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Humans seem hardwired to seek ways to alter our states of consciousness. From absolutely disgusting alcoholic beverages to inventive designer drugs, we’re always on the lookout for some method to get high. But at times, people decide to go for the all-natural, ancient methods. And one of those now has the National Park Service (NPS) …
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Hiroshi Fujiwara, 81, told police that ‘my dad says he pushed mum into the sea’. Local police is Oiso, Kanagawa prefecture in Japan were told of the incident on Friday, November 4th. Fujiwara said that the incident took place the day before, when he and his 79-year-old, wheelchair-bound wife, Teruko, went to a pier in …
Earlier this year, we brought you the story of the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. That lit a spark of competition — we can’t let those guys up north do all the weird food-related crime, can we? Fortunately (or not) we now have an all-American contender in the same race. Three men from Florida were …
Continue reading “Where’s the Beef? — 3 Florida Men Charged for $9 Million Midwest Meat Heist”
No matter your outfit, there’s a jewelry material to match it. You can get your jewelry in pretty much anything you want — gold, silver, bronze, steel, plastic, bone, wood… And now we can add breast milk and human semen to the list. It’s all thanks to Amanda Booth, the founder of Trinkets by Amanda. …
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One of the arguments for legalizing cannabis is that it makes weed dealers more accountable for what they sell to potheads. That claim is now being put to test. Two Californian weed connoisseurs have filed a lawsuit against a local cannabis company. The class action lawsuit claims that weed cultivator DreamFields is misleading its customers. …
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A missing grandma vanished just after a walk. Jahrah, 54, went for a walk to collect rubber in a forest near her family home in Jambi, Indonesia. Concerned relatives reported her missing when she didn’t return from the jungle. Search parties organized by locals began by searching through the dense woods in the Tanjung Jabung …
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There’s such a thing as being a sore loser. And there’s this guy. Police officers in Dallas, TX, recently arrested one Cameron Hogg and charged him with murder. Hogg, 31, stands accused of shooting to death another Dallas resident, Asia Womack. And it appears to be all because he lost to Womack in basketball. After …
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Ancient Egypt has fascinated both archeologists and consumers of popular media for centuries. From mummies to the pyramids and sealed tombs of the Pharaohs, we’ve learned a lot about the lives of the Egyptians of old. But as much as we’ve discovered, there’s equally much — if not more — that remains a mystery. Archeologists …
Continue reading “‘Don’t Boil Heads Here’ — Sinister Shrine to Unknown Gods Found in Egypt”
Tempers can flare when a person gets served an eviction notice. That’s understandable — after all, someone’s about to get kicked out of their home. It’s still rare to see somebody deploy what amounts to a biological weapon to try and stop the eviction. But that’s what a Massachusetts woman allegedly did against sheriff’s deputies …
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Developing an allergy to anything later in life is a terrible experience. You might become unable to eat your favorite food or do the activities you most enjoy. But this particular young man really got dealt the worst possible hand in the game of life. He developed a rare, bizarre allergy-like condition — to his …
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