Earlier this week we took a look a the most bizarre living sharks. Sharks have been around for more than 400 million years, though, and some species have kicked the bucket. To continue our Shark Week celebration, here are seven extinct sharks and more or less shark-related marine predators that once lurked in the world’s …
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One of the worst surprises you can get is to come home and realize someone has broken in. At worst, you might’ve lost thousands of dollars’ worth of stuff – or run into an armed burglar. Even if you lost nothing, you’ll probably never trust a lock again. Unless the person who broke in is …
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It’s Shark Week again. And you know what that means – that’s right, it’s time for shark facts! Sharks have been around for more than 420 million years. That’s a lot of time to spend on evolving, and as a result there are nearly 550 living shark species. Some of them are well-known, like the …
It’s no joke that fireworks can be dangerous, and that you have to be really safe with them. Otherwise, you could blow your hand off, kind of like this guy. After attempting to shoot off a firework from the sunroof of his car, a 21-year-old man lost half of his hand. He had a mortar …
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People have found any number of interesting things when renovating their old houses. Forgotten gun caches, money-filled safes, stock portfolios… The list goes on. But a Michigan man discovered quite the unusual treasure beneath his house. While tearing up the backdoor steps of his house, he found a bowling ball. And then another. And another, …
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Despite its issues, the prevalence of fast food restaurants can come pretty handy. For example, when you get pecking while driving long distances, you can usually find a quick bite without too many problems. Of course, there are situations when you probably shouldn’t stop to order a burger with extra fries. Like when you’re in …
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We humans are often way too preoccupied with our genitals. We’re constantly concerned with either how they are or where we’d like them to be. Maybe that’s because deep down we’re aware that our hee-hees and hoo-hahs are pretty boring. At least when you start comparing them to the reproductive organs of some other creatures …
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Substance abuse is a uniquely human problem. Sure, you sometimes hear about birds getting drunk on fermented berries or monkeys stealing pot brownies, but animals don’t usually seek out drugs. Unless you’re a Central European fish. Then you’ll like your water laced with a healthy dose of meth. A new study, published in the Journal …
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You can’t make fun of a person for their name – they didn’t have any input on whatever awkward combination of words their parents decided to give them. But we’re going to say that places are fair game. We’ve done this before with street names, and we’ve even looked at towns before. But the last …
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 …