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Sharks are often considered ferocious man-eating apex predators of the sea. While their infamy is actually mostly unwarranted, stories and movies of shark attacks have cemented their reputation in our collective subconscious. At least we can all breathe a sigh of relief with the fact that sharks are confined to the seas. On hard, dry …
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Apparently, this ‘new’ Karen isn’t the only one. There has been an increasing number of instances of middle-aged women who’ve acted out in regards to complying to the safety guidelines and store policies. People across America are acting out as such, just asking some to wear a mask to help stop the spread of the …
Continue reading “There’s A New Karen, and She Throws Things”
From the snarling feral beasts of Aliens to a kind wrinkled raisin that just wants to phone home, some kinds of extraterrestrials have fascinated people pretty much ever since stories were a thing. Maybe we just like to think that we’re not so utterly alone in the universe. Now a U.S. ex-military boss is saying …
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We’ve covered events that resembled famous movie scenes before. This is one more of those, but this time the genre has switched to horror. On July 7, Dutch police officers raiding a criminal gang’s hideout made a bloodcurdling discovery. The gang had constructed a torture chamber that could just as well have been a set …
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Have you ever seen The NeverEnding Story? If you have, then you will remember the horse in the swamp scene. It’s one of the most heartbreaking moments in film history and seeing it as a child scarred many of us for life. An incident very reminiscent of the infamous clip played out near Bognor Regis …
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A couple weeks ago we wrote about the dumbest tourist ever who tried to pet a lion in Tanzania. Now a woman in Romania has proven that you don’t need to travel to Africa to almost get mauled by wild beasts. The incident reportedly happened in Bacau, Romania, in late June. An unnamed woman …
Continue reading “Woman Tries To Take Photo With Wild Bear, Lives To Tell The Tale”
In a story twist that could’ve popped straight out of a Pixar writers’ brainstorming session, a curious chicken recently went on a journey of a lifetime. And just like the studio’s best animated features, this animal story has a happy ending. Reba is a Rhode Island Red hen living in Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas, as …
Continue reading “There and Back Again: A Chicken’s Unexpected Journey to Costco and Beyond”
We all know that father-son rivalries are not only a thing, but are practically a right of passage. But this arm-wrestling match went too far. This is what happened. Curtis Zimmerman was drinking when he challenged his son to an arm-wrestling competition. After losing to his son multiple times, the 55-year-old dad became “agitated,” and …
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Although the list of COVID symptoms keeps growing, as of now, long-lasting erections are not on it. But for this 62-year-old man, he not only experienced an erection, but a four hour one. Even Viagra commercials tell us that erections lasting longer than 4 hours are bad. At first it may be “an exciting” side …
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Quick, name a food associated with Germany. There’s a pretty good chance you came up with either beer or sausage. It’s a bit of a tired stereotype at this point, but there’s no denying facts: Germans love their beer and sausages. But what are Germans to do when they leave the beer hall late at …
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