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The Impact of FreeRice.Com - Video Link
Offbeat  (tags: global hunger, World Food Programme, FreeRice.com, Click2Donate, internet, poverty, English, vocabulary, John Breen, charity, philanthropy, viral marketing, United Nations )

Ajith
- 701 days ago - wfp.org
Most of us would be visiting FreeRice.com regulary to improve our vocabulary while contributing food to the hungry, all without any monetary investmnet. See the impact that FreeRice.com is making at the video available at this link.
Ban on 'Mom' and 'Dad' Sparks Call for Exodus
Offbeat  (tags: offbeat, children, unusual )

Amy
- 806 days ago - wnd.com
"The so-called 'public schools' are no longer a safe emotional environment for children. Under the new law, schoolchildren as young as kindergarten will be sexually indoctrinated and introduced to homosexuality, bisexuality, and transsexuality, over the p
Purpose of Appendix Believed Found
Offbeat  (tags: humor, interesting )

Amy
- 814 days ago - cnn.com
Some scientists think they have figured out the real job of the troublesome and seemingly useless appendix: It produces and protects good germs for your gut.
Satellite Searches Could Spot Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster
Offbeat  (tags: weird, unusual, off-beat, funny )

Amy
- 826 days ago - news.yahoo.com
A single 12-foot Bigfoot may or may not be hard to spot, but a family of them would be easier to find. Furthermore, there cannot be only one Bigfoot; there must be a breeding population of them, by some estimates 6,000 to 10,000 in North America alone.
Colorful Firearms Pop Up to Attract Women Hunters
Offbeat  (tags: weird, off-beat, a little scary and sexist )

Amy
- 828 days ago - jsonline.com
"I think that's just wrong," Goessner, of Oconomowoc, half-joked about the five pink guns now on display in the store. But he said pink is OK with him - if not for him - as long as the guns aren't treated like toys.
Google Sued for Crimes Against Humanity
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, funny, humans, interesting, unusual, weird )

Amy
- 828 days ago - techcrunch.com
Pennsylvania resident Dylan Stephen Jayne is suing Google for crimes against humanity and is asking the court for $5 billion in damages. The charge: his social security number, when turned upside down and scrambled spells Google.
God Responds to Lawsuit
Offbeat  (tags: weird, world, humans, god, law )

Rebecca
- 830 days ago - cbsnews.com
A legislator who filed a lawsuit against God has gotten something he might not have expected: a response. One of two court filings from "God" came Wednesday under otherworldly circumstances....
Ever Wanted to Have ...Relations... With An Animal, and Then Have It Cooked for You? Well, Now You Can
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, off-beat, unusual, world, sick, scary, apalling )

Amy
- 833 days ago - mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp
Roppongi's bestiality restaurant is being regarded by its main nouveau riche patronage of young company presidents and venture capitalists as a decadent practice only possible among the wealthy.
Lance Armstrong Foundation Sues Oklahoma Pet Collar Company
Offbeat  (tags: interesting, unusual )

Amy
- 838 days ago - statesman.com
Yellow "Barkstrong" and "Purrstrong" collars infringe on trademark, lawsuit says.
Chocolate Not Addictive, Researcher Says
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, interesting )

Amy
- 840 days ago - foxnews.com
People often say they are addicted to chocolate, but few studies have ever shown any evidence for true addiction to this widely craved sweet.
 
 
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