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A Utah man stole a truck because he said he wanted to rendezvous with aliens, but then he felt bad for taking it. He later returned the truck to the 7 Eleven store. Bryce Jerald Dixon has been accused of theft and three attempts to escape an officer custody. He told police that he needed …
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Animals can be pretty smart sometimes. That’s common knowledge to anyone who owns a dog, or even a cat. But everyone’s favorite pets aren’t actually the brightest ones in the animal kingdom. They’re actually kind of dumb in some ways when compared to creatures like the elephant, pig, or even octopus. There’s also another group …
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An Australian Instagram model with a passion for dressing like Catwoman and some sticky fingers, has been arrested and jailed, again, after a series of crimes including masked robberies and shoplifting. Her name is Monique Agostino, she’s 25, and this is her story. Agostino was warned by Magistrate Jacqueline Milledge that her life was “going …
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It’s a fairly common more-or-less serious joke to question whether fast food counts as food. People have questioned the food-iness of the offerings of various restaurants, like the McDonald’s meal that looks exactly the same as it did 10 years ago. There have also been controversies about the stuff they use as additives in fast …
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A man from Illinois scooped up Richard Nixon’s sandwich 60 years ago, on September 22nd 1960, when the politician was visiting home to give a speech in Sullivan. And he still has the sandwich. Steve Jenne has been invited onto several tv shows like “The Tonight Show,” with Johnny Carson, because of the buffalo barbeque …
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When people talk about things that run in the family, it’s usually about something more or less negative. Maybe it’s stubbornness, baldness, or susceptibility to some disease. Of course, there are also those families where everyone’s ridiculously good-looking or maybe extremely musical. But the Taylor Schlitz family from Texas has everybody beat – it seems …
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Five parrots were removed from a wildlife park after they were swearing at customers. The new birds arrived on August 15th and the parrots had a grand time during quarantine, teaching each other to swear. The bird’s antics made the staff laugh, and only further encouraged the birds’ bad behavior. Once the birds began yelling …
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We in the Western world often take running water for granted. But if you look at the big picture, being able to get a drinkable glass of water from a tap in your own home is really a luxury. In many parts of the world the water just isn’t safe to drink – if you …
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Ion Aliman, 56, was running for his third term as mayor of the small town, Deveselu, in southern Romania. Just ten days from the election, he died from COVID-19 complications. It was too late to remove him from the ballot, so the small town of 3,000 honored a mayor they loved and admired by voting …
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The COVID-19 pandemic is still going strong, with rates of new infections indicating that we might be heading towards a new spike. And with very well thought out responses from authorities – such as Florida lifting all coronavirus restrictions – it seems that the virus will not be going anywhere any time soon. But at …
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