Love is in the air

Sun Feb 5, 2006 9:09 PM EST

It's that time of year again, when chocolates and flowers start doing the rounds and Valentine cards with messages of undying love appear, like mushrooms, overnight.

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romance, valentine, love, mythology, valentines, st-valentines-day

Calls to remove Ibuprofen from supermarket shelves

Seeded on Sun Feb 5, 2006 4:13 PM EST (The Age)

You can buy Non Steroid Anti-Inflammatory Drugs over the counter, but they may be unsuitable, or even dangerous, for one in five adult Australians.

health, ibuprofen, over-the-counter-drugs, self-medication-warning

Olympic Mascots put on a brave face

Seeded on Sat Feb 4, 2006 7:03 AM EST (southflorida.com)

Neve, a snowball, and Gliz, an ice cube, represent the two things absolutely necessary for the Winter Games: snow and ice. They were designed to personify wintertime, the harmony of sports and the power of athletes. But they bear a striking resemblance to Teletubbies.

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Giant radish in intensive care

Seeded on Sat Feb 4, 2006 6:28 AM EST (BBC News)

Herman, the German Giant rabbit, has hit the news with his record 22 lb weight, but in Japan a giant radish moves hearts

japan, odd-news, giant-rabbit, giant-radish, giant-pets, big-vegetables

Ancient Greek Shipwreck Mapped

Seeded on Sat Feb 4, 2006 12:08 AM EST (-)

Robotic technology is the only way to reach deep shipwrecks like the one at Chios

history, scuba, scuba-diving, shipwreck, underwater, ancient-greece

Murder victim 'died 500 years ago'

Seeded on Thu Feb 2, 2006 10:55 PM EST (ananova.com)

French police attempted to identify a murder victim for 2 years before radiocarbon dating showed she was 500 years old

odd-news, strange-crime, ancient-murder

St Valentine's Day, the MatchMakers Festival

Seeded on Thu Feb 2, 2006 9:48 PM EST (myths.allinfoabout.com)

Why choose a particular day, 14 February, as a celebration of Love? Lupercalia was a Roman ritual of purification and fertility dating from such an ancient time that even the Romans of the first century Common Era had totally forgotten what it was all about.

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