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North Carolina retired Army veteran is now a multi-millionaire after winning with numbers he used from a fortune cookie. His name was in the drawing for the Mega Millions that happened on Jan. 25. Gabriel Fierro, 60, cashed in his $3 lottery ticket for a staggering $4 million dollars in winnings. “I don’t usually play …
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A change of guard took place this year in the realm of tortoises. Jonathan, a 190-year-old giant tortoise living on St. Helena, has become the world’s oldest tortoise ever. Actually, that’s a bit of an understatement. Jonathan is now officially the oldest chelonian — the order of reptiles that includes all turtles, terrapins, and tortoises. …
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As hard as it might be to believe, North Korea has internet access. Of course, it’s extremely restricted in line with the country’s repressive government policies, but it’s still there. North Korea’s bizarre little pool of websites numbers only at a few dozen, including the country Air Koryo airline and Kim Jong-un’s official Naenara site. …
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A mother’s love is priceless. A Texas woman learned that the hard way when she tried to purchase a child at Walmart for half a million dollars. No, the department store hasn’t started carrying Great Value brand babies. Instead, according to court documents, the woman tried to buy the toddler from another shopper. Of course, …
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For the first part of this story, please read The Lab Monkeys Escaped, and the Airlines Are Done Transporting Them: Part One. The U.S. Department of Transportation has been pressed this last year, the airlines wanted them to ensure animals that are used for legally required drug-testing weren’t excluded. “Laboratory animal models are not only essential …
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Did you hear about the experimental lab monkeys that escaped in a Pennsylvania truck crash? Well, the international airline that shipped the 100 monkeys in the first place says that they will cease transporting the animals going forward. The contract is soon to expire and that’s that. Michael Joseph, Kenya Airways Chairman, confirmed that the …
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There are a lot of bots — accounts running automated scripts to post content — on Twitter. Some of them spread misinformation, other post hourly pictures of animals, and then there’s @ElonJet. This bot keeps track of Elon Musk’s private jet, reporting when it takes off, where it’s headed, and when it lands. And Elon …
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They say lightning doesn’t strike the same place twice. But robbers apparently sure do. Just as Augie Lopez, 77, who runs Augie’s Grocery Deli with his wife Nilda Maldonado in Jersey City, New Jersey. A violent crook robbed his small store three times in just six days. Not only did the man steal cash, he …
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This story sounds like it could’ve sprung straight out of a Looney Tunes skit. But hey, if it works, it’s not stupid. In the U.K., rescuers were pondering how to save a dog that was in danger of being swept away by a rising tide. In the end, they resorted to cartoonish measures and dangled …
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Hahnemann University Hospital in Pennsylvania went bankrupt in 2019. By now, its buildings are empty and the medical records have been transferred to elsewhere. But there’s one piece of Hahnemann’s legacy that still lingers. What should they do about a woman who still has a nuclear-powered pacemaker in her chest cavity? We didn’t know they …
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