We in the Western world often take running water for granted. But if you look at the big picture, being able to get a drinkable glass of water from a tap in your own home is really a luxury. In many parts of the world the water just isn’t safe to drink – if you …
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Ion Aliman, 56, was running for his third term as mayor of the small town, Deveselu, in southern Romania. Just ten days from the election, he died from COVID-19 complications. It was too late to remove him from the ballot, so the small town of 3,000 honored a mayor they loved and admired by voting …
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The COVID-19 pandemic is still going strong, with rates of new infections indicating that we might be heading towards a new spike. And with very well thought out responses from authorities – such as Florida lifting all coronavirus restrictions – it seems that the virus will not be going anywhere any time soon. But at …
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I’ve worked some unpleasant jobs before. Boring, endless jobs where I’d think, I’d give anything to get out of here. Even for a few hours to escape the interminable boredom of hourly employment. Three MTA workers actually did something with those feelings, converting a storeroom beneath Grand Central Station into a “man-cave.” The room, which …
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Remember the 80s? What a great decade, with neon windbreakers, New Wave music, yuppies, late-stage Cold War… What a time to be alive. And then there was also the Satanic Panic. You know, the mass hysteria about how supposedly everything from roleplaying games to heavy metal music and actual real-world social issues was some kind …
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“They’re all good dogs, Brent,” an online personality once said. While that is true, some dogs might be a bit better than others. Or at least some of them can hold down a job. The K-9 unit is old news to anyone who knows anything about the police force. Dogs also serve in the army, …
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We, the people, like to process history through anniversaries. For one reason or another, we tend to put special emphasis on how many years it’s been since something happened. Not that there’s anything wrong with the practice. When it comes to big anniversaries, 2020 has some good ones. For instance, this August marked the 75th …
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Animals are rejoicing with us staying inside more than ever. And most of us are pretty happy for them. This worldwide pandemic has forced many of us inside more than ever but this has given the Earth the chance to heal, grow, and its first inhabitant’s, the chance to be left the Hell alone. Because …
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Just in time for the spoopy season, the Lizzie Borden house is back on the market. It’s not the house where the infamous murders took place, but Maplecroft. It’s where Borden lived in Fall River, following her acquittal for the ax-murder of her parents. It sold most recently in 2018 to Donald Woods and Leeann …
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Just yesterday I wrote about a woman who fell out of the car she was riding in, all because of a Snapchat video. And today? A man riding his horse down the Chicago freeway. What is with people these days? Oh ya, it is 2020. It was 4:30 p.m. when police responded to the southbound …