After weeks of preparation, the people of a town in Germany, have opened a small Catholic church built entirely of snow and ice. The snow church is part of a long-tradition dating back more than 100 years. The structure--nicknamed "God's Igloo"--was made with 49,000 cubic feet of snow. It's roughly 65 feet in length, and even has a tower.
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| And you think it's cold in your church... |
In Norway, an estimated 20 tons of dead herring fish mysteriously washed up on the coast and then disappeared. The fish remains turned up on Norway's northern coast on New Year's Eve, and officials are still looking to explain just how and why they showed up. The massive dead-herring haul vanished just as quickly as it seemed to have appeared. Holst says that coastal tidewaters most likely washed the fish remains back into the North Sea.
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| I can't believe the story I'm herring... |
Many people have murdered The Star Spangled Banner, but an Indiana Senator wants to criminalize deviant versions sung or played at school functions. Senator Vaneta Becker has introduced legislation that would direct state education officials to set "performance standards" for singing and playing the national anthem at any event sponsored by public schools, charters or state universities. Singers and musicians would have to sign a contract agreeing to follow the guidelines and would be fined $25 if their performances weren't deemed "acceptable."
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| Cancelling her concert in Indiana... |
Biologists have discovered a parasite that can turn bees into zombies and may be responsible for a phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder. The parasite, a tiny fly, can cause infected bees to go mad and abandon the hive in an erratic suicidal flight toward bright light. Lead investigator and biology Professor John Hafernik, “It’s the flight of the living dead.”
In Great Britain, a worried walker called police when a 'body' was spotted floating by the shoreline. Police and coastguards raced to the scene but soon realised they weren't dealing with an ordinary call. It was a body all right...but it wasn't human...it was a life-size replica of E.T. It had been stolen from the home of a 76-year-old woman who got it from her daughter who handcrafted it as part of a stage make-up class...
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| Beyond weird... |
Enjoy your Friday...and subsequent weekend.
~Brent
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