Daily Archives: August 29, 2008

Ancient Amazon Civilization Had A Wendys

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Orlando, FL – In a paper to appear in the Journal Science, anthropologists from the University of Florida and Brazil have found evidence of an ancient, large urban civilization in the Amazon basin. The most startling discovery appears to be one that connects the lost city to our own cities today. “We found a carved figure of a little red-haired girl that matches the Wendy’s girl in startling detail. And we found an inscription on the carving that we believe translates roughly as ‘hot and juicy,’” said research assistant Randy Williams.

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Crows Can Tell If You Washed Your Hands After Using Bathroom

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Seattle, WA – In a follow-on study to the ground-breaking work by UW wildlife biologist John Marzluff, indicating that crows recognize individual human faces and associate them with potential threats, fellow researcher Miles Anderson has discovered that crows can tell if you washed your hands after using the bathroom. “People apparently exhibit a certain amount of guilt or tension in their face that is evident to crows. They will caw much louder and often in unison at volunteers who leave our control restrooms without washing their hands,” said Anderson.

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