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And by bad baby joke, I mean she joked about throwing a crying baby off the plane. Along with the bad baby joke, a TikTok user called out Frontier Airlines after several negative experiences on a recent flight. This is not the first time that people have called out the airlines. The airline has been …
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Everybody dies — that much is a fact. But what happens to you can be a problem. Traditional burials cost a lot and many places are starting to run out of grave sites. Cremation is cheaper, but burning a body can emit as much air pollution as driving almost 500 miles. There are alternative solutions, …
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So, how did you two meet? Oh, he held a gun to my head and told me to add him as a Facebook friend! In a bizarre turn of events, an armed robbery of an Indiana woman turned into a dating request on social media. Returning home from work in early May, Amber Beraun from …
As the wise prophets of Smash Mouth once sang: the years start coming, and they don’t stop coming. It’s a regrettable fact of life that you never get any younger. Unless you were a South Korean citizen on June 28, 2023. On that date, the South Korean government officially adopted the international age-calculating method. And …
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Bed rotting has been all over TikTok and social media and people are obsessed with it. It sounds gross, but it’s not, and here’s everything you need to know. Bed rotting isn’t about giving up, sleeping in dirty sheets or starving yourself. No, it’s so much better than that. You get to stay in your …
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Oregon is famous for its gorgeous nature, craft breweries, endless rain — and not letting you pump your own gas. That’s right, many a visitor has been taken by surprise when trying to top their vehicle in Oregon. You must hand over the pump handle to a gas station attendant who does the filling for …
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Some animals — reptiles in particular — live for a surprisingly long time. Just as an example, Jonathan, the world’s oldest living tortoise, turned 190 last year. But tortoises aren’t the only long-living scaly creatures out there. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Cassius. Cassius is an Australian saltwater crocodile, living at the Marineland Melanesia Crocodile Habitat. …
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Picture somebody able to avoid police officers hot on your tail for days on end. What did you imagine? Some kind of criminal mastermind? Nope. It’s a pig. Ironic, don’t you think? Anyhow, a loose hog had been wandering around Manheim Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, for days. The animal had been avoiding capture and …
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Trying to figure out a way to deal with a difficult neighbor is always a challenge. The residents of Tarrant County in Texas recently opted for a rather creative solution. They’ve set up two churches to prevent a new neighbor from constantly setting off fireworks. Tarrant County is an unincorporated rural neighborhood, some 15 minutes …
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Remember that cardboard box-clad burglar from Florida earlier this month? Well, we now have a competitor for him in outlandish criminal behavior. This story, however, comes from England. A knife-waving robber recently walked into a convenience store and attempted to steal a case of beer. Thanks to his quick wits and action, the store owner …
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