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German Traffic Camera Catches Speeding Pigeon

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It’s outrageous that certain birds get away with so much speeding in human cities, isn’t it? In this example, a pigeon is caught on camera at 45 km/h (kilometers per hour) which for those of us reading in the US, is 27.96 miles per hour. A speed camera on a road in a German city captured a photo identifying an unusual speeder — a pigeon. The town of Bocholt, located on the border with the Netherlands, shared a photo that quickly went viral on social media showing the pigeon flying nearly 10 mph over the speed limit on the road. … Continue reading German Traffic Camera Catches Speeding Pigeon

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MIT Dome Now Captain America Shield + Avengers Endgame Movie Review

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Tonight I saw the latest Avengers movie. There were a lot of tie-ins to things in my life that felt personal and a really great moment, the highlight for me, was hearing my uncle’s band, Steppenwolf doing one of their songs Hey Lawdy Mama, briefly in one scene. Endgame recently broke its own box office record set by Infinity War by taking in $1.24 billion worldwide during the opening weekend. As a tribute to the Marvel Studio success, students at MIT decorated their Great Dome in the style of the iconic shield of Captain America. A group of Massachusetts Institute … Continue reading MIT Dome Now Captain America Shield + Avengers Endgame Movie Review

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Fog Turns Stadium into UFO (Photo)

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Here is a great not-a-ufo photo from Reddit. It looks like something from the movie District 9 to me. True strange mothership stadiums of the planet earth. Here is the likely source. Credit to the photographer, Alexander Lubyanchenko. Per here: The [Krestovsky] stadium was opened in 2017 for the FIFA Confederations Cup. Initially, was planned to be completed by December 2008…As of May 2017, the stadium was 518% late and 548% over budget…At a cost of $1.1 billion at current exchange rates, it is considered one of the most expensive stadiums ever built. Gazprom Arena  (Russian: Газпром Арена) is a retractable roof stadium in the … Continue reading Fog Turns Stadium into UFO (Photo)