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Quadruple Amputee Swims from US to Asia

August 20, 2012 by Andy T 2 Comments

quadruple amputee

On the final stretch of his continent linking swim, Philippe Croizon, a quadruple amputee, swam from North America to Asia last Friday in torso torturing temperatures. Donned in two wetsuits and paddle-like prosthetics, the 44-year-old Frenchman … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe, World Tagged With: electricity, swim

Search for the Holy Grail Leads Cryptographer to Iceland

August 11, 2012 by Andy T 3 Comments

search for the holy grail

The search for the Holy Grail, which is associated with Christ’s Last Supper, legends of the Holy Chalice, the Knights Templar, and special powers, has continued ceaselessly throughout the ages. Code breakers, archaeologists, hopeless romantics and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe, World Tagged With: holy grail

Funtik The Psychic Pig Disturbed By Topless Feminist

June 26, 2012 by Andy T 2 Comments

Funtik-psychic-pig

With the 2010 World Cup there was Paul the English octopus. Now, with Euro 2012, there’s Nelly the German elephant, Ya Ya the Polish dolphin, Nicholas the English llama, Yvonne the German cow, Maya the Spanish otter and Funtik the Ukraine … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe, World Tagged With: pigs

Socrates’ Death Found Needless in Modern Retrial

May 29, 2012 by Andy T 2 Comments

Socrates' death

While Greece struggles to form government amidst a burgeoning national debt, it has decided to host a retrial of proceedings which led to Socrates’ death over 2,400 years ago. The retrial, which many have labelled a 'desperate debacle', was held … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe, World Tagged With: Greece, Socrates

Norway Braces For a Butter-Free Christmas

December 20, 2011 by Andy T 2 Comments

Butter-free

Known solely as peasant food during the Middle Ages, butter slowly squished its way into the upper classes only after the Roman Catholic Church allowed its consumption during Lent in the 16th Century. Now, however, it looks as if butter is getting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe, World Tagged With: butter

Butter-Lovers Bemoan as Denmark Unveils ‘The Fat Tax’

October 5, 2011 by Andy T 8 Comments

Butter-lovers

In a land with the world’s highest level of income equality, where butter, bacon and dumplings abound, and hills scarcely exist, one could say the average Dane had it made. However, beneath these seemingly choice comestibles lie clogged arteries, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe, World Tagged With: butter

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