A foul, smoky smell filled the air inside the office when workers arrived in the morning and traced the smell to the bathroom where they were shocked to find a burnt and melted toilet underneath a charred ceiling. The fire department came by to take a look and they thought it was possibly from an…
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(Frankfurt, Germany) — A German man who found a nearly five-million dollar check made out to the company that makes Gummy Bears isn’t at all impressed with the reward he got. The 38-year-old man, identified as Anouar, was on his way home from visiting his mother when he saw a piece of paper fluttering on…
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A Florida woman arrested for stealing a wallet inside a Waffle House, told cops she had to do it because “the money was calling to me.” Police say the owner of the wallet paid for their meal and accidentally left it on the counter. Police reviewed surveillance footage and saw 47-year-old Kwanita Morton looking around…
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TSA agents at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport foiled a traveler’s attempt to smuggle a gun through security by hiding it inside the cavity of a raw chicken. Chickens — raw or cooked — are ok to travel with passengers, according to TSA’s guidelines, but obviously, firearms inside said chicken … ain’t gonna fly. Authorities knew…
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A Texas woman is in jail on several charges, including aggravated assault, and it’s all because she didn’t want to go to Walmart. Police responded to a call about a couple having an argument at Walmart and that a woman had a gun. She said they eventually got into a gold van and drove away.…
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We all love our pets and want them to stay with us forever, but there’s a line — and an Australian family may have just crossed it. When their beloved golden retriever died, the family found a unique way to remember her. They contacted a taxidermy company and had her turned into an ornamental rug…
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A bumbling Brit tried to rob a post office by threatening to blow it up, and he may have gotten away with it if it hadn’t been for his awful handwriting. Martin Travers was sentenced last week to four years and 10 months in jail for his plot which failed horribly. Police say he walked…
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Researchers at the University of California-Berkeley unveiled a robot they claim can fold clothes faster than any other robot on the planet. The team of researchers said the robot — which they’ve named … not-so-creatively … SpeedFolding — can fold 30 to 40 randomly positioned garments per hour, which is much more than the previous…
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(Lake Erie, OH) — Two men are facing felony charges after rigging an Ohio fishing competition. Earlier this month, Jake Runyan and Chase Cominsky appeared to win 30-grand at a fishing tournament, but it was soon revealed they had stuffed their catches with lead weights and frozen fish filets. Now, a grand jury is charging…
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Residents in one Fort Worth, Texas neighborhood say they’re getting fed up with the activities of somebody they’re calling “Edward Scissorhands.” The unidentified man is trimming their trees in the middle of the night without their permission. One resident has caught him on surveillance video around 3 a.m. He’s reportedly trimmed about a dozen trees…
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