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We're all Rain Man - Skinner

Research material, stolen from Scott Roche. (America, you scare me a bit.) - Skinner

"The one that is particularly effective is a mutation of the gene for the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase[.]" - Skinner

Inconsistencies in the law may provide an opening for Mulligan. (Stolen from @Cynical_Woman) - Skinner

Stolen from Rob Snyder - Skinner

Chemical testing on Vets (1968) - Skinner

via the always fantastic Nutty "Bugchasing is a slang term for the alleged practice of pursuing sexual intercourse with HIV-infected individuals in order to contract HIV. Individuals engaged in this activity are referred to as bugchasers. It is a form of self harm." - Skinner

May be partially crazy talk, but interesting crazy talk, nonetheless. - Skinner

In the end, his writings during the voyage - poems, quotations, real and false log entries, and random thoughts - amounted to more than 25,000 words. The log books include an attempt to construct a philosophical reinterpretation of the human condition that would provide an escape from his impossible situation. The number 243 shows up several times in these writings: he originally planned to finish the trip in 243 days, recorded a false distance of 243 nautical miles (450 km) in one day's sailing (which if valid would have been a record day's run for the race), and may have ended his life on the 243rd day (1 July) of his voyage. - Skinner

Via BoingBoing - Skinner

Apocalypse fodder - via BoingBoing - Skinner

Stolen from Kevin Veale - Skinner

- un abreuvoir à mouches (fly's drinking trough): a deep gash in one's face - Le cul-de-singe (monkey's arse): the round, red, insignia patch on the grenadiers' mufti - Skinner

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fodder - Skinner

Stolen from Mr. Roche - Skinner

fodder - Skinner

In May 1992, the Kouros was displayed in Athens, Greece, at an international conference, called to determine its authenticity. The conference failed to solve the problem; while most art historians and archeologists denounced it, the scientists present believed the statue to be authentic. To this day, the Getty Kouros' authenticity remains a mystery and the statue is displayed with the date: "Greek, 530 B.C. or modern forgery". - Skinner

Stolen from Charles Stross - Skinner

Stolen from JStrawsburg - Skinner

(What happens when we finish building a worldwide database of almosts?) - Skinner

bodyguard society - Skinner

The Finnish connection. - Skinner

Scientists say they can create the supersoldiers at will by dabbing normal ant larvae with a special hormone - the larvae then develop into supersoldiers rather than normal soldier or worker ants. - Skinner

Stolen from Jeff - Skinner

"When a rider needed to leave his horse outside while he entered a building, the rider simply held the end of the reata, which extended out the door to the horse." - Skinner

""These nets produce from three to five liters of water a day. That's enough to water four or five trees." Sanchez says." - Skinner

Via Jimbo - Skinner

"Lead was added to cheap wine illegally in the 18th and early 19th centuries as a sweetener." - Skinner

For The Mob - Skinner