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You’ve seen the documentary clip of the amazing lyrebird before, but Waverly Films made the footage with Sir David Attenborough even better!
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A look at what makes a woman decide to have plastic surgery, and the many choices she has. It’s all about the baby face.
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Salicornia is a plant that can be eaten, ground into grain, or squeezed for oil, and it grows in salt water. Ocean agriculture may be the wave of the future.
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How to watch the Olympics online. A list of sites that are offering various video channels.
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A monkey takes a shower in the kitchen sink. And he does most of his own scrubbing.
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Six degrees of separation? It’s not really a new idea.
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The Weirdest Olympic Events Throughout History. How proud you would be to win the All-Around Dumbbell medal!
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The Outer Banks of North Carolina. A vacation getaway that’s also a history lesson.
OBX is one of my favorite vacations spots.
I grew up in Virginia Beach, and one of my fondest memories is driving to Hatteras, sitting on the beach watching the surfer boys, drinking a few adult beverages and then sleeping in the back of the trucks or right out on the sand at night. I don’t think you can get away with that now, but it was glorious!
posted by Karen on 8-7-2008 at 8:56 am