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Blue crabs are generally considered a Maryland specialty, especially when drenched in Old Bay seasoning. Although the Old Line State might be the most famous for them, the crabs also show up in the Carolinas, Delaware, New Jersey, and even Louisiana. The corn fields of Iowa, however, are decidedly crab-less. It’s weird, then, that blue …
Continue reading “Crabs Are Showing Up in Weird Places in Sioux City”
Few things taste better than some cold ice cream on a hot day on the beach. The treat is so refreshing that you’d go to great lengths for it. You’d even drag the ice cream truck out of the sea to save its precious cargo. At least that’s what tourists on a beach in Cornwall, …
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The laws about food can get seriously weird. For instance, Subway can’t legally say it serves “bread” in Ireland because it contains too much sugar, while pizza sauce in the U.S. can legally contain 15 fly eggs and a maggot per 100 grams. Well, we now have a new, utterly mind-boggling ruling to add to …
Continue reading “Ohio Supreme Court: Boneless Chicken Wings Don’t Have to Be Boneless”
It’s a small world. Somewhere out there is somebody, or likely several people, who share the same name with you (unless your parents cursed you with something like X Æ A-Xii). That’s true even for criminally-minded birds. Two stores in U.K. cities 195 miles apart are struggling with a bizarre issue. At both establishments, a …
Continue reading “Two Thieving Seagulls, Both Dubbed ‘Steven Seagull’, Are Harassing UK Stores”
Practice is the key to mastery. Those who want to become successful at something should practice it over and over again to build their skills. Unless what you’re trying to learn is incredibly stupid, in which case it’d be better to direct your efforts elsewhere. The questionable hero of today’s story should’ve probably done that. …
Continue reading “Same Man Caught at Same Airport Smuggling Same Drug Twice in One Week”
Today, there are 8.1 billion people on the planet and the number just keeps growing. There are scant few places on planet Earth where you won’t find any humans. Things were a little bit different roughly a million years ago. At the time, humanity wasn’t doing so well. In fact, we were teetering on the …
Continue reading “That One Time a Million Years Ago When Humanity Almost Went Extinct”
The year 2023 was a weird one when it comes to animals and cocaine. First came the movie Cocaine Bear, loosely based on the real story of a black bear that devoured a discarded cocaine shipment. A few months later, the Discovery Channel broadcast the documentary Cocaine Sharks. It speculated that sharks could be in …
Continue reading “Brazilian Scientists Prove the Existence of Cocaine Sharks”
Some things are sure to get the alarms blaring if you show up at an airport with them in your bag. The list of contraband includes firearms, drugs, exotic animals, and human remains. Oh, and bagel seasoning. At least if you’re arriving in South Korea. The American grocery store chain Trader Joe’s has exploded in …
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Hearing someone talk about “stars that should not be” sounds unnerving at best to an average person. The phrase brings to mind something about ancient prophecies, biblical visions of the apocalypse, and dormant evils from beyond time and space. To astro nerds, however, this all is very exciting. That’s because what we’re actually talking about …
Continue reading “Stars That ‘Should Not Be’ Reveal a ‘Missing Link’ Black Hole in Milky Way”
Oh no! You’re out swimming on a Long Island beach when a leg cramp renders you helpless in the water. Luckily, help is on the way. In slow-motion, clad in a red swimsuit as suspenseful music plays in the background, a savior comes running to your aid. Did we say running? We meant flying, since …
Continue reading “NYC’s Baywatch Drones Are Under Attack by Pissed-Off Birds”