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It’s the crowning moment of any kid’s birthday to blow out the candles on their cake. There’s just one, pretty gross-out inducing problem with it. Young children, in particular, might not be all that great at controlling their air output. It’s highly likely that in addition to blowing out the candles, they’ll spew a generous …
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He was blind, but now he sees. A man who lost his eyesight decades ago is now able to see objects on a table and the stripes of a pedestrian crossing – all thank to algae. The borderline miraculous recovery was detailed recently in the journal Nature Medicine. It promises to be a breakthrough in …
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Fascinating or terrifying times are approaching in several U.S. states, depending on how much you like bugs. Brood X cicadas are about to emerge from the ground. In case you don’t know what we’re talking about, Brood X is a brood of periodical cicadas in America. These bugs spend 17 years in the ground as …
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In Denmark, an excavation of massive scale has begun. But the project isn’t just any regular construction or landscaping project. Instead, the Danish are digging up millions upon millions of corpses. Granted, they’re corpses of minks, but corpses nonetheless. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scandinavian country exterminated every single farmed mink in the country. The …
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There’s a lot of things we see in our neighborhoods, and with that being said, you never know what’s going to happen. But even so, if you saw a tiger, you’d probably be pretty freaked out. This Houston neighborhood was and stated ‘It was scary.’ A tiger was on the loose Sunday night before it’s …
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A woman is sleeping soundly in the dead of night, when she suddenly wakes up. Something wet is dripping on her from above. Concerned that it might be a plumbing issue, she turns on the light and wipes her face. She looks at her hand and her eyes fly wide with terror – its smeared …
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Animals often get themselves in tough situations-at times because of humans but sometimes on their own. Thankfully when animals can’t help themselves, there are people who can be called upon to save them. Animal rescue stories are some of the most uplifting, reassuring us that there are good humans in the world who care about …
We’ve seen many kinds of Martians in speculative fiction over the years. They’ve been little green men, slightly bigger gray aliens, something that gets killed by a flu virus, and any number of other incomprehensible lifeforms. But that’s all just fiction. Everybody knows there’s nothing actually living on Mars… Right? Well, we haven’t found any …
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When you think of Chernobyl – the site of the infamous 1986 nuclear disaster – you’re probably picturing something from Stalker. You know, gas masks, radiation, strange mutants, that sort of stuff. Whatever your mental picture, though, you probably wouldn’t be too thrilled about consuming anything grown in the seclusion zone. Ukrainian authorities seem to …
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The Tik Tok coffee drink order from Edward has extra whipped cream, a drizzle of caramel syrup, honey and cinnamon dulce pumps, 5 bananas and more. It is the stickiest, most dramatic drink. So, of course it’s trending. The trend that inspired this drink is quite the feat, even for the most seasoned of baristas. …
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