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The state of Washington is home to many majestic animals. Roaming its forests are black bears, moose, deer, beavers, and more. We can now add another animal to the list — a zebra. Yes, one zebra. The African equine was one of four that recently managed to escape from their transportation trailer. The other three …
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Google’s top trending searches show us all the most googled of 2023. Were you searching for these topics in 2023? The Most Googled People Damar Hamlin Damar Hamlin plays for the Buffalo Bills and suffered cardiac arrest on August 26th, 2023. He dressed for the October 1st, 2023 NFL game against the Chicago Bears. Jeremy …
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Every child is afraid of a monster under the bed or in the closet at some point. Kids have active imaginations, after all, that can lead them to be scared about nothing. But what if they’re not making it up? What if there really is something lurking in your child’s bedroom? That’s the nightmare scenario …
Continue reading “‘Monster’ in Little Girl’s Bedroom Turns Out to be a Massive Hive of 60,000 Bees”
The disappearance of your beloved pet is always a nerve-wracking affair. Fortunately, the story does sometimes have a happy ending when the wayward animal returns home safe and sound. The adventure of one Utah family’s cat ended on just such a positive note. That said, the kitty’s owners could have never believed how far their …
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This is it — excrement has hit the fan and your survival is a matter of do or die. In other words, your fight-or-flight response has kicked in. This primal reaction to dangerous situations has helped both humans and animals stay alive over millions upon millions of years. Have you ever wondered just how far …
It’s that time of year again. By which we mean it’s time to compete in who screeches the most like a flipped-out seagull. No, we’re serious. The fourth annual Seagull Screeching Contest took place on April 21 in the town of Adinkerke in Belgium. This more or less illustrious event has grown with each year …
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If you’ve just gotten bitten by a snake, it’s understandable if you panic a bit. After all, unless you regularly work with snakes, you may have no idea if the snake is venomous or not. Unless you’re in Australia. Although the number of venomous animals on the island is somewhat exaggerated, they still have plenty …
Oh, Axe body spray and your ridiculous advertisements. You know, the ones where a kissless geek sprays himself all over, and suddenly every girl in his high school wants to rip his pants off. Yet, some guys must’ve believed what they saw in the ads. If you ever had one of these dudes in your …
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A while back, we reported on two women who took a dead man to a bank in an attempt to withdraw money from his account. That was such an unusual story, we didn’t think we’d run into another one like it. Yet, here we are. A Brazilian woman has been arrested for a bizarre and …
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Helping our animal friends can be done in many different ways. Some of them are pretty darn cute. Take the dormice of England, for instance. These cute little furballs are struggling due to a bout of tree infections in the European country. The types of trees the dormice prefer to live in have been hit …
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