Orbiter Spots "Spiders" on Surface of Mars (uk.news.yahoo.com)
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter has spotted “spiders” on the Red Planet’s southern polar region....
Mum's shock as sex toy, knickers and lube left near son's grave in Doncaster cemetery (www.nationalworld.com)
A grieving mum has spoken of her shock after finding a sex toy, knickers and lube dumped near to her son’s grave in a Doncaster cemetery. The woman, who has asked not to be named, says she discovered the items close to headstones in Doncaster’s Rose Hill Cemetery – and decided to remove them to avoid upsetting other...
Behold The Thermonator: World's First Flame-Throwing Robot Dog Is For Sale (www.iflscience.com)
Finally – FINALLY! – the world’s first flame-throwing robot dog is available for the general public to purchase in the US. What could possibly go wrong?...
For first time in a billion years, two lifeforms have merged into one (www.independent.co.uk)
For the first time in at least a billion years, two lifeforms have merged into a single organism....
A Dentist Found a Jawbone in a Floor Tile (www.theatlantic.com)
cross-posted from: real.lemmy.fan/post/2761992...
Boy, 9, from Derbyshire, wins gull screeching competition (www.theguardian.com)
A nine-year-old boy from Derbyshire has screeched his way to victory at the European championships of a gull impersonation competition....
Family that walk on all fours have 'undone the last 3 million years of evolution' (www.indy100.com)
All families have their own quirks and habits, but one group of relatives has such a unique trait that scientists have branded them a total anomaly of the human species....
Hamilton man hijacks ambulance when staff won’t take him to hospital for abscess on his bottom (www.nzherald.co.nz)
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Democratic candidate called police after mistaking horror film promo as letter threat (www.independent.co.uk)
Amanda Taylor, a film blogger and Democratic candidate running for Missouri’s House of Representatives, called the police after she mistook promotional material for the new horror movie The First Omen as pro-life propaganda....
Snake on a train delays Japanese bullet service (www.yahoo.com)
cross-posted from: real.lemmy.fan/post/2732128
Belgian man whose body makes its own alcohol cleared of drunk-driving (www.theguardian.com)
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Man triumphs after residents demand 'Game of Thrones' statues removed (www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk)
A North Lincolnshire man will be allowed to keep the unique sculptures in his front garden despite neighbours complaining it looks like a “gift shop”....
Brit passengers on four-hour flight to Turkey drink entire plane dry in 25 minutes (www.lbc.co.uk)
SunExpress’s German-American boss Max Kownatzki told trade publication TTG that one special flight operated by the Turkish airline for a group of Brits on a golfing break was drunk dry in the space of 25-minutes....
British farmers using Axe body spray to keep rams from fighting (www.upi.com)
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Joe Biden claims uncle possibly eaten by cannibals during Second World War (torontosun.com)
Joe Biden claims his uncle was possibly eaten by cannibals during the Second World War, conflicting with military records of the event....
Scientists claim to have successfully ‘conversed’ with a whale (www.independent.co.uk)
Scientists at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Seti) in the US claim to have conversed with a humpback whale in Alaska as a proxy for communicating with aliens....
Brazilian woman arrested after taking corpse to sign bank loan: ‘She knew he was dead’ (www.theguardian.com)
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Vultures feared to be dying were just "too drunk to fly" (www.cbsnews.com)
Mexican news channel accidentally airs man's testicles instead of solar eclipse (www.nme.com)
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Wrong couple divorced after law firm computer error (www.bbc.co.uk)
A couple were divorced by mistake after a computer error at a family law firm....
Two-year-old boy has one-in-a-billion ‘werewolf syndrome’ (www.news.com.au)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14363079...
Visitors filmed 'trying to force antlers off deer' at Richmond Park (www.standard.co.uk)
Royal Parks Police said it had received “concerning” reports over the weekend of people attempting to pull the deer’s antlers, saying some of the reports had been captured on video....
Creative Scotland claw back 67k from tax payer funded hardcore sex show (www.heraldscotland.com)
Creative Scotland has clawed back nearly £68,000 of taxpayers’ cash from a controversial “hardcore” performance piece, MSPs have been told....
Mysterious Link Between Cats And Schizophrenia Is Real, Study Finds (www.sciencealert.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14263300...
Venezuelan man attempts bank robbery in Ohio by typing demands in translator app (thepostmillennial.com)
A 20-year-old Venezuelan national attempted to rob a bank in Sandusky, Ohio, using a translator app on his phone to convey his demands due to his inability to speak English....
