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You know that (in)famous bee scene in the Nicolas Cage version of Wicker Man? The one where he screams incoherently while having bees poured all over him? Well, if you had ever wanted to recreate that scene, you just missed a golden opportunity. A Canadian road in Burlington, Ontario, had to be closed on August …
Continue reading “Not the Bees! — 5 Million Bees That Fell Off a Truck Force Road Closure in Canada”
Many things can lead to depression. Loss of a loved one, continued hardships, substance abuse, or physical imbalances in brain chemistry can all lead to a person losing all joy in life. We can now add a new potential cause to the list. A 15-year-old Taiwanese girl had been seeing doctors for a while because …
A couple of months ago, we brought you the story of how Pokémon cards led to the arrest of a serial bomber in Maryland. Now, the cards featuring pocket-sized monsters are once again at the center of a crime case. One thing is different, though. This time, the crook appears to be a police officer. …
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What’s the best day to eat tacos? Is it Tuesday or Thursday? If you were to ask Taco Bell, it’s Tuesday. Although one could question whether what they serve counts as tacos, but yeah, they’re definitely at their best on Tuesday. Sadly for Taco Bell and its owner, the Yum Brands corporation, they haven’t been …
Continue reading “One New Jersey Man’s Fight to Stop Taco Bell from ‘Liberating’ Taco Tuesday”
The wild and fatal crash involved a teenager who fled the scene Sunday night, according to Belchertown authorities. The Massachusetts State Police attempted to stop the car with the teenager driving at 8:45 P.M. on Route 202, but the vehicle sped away, police stated. The vehicle wasn’t staying within the marked driving lanes and was …
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Tying the knot as the sun sets on the beautiful shores of the Mediterranean and a warm breeze blows in from the sea… It doesn’t get much more romantic than that. To get to the Mediterranean, though, you have to travel to Europe. And for that, you need a passport. One Boston couple’s plans for …
Continue reading “Dog Eats Groom’s Passport — Two Weeks Before The Wedding in Italy”
They say evil is subjective; that what counts as “evil” varies depending on context. Perhaps, sometimes, but there are some people that no one thinks are good people. By her own admission, Lucy Letby seems to be one of them. On August 18, the 33-year-old nurse was found guilty of murdering seven newborns and attempting …
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So, remember how three whistleblowers recently told Congress that the U.S. government knows about aliens? And that they actually have “non-human biologics” stored somewhere? Well, it seems some of the aliens have escaped containment and made their way to Peru. For more than a month now, the residents of a small Peruvian indigenous village have …
Small things can lead to big consequences. We got a great example of that last week when an Austrian supermarket issued a swift emergency evacuation order. What could’ve caused the shop to take such drastic measures? An armed intruder? A bomb threat? Nope. It was because of a spider. This wasn’t just any ordinary eight-legged …
Many inventions and scientific discoveries were made by total accident. But that was easy in the ages past when we didn’t actually know much about the ways of nature. These days, accidental scientific discoveries are becoming increasingly rare. It can still happen, though, as one unfortunate Englishman demonstrated. He received a bacterial infection from the …
Continue reading “Stray Cat Bite Gives Man a Bacterial Infection Unknown to Science”