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Daily Archives: 12/11/2010
News for Manchester United supporters: film to be made about Busby Babes Munich air disaster
David Tennant to star as Jimmy Murphy in BBC film about Munich air disaster David Tennant, two Downton Abbey actors and a young thespian will star in a film about the Munich air disaster that killed several Manchester United players. … Continue reading
Posted in Sport, Visual Arts
Tagged 'Busby Babes', BBC, Bobby Charlton, David Tennant, Manchester United
‘Weeping Virgin’ of Windsor, Ontario: church officials distance themselves from miraculous claims
‘Weeping’ Virgin transferred to Canadian church A statue of the Virgin Mary which allegedly weeps miraculous tears of oil has been moved from a house to a nearby church because of stream of pilgrims. Fr John Ayoub, the priest at … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Churches
The reality of war: last surviving British veteran of World War I is a pacifist
Royal Navy’s oldest former member is now a pacifist The oldest former member of the UK’s navy has been described as a “pacifist” by his family. Claude Choules, 109, fought in the navy towards the end of the First World … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, World Events
Secular fundies at it again: Sam Harris commissions “What the Bible got wrong” chart
The atheist fundies are at it again. Just like religious fundies, these secularist fundies love drawing up “Bible charts” as visual aids. And this one, specially commissioned by militant New Atheist Sam Harris at considerable cost, is a masterpiece of obsessive … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Fundamentalism
One more reason why cats are smarter than dogs: they don’t lap, they suck liquids up
Cats don’t lap, they suck: New study reveals how cats drink their milk without making a mess Unlike dogs, who messily slurp water using their tongues as crude ladles, cats have evolved a sophisticated and super-efficient technique for sucking up … Continue reading
Posted in Sciences
