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Lunchtime Links

Feb. 2, 2012

Lunchtime Links

Lunchtime Links:

  • NSS Institute study finds two-thirds of all tweets are pointless.

[photo: p.a.n.]

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OMG! Adorbz of the Day

Feb. 2, 2012

OMG! Adorbz of the Day: Jamie’s dad hopes his son will grow up to be the next Hugo Hoyama, but I’m sure he’ll settle for the next Andrzej Grubba.

[arbroath.]

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World-Record-Setting Waterskiers of the Day

Feb. 2, 2012

World-Record-Setting Waterskiers of the Day

World-Record-Setting Waterskiers of the Day: A new world record was set off the coast of Strahan, Tasmania, where 145 waterskiers were pulled by the same boat across Macquarie Harbour, successfully maintaining an upright position for a full nautical mile.

The previous record, set by the same group, was 114. The youngest participant? 12-year-old Alexandria Seaton.

Watch the world record attempt below:

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PSA of the Day

Feb. 2, 2012

PSA of the Day: Contact your District Leader today and tell them to Save Community. Why? Because Donald Glover wants you to. And if that’s not a good enough reason, well, then no reason could ever be good enough.

[warmingglow.]

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BAMF of the Day

Feb. 2, 2012

BAMF of the Day: A Mexican flight instructor and his student co-pilot successfully land a Cessna 172B after its propeller detaches. (Starts @ 1:10.) 

“I’ve never felt death so near,” one of the female passengers says after touchdown, but you really don’t need to speak any language whatsoever to understand the exhilaration of being alive.

[gizmodo.]

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So This Happened of the Day

Feb. 2, 2012

So This Happened of the Day: Ellen challenges First Lady Michelle Obama to a push-up off.

[ellen.]

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Onion News Network Special Report of the Day

Feb. 2, 2012

Onion News Network Special Report of the Day: Brain-Dead Teen, Only Capable Of Rolling Eyes And Texting, To Be Euthanized.

[onion.]

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Early Groundhog Special

Feb. 2, 2012

Early Groundhog Special: Feel like you’re trapped in a loop of endless Groundhog Days but you still don’t get it? Allow C.G.P. Grey to explicate.

Oh, and by the way, Punxsutawney Phil has spoken, and it’s six more week of winter. Just as it was yesterday, and the day before that, and the day before that.

[cgpgrey / usatoday.]

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Lights Out

Feb. 1, 2012

Lights Out: Fungus amongus. (Aspergillus fumigatus, Botrytis, MucorTrichoderma, and Cladosporium, to be exact.)

[b3ta.]

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This x That

Feb. 1, 2012

This x That

This x That:

Know This:

  • Chrysler sees first annual net profit since 1997.
  • Daughter of illegal immigrants, who lost entire family in Florida pileup, won’t be deported.
  • RIP: Jimmy Storie, last surviving member of the original SAS, dead at 92; influential artist Mike Kelley, at 58; surrealist painter Dorothea Tanning, at 101; Nobel Prize-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska, at 88.

Read This:

  • Gasland director Josh Fox escorted out of Congressional hearing on fracking in handcuffs.
  • Retired Philadelphia archbishop Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua dies days after being ruled competent to speak at child sex abuse trial.

The Other:

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