A Fake Elderly Resident In Rhode Island, a local senior affairs director, Sue Stenhouse, persuaded a middle-aged, male van driver to dress as an elderly woman during an event highlighting services for senior citizens. The story is now viral, and the senior affairs director is now out of her job. (Ms. Stenhouse was also accused of using…
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The Blue Lagoon of Buxton
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Edison’s Last Breath
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Friday Post: A Martian Mouse?
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A Martian Mouse? An amateur astronomer reviewing NASA photographs from Mars thinks he’s identified a strange creature: “…an amateur astronomer believes he may have spotted evidence of a real-life rodent race on the Red Planet, after trawling through images captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover. According to a video on YouTube channel ArtAlienTV, a picture that…
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What Can Happen When You Sleep in a Subway…
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Friday Poll: World Records Day
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Friday Poll: Rabbits v. Humans of Langley, Washington
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Rabbits v. Langley, Washington In Langley, Washington, people are complaining that rabbits are overrunning the town: Hundreds of bunnies are running wild around Langley, on Whidbey Island. They’re burrowing holes in school football fields, destroying the foundations of buildings and posing health risks to people and their pets, according to local officials. “There is feces…
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Friday Poll: Who Invented Chess?
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Who Invented Chess? Here’s a surprising headline: World Chess President Claims He Was Abducted By Space Aliens — And They Invented Chess “They came in a flying saucer, picked me up, and I spent a whole day in outer space.” The story‘s over at the Huffington Post, where current International Chess Foundation president – and…
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Bears Overrun Russian Town
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Years ago, one might have had concerns over the Russian bear, but now it’s ordinary Russians worrying about ordinary bears. In the first video below, residents describe how bears are taking over their town. In the second video, Russian law enforcement – always ready with the most sophisticated animal-control techniques – cleverly uses a siren…
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Friday Poll: The Mysterious Lizard Man of South Carolina
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The Mysterious Lizard Man of South Carolina One reads that in South Carolina, a resident insists that she spotted a lizard man – a large bipedal reptile – walking about: BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (WCIV) — The fabled Bishopville swamp creature known as Lizard Man appears to have surfaced again Sunday afternoon. Sarah, a Sumter woman who…
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Friday Poll: A Lion in Milwaukee?
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Friday Poll: Fried Chicken or Fried Rat?
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Fried Chicken or Fried Rat? A customer ordered chicken tenders from Kentucky Fried Chicken, but claims he was served a fried rat. He posted his photos to Facebook and Instagram, and the story went viral. A KFC spokesman even even used one of the customer’s photos on Instagram to contend that careful examination revealed the…
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Friday Poll: Ambulances for People or Pigeons?
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Ambulances for People or Pigeons? In England, a four people called for an ambulance for a sick pigeon. (It’s English slang to refer to women as birds, and so the dispatcher sent the ambulance, assuming the victim was a person, not an animal.) So, were the callers right to call the London Ambulance Service, or…