Blog Heap of Links for the day 23 October 2015

…It is unclear how effective the floating condom bombs have been. It is also unclear where the unexploded floating condom bombs will land, in what countries they will be found, and how many victims will die as a result of their careless use of condom bombs.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest accused Russia of “indiscriminate military operations against the Syrian opposition.” The White House has not yet commented on ISIS’s use of indiscriminate condom bombs.…

…As the officer approached the house, he saw the family dog… pulled his gun and fired… missed the dog but hit… 4-year-old… in the leg… officer then ran back to his car and drove away.…

…Witnesses told authorities the mother was driving the pickup east when she fell out of the vehicle. One of two 3-year-old twin boys who were in the truck took the wheel and drove the vehicle about three blocks. The boy ran off the road to the right, then crossed all lanes of traffic before crashing onto a curb, which stopped the vehicle.…

…a man in Norway… recently stumbled across a 1,200-year-old Viking sword while walking an ancient route. …dates from approximately 750 A.D. and is in exceptionally good condition…

…However, in a 2003 study the same team from the University of Illinois showed that the polyphosphate storage structure in bacteria was physically, chemically and functionally the same as an organelle called an acidocalcisome, which is found in many single-celled eukaryotes.

This meant that the acidocalcisomes arose before the bacterial and eukaryotic lineages of the tree of life split, making the organelle even more ancient than realised. …

Oklahoma's constitution begins with these words: "Invoking the guidance of Almighty God ..."

There are more than 240 laws that go into effect on November 1 in Oklahoma… …

…On this day in 1850 the first National Women's Rights Convention began in Worcester, Massachusetts.…