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It’s my birthday. How will the world celebrate?

Canada

• Last week’s Prairie meteor was a ten-tonne asteroid fragment. That’s like four Hummers, except way faster and more exploding. 

World

• The Kuwaiti government just resigned. That’s right, the whole thing.
• Remember when the Indian Navy said they sunk that “Pirate Mothership”? Not so much.
• Russia and Venezuela hold joint naval exercises. I would say something about birds of a feather flocking together, but that works better for air force-related stories.
• Italian far-right politicians offer cash to parents who name their kids after Mussolini.

Science & Tech

• The amazing push-up lizard. He must be doing the 100 push-up challenge too.
• The urine recycler on the International Space Station is fixed. Ah, the glamour of space exploration.
• YouTube has gone widescreen.
• Remember how people used to get the Plague from rats? Those furry vermin have come up with something new to make us sick.
• What’s better than a submarine? A flying submarine. Let the Navy/Air Force backbiting commence!
• Jetpacks! World records! The future is now!

Pop Culture

• Battlestar Season 4.5 promo is now live.
• Shaq is on Twitter.
• Psychiatrists report more and more people who thing their lives are a giant reality show.
• No Beatles on iTunes. Help!