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Imagine you’re reading the morning newspaper and you hit the classifieds section. Or if you’re too modern for that, maybe you’re on Craigslist. Suddenly, you notice a strange ad. A Wild West town for sale, lightly used, comes with a saloon. Alright, that’s an exaggeration, but it’s not too far from reality. For the meager …
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People will do strange things for money, fame and recognition, from sticking toothpicks into their beard to piercing coconuts with one finger. Being pummeled in the face by the most wet sponges in one minute is definitely one of the more bizarre world records and until recently it stood at 76. Then along came a …
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What’s your least favorite smell in the world? Maybe it’s something strange, like raw tomatoes, or more typical, like skunk. In this story, the smell was so bad, evacuations were made and people even got a bit sick. Six workers ended up getting hospitalized and 60 workers had to evacuate. Twelve total postal workers received …
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A young and sleepy mountain lion was found napping in a planter along a normally busy street in downtown San Francisco Thursday. Before being released back into the wild, the lion spent time looking at its reflection in the glass of an office tower. It was two days that the lion spent roaming the streets …
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Have you been bemoaning the extra pounds you’ve put on while being in isolation during the coronavirus pandemic? I know I have. But that’s definitely not the situation for Alyssa Clark. Running a marathon – a long-distance race of 26 miles – is for many the ultimate goal in their quest for physical fitness. And …
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If you told someone that a cartoon character wrote you a letter, most people would wonder if you’d hit your head or something. If you then said that you sold the letter for an obscene amount of money, some might start calling the men in white coats. But as it usually goes with these things, …
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It’s usually about as far from a laughing matter as you can get when one country’s troops invade another. But in this case, you can’t help but chuckle. In late May, a military force from Poland occupied a small part of the Czech Republic for around two weeks. Only, it was not a hostile invasion …
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We all know that babies are born with heads too big for their bodies. It turns out, this happens in the animal world, too, to baby owls. Baby owls are born with heads that are so heavy, that they have to sleep face down. How is that not the cutest damn thing you heard all …
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In a surprise twist, a new study has discovered that diligent people with long-term planning ability and high emotional availability were responsible for hoarding toilet paper during the coronavirus epidemic. When the COVID-19 lockdown measures began to kick in last March, practically every store in the US, Europe and in many other places in the …
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Is there a monster lurking in Scotland’s famous Loch Ness? New pictures of a strange creature swimming through the Loch’s waters snapped by a British tourist have reignited the debate over whether Nessie might be real. The photos were taken by Southampton resident Steve Challice, who was visiting Urquhart Castle on the shores of Loch …
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