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If you’ve ever been to Lebanon, you’ll know that the food is awesome. One restaurant in southern Beirut however, has gone a step further: its menu includes a list of weapon names from Kalashnikov to Dragunov, RPG and others. Yep. Welcome to Buns and Guns, the restaurant whose motto is “A sandwich can kill you.”

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When people move to another town, they usually sell their house and buy another one. Well…not the O’Farrells. Jennifer and Tim found their dream home and liked it so much, they decided to have it shipped to Vancouver Island.

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A man was charged with violating India’s wildlife laws after he ran off with his pet bear, despite local police demands.

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In movies like Ridley Scott’s classic Bladerunner, robots are ultimately portrayed as having feelings and possessing a conscience. A slightly scary, but nonetheless intriguing thought comes to mind: they fight for survival; they appear more human than machine.

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Each year people gather in a cave in Zugarramurdi, Spain, to celebrate the summer solstice. It’s no ordinary summer solstice cave festival however, not that I can think of any others. Nope. It’s a commemoration to the witches “that used the cave,” many of whom were burnt alive during the Basque witch trials.

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With a bouncing floor and a series of power generating blocks, the first eco-nightclub in Britain will open its gates on July 10, in London. The bar is supposedly powered by renewable energy and will serve organic spirits in polycarbon cups. It also has plans to install a power-generating dance floor and a recycling water system to flush the lavatories.

In the second part of our “playable buildings” series, Environmental Graffiti reporter Jammie Nicholas, explores the work of Sonic Artist Jodi Rose. All images courtesy of Jodi Rose.

Since the 20th of June 1994, Jodi Rose has been travelling the world in search of the unheard voices of the bridges that connect us together.

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Last Tuesday, seemingly out of nowhere, a huge lump of cement hurtling from the sky crashed through a suburban Moscow home, creating a large hole. But what was the cause? Why, it was the Russian Air force attempting to change the weather of course!

Technology infiltrates every part of your house, even your bathroom. Oh yes. The days of the rubber duckie are numbered. We geeks here at Environmental Graffiti love it: this device from Sega Toys brings the universe to your bathtub, where all the stars shine as if they were in the sky.

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In southeast Utah, scientists uncovered an array of incredibly well-preserved dinosaur bones, which could provide new information about life in this region 150 million years ago.