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We can probably all agree that a functional justice should be based on proportional punishment. For the most part, things luckily work more or less as they should. Sometimes, though, the scales of justice tip the wrong way. We can all probably recall at least a couple of cases where someone who committed a serious …
If you’ve ever been on a diet, you’ve likely been tempted to just give up and treat yourself to something tasty. Maybe you’ve even wished you could weld your mouth shut to make sure you won’t give in to the temptation. Well, now you can. But be warned – the solution seems more like it’d …
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Napoleon Bonaparte is a man who needs no introduction. The one-time emperor of France is famed for his military genius, almost taking over all of Europe, and his height – which was actually average for the time. These days, Napoleon spends his time primarily in his decorated tomb in Paris. But not all his body …
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Nobody likes being caught naked in public – that’s just embarrassing. But it sure does add to the shame when you get fined hundreds of dollars for violating public health rules. Two nude sunbathers in Sydney received a ticket for $750 each after the Australian police caught them violating COVID-related stay-at-home orders. And it’s all …
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A South African Woman claimed that she gave birth to ten babies at once, decuplets, and has since been admitted into the hospital for psychiatric evaluation. There is growing speculation that she actually was pregnant with decuplets. After making headlines for the alleged record-breaking birth, Gosiame Thamara Sithole, 37, was taken to a psychiatric ward …
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What would you do if there was a million dollars in your bank account? What about if it was almost a billion? Would you even believe it, would you take the money out and spend it right away? It happened to this lady, and this is what she did about it. Julia Yonkowski went to …
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A globally wanted con artist getting arrested after prostitutes kick his butt sounds like something from Ocean’s Eleven or some other Hollywood heist comedy. But it turns out once again that reality is weirder than fiction. Bernio Jordan Enzo Verhagen is a Suriname-born con man with a Dutch citizenship. He’s apparently very much into what …
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You always get a bit nervous when you check your bank account after a night out. Unless you’re a real party animal, though, you don’t usually have to go into debt from having a few drinks… At least we hope. But when Californian Maddie McGivern logged into her Chase online bank account on June 20, …
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There’s something going on with rampaging animals in Asia. Some time ago, we brought you the story of a herd of elephants plowing their way through China. But while the elephants haven’t hurt anything aside from crops and feelings, the same can’t be said about today’s case. Only, it’s not about elephants but a bear. …
Continue reading “Rampaging Bear Injures 4, Invades Military Base in Japan Before Being Shot”
Man, who doesn’t like vanilla ice cream. Some might say it’s a boring flavor, but sometimes the simplest things just are the best. But did you know that a lot of the vanilla flavoring – or vanillin – used in the food industry has never actually ever been inside a vanilla bean? What you’re tasting …
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