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A popular, old expression is “she’s got legs up to here, ” and we still don’t know what the heck it means but we’ve found the woman everyone is referring to. Well, the Guinness World Record people found her, and she’s a 6’9″ Russian model. Ekaterina Lisina is the new title holder for the longest …
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2017 has been a year of hurricanes, earthquakes and devastating brush fires. And now, it’s raining fish. Is it the end of the world? Probably not. But this week, fish did drop from the sky in Tampico, Mexico during a light rain, according to Pedro Granados, the director of civil protection in Tamaulipas state. He …
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Catt Gallinger’s foray into body art ended just as quickly as it started, but not soon enough, as she may have been rendered partially blind by her tattooist. The 24-year-old had requested a scelera tattoo—ink that would tint the whites of her eyes. However, her modification didn’t go as planned. Purple liquid starting seeping from …
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Oh, what a lucky man he was—or rather, is. Paul Baxter, 50, of Preston, Lancashire, visited a doctor after coughing up yellow mucus for over a year. He was a smoker for some 30 years, and after a round of tests, doctors feared the worst. A scan performed to determine the cause of his symptoms …
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Every fall, we expect a certain number of things to occur—the start of the school year, a change in hue on tree leaves from green to a multitude of colors, and pumpkin spice everything on store shelves. But have we reached peak pumpkin spice? Some think we have, based on the latest news from New …
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An Ohio homeowner told his dog sitter to flee after she sent a seemingly innocent video of his dogs running happily. In the video, a shadowy figure can be seen lurking in the background, which some believe means the house is haunted. At first, nothing seems amiss in the video, which was shot in Cincinnati. …
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If you’ve ever been ghosted, this story might give you a bit of satisfaction. In other words, it probably wasn’t your fault. Workplace advice blog Ask a Manager had a reader who needed advice relating to his job. In the email submitted, he told the story of how he ghosted an ex-girlfriend, Sylvia, by leaving …
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Don’t like going to the dentist? This story should assuage your fears. (Okay, probably not, but we’re trying to help.) A robot dentist in China has worked on its first human patient. The anonymous female will go down in history as the first person ever to have oral surgery performed solely by a machine. Human doctors …
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Ayanna Williams set out to break the world record for longest fingernails over 20 years ago. Last week, her dedication paid off, and her tentacles were crowned the champions by the people at Guinness World Records. The Texas native’s nails measure a combined total of 18 feet and 10.9 inches on both hands. (It’s important …
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It’s never too late to give tribute where it’s due—even if that tribute comes 66 million years after the fact. California has finally named its state dinosaur—the Augustynolophus morrisi. Yes, the state with a representational flower (the poppy), reptile (the desert tortoise), and even a fossil (the saber-toothed cat) has somehow neglected, until now, naming …