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“Practice what you preach” is generally a pretty good guideline for going through life. If you start telling other people what they should do, it’s only right that you yourself abide by the same rules. Right? Well, we all know that all too often it doesn’t work that way. It’s easy to dictate other people’s …
Molly Everette Gibson is known as a miracle baby, as she was born using an embryo frozen back in October 1992. Molly was born less than two years after her mother Tina was born in April of 1991. Are you confused? Because I was too, but this is what happened. It’s all because of science. …
Continue reading “Baby is ’27 Years Old,’ Just 18 Months Younger Than Her Mom”
Apple or PC, that is the question. There have been entire marketing campaigns built around the rivalry, but let us be diplomatic here and say both kinds of computers have their uses. No matter which can you’re in, though, it’d be hard to deny that Apple computers have shaped the way we think about personal …
Continue reading “Apple I Computer in Original Box Signed by Steve Wozniak Goes on Auction”
Is the pandemic just really unraveling everyone? We brought you the story of the silver monolith in Utah last week. It had captured the delight of the Internet (no simple task these days as we’re all chronically over-stimulated and under-motivated). Well, that monolith has disappeared in as mysterious a manner as it appeared. If you …
If you like watching military action movies, you’ve seen the U.S. military carry out some weird research projects. But in reality… Actually, you will still see the U.S. military carry out some weird research projects. From robotic mules to trying to weaponized hallucinogenic drugs, the U.S. Army has tried a lot of things that sometimes …
Continue reading “U.S. Army Develops Technology to Create Telepathic Soldiers”
Mullets have been quite the hairdo over time, and are often loved or hated. But this Texas boy was praised for his good looks and took thee top prize in Mullet Champ USA’s 2020 Kids Mullet Championship. At 8 years old, Jax received over 20,000 votes and over 50,000 social media reactions, winning first place …
Continue reading “Having a Mullet is Back and the Kids are Winning the Style”
When it comes to picking a baby name, everyone has their own ideas. But apparently this babies full name was terrible, so terrible, it’s making people laugh. “My brother and his girlfriend had a baby girl two months ago,” Shared a new auntie. “I didn’t visit her in the hospital due to the restrictions,” she explained. …
Continue reading “SIL Laughs at and Refuses to Use New Niece’s Full Name”
If you don’t have at least one “smart” device these days, you can consider yourself a bit of an oddity. Most of us have our smartphones, and smart watches are also becoming ever more common. But it seems that in the last decade or so, the tech industry has decided to smart-ify everything. Smart technology …
Continue reading “Amazon Outage Takes Out Internet – And People’s Vacuum Cleaners”
Happy Turkey Day, everybody! Or Thanksgiving, whichever you want to call it. It’s a day for getting together with family (with appropriate pandemic precautions, mind you), eating and drinking well, and all around having a good time. Well, except for the 46 million turkeys that are eaten on this day every year. But not every …
Continue reading “Thank You, Turkey: Ancient Feather Blanket Sheds Light on American History”
We usually associate animal behavior with cuteness. Whether they’re running, jumping, bouncing, nibbling, or anything else, it’s usually adorable, right? But if you’re read Oddee at all – or paid any attention to nature for that matter – you’ll know that just as often animals aren’t quite as innocent as we make them out to …
Continue reading “Banded Mongoose Females Send Their Pack to War… And Then Have Sex with the Enemy”