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What Is Gentle Thanksgiving?
Offbeat  (tags: food, goodnews, turkeys, thanksgiving, custom, kindness )

Tierney G
- 1 day ago - gentlethanksgiving.org
Gentle Thanksgiving is an effort to encourage friends, family and neighbors to adopt compassionate alternatives to unnecessarily cruel turkey dinners. We accomplish this by demonstrating the great taste and superior nutrition of gourmet vegan recipes and
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Baas Galgo Delivers Aid for the Galgos Near Madrid
Offbeat  (tags: animals, galgos, aid, food, dogs, protection, environment )

Cher
- 12 days ago - galgonews.com
last Saturday 24 October, a large truck was loaded with aid for shelters. This transport is a collaboration between 6 organizations from three different countries,=the result is a truck filled with 20 m3 of materials and food.
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Most Beautiful Mushrooms
Offbeat  (tags: environment, nature, food, off-beat, interesting, pictures, photos )

Nena
- 16 days ago - fizzyenergy.com
A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source.
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Plane Grounded By Beer Thief
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Suzybell
- 21 days ago - metro.co.uk
An aeroplane had to be diverted and a passenger was arrested after he stole some beer and then tried to flush the evidence down the in-flight toilet. The flight, an Air Canada Jazz flight from Vancouver to Fort McMurray, had to be had to be diverted to t
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The Bill C-6 Battle Wages On: An Update on the Political Campaign to Protect Natural Health Products | Toronto Canada Alternativ
Offbeat  (tags: ethics, food, government, bill C-6, unprecedented power, Conservative Government, rights and freedoms )

Karen
- 22 days ago - vitalitymagazine.com
On April 30, 2009, all four parties supported Bill C-6 without protest. True, MP Paul Szabo (Liberal, Mississauga North) and MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis (NDP, Winnipeg North) wanted assurances that C-6, to amend the Hazardous Products Act, would not affect reg
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Where They Grow Our Junk Food
Offbeat  (tags: odd, off-beat, food, health, junk food, Farming )

Tierney G
- 23 days ago - organicconsumers.org
Follow the flow of food. That's what any farmer will tell you. Because apples don't grow in supermarkets. So to get to the root of the exploding obesity epidemic, I went in search of a junk food farm.
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Curry in Spaaaaaaace
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, odd, off-beat, ethics, food, funny, culture, bizarre, humans, interesting, safety )

Suzybell
- 38 days ago - metro.co.uk
At last, science has found a solution to one of mankind's most pressing problems - our inability to get a decent curry in space. The House Foods Corporation of Japan has finally cracked the dilemma of how to manufacture space-curries - and they now want
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Man Jailed for 18 Months Over Armed Hotdog Robbery
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, off-beat, odd, ethics, food, funny, crime, culture, bizarre, performance, police, safety, society, humor, interesting, environment, humans )

Suzybell
- 38 days ago - metro.co.uk
A man who stole a hot dog from another man sitting under a tree in a park has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.Police say Antonio Judd grabbed the hot dog in August after flashing what appeared to be a gun in Elm Park in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Super Scooby Is UK's 'Biggest Burger'
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Suzybell
- 40 days ago - metro.co.uk
It's made up of four beefburgers, eight rashers of bacon, eight slices of cheese, 12 onion rings and three types of relish. Containing an artery-busting 2,645 calories, the 'Super Scooby' has been dubbed Britain's largest and most fattening burger. Its cr
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Core Blimey - It's the Red and Green Apple
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, off-beat, odd, news, food, ethics, humans, interesting, culture, bizarre, custom, world )

Suzybell
- 42 days ago - metro.co.uk
A Golden Delicious apple split perfectly down the middle into red and green is the talk of the town in Colaton Raleigh, Devon. People have been queuing up to take pictures of the rarity grown by Ken Morrish. 'It's absolutely phenomenal,' said the 72-year
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How Moonshine Works
Offbeat  (tags: world, off-beat, humans, interesting, moonshine, food, culture )

Daphna
- 42 days ago - recipes.howstuffworks.com
Rotgut, white lightning, bathtub gin, popskull, panther's breath, corn liquor or just plain old shine... It has many names, but a couple of things are always true about moonshine alcohol: It's made in secret, and it's illegal.
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Cooking With Dog: How-To Make Japanese Food
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, video, off-beat, humor, funny, culture, animals, interesting, food )

Daphna
- 43 days ago - blog.craftzine.com
While on You Tube, I came across my new favorite channel, Cooking with Dog, a Japanese cooking show complete with a poodle host/sidekick. Makes me love Japan even more now. It also reminds me of one of my favorite Nintendo games, Cooking Mama. Watch this
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Even Stupider Than Usual...
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, odd, off-beat, interesting, funny, bizarre, humans, pictures, performance, culture, food, safety, society, ethics, humor )

Suzybell
- 44 days ago - blogs.reuters.com
Blog Guy, I saw a photo of a woman painted like a watermelon, and it said she was a "fine arts student." Where is being painted like a melon a part of the arts curriculum?'d guess Carnegie Melon University, in Pittsburgh. It makes sense, because Bill Gat
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Scaredy Cat: Timid Tiger Stuck on Tower
Offbeat  (tags: bengal tiger, bristol zoo, scaled tower, food, came down )

Simone
- 44 days ago - ecoworldly.com
A ferocious two-year-old Bengal tiger, Tanvir, spent over 24 hours on a 15-foot activity tower at the Noah's Ark Zoo Farm in Bristol.
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Let's Get Small
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, pictures, humor, funny, culture, interesting, food, society )

Daphna
- 45 days ago - treehugger.com
There is a lot to be said for being small. I am comfortable in economy airline seats; I often get clothing really cheap (and still wear hand-me-downs from my nephew Dan), I need fewer calories to survive and get happy on less beer. Over at Slate, William
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