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Skiers participate in last year's "Santa Sunday" event at the Sunday River resort in Newry, Maine.

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  • National

Unique ways Americans celebrate the holidays, from skiing Santas to Festivus feats

Here's how communities across the U.S. put their own spin on Christmas, Hanukkah and even Festivus celebrations — from Santas who ski and surf, to trees made of tumbleweed, sand and lobster traps.

December 08, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
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  • Strange News

How one family gave a Cardinals linebacker a ride from the gas station to the stadium

After Cardinals linebacker Jesse Luketa got stuck with a flat tire before a game on Sunday, an Arizona family helped him make it to the stadium.

November 30, 2023
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By:
  • Emma Klein,
  • Tinbete Ermyas,
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De Winton's golden mole, a blind mole that lives beneath the sand, has been rediscovered in Port Nolloth, South Africa. The small mammal has evaded scientists for nearly 90 years, using sensitive hearing that can detect vibrations from movement above the surface.

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  • Science

Holy Mole-y: A sniffer dog helps rediscover a rare mole

The De Winton's golden mole was last spotted in 1936. But with the help of a mole-sniffing dog and new environmental DNA analysis, researchers are taking it off the most wanted lost species list.

November 30, 2023
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
A fisherman holds Bowie the lobster, which was caught off the coast of Maine.

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  • Animals

Bowie the lobster is half-blue, half-red, and all kinds of rare

Bowie, named after pop icon David Bowie, has clawed its way to internet stardom. The split-color crustacean was caught by a lobster fisherman off the coast of Maine.

November 27, 2023
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  • Alina Hartounian
The long-tailed rat.

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  • Strange News

Rat plague hits an Australian coastal town, and thousands more wash up on shore

Months after the local shire's council discussed what it dubbed a "Rat Plague," thousands of rats are creating havoc in a small town on the coast in Queensland.

November 27, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
A tumbleweed roughly the size of a car was captured on video this week and posted on X, where commenters compared it to a giant hairball, belly lint gone wild, and the critters from a 1986 sci-fi horror movie.

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  • Strange News

A car-sized tumbleweed made quite a scene on a California highway

A person shared video of "the mother of all tumbleweeds" on social media this week. That got us thinking about where tumbleweeds come from and their propensity for taking over roads and neighborhoods.

November 24, 2023
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
An enlarged replica of a block of four rare United States airmail error stamps, known as the Inverted Jenny plate block.

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  • National

Why a single 'Inverted Jenny' stamp sold for $2 million at auction

History, intrigue and a misprint combine so that a single stamp from 1918 recently sold for big bucks.

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
A photo included in the U.K.'s Air Accidents Investigations Branch special bulletin shows the location of one damaged and two missing window panes on an Airbus A321.

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  • World

Crew aboard a U.S.-bound plane discovered a missing window pane at 13,000 feet

Passengers said the cabin seemed "noisier and colder than they were used to." That's when a crew member noticed a window seal flapping at the back of the aircraft.

November 10, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
The Return to Nature funeral home is marked off with police tape on Oct. 6 in Penrose, Colo.

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  • National

Colorado funeral home owners arrested following the discovery of 190 decaying bodies

Police searched the Return to Nature funeral home after receiving reports of an "abhorrent smell." The owners are now facing charges of theft, forgery, money laundering and the abuse of a corpse.

November 08, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
A team of wildlife officials collaborated with whale experts to free a humpback whale off the coast of Gustavus, Alaska last month.

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  • Animals

How wildlife officials saved a humpback whale found 'hogtied' to a 300-pound crab pot

The juvenile whale was seen swimming in a clockwise circle, making unusual noises and trailing two buoys. A team of wildlife experts had to move fast, but with plenty of patience, to save its life.

November 06, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
Erin Patterson was arrested and charged with multiple murders on Thursday. She is seen here arriving at her home in Leongatha, Victoria, in August.

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  • Strange News

Australian police charge a woman with 3 murders in alleged mushroom poisoning

For months, a real murder case has been playing out in a small Australian town, where three people died after eating a family meal that was suspected to contain death cap mushrooms.

November 02, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Jonathan Sadowski, left, and Mike Vogel in Netflix's softcore hit <em>Sex/Life</em>.

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  • Arts & Life

You're not seeing things —'nudity creep' in streaming TV reveals more of its stars

Naked Attraction and Sex/Life are among the shows on streaming television using uncensored nudity, including men seen full-frontal, to create buzz and attract subscribers.

October 20, 2023
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
The remains of at least 189 decaying bodies were found and removed from the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colorado, officials said Tuesday, Oct. 17.

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  • National

Nearly 200 bodies recovered from a Colorado funeral home accused of improper storage

Police were called to the Return to Nature Funeral Home earlier this month after receiving reports of a strong odor. What they found inside was "horrific," the county sheriff said.

October 19, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
Dorothy Hoffner, 104, went skydiving Oct. 1 and could hold the record for the oldest person to jump from a plane. She died Monday, likely in her sleep, Brookdale Senior Living said in a statement.

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  • National

A 104-year-old woman dies before Guinness can confirm her record as oldest skydiver

Dorothy Hoffner, 104, went skydiving Oct. 1 and died Monday in her sleep. Guinness World Records is still working to confirm if Hoffner broke the record for the oldest person to jump from a plane.

October 11, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Joie Henney and his emotional support alligator, Wally, were denied entry to a Phillies' game at Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday — but hope to be invited back soon.

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  • Animals

Wally the emotional support alligator went to see the Phillies. Then he went viral

Wally doesn't bite, loves hugs and has a sizeable social media following. He made headlines (again) for being denied entry to a baseball stadium — but his owner tells NPR that's not the full story.

September 29, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
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