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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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Love is blind, they say. When you find the one to grab hold of your heart, it doesn’t matter who they are. With all that said, if your beloved has been dead for the past few hundred years, you probably should look for someone… Fresher. This is the bizarre case that faces the authorities in …
New York City is famous for a lot of things. There’s the Empire State Building, Times Square, Central Park, Long Island, the Sewer Alligator Statue… And then there are the rats. Although NYC officials probably don’t want their city associated with rampaging vermin, the vermin are on a rampage. Rats have taken firm control of …
Continue reading “‘Rat Whisperer’ Takes Tourists to NYC’s Vermin-Filled Depths”
Japanese gaming giant Nintendo made its long-awaited Switch 2 console available to ravenous gamers in early June. The system has been a smash hit and stores can’t keep them on the shelves no matter how hard they try. That’s partially because it seems they can’t even keep the consoles in the trucks that are supposed …
There are so many wild things that happened in the 90s. Do you know about these stories from that decade? The body of Zachary Taylor was exhumed June 17, 1991, almost 150 years after his death, to see if he was murdered. Originally, cholera was thought to be the be the cause of death, but …
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Archeologists pry open the long-forgotten tomb of an Egyptian Pharaoh, quickly distributing its contents and the Pharaoh’s mummy to museums around the world. Shortly thereafter, however, the intruders start dropping dead one by one from a mysterious disease. The Pharaoh’s curse has struck! It sounds like the plot of a B-class horror movie, but this …
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Wellness fads come and wellness fads go. It seems that every year, there’s a new strange or potentially fatal health trend. However, it turns out that it’s not just humans inventing new wellness crazes. Orcas can do it, too. Researchers recently observed that a specific pod of orcas has invented a seaweed massage. Not only …
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Going to the dentist is one of the most terrifying experiences in some people’s lives. If you’re one of them, we’re sorry, but this story probably won’t help you at all. If anything, it might make you compulsively look for your dentist’s diplomas the next time you go in for a checkup. The police in …
Continue reading “Arrested Fake Dentist Family Performed Root Canals Based on Online Instructions”
Nothing lasts forever, not even your favorite mug. Once it starts wearing down, you should replace it, no matter how much you like the design or color. Otherwise, it just might kill you. That’s what happened in the tragic case of this Taiwanese man. He recently went to see a doctor with strange medical symptoms. …
Continue reading “Man Dies of Heavy Metal Poisoning After Using Same Thermos for a Decade”