It's even worse than that. The study involved only 32 participants, and only 112 statements. With those kind of numbers, a 5% different has a significance, even purely academically, of Sweet Fanny Adams. This isn't a hoax, this isn't a curious new finding, this is just junk science. Nobody who knows jack about statistics can take this seriously.
But rest assured, someone, somewhere, is getting a grant out of this, and a nice set of citations in "the scientific press". Bunkum, pure bunkum, and one more prime example of what's wrong with the current citomania.

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@Felicia Probert "I want to know why some people would go though so much trouble to make something that is not real to make people believe it is real. I find it apauling [sic] and against the lord."

You mean like Christianity or the Judeo-Islamo-Christian dogma and mythology?

This is the Internets, and is second only to mankind itself in spreading misinformation. The false information we find shouldn't pose a threat to anyone because we are all raised to be critical thinkers and only believe based on solid, verifiable and repeatable evidence, right?

Yeah, right. This is why we need to teach the next generation that faith is NOT a virtue. We need to learn to question EVERYTHING with a healthy amount of doubt and skepticism, including our core values.

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It's old, but not that old, 15 years at the most -- the cars with the black panels beside the license plates are 1998 or newer models. Since they still have a few of the older model, I'd be surprised if the photo was taken after 2001, because any later than that all the old cars would have been replaced. Might help narrow down which Donutland location it is at least, if you can find the dates they closed.

Or maybe it was closed, and the cops were attending an event across the street and parked in the lot of the vacant building.

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When I was a teenager, we sometimes did this to our family, to prank them. We only ever did it to one or two at a time, though, because you have to get the shell open in two clean parts, otherwise the tampering is obvious. As the article says, it's a hassle - good enough for a prank but I wouldn't want to try it on a large scale.

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Having lived here in Des Moines since 2000, I can honestly say I've not seen anyone walking around with this substance on their face. Nor do we have a high rate of drunkenness that could explain the term. Love the fact that at least one spokesman for the Peoria tribe had the quick wit to pull a fast one on the Jesuit explorer.

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Sometimes it´s kinda fun to be a bit dyslectic when you are tired and read something like this:

"Time passes very slowly when you're in a hippo's mouth."

*facepalm*

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I have neck issues, I can become congested for no reason but then self manipulating my neck in an osteopathic way often immediately clears it up so I can see the possibility of this working, it is not only colds and flu that cause stuffiness.

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these dogs are real but the description is false xD

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but graffiti is illegal.


sheesh.

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religious folks are whack.

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The fluffiness of the ferret can be explained by its variety. Angora ferrets have been selectively bred for long, fluffy hair. I'm 95% sure that is one in the photo, so the steroid thing is pretty much bunk.

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7 days. Hell

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Petradakia, it's not about "getting out of the city" or "opening the senses." (Why are you assuming these people live in the city?)

Nature makes beautiful things, but sometimes things look "too perfect" because they are fake. Photoshop has the ability to make things look "too perfect," and the more one is exposed to photoshop, the more one becomes aware of things that are photoshopped.

Please don't assume things about people until you know what they are saying.

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I am not sure if the Green Parakeet or Monk Parakeet is still active in the Chicago area. I witnessed first hand seeing a green parakeet sitting on a passenger walkway to a airplane at Ohare in the middle of the winter. There was snow on the ground and I look out and see the green parakeet perched there. I found out about the ones in Hyde park and realized I was not see things. The observation was in the 1980s.

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I think i can beat that i stayed up 10 days no problem.

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Plus.....he refers to himself in the third person. Always a red flag! LOL

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James Randi had a great thing to say about Sylvia... he proclaimed on national TV back in the day that he'd like her to take the million dollar challenge. She said, on TV, that she'd do it. Then Randi received no reply. After a while, she publicly said that it was because she didn't know how to contact him... to put it in his words, "a psychic does not know how to contact me?".

She never did take the challenge, her last excuse being that Randi wasn't a man of god (which I guess makes Ancient Greece's oracles frauds?). Nevermind the fact that she can do anything with the money, including giving it away to a charity of her choice.

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The Mythbusters "busted" conclusion is wrong. If it was wet, Franklin's kite string would have conducted small amounts of electricity and functioned like a long-wire radio antenna. Currents would have been induced in the kite string by Hertzian waves generated by lightning in the storm. The kite string didn't "collect" static electricity from the air. Instead, Franklin's experiment functioned like a very crude radio wave detector. The radio waves detected were the same as the noise heard in AM radio broadcast channels during electrical storms. Franklin claimed to have actually run the experiment and I see no reason to dispute his claim. Franklin got electricity out of the air but not by the mechanism everybody assumes.

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Is the originating article still in press after 9 years? If so, why?

Amber, your interest is noteworthy ... however ... who says that left-to-right is the manner to read this, or that that was the way it was written?

During this time there were many middle eastern scholars who wrote right-to-left. One cannot discount the possibility that this author too did the same.

It may be that meaning can be artificially ascribed to the symbology -where no meaning was originally intended. Could meaning come from chaos? I would conjecture that this question was at the forefront of many the philosophical discussion of the time.

Perhaps the author sought to materialize the question?

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There's a difference between making a mistake, and straight up lying through your teeth. I can't stand when people try to capitalize on other people's suffering. There was this Christian talk show earlier, saying that the Gina's mother forgave her daughter's abductor because of her Christianity. FFS, can't we just respect the freaking victims without exploiting them?

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Does anybody know the name of the background music and maybe the artist,also where it can be purchased
Thanks
Wally

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Only got off with a warning? Nowadays he'd be fined a few hundred thousand dollars, and sent to 3 months in prison.

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Fast forward 2012, the website ended up losing the suit and had to pay a few millions in reparations. That left every participant with approximately 5$ - they'd have made more money going to work that day.

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OMG THIS DISCUSSION IS AMAZING. I took a glance at it, and it does seem like a foreign language, or like a coded work of some sort. Because of the stylized writing, letters or even whole words might become misinterpreted or misrepresented, things like the 'thorn' (English letter that came before TH but makes the same sound). It might be misinterpreted as Y (similar looking in writing but different sound). That happened when the German printing press tried printing the English language, but because the Germans didn't have anything shaped like that letter, they used the closest letter they had, and the English decided they could read it well enough, and when languages collided, people stopped reading Y as TH and therefore the Thorn letter was forgotten entirely. That's how we got 'ye', where that word never existed... it was supposed to be read as 'the', but people didn't know that.

What if all old scripts are like that? hand-writing is a fine and interesting art... just like V and U... two different sounds, but V didn't exactly exist the same way in Greek or Roman times that it exists in today's world. Back then it was a number and not a letter. We turned it into a letter, and gave it a different sound, because Greek U was in fact the shape of V. That's where V as a separate letter probably comes from.

You just blew my mind with this thread, sirs.

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Consider this...

Have any of you taken a photo of your car's license plate when the light conditions are such that the flash goes off... Go and have a look at your photos where there is a car in the background, or go and take a photo and have a look at it... Now-when you take ordinary photos of an ordinary (non-photblocked) car where the flash was triggered, you will notice that WITHOUT photoblocker, the naturally reflective surface of the plate is such that all you get is an overexposed licence plate - a white glare so bright that you can’t read the plate...

Now, consider this - if a NORMAL camera, taking a photo of a NORMAL plate, is enough to make the plate unreadable, it stands to reason that the authorities have long ago developed a camera/flash that does NOT glare like a normal camera would, in order for them to recognise your licence plate... and if they have done this FROM THE ONSET, what makes you think that you can outsmart their camera's by spraying a glossy/reflective finish over an already reflective surface, a catachrestic of a NORMAL, NON-PHOTOBLOCKED licence plate that was overcome years ago....????

I’m Sorry, but until their websites can explain SCIENTIFFICALLY how their product "reacts differently" to a flash, I will not buy it. Merely showing me a before and after photo of an effect my normal camera en licence plate does ANYWAY, is not going to convince me..

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Yes indeed, implanting false memories into people is very easy - people who had never been to Disney World were shown a Disney World ad and that pretty much was enough to convince them they had indeed been at Disney World once in their lives.

Most of us create false memories for ourselves at some point or another. It's not limited to politicians, but I'm also sure some know that they are telling a lie, they just want the publicity - Sarkozy released photoshopped pictures showing him tearing down the Berlin Wall... it took about five minutes of research to discover the real pictures sans Sarkozy.
He was not reelected for a second term.

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An age of 128 is theoretically possible it is not particularly plausible. The most long-lived person with proper documentation was the Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment. She lived between 1875 and 1997. As such she reached an age of 122 years. A Japanese named Shigechiyo Izumi is said to have died the same year as he would have turned 121. If so he would have lived between 1865 and 1986. All other cases of persons claimed to be 120 or more have turned out to be unverifiable or been falsified.

Interestingly, most cases of old people exaggerating their age are found in countries where the chance of living to old age is relatively small. This make claims of being 120 years or more even less plausible. Also, these countries don't keep any good track of their populations. Often their authorities can't tell how many people there are in the country. This is most likely the case in Kenya. Not long ago I read about a controversy about how many people really lives in a certain shanty town. I don't remember which one it was but I remember it was in Kenya. Keeping good track of the population likely prevents most cases of age exaggeration. I have never heard of any Italians or Icelanders claiming to be 120 years or more. Yet Italy and Iceland are countries where the chance of growing really old is relatively high. However, these countries keep so good tack of their populations such hoaxes have little chance of success. Sweden keeps particularly good track of its population an has done so for a long time. You will simply would not find someone with a Swedish ID card saying he or she was born in 1893 or earlier. Unless the ID is a forgery, that is.

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I've worked with Lou in the narcotic day when we were cops. Good stand up guy. Great cop.

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Mariam Amash may well have exaggerated her age by a decade or two.

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Facts:
1)The heat is NOT in the seeds. It is in the "ribs" of the pepper.
2)The tip of a pepper is the weakest part. The heat increases the closer you get to the stem.
3)I just ate a piece of a Ghost Pepper on Saturday. Then I followed it up with a Trinidad Douglah and finished with a Trinidad Moruga Scorpion.
4)The amount of heat can vary from pepper to pepper. A Bhut Jolokia could have 700,000 SHU or it could have 1.5 million SHU.

I'm not "tough" and I didn't blister up and die. So this is Definitely doable by someone with balls.

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Nessie Loch Ness Monster and the Black Man without a face date 1949-Great and Famous artist Maurits Cornelis ESCHER 1898-1972 NL Maurits Cornelis ESCHER 1898-1972 NL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB_31-15PBY
ATTENZIONE : il comunicato stampa e' stato tradotto in inglese mediante il traduttore google translate pertanto potrebbero esserci degli errori.
http://infosannio.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/volturara-irpina-av-nota-dellassociazione-nessie/
ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE NESSIE
83050 Volturara Irpina ( AV ) via A. Di Meo n.122 - ITALY
e.mail : .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
AVELLINO - MONSTER OF LOCH NESS - Indictment THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE COMPANY 'DUTCH MC ESCHER BV -
This was announced basis at the National Association of Nessie Mass - Media That the National and International for the Preliminary JUDGE Dr. Giovan Francesco Fiore read the request for indictment filed by the Public Prosecutor S. Dr. Cecilia Annecchini public prosecutor in criminal proceedings on 11.12.2012 N. 5843/12 R.G. GIP, sets the preliminary hearing in closed session for the day 06/04/2013 10:00 in Avellino, Palace of Justice - GUP-First floor classroom. - ACCUSED in relation to the offense p. and p. from 'art. 595 paragraph 3 C. P. VELDHUYSEN Mark, CEO of MC ESCHER B.V. Dutch, for half a
Internet offended reputation RAFFAELE DE FEO, as the current owner of a charcoal drawing of the famous Dutch painter Maurits Cornelis Escher depicting the Loch Ness Monster, defining this work to fake Because It made ​​them signed by Escher. In Addition, in His capacity as CEO of the firm MC Escher BV , Expressing Judgments about the authenticity of the work in terms of where incorrect Stated That was a matter of a scam.
As President of the National Association Nessie we are excited about this sensational news That will surely project the irpinia the national and international limelight. To our knowledge, the famous Dutch graphic artist MC ESCHER engraver (1898 - 1972) dated 1949 depicted in the work UNEDITED
Nessie the Loch Ness monster That Emerges from the water drawn from the notes of a flute played by black men without a face.
regards
THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT
Michelangelo Marra
Enclosed: Original Photo of the work - Committal for trial.
http://eschernessie1.blog.tiscali.it/
http://marramichelangelo19.blog.tiscali.it/2011/03/24/8/?doing_wp_cron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqgYhS0rqRw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYhTzywOYWI
http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.it/2010/03/nessie-in-italian-attic-mystery.html

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Yes ther is a midgetville in oakdale ny I luve 5 bkocks away its located in idle hour in oakdale ny right off montalk hwy make a rt before 7/11 off main street stay left at the fork and its down a few blocks on ur right walled ib but u can drive thru..pretty cool no midgets tho lol.

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I don't think Michael Jackson had a prosthetic nose when he died. A prosthetic nose would probably look more normal and not like the obviously surgically altered one he had at the end of his life.

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I think ”soy meat” usually don't contain any meat at all. The tried version I use to bye is probably just what is left over after making soy oil. Swedish supermarkets commonly offer soy based imitations of meat products. These may contain egg but if it contained any real meat vegetarians would make a public outcry. Here in Sweden vegetarians constitute about 5% of the population. However, they are as much heard of in the mass media as if they where 20%.

In the particular case of Nautabökunni we have a soy protein pie said to be seasoned with “beef stock”. Commercially available instant stock (bouillon cube/cooking base) tend to not contain much meat at all. The “meat stock” used in ready-made meals could well be similar. Additionally, ready-made meals tend to be heavily processed. If so the end result might be too little intact DNA left to be found by the testing method in question. At least this is a plausible explanation for the very unexpected find.

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By what justification are these lying fraudsters not in prison?

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I am highly sceptical about look-alike stories just because there are too many of them. In this case I can tell that the man calling himself “John Travolta” today is NOT Roy Black. This because the distances between the features of their faces don't match. I call this trait the shape of face and I am convinced it is genetically determined. It stops to change at approximately the age of 27. Even before this happen the chages are so regular the end result can be predicted at the age of five. Since this trait matches between the old and the new photo they could well depict the same person. I consider them to be so until anything else has been credibly shown.

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Is there any estimates of how old Samuel Shepherd was a certain year? If so it would be possible to calculate his approximate birth year.

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I have heard about fake tofu made from turpentine. Anyone who can verify? I am not sure if it is even possible. But if it is the result is probably inedible.

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People thinking ferrets are rodents may have overgeneralised from other small mammals kept as pets. Otherwise they can't be familiar with any typical members of the weasel or mongoose families. Ferrets are so obviously similar the these people would naturally place them in the same mental category. Actually, the the similarities between these two families are due to convergent evolution. Weasels are evolutionary closer to dogs while mongooses are closer to cats. This might be most clearly visible in their claws which are retractable in mongooses.

The person writing “general steroids” may have thought about anabolic steroids. These may be confused with growth hormone. (I think I made this mistake myself as a teenager.) If a ferret is given anabolic steroids it will develop significantly larger muscles. If given growth hormone as a pup it will become significantly larger and possibly develop longer legs. But even with both its body proportions will be unlike any poodle pup. Furthermore, ferrets behave nothing like dogs. Moreover, giving anabolic steroids would probably make it more aggressive. This would in turn make it more likely to react violently to being treated as a dog. So I find it highly unlikely for such a forgery to ever have succeeded.

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James Randi has been after her for years to take his million dollar prize challenge.

Don't you just love how psychics justify their predictions? If Berry had never been found, her prediction would have been "true" and no excuses would have been necessary. After this debacle, although there will always be believers, you know she has only one avenue open to her - Hope that no one calls her out on any other wrong predictions and deny any wrong predictions as "miscommunication with the spirits".

What was the name of that psychic whose company went bankrupt some years ago? If she was any good she should have seen that one coming.

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he used google map :3

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Obviously, "Donnie and Marie Join the Klan" was the orignal title, but it was later bowdlerized to "The Top Secret Project."

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I THUOGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD PHOBIA FOR WET WOOD! I CANT TOUCH SEE HEAR OR EVEN THINK OF WET WOOD I GET THE GOOSEBUMPS WHEN I GET NEAR IT! CAN SOME ONE GET ME THE SCIENTIFIC NAM FOR THS?
THANX

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Oh, she understands the difference perfectly well. The old bag just doesn't give a shit.

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Gasp! A psychic is somehow inaccurate about their conversation with the spirit world? I am shocked! Shocked, I tell you!

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Well, that escalated quickly...

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Why am I not surprised? A colleague had told me about the psychic prediction - didn't realise it was our old "friend" Sylvia.

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If glitter is pieces of plastic, then these will not dissolve in water. So, when these are inhaled into the lungs, how will these pieces be ever removed?
Coughing helps remove a lot of nasty stuff in the windpipe, but if these pieces are deep down in the lung area, won't they stay there forever and reduce lung capacity?

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This argument completely excludes the fact that this is 100% possible due to the fact that Kings and rulers in those times had many, many concubines (some were known for having over a thousand) mainly for the purpose to have has many "Royal" offspring as possible. Ismail had over 500 concubines making 888 children very much a possibility.

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I have a crazy intense feeling of anxiety about teeth on fabric that physically affects me with my throat tightening up,teeth grinding, knots in my stomach and ringing ears. It happens when i even think about teeth on fabric, mostly cotton. Its awful!

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