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Oddities of Nature: Our future - Amphibians are more precious than gold

Locked in the world of amphibians may be the key to our future existence, our very survival. The humble frog, the salamander and caecilians may "sense" the state of our world far more effectively than humanity's most advanced technical sensors.

5 comments    animals nature the future
The Bra Ball by Emily Duffy - Photo: Sibila Savage71

Oddities: Weird bra stories (with a dash of poetry)

2000 bras strung along a barbed wire fence! Pink bras in a pepper tree! Bra art metamorphoses into gallery art! The ultimate - a Bra Ball! And are bras poetry in motion?

21 comments    poetry funny poem
Images from William Ricketts Sanctuary - Dandenongs, Victoria - Australia69

Australian Art Oddities: Not all art is in an art gallery!

Australian art can be found in the most unexpected places. Undervalued art is art found outside the respected sophistication of an art gallery; it could be found in unexpected places in the city or the far reaching countryside. And as you wander these unexpected places, your whole view of "what is art" may totally change.

10 comments    art australia oddities
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Oddities: Kopi Luwak - Dream or nightmare? + (for a little bit of laughter) - "Coffee Song"

Kopi Luwak is "the latest news" on the coffee scene. The word "kopi" means "coffee". And the word "luwak"? Therein lies a fascinating story. Imagine the jungles of Indonesia. Night has fallen. A hungry animal is on the prowl

3 comments    funny coffee indonesia
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Oddities: Greetings and Crime - The "rape" of Namaste?

Namaste is a beautiful greeting. "The God in me greets the God in you." "The Light within me greets the Light within you." But this spiritual connection is undergoing a radical commercial make-over.

5 comments    arts spiritual greetings
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Australian Poetry - Oddities: A Dial-Up Swan Song

Remember the days when dial-up was young And the world basked in the new internet sun The old raucous schoolyard Became a room Of marble faces And cold screens And communication was as close As 3 hour linking...

19 comments    internet poetry communication
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