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A 32-year-old man was caught trying to board a flight to New York by disguising himself as an elderly man, CNN reports. Jayesh Patel arrived at New Delhi Airport in the Indian capital in disguise as 81-year-old ''Amrik Singh'', whose passport he was carrying. ''Amrik Singh'' was born on February…
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Photographic memory - also known as eidetic memory - refers to a person's ability to memorise specific details about an object after having only seen it once, and for a short period of time. Generally, it is a phenomenon that people without a photographic memory are very impressed by. We…
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the Turkish Daily Sabah newspaper has released audio transcripts of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the Saudi hit squad that reportedly killed him inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last year. The recordings, which were obtained by Turkey's National Intelligence Organisation (MIT), and subsequently published by the newspaper yesterday, recount the…
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Fans of anything sugary and sweet will be pleased to know that Costco is selling apple pie spring rolls - but not just any old spring rolls - spring rolls with an indulgent-sounding cinnamon-sugar apple mix filling. Oh, and they also come with a caramel dipping sauce. They're basically practical…
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The city of Little Rock in Arkansas has now officially launched an initiative to pay homeless people minimum wage to pick up litter in the town. According to The Hill, the minimum wage in the state was raised to $9.25 in January. The scheme was devised earlier this year and…
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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas is a true cult classic, with fans of the animated dark fantasy musical as captivated by the now 26-year-old film as ever. For those who have yet to see the stop-motion flick, it tells the story of Jack Skellington, a pin-striped suit-clad skeleton from…
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A couple from Pennsylvania have been accused of theft after going on a shopping spree when $120,000 was mistakenly deposited into their bank account. Per news station, WNEP, Robert Williams and his wife, Tiffany, appeared in court last Tuesday after they spent two and half weeks working through the windfall,…
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A New Mexico EMT was forced to live out every parent's worst nightmare when he was called to the scene of a fatal car crash that killed country singer Kylie Rae Harris. After arriving at the incident, he made the heartbreaking discovery that his own daughter had also been killed…
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Legendary chef Jose Andres has brought his non-profit organisation, “World Central Kitchen”, to the Bahamas in order to help victims of the devastating hurricane that has ripped through the region. On the 31st of August, Andres tweeted that he and the organisation were heading to Nassau by plane, before completing…
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A woman has managed the unprecedented achievement of giving birth to a pair of twins at the age of 74. Per The Telegraph, Eramatti Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on September 5, 2019. She was able to conceive the children with her 78-year-old husband, who was by…
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A woman who developed 2,500 personalities to cope with the abuse she suffered at the hands of her father has watched him get locked away. Jennifer Haynes was raped and molested by her father from the age of four to 11 between 1974 and 1981. The Australian was then forced…
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Police are currently hunting for a pair of Instagrammers who allegedly vandalised an ancient, 8000-year Native American site. The sacred ground, which is called the Council Overhang, is a waterfall in the middle of the woodland Starved Rock State Park in the state of Illinois. A picture emerged this week…
