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1. Game of Thrones Monopoly board.

2. Photo of a lightning strike above a power plant. Via.

3. "Long before Russia’s femme fatale Anna Chapman fueled countless blog posts and male fantasies, Israel had a female spy whose success in her profession’s dark arts made her one of history’s most notorious honey-traps."

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1. How to sue telemarketers. (Apparently, they have to give you a written copy of their do not call policy if you ask.)

2. Reddit agrees - - the move women love is the Vulcan neck kiss.

3. "DARPA seeks help for interstellar starship."

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1. Hilarious photo of kids learning about the wonders of the human reproduction.

2. A Baltimore Sun photographer accepted a buyout, started a blog, and then more or less destroyed the industry for professional photographers:

By teaching a horde of novices the skills necessary to shoot photographs of a quality that was until very recently only within the grasp of an elite few, Hobby has played a significant role in the transformation of the profession. In the last few years, the market rate for many types of professional photographs has dropped by as much as 99 percent.

3. "A special mask that produces sights and smells fooled study participants into thinking they were eating a cookie they weren't."

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1. "Turn a Webcam into a Security Camera with Email Notifications."

2. Pro Football Talk says that Tiki Barber's agent is claiming that he knew almost immediately that Tiki's broadcasting career was going to fail, and tried to convince him to promptly rejoin the NFL.

3. Interesting comic book legend this week - - "DC forced Siegel and Shuster to 'prettify' Lois Lane in the early 1940s." Part of the memo instructed the artist, "She looks pregnant. Murray [presumably Murray Boltinoff, longtime DC staffer - BC] suggests that you arrange for her to have an abortion or the baby and get it over with so that her figure can return to something a little more like the tasty dish she is supposed to be."

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1. Jim Shooter explains what makes Rocky such a good movie.

2. The NY Observer:

On March 6, dozens of zebra finches were found dead outside the National Arts Club, at 15 Gramercy Park South. They belonged to the club president, O. Aldon James. The ASPCA is investigating the situation, though it's been suggested that Mr. James was likely responsible for their demise.

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Bizarre stories about the club seem lately to emerge on a monthly basis.

3. Nicki Minaj invited Stave Nash on stage at her concert and gave him a lap dance.

Julia Sweeney recounts telling her daughter about sex

Finally got around to watching this, absolutely hilarious - - Julia Sweeney recounts telling her eight-year-old daughter about sex.

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