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Roccaraso is a small town of about 1,500 in central Italy, best known for its ski resort. But lately, the community has received a new claim to fame — they have a bear problem. It’s not that Roccaraso is completely run over with bears, though. It’s just one bear and the town just doesn’t seem …
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It’s always good to love yourself. But this young fellow pushed the act of self-love to the breaking point. A recent case report, published in the journal Radiology Case Reports, details the story of a 20-year-old man from Switzerland. He managed to land himself in the hospital with a torn lung and air inside his …
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Here in the U.S., Cheetos are ubiquitous — they’re sold at every single grocery store and gas station. But leave the country and Cheetos become an expensive import. But in Germany, the situation is different. You can’t find Cheetos at all. Or can you? Let’s say you’re visiting Germany and you pop into the international …
Indonesian social media shows a video gone viral of the local sitting in the police station. The man who bought the “pot” reported a crime after purchasing the illegal substance. He holds a mysterious piece of paper which contain the supposed drugs he bought. However, what the man bought in search of marijuana was not …
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Some kinds of sex bots are a common feature of science fiction. But it seems that a lot of people are ready for this particular carnal vision to become reality. A recent survey by SexualAlpha asked 3,292 participants what they thought about the possibility of… Interfacing with a robot. Surprisingly, the results show that more …
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Police found the bodies which they call “severely decomposing” inside a $2 million California home at 58 Riverboat in Irvine, California, at 10:30a.m. Wednesday morning. It led them to thoughts of a murder-suicide. The IPD was contacted by Canadian authorities had contacted the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to conduct a welfare check on a mother, …
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Some habits are really hard to break. Case in point, a California woman apparently just can’t stop trying to commit fraud. Ashleigh Lynn Chavez, 37, was facing a lengthy prison sentence for embezzling money. But just a day before sentencing, she conveniently received a note from her doctor. It wasn’t good news. According to the …
Continue reading “Woman Accused of Fraud Fakes Cancer to Get Out of Prison, Gets a Longer Sentence”
Here it is. The single most Canadian story we’ve ever heard. The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Richard Vallières must pay more than $7 million in damages for his part in one the biggest heists in Canadian history. Vallières is accused of being the ringleader behind a large-scale theft of maple syrup from …
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In December 2003, a babysitter in Pennsylvania was waiting for a father to come pick up his two daughters. But he never showed up. Nor did he show up anywhere else, either. James Amabile simply vanished off the face of the Earth. This isn’t a case of a deadbeat dad, though. Amabile couldn’t come get …
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Some fungi are delicious when cooked, but other are less nice. That’s especially a case with those that infest still-living creatures as parasites. For example, during last year’s Brood X cicada emergence, we reported about a psychedelic fungus that consumes cicadas’ butts. Now, a different kind of mushroom is targeting certain ants in Texas. The …
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