ says Ian Walker, a psychologist at the University of Bath who rides his bike to work every day. But could this actually be true?”

bibliodyssey: “I can calculate the movement of the stars, but not the madness of men”
[Sir Isaac Newton, after losing a fortune (£20,000) in the bubble]

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Warren Magazine Collection: CREEPY, EERIE, VAMPIRELLA

Amazon.com: Metals, Plastics, Bearings, Gears, Fasteners, Wire, Springs

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ModernMechanix:

Light bulbs and spinning wires which glow with weird effects, cigarettes which light mysteriously— these are a few of the stunts you can do with this vacuum tube Tesla coil.

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