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Man, who doesn’t like vanilla ice cream. Some might say it’s a boring flavor, but sometimes the simplest things just are the best. But did you know that a lot of the vanilla flavoring – or vanillin – used in the food industry has never actually ever been inside a vanilla bean? What you’re tasting …
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Dora is a little black-and-brown tortoiseshell kitten from Toronto, Canada, who was born sometime in April. She just has one little problem – she has no butthole. At least, she was born without one. And as you may be aware, having an anus is kind of important for some pretty basic bodily functions. The rescued …
Continue reading “Kitten Born Without a Butthole Gets One Grafted in Surgery”
Last week we published a list on unusual toys and treats with which to spoil your dog. Now, a new study has shed light on why your puppy deserves those treats. The fresh research – published in the journal Current Biology – has found that puppies are born with a degree of knowledge in how …
Continue reading “Study: Puppies Know from Birth How to Communicate with People”
Not that we can claim to be experts on the subject, but we’d assume hiring a professional killer is pretty expensive. But apparently some of them are willing to give you a payment plan. Claudia Carrion, from Allentown, PA, has been arrested with criminal solicitation. She’s been charged with attempting to hire an undercover detective …
Continue reading “Pennsylvania Woman Attempts to Hire a Hitman on a Payment Plan”
A woman that was found and rescued from a storm drain in South Florida, has now been rescued from a storm drain in Texas. It kinda makes you wonder if it’s happened before? (To her, I mean.) A woman who spent three weeks in a sewer system in Delray Beach disappeared into a storm drain …
Continue reading “How Many Times Can You Fall Into a Storm Drain?”
Edward Matthes, 51, has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison after the $2.6 million investment scheme in which he defrauded 27 victims. He also stole money from his parents and to a cognitively disabled person. Matthes, who is now in Milwaukee, pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud in November …
Continue reading “Financial Adviser Stole Money From Clients and Parents”
Sometimes, the best inventions are accidental. A Japanese AI that originally had nothing to do with medicine could just inadvertently made a great contribution to global health. BakeryScan is – like its name implies – a computer AI system for bakeries. Developed in 2013 by computer engineer Hisashi Kambe, bakeries use the AI to identify …
Continue reading “AI Built to Identify Pastries Recognizes Cancer with 99% Accuracy”
Rats don’t often get a lot of praise. Despite their surprising intelligence and actually high hygiene, people consider them nothing but vermin to be eradicated. But even the most ostracized of creatures can become a hero. Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, is one of them. Instead of roaming through sewers, Magawa has spent the …
Continue reading “Award-Winning Rat Retires from Land Mine Sniffing Duties”
We’ve never seen an elephant rampage and, frankly, we don’t want to. It doesn’t sound like a good time for anyone involved. Unfortunately for the residents of Yunnan Province in Southwestern China, they’ve had to deal with one for a couple of months now. A herd of 15 wild Asian elephants has blazed a 500-mile …
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A while back we featured a story about the Brood X cicadas that are emerging in the eastern U.S. More specifically, it was about the psychedelic fungus that makes their butts fall off. But the fungus isn’t the only threat the cicadas face as they crawl out of the ground for the first time in …
Continue reading “FDA: Don’t Eat Cicadas If You’re Allergic to Seafood”