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The holiday spirit was in full-swing Friday night at The Crocodile, as Three Imaginary Girls hosted a jolly evening of karaoke, preceeded by a special performance from the U.K.'s Jim Noir and solo sets from members of Tiny Vipers and the Fruit Bats.

Courtesy of the addictive BoingBoing, Seattlest has recently learned that researchers in Gabon and Congo believe they have identified the original source and carriers of ebola, narrowing the field to 3 different species of fruit bats. Along with isolating minute genetic traces of the ebola virus in these fruit bats, researchers found that the virus led to no symptoms in the bats when directly administered, thereby leaving them free to carry and spread the virus.