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In many cases, the death of your mother is a devastating blow. This Italian man appears to have seen an opportunity in the tragedy. The 56-year-old’s mother, Graziella Dall’Oglio died years ago. However, he never reported the death to the authorities. In fact, he continued living as if his mother was still alive. That also …
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It’s always fun when a bunch of dogs gets together for a play date. Recently, however, Argentina took the concept to a frankly ridiculous level. A group of people, led by social media influencer Fausto Duperré, decided to set a new world record. They wanted to get as many golden retrievers in one place as …
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After World War II, G.I.s returned from the front and got busy building families. That resulted in a baby boom, and that’s how we got today’s Boomers. It turns out that the same thing can also happen with our closest relatives. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a bloody war raged in Uganda. This …
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A Danish Zoo has recently stirred up a bit of controversy, to put things mildly. A few months ago, it asked people to donate their pets to the zoo. “Oh, that’s cute,” you might think. However, the donated animals wouldn’t become new attractions. Instead, they’d become food for the zoo’s carnivorous animals. Aalborg Zoo put …
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“Dead or alive, you are coming with me.” With that phrase, the cyborg law enforcer RoboCop blasted his way onto the silver screen and into general pop culture in 1987. It’d probably be an exaggeration to call RoboCop the most famous Detroit resident of all time. However, the dystopian science-fiction vision of the city certainly …
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The Fabergé eggs are the stuff of legend. Originally made as a gift for the Russian Czar, the priceless Easter eggs have been the subjects of countless heist novels and movies. Recently, an enterprising thief tried stealing a Fabergé egg in real life — using a decidedly unorthodox method. A New Zealand jewelry store called …
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Losing weight takes a lot of hard, grueling work. It can really help you commit if you have an inspiring story of weight loss, even from a stranger, to keep you motivated. Sadly, a poorly planned attempt to provide people with such a story recently claimed the life of a fitness coach. Dmitry Nuyanzin, a …
If you head out of Chicago on State Route 71, you’ll soon enough reach the small town of Ottawa, Illinois. But just before you get there, you’ll pass a small man-made lake on your left. In the middle of that lake is a tiny islet. On that island sits its lone resident — a Volvo …
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In science fiction, robots are comparable to, if not better than, real people. They can run, crawl, jump, speak, and use guns and computers just like a human would. Real robots, however, are much clumsier and clunkier things. Although some industrial machines can manipulate objects with incredible accuracy, humanoid robots are a far cry from …
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Ancient Egyptians buried their pharaohs in glorious tombs with plenty of pomp and circumstance. It was all done so that the deified ruler could continue his reign in the afterlife. As such, it seems unthinkable that they would desecrate a pharaoh’s tomb. Yet, grave robbers were surprisingly common in Egypt. Recently, researchers discovered a very …
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