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This almost looks real enough for us NOT to drink it, but since we’re closing in on Halloween, we’ll give it a try. At this store in Taiwan, customers are flocking to have their drinks topped with cockroaches, mosquitoes, and even centipedes, but relax—the creepy crawlies are all made with chocolate and foam. Barista Chang …
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A hardcore group of Simpsons’ fans gathered this past week to take part in the annual Simpsons Costume Contest hosted by “WOO HOO! Classic Simpsons Trivia Brooklyn”—and its outfits were damn near perfect. “WOO HOO! Classic Simpsons Trivia Brooklyn” is held on the first Thursday of every month at The Kings Beer Hall in Brooklyn. …
If ghosts do exist, and we’re firm believers that they do, it would only make sense that the undead would hang around places that people already believe to be haunted—especially super famous locations and touristy attractions like the Stanley Hotel in Colorado. The Mausling family recently participated in a “spirit tour” at the 108-year-old Stanley …
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Often, there’s nothing more boring than watching a Senate hearing in real time on CNBC, but a real-life Monopoly game piece has stolen the show. Enter Rich Uncle Pennybags. While Equifax CEO Richard Smith testified as to what he knew about the massive hack that compromised half of the U.S. population’s personal data, Pennybags, replete in …
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Today, wherever he is, Gene Simmons is probably green with envy. Mochi ‘Mo’ Rickert, an 8-year-old St. Bernard from Sioux Falls South Dakota, was crowned the Guinness World Records holder for the longest tongue on a dog. The pooch got tongues wagging when record keepers measured her slobbery appendage dangling an impressive 7.31 inches in …
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Little kids will put anything in their mouths, and the consequences can range from carrying the swallowed object around in your body for several decades to the unthinkable. For one little Argentinian boy, however, his swallowed toy had a different effect—it gave him a little “squeak.” The anonymous young boy (not a toddler by the way) …
Beard contests have been all the rage for the last few years, with interested parties traveling to different states, countries, and sometimes even continents, to enter. One potential contestant considered his facial hair to be such that he risked everything to travel from his home in France to the contest in Austin. And how did …
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If an animal is hungry enough, he’ll eat that looks like food. Even a $300K sports car. Markus Zahn took his pride and joy, a McLaren 650S Spider, out for a spin last year in Germany. He parked his car in what he assumed was a safe spot. The last thing he wanted was another …
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Ever heard of a gustnado? We haven’t either—but it looks pretty horrifying. A man named Brent Rose drove through this unusual combination of heavy wind, dust, and rain near Buttonwillow, California in early September and posted the harrowing video to YouTube. He said of the freak storm, “I was driving down the highway and noticed …
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A giraffe in Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, Missouri stuck her neck out for love this week when she helped a man propose to his girlfriend. Makayla Blakey thought she was just there to feed the animals, but her boyfriend Cody Hall had other ideas—she did not see the engagement ring hanging around Mili the …
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