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If you need something done right, you have to do it yourself. This wisdom, usually handed down by an irate parent, is applicable in many situations. This Thai fortune teller showed that it even works for predictions of luck. Udomsap Mueangkaew works as a fortune teller on the streets of Pattaya. He was recently arrested …
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Have you heard of these seven accidents that changed us? If there’s something missing, add it to the comments! The Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion The Challenger space shuttle exploded shortly after launch in 1986, killing all seven astronauts onboard, including a civilian teacher. Investigations revealed that management ignored engineers’ warnings about faulty O-rings in cold …
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The CES 2026 trade show recently took place in Las Vegas. At the annual event, tech companies exhibited their latest products and most advanced innovations. And then there were these things. Every year, a group of tech and right-to-repair advocates hands out the “Worst in Show” prize to the stupidest, most pointless, or environmentally negligent …
A Japanese railway station recently held a ceremony to appoint its new stationmaster. Although it sounds like a brief in-office event, maybe with a cake, the event was quite unusual and has drawn both domestic and international attention. After all, the new stationmaster is a cat. On January 7, Wakayama Electric Railway Co. (WERC) appointed …
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Dazzling fireworks displays are a staple New Year’s tradition around the world. In England, a large crowd in Birmingham gathered to welcome the new year by admiring booming and crackling rockets. Imagine their disappointment, then, when no firework display took place. The lack of a show wasn’t due to malfunctioning equipment or poor planning, though. …
Every birth is a small miracle. Others, however, are a bit more miraculous than others. Late last year, Suze Lopez gave birth to a healthy boy. That was by no means given, considering that her pregnancy came with a slew of bizarre conditions. The most pressing of them was that her son grew outside the …
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Zootopia, Disney’s 2016 hit animation, introduced the world to rabbit cop Judy Hopps and his reluctant crime-fighting partner, Nick Wilde. Released in late 2025, the sequel Zootopia 2 seems set to repeat the first movie’s success. This film introduced a new character, Gary De’Snake, who is unsurprisingly a snake. Zootopia 2 has done well at …
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We’ve all done it. You lose something you really need and accept that it’s gone, only for you to find it years later, exactly where you last left it. Still, there’s a limit to how important a thing you can misplace like this. Nobody could forget where they left their car or, say, airplane. Well, …
Lighting flashes illuminate the dark clouds above a stormy sea. Suddenly, for a brief moment, an enormous red-glowing jellyfish appears floating in the sky before disappearing just as quickly. Oh, that doesn’t seem right at all. It sounds like a tall tale told by old-timey sailors, but the hubbub about red jellyfish is very recent. …
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You’re walking along the streets of your home city, when suddenly you notice a very official-looking sign posted on a utility pole. Reading the message, however, makes you do a double-take. “Don’t. —Your Local City Council” Don’t… Don’t what? Don’t walk here? Don’t leave this area? Many citizens of Christchurch in New Zealand have recently …
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