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redfiona99Film:
Average shot duration in movies is 1/4th what it was. - https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/3m0hdu/average_shot_duration_in_movies_is_14th_what_it/ Or, I am not being paranoid about this.
'Showgirls': Paul Verhoeven on the Greatest Stripper Movie Ever Made: For the camp classic's 20th anniversary, the director remembers "the most elegant movie I've ever done" - http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/showgirls-paul-verhoeven-on-the-greatest-stripper-movie-ever-made-20150922?utm_source=tumblr&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=showgirls
The problem is that there was the film Verhoeven was trying to make, which you can actually see bits of in the final film, and the film that actually got made, and they are not the same thing at all.
Miscellaneous:
Well-being survey: Fermanagh and Omagh 'happiest in UK' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34336951
The people who make last wishes come true - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34297590
These Nazi bombs are more dangerous now than ever before - http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150922-these-nazi-bombs-are-more-dangerous-now-than-ever-before Or beware unexploded ordinances.
Meet the Man NASA Paid $18,000 to Lie in Bed For 70 Days Straight - http://nextshark.com/drew-iwanicki-nasa-study/
Sport:
Rugby Union:
Shane Williams gives 'too small' rugby player top pep talk - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-34347793 Given that Shane Williams spent his entire career being told he was too small, and ended up being Wales's record try scorer, I think he's the right man for the job. Also, Shane Williams is love.
Rugby World Cup 2015: Namibia ready to face All Black idols - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/34330181
Namibia captain Jacques Burger chasing World Cup win for last time as 60 injuries in two years will force his retirement - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-3246909/Namibia-captain-Jacques-Burger-chasing-World-Cup-win-time-60-injuries-two-years-force-retirement.html You know *that* picture of Mick Foley. Jacques Burger has a very similar one.
Rugby World Cup 2015: Australia flanker David Pocock the 'everywhere man’ gives it all for the cause - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/australia/11883072/Rugby-World-Cup-2015-Australia-flanker-David-Pocock-the-everywhere-man-gives-it-all-for-the-cause.html
Rugby World Cup: Cristian Raducanu's remarkable story - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/34354761
Statistics
Reddit AMA with members of the UK's office of National Statistics - https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/3m23zj/hi_everyone_were_matt_jukes_and_rob_fry_from_the/
Average shot duration in movies is 1/4th what it was. - https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/3m0hdu/average_shot_duration_in_movies_is_14th_what_it/ Or, I am not being paranoid about this.
'Showgirls': Paul Verhoeven on the Greatest Stripper Movie Ever Made: For the camp classic's 20th anniversary, the director remembers "the most elegant movie I've ever done" - http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/showgirls-paul-verhoeven-on-the-greatest-stripper-movie-ever-made-20150922?utm_source=tumblr&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=showgirls
The problem is that there was the film Verhoeven was trying to make, which you can actually see bits of in the final film, and the film that actually got made, and they are not the same thing at all.
Miscellaneous:
Well-being survey: Fermanagh and Omagh 'happiest in UK' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34336951
The people who make last wishes come true - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34297590
These Nazi bombs are more dangerous now than ever before - http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150922-these-nazi-bombs-are-more-dangerous-now-than-ever-before Or beware unexploded ordinances.
Meet the Man NASA Paid $18,000 to Lie in Bed For 70 Days Straight - http://nextshark.com/drew-iwanicki-nasa-study/
Sport:
Rugby Union:
Shane Williams gives 'too small' rugby player top pep talk - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-34347793 Given that Shane Williams spent his entire career being told he was too small, and ended up being Wales's record try scorer, I think he's the right man for the job. Also, Shane Williams is love.
Rugby World Cup 2015: Namibia ready to face All Black idols - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/34330181
Namibia captain Jacques Burger chasing World Cup win for last time as 60 injuries in two years will force his retirement - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-3246909/Namibia-captain-Jacques-Burger-chasing-World-Cup-win-time-60-injuries-two-years-force-retirement.html You know *that* picture of Mick Foley. Jacques Burger has a very similar one.
Rugby World Cup 2015: Australia flanker David Pocock the 'everywhere man’ gives it all for the cause - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/australia/11883072/Rugby-World-Cup-2015-Australia-flanker-David-Pocock-the-everywhere-man-gives-it-all-for-the-cause.html
Rugby World Cup: Cristian Raducanu's remarkable story - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/34354761
Statistics
Reddit AMA with members of the UK's office of National Statistics - https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/3m23zj/hi_everyone_were_matt_jukes_and_rob_fry_from_the/
