www.thesmokinggun.com - AMERICA has some very interesting Freedom of Information laws and this site takes advantage of these by publishing all manner of documentation.
It includes mug-shots from police files, rich and famous and unknown but funny and all manner of stuff that would never get into the public domain in this country.
I like the report from a police officer about a guy who stole his own police file and attempted to flush it down a cell toilet.
TRAVELLING in the Sahara Desert carries a magic which draws me back again and again.
Chris Scott is one of my heroes, a writer and film maker who has been travelling around the Sahara for many years.
This site offers Chris's books and videos for sale but also gives information on routes -- the landmine site is useful -- and loads of links to other sites for those who want to travel in North Africa by car or motorcycle.
Just browsing this site makes me want to go again.
FRENCH artist Nicolas Clauss gave up canvas for the Internet some years ago.
Here you can find his interactive art, often with music.
Don't miss "The Scalpel".
HENRY Ford did not own a driving licence; 40 per cent of women have thrown footwear at men; the average driver will sound his car horn 15,250 times during his lifetime.
Have a browse around this site for more "interesting" facts like these; weird photographs and humorous stories.
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