Doggy Style

Classic onion story They say it best, so I won't say more than the title:
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40,000 ecstasy pills (part 2)

Great report by the doctor that treated the man who took 40,000 ecstasy pills. Basic message: don't take 40,000 ecstasy pills. At the height of his usage he was taking an incredible 25 Es a day! Which actually more than Dangerous Dave takes before driving the bus (see here). Thanks to "Tuomas" for sending the article.

Korea Ender

The BBC reports the first person in Korea has been convicted of racism. I thought it was only a European thing of putting people in jail for what they say (in terms of racism, North Korea is obviously a leader for jailing other talk). The man jailed shouted "Arab! Arab!" at an Indian professor, apparently confusing him for someone from the middle east. Ironically the professor responded by saying "Why's that Chinaman shouting at me".

Hammer Time

An article on BBC about my hammer heads have such unusual shaped heads. It's to get better depth perception to making hunting easier. They didn't mention having a head shaped like a hammer might be a disadvantage in sneaking up on anybody. Also, they talk about shining lasers the shark to see when it responds. That must be trippy, even for a shark, swimming a long and then suddenly there are colorful lines through the water.

Aurous Sax

A treasure hunter found some Anglo-Saxon treasure, so says the BBC. In fact quite a lot of treasure, the final value, to be split 50/50 between the finder and land owner is £3.285M. The hundreds of gold and silver coins and jewelry will be bought by the state in the UK. Check out the photos of some of the stuff in the link. Using a metal detector to find treasure sounds like ti could be fun (you find treasure) but I imagine its probably soul crushingly boring, punctuated with back breaking work to dig up bottle caps. That said, the UK treasure law is pretty awesome I think. The state has first right to buy what is found, though it must be at market price. The money is split 50/50 between finder and landowner. This way people have little incentive to steal. I've read in Italy and Greece, where legally the state owns anything found, people never report finds so the archeology and the material itself is lost. Wikipedia has a good article on treasure trove laws.