Interesting Links for 02-12-2011
- BBC News - Coffee shop caffeine levels 'vary widely'
'Analysis of espresso coffee from 20 shops found that one was six times stronger than others.'
- BBC News - Should animals be stunned before slaughter?
'The slaughter of conscious animals was widely abandoned in the 20th Century and is now practised mainly in the Jewish and Muslim communities. Consumers increasingly expect animals to be stunned before death - but would banning other slaughter methods be an unacceptable violation of religious rights?'
- BBC News - GCHQ challenges codebreakers via social networks
'The organisation has invited potential applicants to solve a visual code posted at an unbranded standalone website.'
- Salish Sea human foot discoveries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
'Since August 2007, twelve detached human feet have been discovered on the coasts of the Salish Sea in British Columbia (Canada) and Washington (United States). The feet belong to five men, one woman, and two other persons of unknown gender, the two left feet having been matched with two of the right feet. As of July 2011, only four feet of three persons have been identified; it is not known to whom the rest of the feet belong. In addition, a hoax "foot" was planted on Vancouver Island.'