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On the morning of March 21st, Joshua Karpe, 34, stole a Doritos delivery truck. The vehicle was left idling outside of a gas station while the delivery driver ran inside, and Karpe took his chance, and swiped the truck. The Frito Lay employee noticed the truck was across the street in another parking lot, and …
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Let’s face it, nobody likes cockroaches. Well, except the people who keep them as pets. But most of us find the skittering little horrors absolutely disgusting. Just like with everything, though, a distaste for roaches can go too far. Take for example this Indian man who is seeking divorce due to her wife’s borderline insane …
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TSA in Houston at the William P. Hobby Airport found something unexpected in a breakfast burrito, crystal meth(amphetamine.) The meth was found April 2nd, during a routine x-ray screening of carry-on luggage. The TSA officer that found it said he saw what was an unidentified lump inside of the breakfast burrito. A second officer took …
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When Italian police were called to investigate a luncheon regarding a potental violation of coronavirus rules, what they found was migrating finches, songbirds. And they were on the menu. It started as a “routine” coronavirus violation when police broke up the luncheon of about 20 people last week near Bresia. But what they actually found …
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The Suez Canal getting blocked by a cargo ship has to be one of the biggest f***-ups in recent memory. The whole fiasco brought a good portion of global trade to a screeching halt. With the canal clogged, ships carrying goods and materials couldn’t get to their destinations. As a result, people in countries around …
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Many people (this author included) can’t get anything done in without their morning cup o’ Joe. There are few things better than that sweet, sweet caffeine rush. But you can definitely have too much of a good thing. This 21-year-old UK university student can definitely attest to that. It’s nothing unusual for college students to …
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Growing up, college was what you did. You got good grades in high school, tried to get scholarships for college, applied your little heart out, and hopefully, got accepted. Well, what if you got accepted, but the acceptance letter was a mistake? This is what happened. It turns out that the University of Kentucky accidently …
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Everybody needs a hobby, no matter how inconsequential it is. And any hobby becomes infinitely more enjoyable when you can share it with likeminded people. But in this case, sharing your hobby turned out to be the worst possible decision. An Italian mafia boss’s love for his native country’s cooking led to his arrest a …
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In case you haven’t been reading the news, Prince Philip – the husband of the UK’s Queen Elizabeth II – passed away last week. His death was reportedly unexpected, but at the age of just a couple months short of 100, perhaps he’d earned his rest. But as upsetting the news of the Duke of …
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We’ve all heard of stolen groceries before, but stolen by birds? It’s not typical but it is happening and here’s the story. Customer, Matt Lewallen, was packing his groceries into his car when ravens swooped in to steal a short rib from his cart. “I literally took 10 steps away and turned around, two ravens …
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