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• Wild Elephants gather inexplicably, mourn death of "Elephant Whisperer" | Delight Makers

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  “Their bid for freedom had, if anything, increased their resentment at being kept in captivity. Nana watched my every move, hostility seeping from every pore, her family behind her. There was no doubt that sooner or later they were going to make another break for freedom. …

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• Scientists watch black hole feast on unlucky star

  Source: National Nine News

  Scientists have witnessed the rare spectacle of a supermassive black hole devouring a star that had ventured too close — an event that occurs about once in 10,000 years, they reported on Wednesday. Matter-sucking black holes normally lurk dormant and undetected at the cent …

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• Humphrey Bogart's boat 'African Queen' saved from scrapheap - CNN.com

  Source: CNN

  She's back on the water! Three cheers for Suzanne Holmquist and her engineer husband, Lance, for saving this piece of movie history.

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• Homeless Children Living On The Highway To Disney World

  Source: The Huffington Post

  Melissa is 12. She moved into the hotel two years ago with her dad and brother and probably knew the place better than anyone. When the kids played man hunt she'd crawl into a hidden hole in the hedge along the highway. When she wanted to shock her friends she'd show them the d …

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• London 2012 organisers wanted Keith Moon to play at Olympics ceremony

  Source: Guardian Unlimited

  The London 2012 opening ceremony is going to be called Isles of Wonder, but there can be no wonderment more wonderful than the fact that Olympics organisers wanted Keith Moon to perform. Moon has been dead for 34 years.

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