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Recently a furry feline in Washington in the USA almost had his cat nap turn into a catastrophe when he inadvertently started a fire in his owner’s kitchen. The cat, Osiris, has become accustomed to sleeping on top of his owner, Lois Lund’s, toaster oven in order to avoid the unwanted attentions of the family dog. As the toaster oven was still on when Osiris curled up for his nap, investigators believe that the groggy tabby must have depressed the lever while he was sleeping… and got woken up by a nasty shock. Luckily Osiris still has all nine of his lives intact, since the fire was quickly put out with the garden hose and no one was hurt.
Proudly South African Every year the Global Language Monitor tracks word usage trends worldwide by searching through millions of websites, print and media articles. They search for new usages and popular new phrases and every year they crown the new Word of the Year. 2010’s honour goes to “spillcam”, a word that arose from the massive gulf oil spill earlier this year. However, South Africans have something to toot about this year too, with “vuvuzela” also making the list of most used words. Just goes to show that they weren’t just a whole lot of noise!
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Recycling at its Best These days, everyone is going green and jumping on the recycling bandwagon, including a zoo in America which is making oodles of cash from… elephant dung! Volunteers collect the pachyderm poo, allow it to dry for ten days, and then paint the droppings to make delightful dung dolls that have been affectionately marketed under the name “My Pet Poo”. The elephant art works are sold as part of a fundraising campaign for the zoo and can fetch anything from $10 (about R70) to $25 (about R150) for a specially commissioned piece.