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Amazingly Well-Preserved Baby Woolly Mammoth
Culture Buzz Wow…she looks great for 40,000-years-old. This is Lubya, a mummified baby mammoth calf. She'll be going on display in Hong Kong this week. Too bad she's not as wooly as this chap.
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Link: Hong Kong Fashion Week Shoes Are Ridiculous
http://www.glamour.com/fashion/blogs/slaves-to-fashion/20...
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Is that a Fabergé egg in your heel or are you just happy to see me? Time to dial it back when models have to show off shoes by holding them in their hands.
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Link: Tens Of Thousands Live In Hong Kong’s Cage Homes
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2084971/Hong-Kong...
In this densely packed city, a six foot rabbit hutch can run upwards of $200 a month. With no cooking facilities and only a public bath, some residents have lived this way for thirty years.
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Banana Popsicle
Food Buzz Oh, Hong Kong. Where else could you find a peel-able grape and vanilla flavored banana popsicle? Your move, Japan.
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Image: Best Online Dating Profile Ever
The fact this man is single is a crime against humanity. What lady doesn't love flowers and pianos?
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Video: Apartment Transformer
This 344 square foot Hong Kong apartment transforms into 24 different designs using sliding walls and fold-out shelves. [Ed Note: Stay tuned for Apartment Transformer 2, where Michael Bay blows this shit up to a Nickelback soundtrack.]
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Link: Hong Kong to Close Schools Over Swine Flu Outbreak
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://...
Hong Kong authorities Thursday ordered all primary schools in the city to be closed for two weeks after the first cluster of local swine flu cases was found.
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Swine Flu Hotel
Culture Buzz Because of one case of swine flu, more than 300 guests are quarantined in the Metropark Hotel in Hong Kong. Almost 300 people died of SARS in Hong Kong, so they're extra-careful. Police in face masks guard the entrance and sort out takeout orders. Americans order pizza, but the French consulate is sending their citizens poulet a la moutarde. One guest was spotted at a window with a sign that said, “We will exchange information for beer and food and cigarettes.”
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Image: French 'Spider-Man' Scales Skyscraper in Hong Kong
Alain Robert, the “French Spider-Man”, has scaled a 62-storey Hong Kong skyscraper barehanded for the second time.
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Link: Boxing Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day
Happy Boxing Day! The holiday celebrated by countries in the 'Commonwealth of Nations' — which includes our neighbors to the north — is today. And no, its purpose is not to get rid of the boxes from Christmas gifts.
