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Thanks to the shoe bomber, we all now have to remove our shoes at the airport, but there may be a GOOD type of shoe power!
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Update: Foot # Six is a hoax, but the explanation still stands for the rest. – MORE severed feet have been found washed up on a beach in British Columbia. These are the the fifth and sixth human feet to wash up on a Vancouver beach in the past year. The 5th foot, however, is a LEFT foot, while the other four (including the 6th foot) have all been right feet.

BBC News reports that all the feet were wearing running shoes and they had all been in the water for some time. There is no evidence that the feet were deliberately cut off. Local police think the feet may have come from a plane crash in the area in over 3 years ago. Four men who were on that plane are still missing. The running shoes they were wearing may have been what kept their feet afloat.
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Newswise – Horses have a variety of gaits, including walking, trotting, cantering and galloping, so why do human beings only walk or run? We have the bones and muscles to perform a variety of gaits. We could even develop a brand new way of moving. Scientists got curious about this and used a computer to prove that when you have two legs, walking and running are the most energy efficient ways to move. But they do suggest we develop an alternative: an intermediate walk-run gait.
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