Japan is mystified by a giant metal sphere that washed up on a beach, with some commentators suggesting it’s Godzilla’s egg

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America’s Biggest New Age Expo Welcomes Conspiracy Theories Back In

https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgybak/americas-biggest-new-age-expo-welcomes-conspiracy-theories-back-in

National Jenga Tournament in New York has a $10,000 prize

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Mexican president posts photo of what he claims is an elf

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ChatGPT launches boom in AI-written e-books on Amazon

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Top Putin defence official, 58, plunges 160ft to her death from 16th-floor tower block window – the latest high-ranking figure to die in a mysterious fall

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11758535/Top-Putin-defence-official-58-plunges-160ft-death-16th-floor-tower-block-window.html

Mozambique pastor dies attempting to emulate Jesus’ 40-day fast

https://www.africanews.com/2023/02/17/mozambique-pastor-dies-attempting-to-emulate-jesus-40-day-fast//

Couple celebrates 57 years married despite multiple murder attempts

https://www.keyc.com/2023/02/17/couple-celebrates-57-years-married-despite-multiple-murder-attempts/

German Ballet Director Formally Apologizes For Smearing Feces In Critic’s Face

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/martin-goecke-smeared-feces_n_63ec06ebe4b0063ccb291466

Fowl-free: McDonald’s debuts plant-based McNuggets

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Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Reality Show Was ‘Cruel’ and ‘Rigged,’ Say Contestants

Satanic Temple launches abortion clinic named after Catholic Supreme Court justice

High school basketball coaches ousted after 1 allegedly poses as a player in a game

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/virginia-hs-basketball-coaches-ousted-1-allegedly-poses-player-game-rcna68457

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Tourist berated, whacked in head for climbing on Mayan temple

https://nypost.com/2023/02/02/tourist-berated-by-crowd-for-climbing-on-mayan-temple/

Video of Women in Airplane Brawl Viewed Over 3.6 Million Times

https://www.newsweek.com/viral-video-women-brazil-gol-airplane-brawl-viewed-over-3-6-million-times-twitter-1778901

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TikTok Pastor Says He Went to Hell & Demons Tortured Him With Rihanna, Jazmine Sullivan Songs

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/tiktok-pastor-went-to-hell-demons-tortured-him-rihanna-jazmine-sullivan-songs-1235206347/

Woman, 29, arrested for allegedly posing as high school student in New Jersey

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/28/woman-29-arrested-fake-high-school-student-new-jersey

‘Woke’ restaurant stirs controversy in Coventry

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Man gets pedicure from a flesh eating crab

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Tech mogul spends $2M a year to get teenage body

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Man survives on ketchup for weeks lost at sea

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/20/world/man-sea-rescue-survival-ketchup-intl-hnk/index.html

Japan Firm Uses Vending Machines to Promote Uptake of Whale Meat

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20230115-83873/

10-year-old asks for a DNA test on a cookie allegedly bitten by Santa to prove if he’s real or not

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New York animal shelter seeks home for ‘fire-breathing demon’

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Swedish govt moves to get rid of permits needed for dancing

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“Ridiculous!” Missouri’s House Republicans made stricter dress code — but only for women

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Unexploded grenade removed from Ukrainian soldier’s chest

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The snake clitoris has finally been found

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Florida sheriff: Burglars call 911 to get help moving stuff

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Trump’s ‘Major Announcement’ Was a Scammy, Superhero-Themed NFT Collection

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-announces-nft-trading-card-collection-1234648014/

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Viagra lowers risk of Alzheimer’s disease by 69%, study finds

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Scientists to create flying snakes in robotics

https://dunyanews.tv/en/WeirdNews/680947-Scientists-to-create-flying-snakes-in-robotics

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San Francisco decides killer police robots aren’t such a great idea

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/san-francisco-decides-killer-police-robots-arent-such-a-great-idea/

Scientists Have Designed a ‘Vagina on a Chip’

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/science/vagina-chip-bacterial-vaginosis.html

Parents who say their kids won’t eat or shower because they’re addicted to Fortnite slam Epic Games with lawsuit

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/parents-kids-wont-eat-shower-174208089.html

German police seek help in solving bull sperm heist

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Married Mother-Of-Two Gambles Herself Away to Landlord

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Obama Roasts Herschel Walker for Saying He’d Rather Be a Werewolf

https://www.thedailybeast.com/barack-obama-roasts-herschel-walkers-bizarro-vampire-vs-werewolf-speech

Sheriff Misses the Old Days When Students Could Have the “Cheeks of Their Ass Torn Off” for Misbehaving

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3p47g/florida-sheriff-student-discipline

San Francisco will allow police to deploy robots that kill

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Two Idiots Stole an ATM, Then Accidentally Set Their Van on Fire While Trying to Rob Store

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8-Year-Old Boy Bites Venomous Cobra Twice After Getting Attacked, Kills It: Report

https://people.com/human-interest/8-year-old-boy-bites-venomous-cobra-twice-after-getting-attacked-kills-it-report/

Brazen teenage thief, 17, knocks himself out by running into glass door as he tries to flee Louis Vuitton store with $18,000 worth of handbags

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11400053/Teenage-thief-17-knocks-running-glass-door-tries-flee-LV-18-000.html

Heckler gets life ban from Royal Opera House for shouting ‘rubbish’ at child actor

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/10/heckler-gets-life-ban-from-royal-opera-house-for-shouting-rubbish-at-child-actor

In Japan, you can buy cake in a can from a vending machine

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