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News Briefs 04-05-2017

From the Royal Society for Putting Things Atop Other Things: Birds atop other birds.

Thanks to John Reppion and viewers like you.

“Starting with things of little value–a bit of spilled oil, a little stolen wine–repeat to yourself: ‘For such a small price, I buy tranquillity.'”
– Epictetus

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    Crows: Don’t show Greg it will freak him out! I wonder if they do this as a form of showing off. Risking their lives with big predators to impress the flock or just play chicken, so to speak. I know they will sit on wolves in the same way.

    Cheetah: May have been a genetic mutation left over from the Ice​ Age.

    UFO: With all the space debris swirling around up there it’s not surprising. Frankly we should rain filth.

  2. “We also found that
    “We also found that meditation practice appears to help anxious people to shift their attention from their own internal worries to the present-moment external world, which enables better focus on a task at hand.”

    Next step – permanently disable mainstream TeeVee News channels coming into your home.

  3. “…there was a period of
    “…there was a period of experimentation in pyramid building techniques during the reign of King Sneferu, and mid-construction collapses informed many of the choices that were made. At Meidum, about 50km from Dahshur, Sneferu tried to cut corners by adding sides to a previously existing step pyramid. It was a rush job, and at some point, disaster struck. The addition collapsed, leaving the original step pyramid surrounded by a ring of rubble.”

    “Sneferu” bears an uncanny resemblance to the word “snafu.”

  4. Snofru Cone
    Well, of course Snofru didn’t actually build any of the four pyramids attributed to (claimed by) him. There is so much focus on the Great Pyramids, but I wonder if the key to unlocking their true ages could not be found in a fresh analysis of some of the less famous ones, e.g., Bent Pyramid.

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