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Gorilla Scarecrow Versus COVID-19

admin June 3, 2021 Comments Off on Gorilla Scarecrow Versus COVID-19

  Residents of Chikuzen Town, Fukuoka Prefecture, in Japan, have constructed a 23-foot-tall “gorilla scarecrow” as a symbol of the power and strength that are needed to scare away COVID-19. Construction of the gorilla

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I Can’t Reach The Parking Meter

admin May 7, 2021 Comments Off on I Can’t Reach The Parking Meter

  Watertown, Mass., recently installed new parking meters with updated technology that make payment easier. But the city is fielding complaints from residents who say the meters are too tall to use. “I’m 5

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Too Drunk To Read

admin March 25, 2021 Comments Off on Too Drunk To Read

  Bounty Cheramy, 22, smelling of alcohol and swaying back and forth, was arrested and charged with drunk driving after his Mazda allegedly struck an electronic traffic sign flashing the message, “Drive Sober or

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Hey! No Partying At Work

admin March 4, 2021 Comments Off on Hey! No Partying At Work

Three Metro-North Railroad employees were suspended without pay for turning a storage room under New York City’s Grand Central Terminal into a man cave, complete with a television, refrigerator, microwave and futon couch, according

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It’s Snowing Chocolate

admin February 11, 2021 Comments Off on It’s Snowing Chocolate

People living around Olten, Switzerland, got a surprise when it began snowing cocoa powder. Strong winds that morning distributed the cocoa dust from a malfunctioning ventilation system at the nearby Lindt and Spruengli chocolate

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Well Sweet Well

admin January 21, 2021 Comments Off on Well Sweet Well

Firefighters were called to a 177-year-old house in Guilford, Conn., where a resident had fallen through a wood floor and dropped down 30 feet into a well. The victim treaded water for 25 minutes

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Stop Attacking People, Gerald

admin December 31, 2020 Comments Off on Stop Attacking People, Gerald

In Oakland, Calif., Gerald the turkey has been an institution for some time, regularly queueing up with carpool riders near Morcom Rose Garden. But lately, Gerald has grown grumpy and started attacking park visitors,

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Booze Monkey Sentenced To Life

admin December 10, 2020 Comments Off on Booze Monkey Sentenced To Life

Kalua, an infamous alcoholic mon-key in Kanpur, India, has been sentenced to live out his days in isolation. The ani-mal once belonged to a local occultist who gave him alcohol. After the owner died,

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Size 75 Shoes For Social Distancing

admin November 19, 2020 Comments Off on Size 75 Shoes For Social Distancing

Cobbler Grigore Lup of Cluj, Romania, was disturbed to see people ignoring social distancing guidelines put in place for the COVID-19 pandemic. So he created a pair of size-75 (European) men’s shoes, each of

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Burmese Python Snakeskin Masks

admin August 20, 2020 Comments Off on Burmese Python Snakeskin Masks

Brian Wood, owner of All American Gator Products in Dania Beach, Fla., is taking face masks to a whole new level by fashioning coverings made with the skin of Burmese pythons. “Some people want

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