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Interesting stuff on BBC news tonight November 28, 2012 4:11 pm ER

Explorers believe they have discovered up to 60 UK Spitfire fighters buried in a Burmese jungle airfield after the war. Supposedly, the aircraft are still in their packing crates; hopefully smothered in cosmoline! I wish my father could have seen this.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20515659

Scientists in Antarctica have drilled down into a deep submerged lake far under the ice. It has been found to be cold, dark, (duh!), full of brines, and supporting a biologically active community of microbes.
Europa suddenly sounds closer than ever.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20501574

  • Here you go by RobVG 2012-11-28 17:44:29
    • And a toast to the opposition... by ER 2012-11-28 18:23:12
      • Learned to fly in tail-draggers. by bowser 2012-11-29 01:55:44
        • I never knew that about you, Bowz. by ER 2012-11-29 06:59:29
    • Nothing like the sound of a RR Merlin, whether in a Spitfire or hydroplane. n/t by RobVG 2012-11-28 17:31:11

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