Considering how reckless it is to sleep near the edge of a subway platform, this passenger was fortunate.
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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…
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Friday Catblogging: Bobcat v. Shark?
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Friday Poll: The Stressed-Out Badger
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View image | gettyimages.com The Badger’s Ire In Stockholm’s Radisson Blu Hotel, a ‘stressed-out’ badger held guests at bay for about forty-minutes: A luxury hotel in central Stockholm has come under siege by an ill-tempered badger that refused to allow any guests in or out, forcing police to intervene. “A crazy or stressed-out badger is…
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Friday Poll: The Blackburn Ghost
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The Blackburn Ghost In England, an occasionally nutty place, there’s a tale about a ghost in Blackburn, and now there’s video of that supposed apparition. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a video about ghosts quite like this one. The videographer proclaims that This terrifying video shows the moment a ‘ghost’ appears on a deserted…