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If you don't hear trash cans clanging in the morning, thank Chuck Harrison...industrial designer at Sears...and the inventor of the plastic trash can...
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Recreating Mammoth herds...LINK
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vote for the weirdest science story of the year: the stories include:

When pandas attack: Ah, pandas ... so cute, so cuddly, so peaceful ... Hey, he bit my leg!

Dogs know when you're being unfair: Canines, like kids, get huffy when they're slighted.

Scientists turn into virtual body snatchers: Out-of-body experiences created in the lab.

Male lizards do push-ups to impress the babes: Exhausting ritual serves as visual display.

Real-life Furbys rediscovered: Rare pygmy tarsiers are spotted in Indonesia for the first time in more than 70 years. (I realize there are other, more common species of tarsiers that are native to the Philippines and other regions of the world, and are just as weird-looking.)

Ancient joke book parrots Monty Python: A 1,600-year-old Greek document contains a version of the British comedy group's famous "dead parrot" sketch.

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monty python dead parrot sketch
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Have you heard the stor about the Brooklyn parrots...causing outages by building nests in electrical equipment...

more at their website...