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Unknowncountry.com reader Sandy Nichols discovered aftertaking some photographs of his new house that he had anunusually convincing orb photograph.

Skeptics assume that orbs, which have been photographed moreand more frequently in recent years, but rarely withanything except digital cameras, must be distortions of somekind caused by the photographic process. Many orbs arephotographed during periods when the air is humid, andprobably are process effects.

However, this particular object appeared inside a house andhappened by coincidence to be photographed through thewindow. This means that the size of the object and itsappoximate distance from the camera lens can be determined.

This is Sandy Nichols’ description of the event:
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Two million people in the US have taken a test that issupposed to reveal whether or not you are prejudiced againstpeople of other races. It’s a five-minute test that you takeover the internet. To take this test,clickhere.

Lucy Wilkins writes in bbcnews.com that the test is beingpromoted in the UK as part of the publicity campaign for theplay “A Patch of Blue,” based on the Sydney Poitier film ofthe same name, in which a blind white woman falls in lovewith a black man.
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We recentlyreported that when Mars rovers examined fiveancient Martian craters that form a ring-like “equator”around the middle of the planet, NASA decided these musthave been formed when a giant asteroid broke apart and itsfragments all slammed into the planet. If this theory iscorrect, this “ring” could be the place where we should lookfor the water?and life?that astronomers suspect may behidden beneath the surface of Mars. The websitethunderbolts.info points out that the ridge around Saturn’smoon Iapetus is similar to the ring around Mars, as well asto some of the equatorial ridges of craters found on Earth.
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Newswise – Scientists in Texas are studying why people get drowsy andfall asleep, and how caffeine blocks that process. Whencells in a certain part of the brain become overworked, acompound in the brain called adenosine kicks in, tellingthem to shut down. This causes people to become drowsy andfall asleep, but caffeine blocks the adenosine, keeping youawake. This understanding may eventually lead to newtreatments for insomnia.
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