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  • Robert Spallone
    8:56 am Thu, Jan 18, 2018
    Kitten saved from luggage, TSA success

    One way to get out of paying airline pet fees is to stuff your beloved pet inside your checked baggage right between the multiple sweatshirts you're never going to wear.… Read the rest of the article: Kitten saved from luggage, TSA success

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  • Robert Spallone
    8:44 am Thu, Jan 18, 2018
    Trains in Japan may be disguised as barking dogs to ward off deer

    Those pesky deer loitering around Japanese railroad tracks are certain to be no match for expected train technology featuring the sound of barking dogs. Tokyo railway researchers say the "dog… Read the rest of the article: Trains in Japan may be disguised as barking dogs to ward off deer

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  • Robert Spallone
    10:08 am Mon, Jan 15, 2018
    Watch: Bread maker flings dough across restaurant with astonishing accuracy

    Incredible skill mixed with this paratha maker's nonchalant demeanor of tossing dough disks across a room full of people may put him in the running for the world's most efficient… Read the rest of the article: Watch: Bread maker flings dough across restaurant with astonishing accuracy

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  • Robert Spallone
    9:20 am Mon, Jan 15, 2018
    Blind backpacker and travel writer has visited over 120 countries

    I initially felt bad for Tony Giles when I watched his story on the BBC Travel Show. I caught the episode part way through and saw him walk right into… Read the rest of the article: Blind backpacker and travel writer has visited over 120 countries

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  • Robert Spallone
    8:52 am Mon, Jan 15, 2018
    Hold back those tears and start eating "sunions"

    Crying won't be needed to fill that bowl of French onion soup as grocery stores begin carrying a cross-bred, non-tear-provoking version of the traditional onion. The "sunion" has been propagated… Read the rest of the article: Hold back those tears and start eating "sunions"

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  • Robert Spallone
    8:45 am Fri, Dec 15, 2017
    Leaked Mormon Church booklet for leaders claims masturbation turns you gay

    Remember when the fear of going blind or growing hair on your palms was enough to make you stop masturbating? Neither do I, but apparently The Church of Jesus Christ… Read the rest of the article: Leaked Mormon Church booklet for leaders claims masturbation turns you gay

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  • Robert Spallone
    8:27 am Fri, Dec 15, 2017
    Streaming porn might not be helping the environment

    If the guilt of sneaking off into the basement bathroom to watch a few porn videos on your smartphone wasn't enough, now avid smut viewers can carry the potential concern… Read the rest of the article: Streaming porn might not be helping the environment

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  • Robert Spallone
    4:54 pm Wed, Dec 13, 2017
    Surgeon admits to branding initials onto patients' livers

    Patients of Dr. Simon Bramhall probably weren't expecting an autograph on their transplanted organs. That didn't stop the surgeon from signing their livers like Roy Moore on high school yearbook… Read the rest of the article: Surgeon admits to branding initials onto patients' livers

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  • Robert Spallone
    4:40 pm Wed, Dec 13, 2017
    State trooper finds nothing funny about pulling over DeLorean going 88mph

    The driver of a DeLorean modded to resemble the version from Back to the Future didn't impress a Texas state trooper for hitting 88 mph. Mark Shields, who was driving… Read the rest of the article: State trooper finds nothing funny about pulling over DeLorean going 88mph

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  • Robert Spallone
    4:29 pm Wed, Dec 13, 2017
    Japan has way more interesting Kit Kat flavors than rest of world

    Jonathan Kaiman, the Beijing Bureau chief of The Los Angeles Times, reported on the history of how different flavor Kit Kat bars infiltrated Japan. The country is home to an… Read the rest of the article: Japan has way more interesting Kit Kat flavors than rest of world

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  • Robert Spallone
    2:31 pm Tue, Dec 12, 2017
    Watch: Cigarette addict caught smoking in plane bathroom threatens to kill everyone on board

    Video taken during a Southwest Airlines flight Saturday shows a woman screaming and making threats toward passengers' lives. The airline said the woman was found smoking in the plane's lavatory… Read the rest of the article: Watch: Cigarette addict caught smoking in plane bathroom threatens to kill everyone on board

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  • Robert Spallone
    2:15 pm Tue, Dec 12, 2017
    Catch a movie in Saudi Arabia for the first time in 35 years

    Saudi Arabia is planning to open up movie theaters by March, ending a 35-year ban on cinemas. The goal will be to have 2,000 movie screens over the next 12… Read the rest of the article: Catch a movie in Saudi Arabia for the first time in 35 years

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  • Robert Spallone
    9:36 am Sat, Dec 9, 2017
    I could have potentially destroyed our moon base and still had time to eat astronaut ice cream

    Our space camp instructor promoted me to Chief Research Scientist during our Mars mission for what I like to think was my competency and professionalism as Capsule Communicator during the… Read the rest of the article: I could have potentially destroyed our moon base and still had time to eat astronaut ice cream

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  • Robert Spallone
    11:03 am Thu, Dec 7, 2017
    I was sent to space camp and survived the Multi Axis Trainer

    Gearing up in a flight suit inside a bathroom stall at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama may not be the most authentic way to prepare for… Read the rest of the article: I was sent to space camp and survived the Multi Axis Trainer

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  • Robert Spallone
    3:46 pm Sun, Dec 3, 2017
    Chinese zoo-goers bamboozled into seeing inflatable penguins

    Yulin residents in China's Guangxi province were said to be excited last weekend about going to the city's first zoo, which was advertised as having "rare" animals. Instead, attendees discovered… Read the rest of the article: Chinese zoo-goers bamboozled into seeing inflatable penguins

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  • Robert Spallone
    3:36 pm Sun, Dec 3, 2017
    Doctors follow man's tattoo's instructions that say "Do Not Resuscitate"

    A Florida ICU staff faced a difficult ethical dilemma concerning a 70-year-old patient and a tattoo on his chest — ultimately reaching a decision that still doesn't set a precedent… Read the rest of the article: Doctors follow man's tattoo's instructions that say "Do Not Resuscitate"

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  • Robert Spallone
    2:55 pm Mon, Nov 27, 2017
    Fox News "accidently" claims President Jimmy Carter is dead

    An article published on Fox News' website incorrectly stated former President Jimmy Carter died at the age of 93 in a story about George H.W. Bush becoming the longest living… Read the rest of the article: Fox News "accidently" claims President Jimmy Carter is dead

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  • Robert Spallone
    2:30 pm Mon, Nov 27, 2017
    Watch: Adorable 80s kid overjoyed with the gift of Nintendo

    Here's a throwback to a small kid in oversized glasses freaking out about receiving an NES for Christmas. Yes! It even comes with a gun. This adorable little wreck cries… Read the rest of the article: Watch: Adorable 80s kid overjoyed with the gift of Nintendo

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  • Robert Spallone
    9:19 am Sun, Nov 26, 2017
    China's bike-sharing bubble bursts and leaves giant graveyard of unwanted transportation

    Untouched sharable bikes on China's sidewalks are now being gathered in a massively grim pile of failed business endeavors. Thousands of the bikes were dumped in the Chinese city of… Read the rest of the article: China's bike-sharing bubble bursts and leaves giant graveyard of unwanted transportation

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  • Robert Spallone
    8:45 am Sun, Nov 26, 2017
    Self-proclaimed rocket scientist puts "flat-earth-proving" launch on hold

    Evolution missed its chance Saturday at ridding the round planet of a "self-taught" rocket scientist bent on proving the earth is flat by launching off in his homemade rocket. "Mad"… Read the rest of the article: Self-proclaimed rocket scientist puts "flat-earth-proving" launch on hold

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