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The disappearance of your beloved pet is always a nerve-wracking affair. Fortunately, the story does sometimes have a happy ending when the wayward animal returns home safe and sound. The adventure of one Utah family’s cat ended on just such a positive note. That said, the kitty’s owners could have never believed how far their …
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This is it — excrement has hit the fan and your survival is a matter of do or die. In other words, your fight-or-flight response has kicked in. This primal reaction to dangerous situations has helped both humans and animals stay alive over millions upon millions of years. Have you ever wondered just how far …
It’s that time of year again. By which we mean it’s time to compete in who screeches the most like a flipped-out seagull. No, we’re serious. The fourth annual Seagull Screeching Contest took place on April 21 in the town of Adinkerke in Belgium. This more or less illustrious event has grown with each year …
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If you’ve just gotten bitten by a snake, it’s understandable if you panic a bit. After all, unless you regularly work with snakes, you may have no idea if the snake is venomous or not. Unless you’re in Australia. Although the number of venomous animals on the island is somewhat exaggerated, they still have plenty …
Oh, Axe body spray and your ridiculous advertisements. You know, the ones where a kissless geek sprays himself all over, and suddenly every girl in his high school wants to rip his pants off. Yet, some guys must’ve believed what they saw in the ads. If you ever had one of these dudes in your …
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A while back, we reported on two women who took a dead man to a bank in an attempt to withdraw money from his account. That was such an unusual story, we didn’t think we’d run into another one like it. Yet, here we are. A Brazilian woman has been arrested for a bizarre and …
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Helping our animal friends can be done in many different ways. Some of them are pretty darn cute. Take the dormice of England, for instance. These cute little furballs are struggling due to a bout of tree infections in the European country. The types of trees the dormice prefer to live in have been hit …
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It really is a small world. No matter where you go, you just might run into someone you know. For proof, take this story of a shipwreck that led to a bizarre family meeting. Three fishermen out practicing their jobs on the Pacific Ocean got struck by a storm and shipwrecked on a deserted island. …
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Sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll! That’s what being a priest is all about. Wait, what? Well, at least that was the life a certain Polish Catholic priest led. We know about it because the last drug-fueled orgy he threw turned fatal. A male prostitute attending the doomed party last fall overdosed on sexual performance-enhancing …
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The Italian island of Alicudi is a true rural Mediterranean paradise. Visiting the island is like traveling back hundreds of years. There are no hotels or modern roads and transportation is handled by either your own feet or a donkey. Additionally, there are goats. Way too many goats. Over the last couple of decades, Alicudi …