Volunteers working in a San Francisco community garden spotted a duffel bag tucked into a planter box. Inside, they found piles of wet $100 bills wrapped in red napkins. "They… Read the rest of the article: Somebody stashed $50,000 in a community garden planter box
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David Pescovitz According to a new report from the American Library Association, book banning is at an historical high in the Untied States. In 2023, there were efforts to censor 4,240 different… Read the rest of the article: Book banning is at a record high in the United States and here's where it's happening most
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David Pescovitz Police in Noida, India arrested YouTube star Elvish Yadav, winner of the Bigg Boss OTT reality TV show, for allegedly providing snake venom as a drug for ravers attending a… Read the rest of the article: YouTube star arrested for allegedly supplying ravers with snake venom to get high
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David Pescovitz When Nick Fatouros of Montreal, Canada returned from a long vacation in Costa Rica, a rather upsetting letter was awaiting him. The official government letter informed Fatouros that he was… Read the rest of the article: Man returns from vacation to learn that he has died, according to the government
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David Pescovitz Brian Vu's suitcase was a veritable smorgasbord of seafood when he boarded a flight from British Columbia to Ontario operated by Canadian ultra-low-coast Flair Airlines. That's when things turned rotten.… Read the rest of the article: Judge orders airline to compensate passenger for rotten fish in his lost luggage
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David Pescovitz Two young children were playing a nighttime game hide-and-seek in Coatepec, Mexico while a parent recorded the fun when something creepy occurred. In the video, the little girl finds her… Read the rest of the article: Creepy shadow figure with glowing eyes appears behind kids playing hide-and-seek (video)
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David Pescovitz A creator of Blade Runner prop replicas posted this reportedly unseen footage from the film of the geisha projection seen on the Offworld blimp. "I believe some of this Geisha… Read the rest of the article: Unseen Blade Runner footage of the geisha on the Offworld blimp (video)
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David Pescovitz Calvert County, Maryland sheriffs and animal control officers responded after a bald eagle became a living car hood ornament. Apparently the eagle collided with a car and got its tail… Read the rest of the article: Bald eagle becomes living hood ornament
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David Pescovitz An unidentified Florida man, age 52, complained of terrible migraines and no medicine provided relief. Finally, he dropped a clue to doctors. He mentioned having eaten "lightly cooked, non-crispy bacon,"… Read the rest of the article: Tapeworms took up residency in Florida man's brain after he ate undercooked bacon
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David Pescovitz Al Alcorn, creator of Pong and chief engineer at Atari in its earliest days, has put incredible artifacts from his personal collection up for auction. For example, above is the… Read the rest of the article: Pong's creator auctioning off incredibly rare Atari protoypes and other videogame rarities
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David Pescovitz Someone donated a random bag jewelry to the Goodwill store in Du Bois, Pennsylvania and inside it was a shiny gold piece that looked a bit unusual. Turns out, it… Read the rest of the article: Rare LEGO piece found at Goodwill sold for $18,000
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David Pescovitz When you're sweating, should you wipe it off or just let it sit on your skin?? From a purely physics perspective, allowing your sweat to evaporate is significantly more efficient… Read the rest of the article: Here's why you shouldn't wipe off your sweat to cool down (video)
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David Pescovitz Some people believe that the white streaks that jets leave in their wake are actually chemtrails—chemical or biological substances that the government is using for undisclosed and/or nefarious purposes. These… Read the rest of the article: Here's the truth about those white streaks that criss-cross the sky
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David Pescovitz "The rats are eating our marijuana," New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said said at a city council meeting today. "They're all high." Kirkpatrick was referring to the infestation… Read the rest of the article: "The rats are … all high," says New Orleans police chief
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David Pescovitz Spanish police busted a ring of art forgers in Catalonia cranking out fake Banksy artworks. Apparently they sold them internationally for up to €1,500. At that low price, you'd think… Read the rest of the article: Police bust factory forging Banksy artworks
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David Pescovitz This delightful doll was caught on film at a charity shop in Morningside, Edinburgh. You can see that it was originally tagged at £180 but then the price was slashed—likely… Read the rest of the article: Deeply creepy doll won't sell even at half price
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David Pescovitz A ten-foot tall steel monolith mysteriously appeared on a hillside in Hay-on-Wye, Wales over the weekend. You might recall that in 2020, other similar monoliths manifested and then vanished in… Read the rest of the article: Mysterious massive metal monolith appears on Wales hillside
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David Pescovitz Extreme weather has caused a crawfish crisis in Louisiana, prompting Governor Jeff Landry to issue a disaster declaration. A brutal and ongoing drought dried out the ground to the point… Read the rest of the article: Crawfish crisis leads to disaster declaration by Louisiana governor
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David Pescovitz Loreen Bea Feralo, 55, and Karen Casbohm, 63, lived in Ashtabula, Ohio with a fellow named Douglas Layman. When Layman died at home last week, Feralo and Casbohm didn't see… Read the rest of the article: Two women busted propping up dead man at bank to withdraw his cash
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David Pescovitz The Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)—the US defense department's group that investigates unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs)—is developing a portable UFO detection kit. The device is apparently called a Gremlin.… Read the rest of the article: Portable UFO detection kit in development by US military