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Last login: 32 hours agoPhil-m94: Phil is a 23 year old guy from Bristol, England, UK.; Likes 1,729 pages, 78 videos, 125 photos • 117 fans • Received 13 reviews; Member since Apr 23, 2005

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Todays BIG Thing: Aug 22, 11:33am 59 reviews bizarre
http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2008/08/07; Awesome, but a correction to a previous Stumbler. A single lightning bolt is typically 0.1 seconds - so to get this expanded to 20 seconds at 30fps requires a frame rate of 6000fps. Way beyond the capabilities of the Sony (unfortunately). The best of that is 1200, which is then tiny and very dark. A 6000fps camera costs some serious moolah, and is far too specialised to be on the general commercial market. Yet, at least. What is great about this vid is that you can see the direction of the lightning bolt from ground to cloud - something physics teachers have a hard job convincing anyone of. (The main discharge goes back up the first cloud to ground discharge that reaches ground, not quite accurate but good enough.)

Michael Shermer on believing strange things | Video on TED.com: Jul 28, 3:45pm 2 reviews bizarre
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/michael_shermer_on_believing_strange_thing...

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Norfolk | Teenager finds bat asleep in bra: Jul 9, 11:30am 10 reviews bizarre
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/norfolk/7496923.stm; "Abbie Hawkins, 19, of Norwich, had been wearing the bra for five hours when she plucked up the courage to investigate. When she did, she found a baby bat in padding in her 34FF bra." This is just about the best news story ever printed. EDIT: To be honest, this shows how it might have got lost:

YouTube - lyrebird-immitating sounds: May 2, 3:42pm 17 reviews bizarre, video
http://video.stumbleupon.com/?p=yrqyrc2oj3; Absolutely real (see Wikipedia) and absolutely amazing. Have been looking for this for years, since I first saw the life of birds on BBC1. Must see!