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Groundhog Day
Thursday, 2nd February 2012 by Alex Turnbull
Today is Groundhog Day, a North American festival which reckons that “if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day and fails to see its shadow because the weather is cloudy, winter will soon end. If the groundhog sees its shadow because the weather is bright and clear, it will be frightened and run back into its hole, and the winter will continue for six more weeks.”
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Island Week 6
Monday, 21st November 2011 by Alex Turnbull
OK, so we’ve really outdone ourselves this year, but better late than never we always say – this year, November is the chosen month for the long-awaited return of Island Week! Island week originally began broadcasting…
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Google Maps publishes aerial images of murder scene
Tuesday, 31st January 2012 by Alex Turnbull
The continuing rollout of 45° “birds eye view” images across the globe has now revealed a real-life tragedy. On the railroad track near Sanford Avenue in the city of Richmond, California, we can clearly see a corpse lying on the rails.
Trollstigen (Troll’s path)
Tuesday, 24th January 2012 by Ian Brown
In a country renowned for its natural beauty, one of the most spectacular landscapes is found along the Trollstigen (Troll’s path) – a vertiginous road which affords remarkable views of the mountainous scenery. Lucky for us that a Street View car made the journey , allowing us to experience some incredible vistas.
Definitely a duck (maybe)
Wednesday, 18th January 2012 by Alex Turnbull
Here in the United States somewhere (we think, we haven’t checked), we’ve found this random patch of land that we think looks definitely like a duck. We’re not too sure really, but we reckoned you might like it.
Brayton Fire Training Field and Disaster City
Thursday, 12th January 2012 by Ian Brown
In the city of College Station in Texas (part-way between Dallas and Houston) there is a scene of apparent disaster, with many burnt-out industrial facilities, collapsed buildings and train cars strewn asunder. However, they are all just simulations found in a pair of the world’s biggest facilities for fire and disaster training – Brayton Fire Training Field and Disaster City.
Ringing In 2012 Around the World
Monday, 9th January 2012 by Kyle Kusch
We’re well into 2012 now, but exactly when your new year began depends where on the globe you were at the time. Different places celebrated at very different times – in some cases more than a day apart! With that in mind, here’s your guide to the first – and the last – places on Earth that entered 2012.
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