Ever heard it said about someone who’s metaphorically living under rock that it’s a rock worth living under? Here’s a great example of that saying taken to the extreme. In a disastrous accident, a British teen was hit by a car in early 2020 and slipped into a coma. He has finally regained consciousness but …
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Of all the things you could smuggle in, you would think you wouldn’t choose something uncomfortable, you know? Not this lady though, nope, she smuggled cacti. New Zealand authorities have sentenced this woman for the smuggling. Wenqing Li, 38, pleaded guilty to violating biosecurity laws after getting caught, twice, with plants and seeds at the …
You may be someone who needs strategies for keeping track of their possessions. Or you’ve gone through life having never lost your phone while it’s in your hand. There are those of us in the world who are always looking for something–wallet, keys, sunglasses, etc. We don’t carry much cash or hold too tightly to …
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The country is well on its way making preparations for the greatest battle of the year. No, we’re not talking about any military conflict – this is all about the big game, the Super Bowl. And what pops to your mind when you think about the Super Bowl? Probably football, of course, together with ridiculously …
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Lately, smugglers have been making headlines more than usual. Just last week we brought you a story of a man who tried to bring 74 chameleons to Austria in his suitcase. Now, New Zealand judges have handed out a sentence to another would-be smuggler. But this time, it was a much pricklier case. Answer us …
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If you didn’t read the first part of this story, you can here Man Receives First Successful Hands and Face Transplant: Part One “We always begin the operation with a moment of silence to honor the donor family, to respect their great loss, to never forget the donations that have been made,” Rodriguez said. “In …
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Since falling asleep at the wheel, Joe Dimeo, 20 at the time, has not been able to smile for two years. After his accident, a passerby pulled him out of his car before it exploded. Dimeo had third-degree burns over 80% of his body and no eyelids, ears, or all of his fingers. Along with …
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Animals can be surprisingly smart. Mammals, birds, octopuses, and even insects have wowed people with some impressing feats of intelligence. But nobody would ever claim that plants are particularly intelligent forms of life. Or so we thought, until scientist taught spinach how to send emails. You read that right. Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of …
Do you like dogs? Do you really, really like dogs? Are you so completely obsessed with a single dog breed that you erected a giant solid gold statue of it? If you answered no, good news – you’re probably not completely off your marbles. But the same can’t be said about the president of Turkmenistan. …
A salt truck led police on a slow-speed chase in a City of Cincinnati salt truck. The truck dumped its salt all over the police cruisers that pursued it. The incident began around 11:45 p.m. last Thursday in Reading, Ohio. According to an affidavit, the Reading police officer actually pulled a different vehicle over on …
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