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This summer, intense droughts hit Texas, drying up rivers and baking the land. But the extreme heat has had one benefit: it's given us a glimpse of a long-dead Texan from 113 million years ago. As you might guess from the name, prehistoric remains are often found in Dinosaur Valley…
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What's going on with Facebook? Facebook users have taken to Twitter this morning to express their confusion after their newsfeeds were filled with strangers messaging celebrities. It turns out that thousands of Facebook users (myself included), have logged on this morning to find their newsfeeds full of messages from strangers…
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A giant slide in Detroit was forced to close after a matter of hours due to serious safety concerns, Deadline Detroit reports. The slide, named Belle Isle, had recently been reopened on Friday (August 19) after a hiatus following the pandemic. However, when the first riders began sliding down, it…
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A TV weather crew interrupted their broadcast yesterday to rescue a woman from drowning. Fox Weather multimedia journalist Robert Ray was reporting on the deadly flash floods that had swept through Dallas on Monday morning (August 22), when he experienced just how dangerous weather conditions could become firsthand. As he…
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An Uber driver has been hailed a "hero" by the company's CEO after saving people from a fire in New York City. Fritz Sam was driving passenger Jemimah Wei through Brooklyn on Wednesday (August 17) evening, when they spotted a four-story house fire on Classon Avenue. The driver told CNN…
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A Georgia jury has ordered Ford Motor Co. to pay $1.7 billion to the orphaned children of a couple killed in a pickup truck crash. According to a report by CBS News, the company plans to appeal the verdict, which was returned by jurors in Gwinnett County late last week.…
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A UK man is suing his employer after a work social left him seriously injured. Mike Brokie from Reading, England, spent four weeks in a coma and had to have half of his skull removed after falling and hitting his head during an office night out in April 2019, The…
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Finland's Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, has caused a stir after videos of her partying surfaced on social media. The videos in question were leaked on Thursday last week, and showed the young Prime Minister dancing with a group of friends at a private party. At one point, Marin was seen…
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A man in Ghana has been left with devastating injuries after cutting off his own genitals while dreaming about cutting meat. As reported by BBC News Pidgin, Kofi Atta - a farmer from the town of Assin Fosum - endured a painful experience when a dream he was having turned…
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An Oklahoma woman has made a wild break for freedom after being arrested by police. In crazy dash and bodycam footage released by state authorities, suspect Rachael Zion Clay can be seen slipping out of her handcuffs, picking up a police rifle, and opening fire out the back of the…
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The daughter of a January 6 rioter who was sentenced to over seven years behind bars has blamed former President Donald Trump for her family falling apart. On August 1, 49-year-old Guy Reffitt was given the longest jail sentence any Capitol rioter has received so far - seven years and…
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An indigenous Australian boy who was bullied for his disability has landed a role in the new Mad Max movie. Quaden Bayles went viral in 2020 when his mom, Yarraka Bayles, shared a clip of him crying uncontrollably and asking for a knife so that he could end his life.…
