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Monday, January 18, 2010

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday’s News Today

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On this day in 1884 Doctor William Pryce preformed the first cremation of modern times in Britain on his deceased son Jesus Christ Pryce. Pryce, a self proclaimed Archdruid, believed that to bury someone in the ground was a sin and he announced his plan to burn his son on a pyre of coal on a Llantrisant hillside despite cremation being thought to be illegal. Pryce conducted the druidic ceremony in front of a large and openly hostile crowd and the second he lit the pyre the body of Jesus Christ Pryce was snatched from it and William Pryce was arrested. Pryce successfully defended himself in court (while dressed in full druidic robes and a fox-skin cap) by arguing that the laws against improper disposal of a body did not specifically mention cremation and the judge found in his favour, effectively legalising cremation in the UK.
And now, the news:

Are we tracking a big cat or a bunny?
Alligators' bird breath may explain dinosaurs' triumph
Snakes in a box: Animal expert plans 10-day stay with cobras, pythons, rattlers on Vegas strip
Day later, mystery behind death of 58 crows unsolved

Experts are still unsure as to what caused the birds to ‘crow’-k.

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