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The Link Between Wombat Poo And Lava Revealed

Carver and co-authors were inspired by the regular hexagonal rock formations seen at Ireland’s Giant's Causeway and some other volcanic sites. These have been explained by cracking induced by rapid cooling at the surface of the lava, while the stone-to-be remains hot inside.

Wombat intestines are not similarly molten, but the team suspected the drying process performs an equivalent role. After experiments involving corn flour in troughs blasted by heat lamps, the authors found the shape of poo is dictated by its moisture content within the intestine. Animals with less than 70 percent moisture in their feces produce pellets, which Carver defined as “length being not more than twice the width”.

https://apple.news/A_hjqG4s7SPWoxwt18YDBhw

maximus otter
 
A reminder: I post a newsletter weekly at this time and get many of the links for it from this Forum.
I also transmit it to news@forteantimes (but I don't know if they read it anymore. I'm not always listed in the clipping credits.)

https://sharonahill.substack.com/p/weekly-weird-news-for-24-february

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Sharon Hill said:
A reminder: I post a newsletter weekly at this time and get many of the links for it from this Forum.
I also transmit it to news@forteantimes (but I don't know if they read it anymore. I'm not always listed in the clipping credits.)

https://sharonahill.substack.com/p/weekly-weird-news-for-24-february

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You would probably need to submit the stories individually to get them included in the clippings credits. I'm sure FT receive many ezines.
 
Montreal’s No. 1 restaurant on Tripadvisor doesn’t actually exist

/to get there you turn right at the transdimensional gas station.

https://www.today.com/today/amp/rcna69008

"On Feb. 1, CBC published a report that investigated a listing for a restaurant in Montreal, Canada called Le Nouveau Duluth, which turned out not to be real. According to a now-deleted Tripadvisor entry, the nonexistent restaurant, which claimed to serve both “Canadian” and “Deli” cuisines, somehow made it to the No. 1 spot out of 3,678 restaurants in Montreal — most which are probably real, one would hope.

According to the report, the top review for Le Noveau Duluth was titled, “Can’t believe this place really exist,” and most of the 85 reviewers of the fake eatery left only one review on Tripadvisor.

CBC confirmed that Le Nouveau Duluth was not listed in Quebec’s registrar of companies, nor does its brick-and-mortar location exist at its purported spot on the corner of Duluth Avenue and St-Denis Street in Montreal."
 
maximus otter said:

Woman who 'married' a rag doll claims their relationship is 'hanging on a thread' after he 'cheated' by texting another woman​


A woman who married rag doll reveals he has 'cheated' - just as the pair are set to celebrate first wedding anniversary.

Meirivone Rocha Moraes, 37, from Brazil, hit headlines earlier this year after revealing she had met the 'love of her life' - a rag doll named Marcelo.

She has since admitted their relationship is 'hanging on by a thread' after claiming he has 'cheated' on her.

In the latest twist in the very bizarre tale, she's claimed he 'went to a motel with another woman', and even says she 'found texts on his phone'.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11434073/Woman-married-rag-doll-claims-cheated.html

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...and now her son has been kidnapped

Woman who 'married' rag doll claims their son has been 'kidnapped and held hostage'

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/woman-who-married-rag-doll-29310758

The 37-year-old woman from Brazil is now claiming their baby Marcelinho has been kidnapped and is being held hostage by captors who are demanding £161 for his release.

Meirivone, who is also mother to Diego and Carol, was sent a video of the rag doll baby sitting in a corner of an abandoned building earlier in the week.

The concerned mum-of-three said: "It's all too much. I'm terrified. There's part of me worried they will set him on fire.

"I can't sleep, Marcelo is up all night calling out his son's name.

"Diego and Carol are sad because they can't understand where their brother is."
 
kamalktk said:
...and now her son has been kidnapped

Woman who 'married' rag doll claims their son has been 'kidnapped and held hostage'

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/woman-who-married-rag-doll-29310758

The 37-year-old woman from Brazil is now claiming their baby Marcelinho has been kidnapped and is being held hostage by captors who are demanding £161 for his release.

Meirivone, who is also mother to Diego and Carol, was sent a video of the rag doll baby sitting in a corner of an abandoned building earlier in the week.

The concerned mum-of-three said: "It's all too much. I'm terrified. There's part of me worried they will set him on fire.

"I can't sleep, Marcelo is up all night calling out his son's name.

"Diego and Carol are sad because they can't understand where their brother is."
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£161 is a very specific amount.
It's someone she knows.
 
kamalktk said:
...and now her son has been kidnapped

Woman who 'married' rag doll claims their son has been 'kidnapped and held hostage'

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/woman-who-married-rag-doll-29310758

The 37-year-old woman from Brazil is now claiming their baby Marcelinho has been kidnapped and is being held hostage by captors who are demanding £161 for his release.

Meirivone, who is also mother to Diego and Carol, was sent a video of the rag doll baby sitting in a corner of an abandoned building earlier in the week.

The concerned mum-of-three said: "It's all too much. I'm terrified. There's part of me worried they will set him on fire.

"I can't sleep, Marcelo is up all night calling out his son's name.

"Diego and Carol are sad because they can't understand where their brother is."
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This reminds me of a (more humorous) case a few years ago in the States (iirc). A woman's gnome went missing from her garden and months later she received a photo of said gnome on the Great wall of China. Then, later, at the Taj Mahal. This went on for a year or two with the gnome 'visiting' famous places around the world.

Eventually the gnome was brought back to the woman in a Limousine, filmed by a local tv station who had found out that it had been orchestrated by a neighbour/friend of the woman as a practical joke.
 
maximus otter said:

Feeding Mice Coca-Cola And Pepsi Increases Their Testicle Size​


A new study looking at the effects of carbonated beverages on mice has found that feeding them Pepsi and Coca-Cola increased the size of their testicles and boosted their testosterone concentrations.

https://www.iflscience.com/feeding-...creases-their-testicle-size-study-finds-67709

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Is this a cure for male infertility?
Or more likely just a prelim for a series of targeted ads.
 
maximus otter said:

Feeding Mice Coca-Cola And Pepsi Increases Their Testicle Size​


A new study looking at the effects of carbonated beverages on mice has found that feeding them Pepsi and Coca-Cola increased the size of their testicles and boosted their testosterone concentrations.

https://www.iflscience.com/feeding-...creases-their-testicle-size-study-finds-67709

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And all your children are born addicted to corn syrup and caffiene. Kind of like most of us on this site!
 
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