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http://www.universetoday.com/97774/curiosity-finds-something-on-martian-surface/ Curiosity Finds…SOMETHING…on Martian Surface While scooping its first samples of Martian soil, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured the image above, which shows what seems to be a small, seemingly metallic sliver or chip of…...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19879379 Florida man dies after roach-eating competition The winner of a cockroach-eating competition died shortly after eating dozens of the live insects and worms in Florida, authorities have said. Edward Archbold, 32, became ill and collapsed at a pet sho...

Rum wrote:Yeah but you didn't did you.

I always lay down two coats when there's painting to be done. Just got to add a bit of white to the overcoat and leave some space round the edges. It's all in the brush strokes. I am a expert with this. Nothing could go wrong.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-19870649 Giant 'hamster wheel' Irish Sea challenge is halted A Wiltshire engineer has had to halt his attempt to walk non-stop across the Irish Sea in a giant hamster wheel. Chris Todd, from Bromham, set off from Trearddur Bay near Holyhead at around 13...

Rum wrote:I rather like Rothko's paintings. Close up they have real impact.

Sadly the obscene market value of his and so many other interesting artists distorts any sense of the intrinsic worth of the paintings in an aesthetic sense.

I can do one in a tick, for a nominal sum of four and half grand.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19866004 Mark Rothko painting at Tate Modern 'defaced' A painting by artist Mark Rothko at the Tate Modern has been defaced by a small amount of black paint, a spokeswoman for the gallery has confirmed. The London gallery said one of the artist's Seagram m...

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I'd go for waterboarding in this instance. Seems he'd cough up information if they did a bit of waterboarding.

Should apply truth serum to encourage him to talk. Obviously most will be garbage but when intoxicated the truth is more likely to slip out.

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Blind groper wrote:Perhaps.

I bet the local police are proceeding on the assumption that it is a human on human murder.

They are examining the evidence left on the ground and following a trail I would guess?

Blind groper wrote:Hmmmm

I may be a suspicious old bastard, but my first thought would be that this would be a good way to murder someone. Kill him by stabbing or whatever, and throw the corpse to the pigs. The end result would be as Atheist-Lite described.

One of the pigs had a grudge.