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The long-tailed rat.

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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
"Obviously, it's very disheartening to be accused of cheating," chess grandmaster Hans Niemann said. Asked about a bizarre idea that vibrating anal beads could signal players about the best moves, he replied, "That is not a serious theory."

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  • Sports

Hans Niemann pooh-poohs a chess cheating theory that's based on vibrating beads

Chess prodigy Hans Niemann is competing in the World Junior Chess Championship — but he's also answering questions about an outlandish cheating theory.

September 26, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
A screenshot taken from social media shows passengers dangling from the area after the abrupt stop of of the Lumberjack ride at Ontario's Wonderland theme park.

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  • National

Ride passengers rescued after dangling upside down, 75 feet up, for half an hour

The oscillating Lumberjack ride at Canada's Wonderland theme park stopped suddenly, in mid-air, on Sunday. Videos posted to social media captured the sounds of passengers crying for help.

September 25, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
An alligator is seen at the Everglades National Park, Fla. On Friday, a gator was reportedly spotted with human remains in its mouth in a canal in Largo, Florida.

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  • Animals

Florida authorities killed an alligator that was seen with human remains in its mouth

A 13-foot-8.5-inch male alligator was "humanely killed" and removed from the water, authorities said, after a local resident saw the reptile latching onto human remains in a Tampa Bay area canal.

September 23, 2023
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  • Emma Bowman
A baby giraffe was discovered in Namibia, Africa, without any spots. The only other known living spotless giraffe was born at a zoo in Tennessee in late July.

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  • Animals

Another spotless giraffe has been discovered — this time, on a reserve in Namibia

The spotless Angolan giraffe was discovered at the Mount Etjo Safari Lodge, a private game reserve in Namibia. It is one of the two known living spotless giraffes in the world.

September 12, 2023
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  • Dustin Jones
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