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Cambridge academic trapped in medieval tower uses eyeliner pencil and cotton bud to escape (www.telegraph.co.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Man stung in testicles by scorpion while sleeping at Las Vegas Strip resort (www.8newsnow.com)

submitted 7 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Resort fee increased, just because.

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Student Toe-Licking Fundraiser Sparks Investigation Into Oklahoma School (www.thedailybeast.com)

submitted 7 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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US man extends record for most Big Macs eaten in a lifetime to over 34,000 (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 7 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Lawyers who voided Elon Musk's pay as excessive want $6 billion fee (www.reuters.com)

submitted 7 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Quite the leap: Iowa man born on 29 February has a son on same day (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 7 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Willy Wonka Event Becomes Video Game Parody Gold Mine (kotaku.com)

submitted 7 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Follow up to our previous story....

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Leap Year glitch shuts down gas pumps across New Zealand (www.upi.com)

submitted 7 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Willy Wonka Immersive Event Leaves Kids in Tears: “It Looks Like a Meth Lab” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

submitted 7 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Woman swims 459 feet under ice without oxygen (www.upi.com)

submitted 7 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

22 comments fedilink

Nope. No, no, no, nope, no, uh-uh.

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Mom loses $820,000 injuries claim after she was pictured tossing a Christmas tree (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 7 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Not only did she toss a tree in the competition, she won.

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Grenade found in wall of bathroom being remodeled (www.kiro7.com)

submitted 7 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Homeless man who dug up Seattle park with an excavator has now built a cabin there (komonews.com)

submitted 7 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Police investigating possible drug sales at liquor store (www.news-graphic.com)

submitted 7 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

2 comments fedilink

Maybe don't name it 420 Liquors. Just a thought.

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First-ever Florida Man Games held in St. Augustine (www.upi.com)

submitted 7 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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The all-day event featured teams competing in multiple varied events, which also included a pork butt eating contest, a "Florida Ma'am" beauty contest and an "evading arrest obstacle course" that featured competitors being pursued by actual police officers.

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India: Runaway train 'travels 40 miles without a driver' (news.sky.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/weirdnews

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Key Points

A driverless goods train in India traveled over 40 miles (70 km) reaching nearly 62 mph (100 km/h) before being stopped safely.
The incident occurred on Sunday morning when the train, carrying chip stones, stopped to change crew and was left without the handbrake applied.
Officials used wooden blocks on the tracks to slow down and eventually stop the train, preventing a potential accident.
No injuries were reported.
The cause of the incident is under investigation, and railway crossings were closed as a precaution.
In June, more than 280 people died in a train crash in the Balasore district of Odisha, near the Bay of Bengal.

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Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Failed robbery suspect leaves his own money behind (fox8.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by oleorun to c/weirdnews

4 comments fedilink

Well, that certainly didn't work out.

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Fire damages chimney manufacturing plant in Lackawanna County (www.pahomepage.com)

submitted 7 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews