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• Gym warns "fatties"—Aliens will eat you first!

  
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  If you packed on a few extra pounds over the holiday break, a U.K. gym wants you to know—when it comes time to serve man, youll be the first one on the menu! The owners of a health club and spa attached to Cadbury House hotel in Bristol thought a tongue-in-cheek advertisement would be a perfect way to attract new ...
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• The 100 Quotes Every Geek Should Know (abridged)

  
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  You do it, we do it, everyone we know does it: quote our favorite comics, movies, TV shows, music, etc. whenever possible to the great annoyance of our friends and family. Our current favorite phrase: "No matter where you go, there you are." Well, Wired magazine has come up with what it calls "The 100 Quotes Every ...
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• Thanks to Twilight, Bella becomes most popular dog name

  
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  Twilight , Bella becomes most popular dog name" /> Twilight , Bella becomes most popular dog name" src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2010/01/Twilight_Bella_dog-thumb-550x512-30997.jpeg"> Were pretty sure this is one of the signs of the apocalypse: Bella, the name of the moony heroine in the Twilight series, ...
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• Losts Last Supper: Battlestar, Sopranos were 1st

  
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  Lost s Last Supper: Battlestar, Sopranos were 1st" /> Lost s Last Supper: Battlestar, Sopranos were 1st" src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2010/01/LastSupper_Lost_thumb-thumb-550x396-30966.jpg"> Little could Leonardo da Vinci have imagined way back in the 15th century that his brilliant painting of The ...
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• Scientist says dolphins should get human status

  
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  In Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy , dolphins leave the Earth shortly before it is destroyed by the Vogons, leaving a last message: So long and thanks for all the fish. Were not sure what this has to do with the following, but were sure it relates: A zoologist at Emory University is arguing that ...
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• New end of the world date found! You have until May 21, 2011

  
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  The new year is just beginning, but already at least one man says hes figured out when the world will end. Forget 2012 : The real date is May 21, 2011.
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• Virtual space station sells for a staggering (real) $330,000

  
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  So we once knew this guy who didnt have two dimes to rub together but still took 100 real U.S. dollars to buy a virtual horse in an MMORPG to impress his friends. Well, that guys nothing compared to this guy, who spent 330,000 real U.S. dollars to buy a virtual space station. Heres how Joystiq reported it:
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• Awesome fan-made War Machine suit from Iron Man 2

  
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  Iron Man 2 ">"> Iron Man 2 " src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2010/01/Iron_Man_Fan_War_Machine-thumb-550x412-30865.jpg"> How cool is this fan-made War Machine costume, based on Iron Man comics and Jon Favreaus upcoming Iron Man 2 movie? So cool that Favreau himself re-tweeted it. (You can compare ...
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• Beer Can Alarm Thwarts Intruder

  
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  Filed under: Booze , Weird News , Weird Stuff , Weird Never underestimate the ingenuity of beer drinkers. Last week, an old man in a North Dakota apartment complex rigged up a home alarm system made of empty beer cans, and it actually worked! Police were initially summoned to the building after a ... Read ...
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• Joan Lindsay

  
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  Joan Lindsay is one of two names I added to my list on July 12th. Shes the last person Im researching before we leave on our road trip. I was going to research another person tomorrow, but it turns out Im ahead again on writing posts. Tomorrow Ill take a day off so I can have more time to pack. I thought Id be ...
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• Captain Jack Harkness fights Doctor Horrible for Gay Man crown

  
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  Neil Patrick Harris (Dr. Horrible) and John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness) are apparently exchanging good-natured Twitter posts as each vies to be named the Gay/Bisexual Man of the Decade . Harris has 190,000 followers on Twitter while Barrowman only has 4,500, so the odds seem to be against Captain Jack at the ...
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• Shiny! The smallest Serenity replica ever, coming soon

  
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  Serenity replica ever, coming soon" /> Serenity replica ever, coming soon" src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2010/01/Firefly_keychain-thumb-550x293-30855.jpg"> Hey, Browncoat: Didnt get that Big Damn Replica of the good ship Serenity from Joss Whedons Firefly/Serenity for Christmas? Console youself ...
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• Gotta burn m’ boots!

  
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• Designer Creates Star Wars Paper Models

  
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  Filed under: Weird News , Weird Science , Weird Stuff , Weird Weve seen a lot of great "Star Wars" handiwork this year: a nativity scene featuring R2-D2, a Millennium Falcon bed, even a storm trooper riding a chipmunk. But that still didnt prepare us for the sheer technical achievement of a new series of ... ...
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• Florida Man Calls 911 for Ride to Bar

  
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  Filed under: Booze , Weird News , Weird Stuff , Weird Just when you thought that all the good news stories were over for 2009, in comes this nugget from (where else?) Florida, where a drunk man called 911 to get a ride to a bar. Gregory J. Oras, a fine upstanding gentleman from Oldsmar, Fla., made a ... Read ...
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• Star Trek wetsuits set phasers on stunning

  
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  Star Trek wetsuits set phasers on stunning" /> Star Trek wetsuits set phasers on stunning" src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2009/12/StarTrekWetSuits-thumb-550x482-30802.jpg"> If you should happen to travel from the future to the past and find yourself at a loss for the right thing to wear while communing ...
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• Star Trek meets Mad Men in bizarre but cool mash-up

  
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  Star Trek meets Mad Men in bizarre but cool mash-up" /> Star Trek meets Mad Men in bizarre but cool mash-up" src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2009/12/StarTrekMadMenLead-thumb-550x289-30799.jpg"> Weve already seen Mad Men star Jon Hamm channel Lex Luthor , but we never expected to find him filling the ...
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• The True Odds of Airborne Terror

  
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  Whats the actual risk of an airplane attack? Heres the definitive chart. Source: fivethirtyeight
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• Tibetan Skull Camera

  
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  Named after Yama, the Tibetan God of Death, this bizarre camera was created using a real human skull, blessed by a Tibetan Lama. Designed and built by Wayne Martin Belger “for the study of exodus and for the research of modern incarnations of historical iconic figures”, Yama looks nothing like a photo camera, ...
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• Russians to go all Michael Bay on approaching asteroid

  
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  Not content with sending robot-assisted monkeys to Mars, the Russians are looking into yet another mission that will bring sci-fi into outer space—an Armageddon -like plan to knock a large asteroid off course and reduce the chances of ... well ... armageddon.
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