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Today, wherever he is, Gene Simmons is probably green with envy. Mochi ‘Mo’ Rickert, an 8-year-old St. Bernard from Sioux Falls South Dakota, was crowned the Guinness World Records holder for the longest tongue on a dog. The pooch got tongues wagging when record keepers measured her slobbery appendage dangling an impressive 7.31 inches in …
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Little kids will put anything in their mouths, and the consequences can range from carrying the swallowed object around in your body for several decades to the unthinkable. For one little Argentinian boy, however, his swallowed toy had a different effect—it gave him a little “squeak.” The anonymous young boy (not a toddler by the way) …
Beard contests have been all the rage for the last few years, with interested parties traveling to different states, countries, and sometimes even continents, to enter. One potential contestant considered his facial hair to be such that he risked everything to travel from his home in France to the contest in Austin. And how did …
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If an animal is hungry enough, he’ll eat that looks like food. Even a $300K sports car. Markus Zahn took his pride and joy, a McLaren 650S Spider, out for a spin last year in Germany. He parked his car in what he assumed was a safe spot. The last thing he wanted was another …
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Ever heard of a gustnado? We haven’t either—but it looks pretty horrifying. A man named Brent Rose drove through this unusual combination of heavy wind, dust, and rain near Buttonwillow, California in early September and posted the harrowing video to YouTube. He said of the freak storm, “I was driving down the highway and noticed …
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A giraffe in Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, Missouri stuck her neck out for love this week when she helped a man propose to his girlfriend. Makayla Blakey thought she was just there to feed the animals, but her boyfriend Cody Hall had other ideas—she did not see the engagement ring hanging around Mili the …
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Sometimes life doesn’t go the way you want, even if it involves a new baby brother—just ask Daisy Martin. The girl from Cardiff, Wales was left in a puddle of tears when she received the tragic news that her pregnant mom was having a baby boy—not a girl as she had hoped. Her adorable reaction …
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In situations of pending death, there are two possible courses of action for human or beast—either accept fate or fight like hell to survive. This is known as the “fight or flight” response. Neither response is the “correct” course of action, and a person will never know how they’ll react until their backs are against …
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A popular, old expression is “she’s got legs up to here, ” and we still don’t know what the heck it means but we’ve found the woman everyone is referring to. Well, the Guinness World Record people found her, and she’s a 6’9″ Russian model. Ekaterina Lisina is the new title holder for the longest …
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2017 has been a year of hurricanes, earthquakes and devastating brush fires. And now, it’s raining fish. Is it the end of the world? Probably not. But this week, fish did drop from the sky in Tampico, Mexico during a light rain, according to Pedro Granados, the director of civil protection in Tamaulipas state. He …
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