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Not being a part of academia, I really have no idea what the thought process is when trying to come up with a viable study project. But even I know when research is both pointless and obvious…and I’m a moron. Case in point–this study that looked at the effect...
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Wait…what? For Ron Sveden, finding out from doctors that the mass in your lung is not cancer, but actually a sprouting pea, is definitely good news. Weird, but good. Sveden, who suffers from emphysema, had been feeling unwell as of late, with a continuous cough to go along with...
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This is one of those stories that borders on the unbelievably impossible, or the impossibly unbelievable, whichever you prefer. Either way, when it comes down to brass tacks, the thought of a person living under your roof and eating your food, undetected for an entire year, is pretty darn...
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Talk about your fall from grace–it’s sad to see Darth Vader go from commanding the Empire to being reduced to holding up a bank, with nary a stormtrooper to back him up. This Darth Vader, sans lightsaber, held up a Chase branch on Long Island this past Thursday by...
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Brewdog, a brewery found in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, is releasing what they call the World’s Strongest Ale, the aptly named The End of History. Apparently the ale is stronger than both whiskey and vodka, although the brewer recommends the potent ale be enjoyed much the same way as one would...
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In theory, sure, a donkey forced to parasail above stunned onlookers sounds like a good plan, but in reality, not so much. A group of Russian entrepreneurs, in an effort to attract people to their private beach, attached the frightened animal to a parachute, then had the animal lifted...
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Apparently this is no joke–well, I’m sure there’s a joke in there somewhere, but Sanziana Buruiana will have no part of it. Buruiana is the 23-year-old Romanian model with grandiose plans of starting up her own political party, but her policy platform is unconventional to say the least. First...
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With friends like these–well, you know the rest. A 47-year-old New Hampshire man suffered severe burns to his lower back and buttocks, after losing a drinking bet with friends. Worse than losing the bet was that the unidentified man agreed to let his friends light his prosthetic leg on...
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Well, there’s really not much more to say after that, now is there? The title is an actual headline from the print version of the Dublin Evening Herald, and yes, it really did happen. Nothing good happens when ex-girlfriends in sumo wrestler suits and guys dressed as Snickers bars...
