POSTED AT 8:23 AM July 31, 2007

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Colette McNamara's photoshopped images of her teddy bear, Scribbles, floating in space and slumped on the Moon.

Flyer's Rights, created by a woman who was stuck on a grounded AA plane for nine hours.

Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Half of a Yellow Sun) says, "Madonna's not our saviour."

Reports of "sustained inflation" in China's illegally-exhumed corpse market.

New Zealand woman making breakfast cracks open egg, finds a smaller egg within it.

Support for childhood goat trauma victims.

Pieces of the hated Mickey wand from Spaceship Earth at Epcot appear on eBay.

Tuna shortage caused by overharvesting leads to horse sushi.

Science in the Simpsons Movie.

Podcast with Jimmy Carter about his 1969 UFO sighting.

1982 video game: Communist Mutants from Space. More.

The American Direct Mail offices in Burbank have "No Solicitors" signs on their doors.

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