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Project to save Florida's 'Beer Can Island' offers partial ownership for $1,000 (www.upi.com)

submitted 6 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Costco now sells up to $200 million a month in gold and silver (www.cbsnews.com)

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Chechnya bans music that is too fast or too slow (www.theguardian.com)

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Chechnya officials have banned music deemed too fast or slow, restricting compositions to a tempo of 80-116 BPM.
Minister of Culture Musa Dadayev announced the decision at a meeting, as reported by TASS.
The ban affects all musical, vocal, and choreographic compositions in the Russian Republic of Chechnya.

Chechnya is a republic of Russia since losing the Second Chechen War but this means that the Russian national anthem, at just 76 BPM, is also banned.

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Polish Priest Jailed for Throwing Wild Orgy Where Male Prostitute Died After Overdosing on Erectile Dysfunction Pills (www.ibtimes.sg)

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Who wants a 1 bed, 3/4 bath, 384-square foot converted garage for $1.7 million dollars? This realtor is hoping it's you. (www.redfin.com)

submitted 6 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Elderly Kinston woman says man used her car to sexually pleasure himself for three years (www.witn.com)

submitted 6 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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This is about as NSFW as we'll get here in Weird News. Enjoy.

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AMC Exec: We Wouldn't Have Made the Dune Popcorn Bucket if We Knew You'd Be Sickos About It (gizmodo.com)

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Smugglers melted and spray painted $10 million in gold to look like machine parts (www.popsci.com)

submitted 6 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Go to all that work and then get found out by using shitty spray paint.

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‘FOR SALE’ sign placed on Florida deputy’s patrol car windshield (www.clickorlando.com)

submitted 6 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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"HAHAHAHAAHAHAAHA no really don't" - Florida Sheriff

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Sierra Leone declares emergency over drug kush - made from human bones (www.bbc.com)

submitted 6 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Emily Deschanel seen glancing around furtively.

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Man accidentally buys two identical Powerball tickets, wins $2 million (www.upi.com)

submitted 6 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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When 'oops' turns out good.

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Reported armed man at Scottish train station was 'Star Wars' Stormtrooper (www.upi.com)

submitted 6 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Pfft..not like he's going to hit anything with it anyway.

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‘Mostly felt like a speed bump’: US man on getting vasectomy amid earthquake (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 6 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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TL;DR: Less painful than having kids.

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9-year-old who missed school bus drives mom's car to school, sparks police chase (www.cbs19news.com)

submitted 6 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Fine mom, next time I'll play hookie and set fires.

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Scientists Accidentally Made a Mouse Grow Legs in Place of Genitals (www.sciencealert.com)

submitted 6 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Kinda wished you'd have looked directly at the sun upon seeing these pics.

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Airplane passenger fined in Sydney for urinating in a cup (apnews.com)

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When you gotta go, where to go? The crappy state of Colorado's public restrooms. (coloradosun.com)

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Oregon truck crash releases 77,000 salmon into wrong body of water (www.upi.com)

submitted 6 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Search for Nemo just got huge boost

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100 huskies escape dog cafe and run through Chinese mall (www.upi.com)

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Mean woman in large car seen chasing them

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A new declaration in Mexico gives 19 cats roaming the presidential palace food and care fur-ever (www.ctvnews.ca)

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Man sues 27 women in an 'Are We Dating the Same Guy' Facebook group (web.archive.org)

submitted 6 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Nick Canon, is that you?

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Dog missing for nearly a year found more than 2,000 miles from home (www.upi.com)

submitted 6 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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They're just remaking everything, aren't they....

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Wisconsin man convicted in decades-long identity theft that led to his victim being jailed (www.channel3000.com)

submitted 6 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Crazy and nearly unbelievable story.

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Burglars steal as much as $30 million in one of L.A.'s largest cash heists ever (www.latimes.com)

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‘I’m trying to give you a better deal’: Customer pulls gun on Burger King employee for giving him a discount (www.firstalert4.com)

submitted 6 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Same idiot who probably tanked the A&W 1/3 pound burger because "a quarter of a pound is more than a third of a pound".