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Yueyaquan is a crescent-shaped lake in an oasis, 6 km south of the city of Dunhuang in Gansu Province, China. It was named Yueyaquan in the Qing Dynasty. According to measurements made in 1960, the average depth of the lake was 4 to 5 meters, with a maximum depth of 7.5 metres (25 ft) In the following 40 years, the depth of the lake continually declined.

Robert Gene White, 67, received several lap dances at the Red Parrot in El Paso, Texas.

Two Polish architects have spent eight months building a "house upside down" in Austria. Destination: Terfens, Austria Source: Reuters.

Isle of Skye (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or Eilean a' Cheò) is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island has been occupied since the mesolithic period and has a colourful history including a time of Norse rule.

Police say a man arrested in a Southeast Texas city for riding his unicycle in the nude was distracting drivers and creating a hazard.

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Researchers carried out psychiatric assessments of almost 2,500 children aged between 11 and 16 in Dublin.

10 unusual facts about Australia, that I've stumbled upon.

Heidemarie Schwermer, a 69-year-old woman from Germany, gave up using money 15 years ago and says she's been much happier ever since.

One member of staff managed to slow the island-hopping tourist ferry down, but the vessel, carrying 54 passengers, slammed onto a rock near the shore of Helsinki, the Finnish coastguard said on Friday. The captain got stuck in the bathroom because of a jammed lock and yelled for help, the coastguard said.

No, this is not the Star Wars movie. This war is completely terrestrial, but very similar to the fantastic spectacle of the film that was filmed in Hollywood. This is the night combined arms fight, a reflection of counterattacks. Third tactic episode.

People are paying to drink their own bathwater, in Arcata, California.

A collection of items that, in one way ore another, hold the world's record for length. Eg. the longest volcanic eruption on record (Stromboli, still going after 2600 years, after its first recorded lava ejection in the 7th century BCE), and the longest maggot bath, for those dreaming of perhaps taking one themselves, muscles relaxing in the wriggling warmth while they savor a cup of Kopi Luwak and let their cares wash away - 1.5 hours, record set in 2002 by Christine Martin of England. At least so the site claims. Aren't you glad to know that?

Mostly gentle sniping can be found in the comments section of the blog post where I found the link to the article in the bookmark below on my profile, one which briefly answers the question "what was all of that about".

WARNING: The page ahead is in .pdf format, and may cause problems for those who don't have adobe uploaded on their systems, or those using older browsers. In Senegal and the Congo, rioting have already occured over this - allegations that strangers (sometimes foreigners) have stolen the penises of the men that they've shaken hands with or merely touched. It's witchcraft, you know. It would almost be funny, if nobody had been hurt, but some of the accused witches have been killed. This is a paper I found linked to about the phenomenon. See link above, on my bookmark list. Note the non-.edu address. I can't vouch for the credentials of the authors, so read this one with guarded skepticism. That having been said, Reuters has reported these incidents - this is not an urban legend.

Yes, these people really believe that they're elves or dragons - and now they get to network. Look, if you wish, but whatever you do, don't talk to them. They really are serious, taking the position that any skepticism regarding their truly remarkable claims constitutes "persecution". Go there, and watch postmodernism reach its logical and inevitable conclusion - utter raving madness in those who embrace it. Isn't it time that the 90s were over?