Sports fans looking for international competitions any month of the year will love the International Sports Calendar, a simple online database that keeps track of anything from archery in Algeria to wushu in Zimbabwe.

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The Nintendo Wii is cool

Why? Watch this.

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Well, OF COURSE playing poker isn't gambling. This is ridiculous.

Double Tenth Day

Chinese communities around the world are celebrating Double Tenth day today, which (for those interested in a bit of Chinese history) marks the start of the Wuchang Uprising of October 10, 1911, that led to the collapse of the Qing dynasty.

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Word Wreck Tangle

This is the latest Wei Hwa puzzle that can be seen on google personalised homepages.

word wreck tangle Drag the letters into the rectangle so that words read both across and down. Purple letters only move up-and-down, while green letters only move left and right. Click and drag a colored letter to move it. You win if four five-letter English words read left-to-right along the rows and five four-letter words read down along the columns.
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Walking on water in London

I think I'd probably fall in if I tried this.

Wiki Pics

Wikipedia has a section of features pictures. Some are really very good!

World Records

I met someone over the weekend who was in the guiness book of world records (something to do with rabbits jumping fences... how bizarre!). Anyway, I thought it was pretty cool to have that on your cv. I mean, there seems to be an inifinite number of ways to get in but I just couldn't think of anything good to try myself on the spot. Wish I'd thought of this.

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