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Most people aren’t particularly looking forward to moving to a retirement community. That said, for seniors, they can be perfect homes, with their slower pace of life and more-or-less like-minded company. A retirement village also turned out to be the ideal home for Alice Amayu. Despite being only 38, Amayu lives in a retirement community …
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In Russia, it’s pretty easy to have a police officer get on your case. Fortunately, it’s also pretty easy to get that police officer off your case. Just hand him a wad of cash and there’s a good chance he’ll look the other way. Now, despite fairly common corruption among law enforcement officials, Russian authorities …
Continue reading “Russian Cops Encouraged to Reject Bribes — By Getting the Bribe Money as a Reward”
Few things are as irritating as your phone ringing nonstop. Whether it’s due to a hiccup at work, an overtly chatty friend, an annoyingly persistent telemarketer, or a nefarious scammer, having your phone go off constantly soon starts driving you insane. Imagine, then, how this Canadian couple must be feeling. For months now, Natasha Lavoie …
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We all need to go see a dentist every once in a while. That goes even for animals. A while ago, we brought you a story about a kitty cat who got a ridiculously expensive golden tooth crown. Recently, a Minnesota zoo performed a similar dental operation — but to a much bigger animal. An …
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It’s good to be the king! As long as it’s within the borders of your realm, anything under the sun is for you to do with as you please. On the flip side, it means that you have to keep track of everything you own. King Charles III of England is (or, well, his subjects …
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Ah, Mars — the Red Planet. It has tantalized humankind for thousands of years, either in the role of a deity, the target of future space colonization, or simply as the home of little green men. Now, you have a chance to own a hefty chunk of it. Because everything is for sale these days, …
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A musclebound lifeguard runs along the beach with a rescue board in hand. Bravely, he dives into the rolling waves and starts swimming towards a helpless, drowning… Deer. Baywatch took a bit of a different turn on Florida beach this week when lifeguards noticed a struggling swimmer out in the open water. This swimmer, however, …
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As the famous saying goes, you should fight fire with fire. Well, perhaps not if you’re doing actual firefighting, but it’s apt in many other situations. For instance, it works when you’re dealing with nightmarish flesh-eating flies. The New World screwworm fly is once again rampaging through Central America and southern Texas. Already eradicated once, …
Are you one of those people who always seem to get pulled out of the airport security line for a pat-down even though you made perfectly sure to empty your pockets? Have you wondered why that is? Well, not to be rude, but it could be because things are a bit swampy down south. A …
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Most people don’t enjoy having to give a urine sample at a doctor’s office. Still, it can be a vital diagnostic tool, so occasionally you just have to pee in a plastic container. That said, you shouldn’t do that unless a doctor tells you to. And you certainly shouldn’t bring your homemade urine sample with …
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