A Reddit user spotted a woman holding up a smartphone at Elvis's last concert in 1977! Skeptics may insist that it's just a regular pocket camera held sideways, but we… Read the rest of the article: Footage of a time traveler holding a mobile phone at an Elvis concert in 1977!
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David Pescovitz The McCrispy is a throne for videogame play created by McDonald's as part of a contest promotion around the UK release of the McCrispy chicken sandwich. The leather (?) upholstery… Read the rest of the article: McDonald's created a videogame chair with french fry holders and stain-proof leather
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David Pescovitz On January 31, 1978, post-punk pioneers Talking Heads performed "Psycho Killer" on the British music television show The Old Grey Whistle Test. This was four months after the release of… Read the rest of the article: Talking Heads play "Psycho Killer" in killer 1978 TV appearance
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David Pescovitz Until yesterday, the Tennessee Constitution included the following statement: "Slavery and involuntary servitude are forever prohibited in this state – except as punishment for a person who has been duly… Read the rest of the article: All slavery now officially banned in Tennessee
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David Pescovitz Police in West Bend, Wisconsin arrested a man yesterday who showed up at a polling place wielding a knife and demanding that workers "stop the voting." According to news reports,… Read the rest of the article: Man with knife showed up at Wisconsin polling place demanding to "stop the voting"
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David Pescovitz "May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard." That's the oldest known sentence ever written and scientists found it engraved in an ivory comb. The… Read the rest of the article: Oldest known sentence ever written found on a comb meant to combat beard lice
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David Pescovitz In the western French port of Saint-Malo, surrealist performance artists the Machtiern strolled around this weekend with fishbowls on their heads filled with water and live goldfish. The port was… Read the rest of the article: Bizarre street theater with performers wearing glass helmets containing live fish swimming around their heads
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David Pescovitz On some international airlines, two first class seats can be converted into a double bed. It's nicknamed "snuggle class." However, mile high club fantasists should note that while some airlines… Read the rest of the article: Inside airlines' "snuggle class" for couples
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David Pescovitz Chef Hitoshi Umamichi loved the dumplings at Tokyo's Gyozanomise Okei so much that when he learned it was about to close in 2005, he bought the place. Now, it's in the… Read the rest of the article: Here's a Gyoza master's secret to making Michelin-approved Japanese dumpings
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David Pescovitz Residents of South Jackson, Mississippi called police on Saturday after spotting a dog strolling around with a human arm in its mouth. Later, they found the rest of the body.… Read the rest of the article: Dog spotted carrying human arm
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David Pescovitz Staffing shortages combined with the massive rise in respiratory diseases and other seasonal illnesses are overwhelming hospitals. The situation is so rough that a nurse in charge of a Silverdale,… Read the rest of the article: Emergency room nurse called 911 for medical help
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David Pescovitz On Friday night, a bright meteorite fell in Nevada County, California and likely struck the home of Dustn Procita, causing it to catch fire and burn to the ground. (Update:… Read the rest of the article: Man says meteorite likely smashed into his home, utterly destroying it
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David Pescovitz The last visible lunar eclipse until 2025 takes place tomorrow, November 8 (overnight tonight in the United States)! If you watch the skies, you'll be treated with a magnificent blood… Read the rest of the article: How to see tonight's Blood Moon, the last total lunar eclipse until 2025!
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David Pescovitz Dalton Meyer, 20, of Davenport, Iowa, is officially the world's fastest clapper. He clapped his hands 1,140 times in one minute, a verified Guinness World Record. Apparently he's been practicing since… Read the rest of the article: This fellow is the fastest clapper in the world
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David Pescovitz Hundreds of high school students in El Paso, Texas must now retake the SAT after their tests somehow flew out the back of a UPS truck. Students are naturally stressed… Read the rest of the article: Hundreds of students' SAT tests flew off a UPS truck and are now lost
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David Pescovitz In 1975, Garrett Brown invented the Steadicam, the now-common technology that enables a camera operator to move around while isolating the camera itself from the herky-jerky motion, resulting in a… Read the rest of the article: This is the breakthrough tech demo that inspired the iconic steps scene in Rocky
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David Pescovitz Authorities in Arnhem, the Netherlands will soon authorize people to shoot paintballs at wolves to make them "less tame" and more afraid of humans. According to reports, paintballs will enable… Read the rest of the article: Dutch officials permit shooting paintballs at wolves to make the wild animals "less tame"
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David Pescovitz Chinese researchers plan to send monkeys to the country's Tiangong space station so that the primates can have sex… for science! From the South China Morning Post: After studying smaller… Read the rest of the article: China sending monkeys to space to have sex
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David Pescovitz In Central India's Jashpur District, an eight year-old boy named Deepak was playing in his yard Monday when he suffered a cobra bite. "The snake got wrapped around my hand… Read the rest of the article: Cobra bites boy, so boy bites cobra back, killing it
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David Pescovitz A fellow from Guangxi, China played the lottery for ten years and finally hit the winning numbers, landing a $30.6 million jackpot. But when he went to the lottery office… Read the rest of the article: Lottery winner claims $30 million prize wearing silly cartoon mascot costume to keep jackpot secret from his family