Magic is fun

https://youtu.be/Z8Ws4PEky28

Strange qualification for scholarship

South Africa virginity bursaries unlawful, rules gender commission - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36564243

This is a bit too much

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/dec/26/british-couple-celebrate-after-birth-of-first-cloned-puppy-of-its-kind

unfortunately, things die for a reason.....

That Evil Santa Claus

http://warontherocks.com/2015/12/when-the-u-s-government-took-on-the-sinister-santa-claus-threat/

"Nuts"

http://warontherocks.com/2015/12/nuts-brig-gen-anthony-mcauliffes-1944-christmas-letter/

One way to think about it

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2645760-Gail-McGovern-Town-Hall-Presentation-November-2015.html#document/p7

Crazy BA passenger

'Unruly' passenger tries to open exit door on BA flight - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34851179

Strange LA light

'Mysterious light in sky' spooks California - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34759177

That's pretty harsh

Man died with 'tapeworm tumours' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34721419

If you really want to dig into ut:
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1505892

Jihadi Joe's GQ

http://www.hopesandfears.com/hopes/now/media/216747-jihadi-lifestyle-magazine-wars-inspire-dabiq

what the huh?

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ben-carson-egyptian-pyramids-were-grain-stores-not-pharaohs-tombs/

Strange record stripped

Fried rice record: Yangzhou stripped of title - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-34639641

Bankers not at fault

Bernanke: governments 'too focussed on budget cuts' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34643363

It's totally Texas

http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/yall-norwegians-use-the-word-texas-as-slang-to-mean-crazy/

Youngest driver ever

Oklahoma toddler 'takes wheel for drunken mother' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34611375

Sword Attack

Sweden sword attack: Two dead after masked attacker strikes - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34602621

Rosemary for memory

What does rosemary do to your brain? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33519453

Bear would be proud

Washington state plane crash girl, 16, hikes to safety - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33520805

That's different

Piazza turned into huge Risk board http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-33444117

Get it while it's hot

http://www.businessinsider.com/greek-life-during-euro-crisis-2015-7

Greeks go on a spending spree. Money has become only a number.