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A pygmy slow loris shown being adorable, although very slowly. -via Arbroath

In 1996, Larry Page and Sergey Brin were Stanford University graduate students, working on their Digital Library Project, later known as Google. They needed a lot of storage, and the largest hard disk available was 4 gigabytes. So they connected ten of them together and built their own 40GB drive, in a case made of of Legos. It is now on display at the Stanford University Museum. Link -via the Presurfer

How do you lose a 44 pound cat? Someone in Camden, New Jersey managed to do it.

Camden County Animal Control Officer Jim McCleery got the call Friday. There was a a stray cat prowling on a patio in the Ashley Run condominium development.

"We picked him up and I knew from the get-go it wouldn't fit in the regular cat carrier, so we had to put him in a dog carrier. . . it was a big cat, the biggest one this year," said McCleery of the Camden County Joint Municipal Animal Control Program.

Employees at Camden County Animal Shelter called the feline "Captain Chunk." Realizing she was female, the name was quickly changed to "Princess Chunk." Her "foster mom" -- shelter volunteer Deborah Wright -- calls her "Princess Chunky."

Chunk had to be weighed on a dog scale, because the shelter's cat scale only goes to 25 pounds, according to Jennifer Anderch, the shelter's executive director. After a seven-day waiting period to give her owner a chance to claim her, they will run medical tests to see if Princess Chunk has diabetes or other medical conditions.

Shelter staff is hoping that the owner of Princess Chunky comes forward soon. If no one claims her by Saturday, Anderch is confident that she will be adopted quickly.

"We have gotten several adoption applications, from five or six people already, and we are going through them now. We will choose the one that appears to be the best for her," said Anderch.

Princess Chunk will be a guest Thursday morning on the TV show Live with Regis and Kathy Lee Kelly. http://www.philly.com/philly/living/pets/20080729_Here_kitty__kitty__S_J__officials_seek_owner_of_44-pound_cat.html -via Metafilter

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Previously at Neatorama: Top 15 Amazingly Fat Cats.

Today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss grew out of Sandy Wood doing an impression of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. That has nothing to do with the questions, however. They all have to do with people, places, and things with "ello" in the name. Good luck -I scored only 44%. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17027

From Hello Kitty Hell, which has outdone itself with this one. How much does Sanrio have to pay a cycle racer to wear this? Link -via Everlasting Blort

Take a walk in the grass wherever you are in these flip flops that have real grass growing in the soles! They are supposed to last up to four months with proper care. Have you watered your shoes lately? It's a promotion from Krispy Kreme donuts. Link -via the Presurfer

When the carnival comes to town during your local festival, you may be tempted to play a game of chance or skill. Keep in mind that the advantage is to the house; otherwise, they wouldn't be in business. If the price of playing is more than the prize is worth, you'll have better odds. Otherwise, try the tips in this Wired How-to Wiki. Link -via Geek Like Me

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Want a pair of really vintage jeans? These Levis are over 100 years old!

This old pair of LEVI'S were found in a mine in the Rand Mining District, on the Mojave Desert,. California. They are covered in candlewax from the candle's the miner was using to light the tunnel he was working in. They were found with and old paper bag with the name of a mercantile store which operated between 1895 and 1898 in the town or Randsburg. Their was also a gunny sack with the initials A.P.K. and Randsburg marked on it. A.P.K. is through to be Adam P. Kuffel who was a partner in the mercantile store.

With less than a day to go on the eBay auction, the bidding is over $15,000. In case you are wondering, the size is W34 x L33. You can assume they are prewashed, but they aren't all that clean. Link -via YesButNoButYes

The media is full of scare stories, but everything is relative. The New York Times give you the lowdown on ten things that you shouldn't bother worrying abut on your vacation.

Now, I can’t guarantee you that any of these worries is groundless, because I can’t guarantee you that anything is absolutely safe, including the act of reading a newspaper. With enough money, an enterprising researcher could surely identify a chemical in newsprint or keyboards that is dangerously carcinogenic for any rat that reads a trillion science columns every day.

What I can guarantee is that I wouldn’t spend a nanosecond of my vacation worrying about any of these 10 things:

I just got home from my vacation, and I forgot the sunscreen, ate a hot dog, and drove around with the windows down AND the A/C on! Link -Thanks, Duke!

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Update 7/30/08 by Alex: Treehugger has a "rebuttal" of this John Tierney article: Link - Thanks Chris!

The annual Rapa das bestas, or horse-wrestling festival, was held earlier this month in Galicia, Spain.

People gather all the untamed horses in a corral, where men and women of all ages wrestle them to the ground with their bare hands to cut their manes and tales out and brand them. This fiesta goes on for about three days starting the first Saturday of July.

See more pictures at Blame It On The Voices. Link -via J-Walk Blog

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Marc Israel loves his cat Barkley. Find out more about Barkley at mental_floss. Link

The Toy Zone has 20 examples of album covers faithfully recreated with Lego bricks. Link -via Gorilla Mask

Today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss is a classic: can you tell which item is a discontinued flavor of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream and which is a real band on MySpace? When this quiz first appeared, the founder of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream only got 8 out of ten correct! Can you beat that? You'll certainly do better than I did (20%)! http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15865

When does size matter? In warfare, apparently. Dark Roasted Blend takes a look at the biggest cannons through history. Link

For every internet success story, there are many more failures. Most just disappeared quietly, but these 25 had rather public flameouts. Why did they fail? Some offered a product no one needed. Some went up against another startup that did it better. And some were victims of hubris, mismanagement, or bad luck. Business Pundit has the stories behind 25 of them. Link -via Digg