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Category: The material universe

Columbus was a proto-Judenstaatler, says someone

But a joke I have just cobbled together suggests otherwise.

A curious Spanish, Trafalgar-era, overshot waterwheel

Someone please explain to me how it works.

Typhoon Buttocks?

If only the Spanish nalga were also a Latin first declension noun.

Do Welsh expats incline to rain-drenched hills?

Nature vs nurture in the Italian Jones tribe.

“Amaral pide que el estadio sea una hoya a presión”

Eggcorn or homophonic synonym? If the latter, then Amaral is probably plotting to eject his opponents into outer space.

Alien meets Eroski girl, best 21st century Spanish short film?

Unlike most subsidised official festival crap, it’s fast, funny and real. Well, kind of.

Les pervertis de Santander

Archaic French erotic pulp, plugging Cantabria’s gaping literary hole?

“2012 possible predictions”

Three Anno Domino 2010 hints for survivalists in the Pyrenees.

Aneto, just how did it get this big? Photo <a href='http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aneto_01.jpg'>CC by Avh at Wikimedia Commons</a>.

An early candidate for a Darwin Award

David Bar-David, the lemming messiah.

<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Lemming'>Eric Lemming</a> of Sweden came last in the 5,500m at the Paris Olympics in 1900. Photo CC from <a href='http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Erik_Lemming.jpg'>Wikimedia Commons</a>.

The Snow Virgin ain’t afraid of the rain

Not that it ever rains in Villanueva de la Jara, Cuenca.

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