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Gut microbes predict undernutrition
Gut microbes may predict whether or not children will suffer undernutrition as they grow, according to a study with twins in Malawi. Tens of trillions of microbes live in the gut, where they synthesize...
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I will not watch your advertisement
If I’m interested in a news story and I click to view a video that is supposed to be that story, but instead get a brief advertisement video, guess what? I close the whole web page or app and move on....
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Glass penny sells for $70,500
We don’t usually think about R&D done by the U.S. mint, but there have been many experiments. A rare experimental glass penny made during World War II has netted a pretty penny at auction – selling...
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The 8 richest men have as much wealth as the 3.6 billion poorest
Chances are, if you’re reading this, you are wealthy compared to most of the rest of the world. Keep that in mind. The gap between the super-rich and the poorest half of the global population is...
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Man asked to re-enact lottery scratch win for TV won again, $250,000 on camera
How likely is this? A man’s heart stops, he’s in a coma, he wakes up, wins a car, then to … More
View ArticleSub-Zero Sun Dogs, Alaska Prep
I’ve seen sun dogs before and have probably blogged about them, but cold weather as a cause got my attention due to my quest to take my fiancé’s ashes up to Alaska. Here are the sun dogs: Sub-zero...
View ArticleFirst $1.5 BILLION Lottery Winner. Really?
The strangest thing I saw in the news today is that someone in South Carolina won over a billion dollars in a lottery. Billion with a B. What the heck? Did people really put over 1.5 billion dollars of...
View Article36-Year Old Coupon Honored
It seems unlikely, but a 36-year-old coupon for 20 cents off of Crisco vegetable oil was honored recently by Anatoly Shashkin, the store manager at a North Shore Farms store in Mineola, Long Island,...
View ArticleA 1.4 Million Dollar Speedy Pigeon
The most unlikely news I saw today was this: Armando, a champion speedy pigeon, was purchased for a record 1.4 million dollars by a Chinese bird racing enthusiast. PIPA, the website that organized the...
View ArticleMan Wins $1 Million on Birthday
Happy Birthday to the South Carolina man who won a million dollars today on his birthday. He won the lottery in Hollywood. Did you know there is a Hollywood in South Carolina? Well there is. May 1...
View ArticleThe World’s Oldest Business is 1,441 Years Old
What currently running business is the oldest known? We were impressed to learn that a Japanese manufacturer of sake, Sudo-Honke, based in Obara was established in the year 1141 AD! Sudo Honke...
View ArticleCanada: Stop Spocking Fivers
Here’s a strange ongoing problem in Canada. Since February 27, 2015 when Leonard Nimoy who played the character of Mister Spock on the TV show Star Trek passed away, people in Canada have been defacing...
View Article$5 Billion Fine for Facebook’s Privacy Violations, Wall $$?
Strange News Alert: Facebook is about to be hit with the largest fine ever imposed by the FTC against a tech company, 5 billion dollars, but the strange thing is, this is being called just a “slap on...
View ArticleCrows in San Francisco Bring Gifts for Food
True Strange News. September 3, 2019. Some crows in San Francisco are bringing gifts for a woman who feeds them. “Melinda Green said she started feeding two families of crows that congregate outside...
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