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."
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Would-be China Defector, Once Bo Xilai’s Right Hand, Oversaw Organ Harvesting | Democracy & Human Rights | China | Epoch Times - http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2...
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.
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- 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
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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".
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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.
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Cowboy Bob's Questions and Answers - page 306 - What do you call that thing that looks like a soccer goal in front of a saloon? - http://www.lemen.com/qa306...
"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."
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