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Great For Cooking, Not Great for Driving: In-Car Microwave

Great For Cooking, Not Great for Driving: In-Car Microwave

Drivers can now enjoy hot meals without needing to stop the car with an in-car microwave. The 12V appliance plugs into a car's cigarette lighter and can reheat food or cook a full family meal. Relying on 12V ... continue
No wonder edjamucation is such a joke

No wonder edjamucation is such a joke

Part of my youth was spent growing up during a time when the education system was suffering the first of its modern upheavals. I was even given the opportunity to go to one of those free schools ... continue
English Scientests Claim Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Will Cause New Ice Age

English Scientests Claim Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Will Cause New Ice Age

Researchers in England have found that 630 million years ago the earth has an atmosphere full of carbon dioxide but was completely covered with ice. The study looked at limestone rocks and found evidence that large amounts ... continue
Meet Lemon, The Disabled Duck

Meet Lemon, The Disabled Duck

Meet Lemon, a disabled duck who's the subject of a new book. Lemon has been physically disabled since birth due to a neurological disorder, and can't walk. Lemon needs to be hand fed, have her nappies changed, and ... continue
English ‘green Banksy’ shuts down turbine, leaves station owners gobsmacked.

English ‘green Banksy’ shuts down turbine, leaves station owners gobsmacked.

In a story just appearing now on the Guardian news site it appears that back on November 28th a lone individual breached one of the most secure electrical stations in England and shutdown one ... continue
Juror thrown off trial after setting up Facebook poll to help with decision

Juror thrown off trial after setting up Facebook poll to help with decision

A female juror in the UK has been thrown off a trial after it was discovered she turned to Facebook for help on her decision. The unnamed juror was on the jury in a case about child abduction ... continue
Meh to be recognizied as an official Dictionary word

Meh to be recognizied as an official Dictionary word

Meh, the internet expression signifying mediocrity or indifference is to become an officially recognized word. Meh will be added to the Collins English Dictionary in its 30th edition to be published in 2009. Meh was submitted to the ... continue
WTF Is Up With England

WTF Is Up With England

If there was ever a poster child country for the world as foreseen by George Orwell it has to be England. This was the country of my birth and even though I originally left with my mother ... continue
Hummer with wagon wheels

Hummer with wagon wheels

When art meets American might: an art exhibition in England has matched a H3 Hummer and wagon wheels. According to Car Keys, the car will be parked on Old Burlington Road in London, opposite the Royal Academy ... continue
Flying cookie claimed by The Sun to be proof of Alien life

Flying cookie claimed by The Sun to be proof of Alien life

We want to believe, we really do, but a new photo published by the UK Tabloid The Sun and claimed to be "one of the most important ever pieces of evidence of alien life" shows a ... continue
Josh Hartnett Sues Daily Mirror

Josh Hartnett Sues Daily Mirror

Josh Hartnett isn't happy, and that's putting it lightly. He's pissed enough to sue The Daily Mirror in the UK, requesting damages, defamation, and an apology (one in public, that is), and it's over a story that ... continue
Joss Stone to Potentially Ruin One of My Favorite Shows

Joss Stone to Potentially Ruin One of My Favorite Shows

As cool as it is to discover your talents, I'm not sure if I want to see Joss Stone doing it on one of my favorite programs, The Tudors. After all, she still fleshing out her career ... continue
Superb Hits Red Sea Rock

Superb Hits Red Sea Rock

The British nuclear submarine HMS Superb has hit a rock in the Red Sea. According to the Guardian, none of the crew was injured and all remained on board as the navy considered where the submarine would dock ... continue
English Exam Papers Had Answers On The Back, Less Than 5% Of Students Noticed

English Exam Papers Had Answers On The Back, Less Than 5% Of Students Noticed

12,000 teenagers sitting their UK High School (GCSE) music exam last week had an advantage previous student didn't have, all the answers were printed on the back. Reuters reports that the error was only notice after the exam ... continue

Facebook Waterfight Trashes Garden

350 participants of a public waterfight organized over Facebook have trashed an award winning garden in England. The site of the waterfight, Millennium Square garden in Leeds was built in honor of Nelson Mandela and awarded a medal ... continue
Seal Molests Penguin: This is news in the UK

Seal Molests Penguin: This is news in the UK

A sexually frustrated Antarctic fur seal has been caught on camera trying to make love to a king penguin, according to the UK paper The Daily Mail. Scientests told the paper that it was the most unusual case ... continue
Nuclear War Would Cause Tea Shortage

Nuclear War Would Cause Tea Shortage

The British Government agonized over a global shortage of tea following a nuclear war, newly release papers have disclosed. "The tea position would be very serious with a loss of 75 percent of stocks and substantial delays in ... continue