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How the platypus came about…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7387296.stm Halo! Just something interesting to share about animal evolution =) For those who forgot what a platypus is, it is one of the three mammals on Earth that lay eggs. The other two being the spiny anteater and the platy anteater.

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Insecure

I hate it when I feel this way. Nothing is right. I want to shrink and disappear, because everything about me is wrong. Which of course is absolute nonsense. But here it comes again. I’m ugly. Right, where did that one come from? I’m stupid. Nice. This must have been hiding in my brain for [...]

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No expectations, No regrets

Imagine walking into life blank, as in blank canvas. No expectations, no regrets. Whenever someone reaches out to you – there is no history in your mind, no thoughts, no hidden feelings – you just receive what you’ve been given. Be it love or violence, you receive it as is. You defend yourself if you [...]

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Air Yang Sejuk Juga Dapat Memadamkan Api – Only Cold Water Can Extinguish Fire

I was with my friend at Novena one day after work and we decided to sit on a bench outside of Velocity. My friend lit up a cigarette and the woman sitting on the bench next to us became angry and said bitterly, “Serves you right if you die from smoking those” and stomped away. [...]

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Funny Life Quotes

      In 1824 when a man by the name of John Joseph Stockdale tried to extort money from Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington, by threatening to publish stories about the Duke’s relationship to his mistress, Harriette Wilson, the Duke’s response was:Publish and be damned! ~ Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington [...]

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