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Gold miners discovered the mummified Steppe Bison now called "Blue Babe." Researchers believe it is more than 55,000 years old. Unfortunately, radiocarbon dating tools can't measure any further back that.

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  • Strange News

An ice-age bison was discovered! Then soon eaten — once the foul taste was smothered

Shortly after researchers unearthed the mummified body of a 55,000-year-old Steppe bison in the Alaskan tundra, they sliced off a piece of its neck. To eat!

August 26, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
The mayor of Venice, Italy, mobilized a search for two people who used motorized surfboards to cruise down the picturesque city's canals. Now the pair are facing large fines.

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  • Europe

Venice mayor calls out 'imbeciles' surfing Italian city's historic canals

Incensed by two people he saw as making a mockery of Venice, Mayor Luigi Brugnaro offered a free dinner to anyone who could help bring them to justice.

August 19, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
A spotted lanternfly creeps on the ground during a baseball game in Pittsburgh in 2021.

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  • Environment

What a pest! Spotted lanternflies are spreading in the U.S.

State officials are calling on residents to get involved and kill these bugs at all costs. The spotted lanternfly isn't dangerous to humans or pets but could cost the country's agricultural industry.

August 18, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
What caused the sinkhole has not yet been determined, but experts are investigating.

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  • Strange News

A massive sinkhole just discovered in Chile has authorities puzzled

The 656-foot-deep sinkhole was found Saturday near a mining site. Investigators are working to determine what caused the sinkhole to open, and say they have seen a lot of water inside.

August 04, 2022
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  • Wynne Davis
Will her bike wind up in that canal?

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  • Strange News

Why do so many bikes end up underwater? The reasons can be weird and varied

Each year, thousands of bikes are thrown into waterways. Author Jody Rosen explains the history, and possible motivations for this strange phenomenon.

August 04, 2022
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  • Elena Burnett and
  • Ailsa Chang
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  • Law

Noodling — pulling a catfish from the water by hand — is now legal in Louisiana

In Louisiana, some people like to fish by sticking their arm into murky water, feeling around for a catfish, and grabbing them by the mouth. A new law legalizing it goes into effect Aug. 1.

August 02, 2022
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  • Kezia Setyawan
Researchers caught a Greenland shark off the coast of Belize in April, the first reported sighting of the species in the western Caribbean. The shark is typically found in the Arctic and at depths of up to 7,000 feet below the ocean surface.

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  • Animals

A Greenland shark, one of the longest-living animals on Earth, was caught near Belize

This was the first time a Greenland shark was reported in the western Caribbean, researchers said. This species of shark is typically found in the Arctic and thousands of feet below the ocean surface.

July 31, 2022
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  • Dustin Jones
A Canadian company is hiring a chief candy officer to to taste test products.

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  • Strange News

You could get paid to eat candy as a Canadian company's chief candy officer

Candy Funhouse's chief candy officer will taste test over 3,500 products a month. Applicants can be as young as 5 years old.

July 31, 2022
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  • Shauneen Miranda

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  • Business

Want to lay off workers more smoothly? There's a startup for that

The tech industry is in turmoil. But there's at least one startup that is thriving these days, and it's one that's helping other startups lay off workers.

July 26, 2022
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  • Greg Rosalsky
A man's forehead and his eyes which are closed. Inside him a tunnel of light with floating iridescent particles, in the end a light.

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  • National

How a near-death experience could change the way you live

When Randy Schiefer was hospitalized with COVID-19, he wasn't sure he would survive. Now, he looks back at that experience as the most important thing that has ever happened to him.

July 25, 2022
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  • Lee Hale
Jon Auvil, center, receives an Ernest Hemingway bust and congratulations after he won the 2022 Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla. Left of Auvil is Joe Maxey, the 2019 winner, and at right is Fred Johnson, who won in 1986. It was Auvil's eighth attempt in the annual contest.

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  • Strange News

An attorney wins an Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest in Key West

Joe Auvil, a Dade City resident, beat out 124 entrants. Auvil, who already shares Hemingway's passion for fishing, is dressing for the job he wants: "Every man wants to write like Hemingway," he said.

July 24, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
One outline of a footprint discovered in the restaurant courtyard.

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  • Science

A diner discovered 100 million-year-old dinosaur footprints in a restaurant

If you need an excuse to go out to dinner, this paleontological discovery might be it.

July 23, 2022
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By:
  • Erika Ryan and
  • Christopher Intagliata
Sand tiger sharks can grow to up to 10 feet in length, but juveniles average 3 to 5 feet. These sharks have a menacing appearance, but aren't known for unprovoked attacks on humans.

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  • Animals

Sharks mistaking feet for fish are likely behind Long Island attacks

A shark expert said the likely culprits behind the Long Island incidents are juvenile sand tiger sharks, which may accidentally bite humans while chasing fish.

July 17, 2022
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  • Dustin Jones
A green crab caught off the coast of New Hampshire.

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  • Environment

A distillery is fighting invasive crabs by turning them into whiskey

Invasive green crabs are destroying marine ecosystems in the United States. A New Hampshire distillery is making crab-flavored whiskey to take them on.

July 11, 2022
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  • Kai McNamee
Law enforcement officials walk around the damaged Georgia Guidestones monument near Elberton, Ga., on Wednesday.

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  • National

A Georgia monument, seen by some as satanic, was damaged from a predawn explosion

The roadside attraction was built in 1980 from local granite, commissioned by an unknown person or group under the pseudonym R.C. Christian.

July 06, 2022
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