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For some, walking on two legs consumes less energy than walking on all fours, according to a paper from UC Davis. The findings may help explain why human ancestors evolved into bipeds 10 million years ago.
The study--which compared data from humans and specially trained chimps on treadmills--found that humans used about 75 percent less energy and burned 75 percent fewer calories than walking on all fours or two legs for chimpanzees, according to the report.
Interestingly...
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Is this real? Can dogs have six-packs ????

I'll summarize the article for you, if you're too lazy to click on the associated url to read more about it.
But according to scientific american, there are three theories why human lost their body hair:
1. Our bodies shed our hair because our ancestors spent much of their time in shallow waters looking for food. Since hair isn't very efficient in water, we shed them over the years.
2. Another theory suggested that we shed the hair so we wouldn't overheat time spent in the sun and desert.
3. The last theory is that we got rid of...
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Real life "Snakes on a Plane"
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Man with 700 snakes arrested at airport
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Customs officers at Cairo's airport have detained a man bound for Saudi Arabia who was trying to smuggle 700 live snakes on a plane, airport authorities said.
The officers were stunned when a passenger, identified as Yahia Rahim Tulba, told them his carryon bag contained live snakes after he was asked to open it.
Tulba opened his bag to show the snakes to the police and asked the officers, who held a safe distance, not to come close....
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Please ignore if you haven't watched the two-part season finale of Lost Season 3.
If you live in the USA, you can watch the two episodes on
http://dynamic.abc.go.c...ng/landing
Otherwise... there's always that obscure thing called bitorrent
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In case you ever wanted to use a new word, try "instupituous". Apparently there's an entry in the Urban dictionary... Personally I love "Fantabulous".
Listen to the song:
http://piratesvsninjas....4be2b.html
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this neologism stems from the seminal hip-hop release deltron 3030 by the group of the same name (dan the automator, del tha funkee homosapien, kid koala), specifically track 3, "the fantabulous rap extravaganza."
usage: instupituous refers to something that is beyond dope,...
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