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Movies that I want to see: Cockneys vs. Zombies

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A bunch of east-enders fight their way out of a zombie-infested London, led by an unlikely gang of amateur bank robbers and foul-mouthed plucky pensioners .

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“Life – Stoat kills rabbit ten times its size – BBC

The crazy games of young stoats help them develop the killer tactics they need to catch their prey. As rabbits are fast moving, quick-turning, and ten times bigger, the slim-lined stoats must develop their hunting skills early to stand any chance of catching these relative giants. Despite their small size and short legs, stoats can carry on going where their prey might start flagging.

Jack the Ripper ‘Autobiography’ Hits Shelves

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Written in the 1920s and rediscovered in 2008, a first-person account of what may be the most legendary cold case in history was published today as “The Autobiography of Jack the Ripper.” Its author, whose identity remains a mystery, presents himself as the eponymous serial killer who butchered at least five women in London’s Whitechapel district during the fall of 1888. Has “James Carnac”—who dedicated his manuscript to “the retired members of the Metropolitan Police Force in spite of whose energy and efficiency I have lived to write this book”—finally confessed to his crimes?

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A zoo keeper poses with a Jungle Nymph stick insect during a media event for the annual stocktake at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire, England.

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World War II Prison Camp Cross-Stitch Had Hidden Message For Hitler

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“After six months held by the Nazis in a prisoner of war camp, British soldier held captive in a German POW camp from 1941-1945. Major Alexis Casdagli was handed a piece of canvas by a fellow inmate. Pinching red and blue thread from a disintegrating pullover belonging to an elderly Cretan general, Casdagli passed the long hours in captivitybypainstakingly creating a sampler incross-stitch. Around decorative swastikas and a banal inscription saying he completed his work in December 1941, the British officer stitched a border of irregular dots and dashes. Over the next four years his work was displayed at the four camps in Germany where he was imprisoned, and his Nazi captors never once deciphered the messages threaded in Morse code:” “God Save The King” and “Fuck Hitler”

The mother of the year award goes to this woman.

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