It's Here

The full version of the Robot Chicken Star Wars parody. Clips of this have been out for about a year now, but here's the whole thing.

Some good stuff, some slow stuff. I give it a solid "B". I can think of worse ways to spend the next twenty minutes.

And in a completely unrelated story, apparently scientists now say that the Amazon is now the longest river in the world, rather than the Nile. Although said scientists are Brazilians, so, you know, they would say that, right?

Brazilian scientists claim to have found a new source of the river Amazon that extends its length to beat the Nile as the longest river in the world.

Scientists discovered the new source at the top of the snow-capped Mismi mountain in neighbouring southern Peru, not in the north of the country as was previously believed.

The discovery adds about 284km (176 miles) to the Amazon. This takes the river to 6,800km (4,225 miles) - 105km (65 miles) longer than the Nile - according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the body that sponsored the expedition.

The Amazon's wife is said to be "pleased" with the results.

Okay, I may have made that last part up. At any rate, here's the real question: How long until an Egyptian cleric levels a fatwa against the Amazon? Because I'm thinkin' there's a whole new level of crazy they could hit here.

Geographic features, guys. Take the step.

posted by AndrewR at 09:45 PM

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