Burning down a religious building might bring to your mind images of Satanists or other devil worshippers. And it’s not a completely unreasonable notion. For example, Norway’s Black Metal movement gained notoriety in the ‘90s after self-professed Satan worshippers torched a number of churches. But the turntables keep on turning, or however the saying goes. …
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You hear about the global extinction rate of 150 species disappearing every day, and you figure most of those are probably just gnats and weeds. But then you learn about a single insect who does stuff that’s exceptionally gross/cool, and you have to wonder how much we’re missing out on by trashing the earth. Burying …
Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was not a nice man. Although he did use his dirty money to build houses and community projects in poor areas of his country, he was also directly responsible for hundreds, if not thousands of murders. Although Escobar has by now been dead for almost two decades, his legacy lives …
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Both Jessica Allen and Eliza Moore, 27, were shocked when the Derbyshire Police handed them big fines for walking to the Foremark Reservoir. Each drove alone to reach the secluded area and thought maybe something happened because they noticed a lot of officers in the car park. Police informed them that they were in breach …
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This lucky cat survived the washing machine, while it was running. The owner accidentally locked the animal in the machine. Optimus Jack had crept into the washing machine while owner, Janae Blackman, 22, had her back turned. Oblivious to the fact that Optimus Jack has jumped in, she finished loading the machine and hit the …
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There are some charming things about social media. Like, the videos of couples married 30+ years who still prank each other. Or dogs getting excited to see their owners come home from deployment. At its core, social media is about seeking and often finding a connection. The dark side of social media–the selling of user …
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It’s not every day that a state issues a national death warrant on a single bird. But Australia is a place where rules of normal life don’t apply. Meet Joe, a pigeon named after the U.S. President-elect Joe Biden. Yesterday, on January 14, Joe was sentenced to death. Joe had done nothing wrong – he …
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Kids, don’t do drugs. Otherwise you might get fungus growing in your veins. Wait, what? Isn’t that just one of those horror stories they tell you during the “Just Say No” lectures? You might think so, but you’d be wrong. One man’s attempt to get high earned him only a trip to the ICU. A …
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On the surface, Yurii Tolochko seems like every woman’s dream man. The bodybuilder and actor from Kazakhstan is pretty much the definition of “beefcake” – a sculpted body of bulging muscles, a chiseled jawline, and a handsome face to boot. Unfortunately for you, ladies (and gents who might’ve liked what they read), this Central Asian …
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It’s not the science news we want; it’s the science news we deserve. For those who keep up with our weird food reporting here at Oddee, you’ll remember that the EU either regulates or bans some heritage foods. Such as casu marzu–the soft cheese digested by fly larvae. So it’s big news that the food safety agency …
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