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fastfastlane

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I am a news junkie, beyond all hope of the 6-step program to quit.

You can read about the odd-ball, peculiar, weird and scientific discoveries and various animal causes I find on my blog at lifeinthefastlane.ca.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Incredible pictures of Mars look surprisingly like some parts of Earth view details

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- 3 days ago
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Scientists have released some of the most detailed photographs of Mars ever taken. The pictures, which were snapped from a European Space Agency (ESA) probe, show a region called the Echus Chasma.
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Jaw on Flickr - Photo Sharing! view details

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- 3 days ago
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Camel jaws! Holy crap!
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World s Most Crowded Swimming Pool view details

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- 3 days ago
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Once in the water, trying to swim a few lengths is out of the question. In fact, there is only treading room when thousands of swimmers crowded into a pool in Penglai in Sichuan, western China.
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YouTube - Greetings from Joe Cocker view details

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- 7 days ago
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Finally, someone has accurately interpreted Joe Cocker's amazing Woodstock performance.
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Young Star Cluster NGC 602 - NASA view details

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- 18 days ago
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Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies the young star cluster NGC 602. Surrounded by natal gas and dust, NGC 602 is featured in this Hubble image of the region.
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Dying Sun-Like Star - NASA view details

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- 18 days ago
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Planetary nebula NGC 2440 has an intriguing bow-tie shape in this stunning view from space. The nebula is composed of material cast off by a dying sun-like star as it enters its white dwarf phase of evolution.
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The Most Amazing Crop Circles in the World view details

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- 22 days ago
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Crop Circles - patterns created by flattening of crops such as wheat, barley, etc- have evolved into complex geometries since 1990, and can be found throughout the world. Various theories abound to explain their formation from naturalistic to the paranorm
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The Real WALL-E: Science Videos - Science News - ScienCentral view details

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- 22 days ago
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The new Disney movie WALL-E features robots of the future actively helping humans. But the future is now. A real robot called uBot could help us take care of elderly relatives from miles away.
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The Craziest Shoes From Around The World Part II view details

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- 22 days ago
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Some really bizarre shoes!
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Largest Crater In Solar System Revealed By NASA Spacecraft view details

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- 23 days ago
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New analysis of Mars' terrain using NASA spacecraft observations reveals what appears to be by far the largest impact crater ever found in the solar system.