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Although we collect we are not collectors. We would like to create an archive of memmories of unknown people and events and make them available to everyone. No doubt, we are all going to be in forgotten, old family photographs.
The wedding photo above is from the Marenãiç family of Croatia. Link -via Metafilter
“Zwing” your ball around using the mouse, smashing all the black balls of screen. The aim is to protect the white ball in the centre at all times. If the white ball leaves the boundary, the game’s over. Every 10 levels, you’ll face a boss that you have to continually hit until he runs out of health and goes off screen.
As you hit each ball out of the screen, you gain experience points (xp). The harder you hit the ball, the more xp you collect.
Source: Kabomb
On the Isle of Man Scotland, the government has commissioned a three-sided coin to commemorate King Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs’ exhibition at the O2 arena in London.
The copper coin which bears a portrait of the Queen and an image of Tutankhamun, is marketed by the Isle of Man’s Post Office as “a unique gift” that is “a must for all Egyptologists” and costs £15 ($30).
On one side, it shows Tutankhamun, the teenage pharaoh who died 3,330 years ago, and on the other, a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
John Smith, the general manager of Pobjoy Mint, which is striking the coins, said he was “delighted to launch the first ever pyramid coin”.
Mr Smith also added that no limit had been set on the number of coins that could be produced.
Link: Telegraph
If the Boombox Cat House doesn’t work, try the Airplane Pet Bed. It’s made of cotton/polyester and measures 39 x 38 inches. Let’s just hope they accept frequent flyer points as payment, the bed is priced at $279.95.
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The largest single flower is the Rafflesia or “corpse flower”. They are generally 3 feet in diameter with the record being 42 inches.
For more than 30 years, Nova Scotia has donated a giant Christmas tree each year to the people of Boston as a thank you for their assistance following the 1917 Halifax Explosion.
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