March 2012
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Royal Wedding Crasher
Newlyweds John and Frances Canning were informed a while back that a VIP would be at Manchester’s town hall on the day of their wedding.
When later they learned that the very important person would be Queen Elizabeth II, they decided to send her a “lighthearted” invitation. They didn’t expect to hear back from the Queen, much less see her at their wedding.
But that’s exactly what happened.
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Haunted Supermarket
A supermarket in Brompton, South Australia is apparently being haunted by the sweet-toothed ghost of a man who was gunned down outside the building 14 years ago.
Security cameras inside the store captured footage of a box of Fruit Roll-Ups being “flung” several meters down the pasta aisle in the middle of the night.
According to business proprietor Norm Hurst, the supermarket’s previous owners...
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Peeta: When I walk out the shop
Katniss: Not again-
Peeta: This is what I see
Katniss: Peeta stop
Peeta: Katniss Everdeen is a-lookin' at me
Peeta: I GOT A LOAF IN MY HANDS
Peeta: AND I AIN'T AFRAID TO THROW IT THROW IT THROW IT THROW IT
Katniss: You done?
Peeta: I'M PEETA AND YOU KNOW IT.
Katniss: ...
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A Nautical Bedroom Theme
This is the ultimate pirate ship bedroom. It was built by designer Steve Kuhl who had his choice from a pirate ship, castle, race car, and space ship. The bedroom features a pirate ship floating that is complete with a rope bridge.
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I was just texting and...
Woman falls off pier while texting
Bonnie Miller, 45, of Benton Harbor
Updated: Tuesday, 20 Mar 2012, 12:49 PM EDT Published : Tuesday, 20 Mar 2012, 8:32 AM EDT
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (WOOD) - A 45-year-old woman was rescued from Lake Michigan after she fell in while texting on her phone and walking on a pier, police said. Bonnie Miller of Benton Harbor told 24 Hour News 8 she was with her...
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Real Life Krusty the Klown
A kid in a clown costume attends Purim services at an ultra-Orthodox synagogue in Jerusalem.
[willprescott / ratsoff.]
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Back In MY Day...
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Army Street Art
A trompe l’œil mural painted by Egyptian graffiti artists over a military street barrier makes it “disappear.”
[boingboing.]
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Silly Squrriel Thinks He Can Fly
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Top 10 Worst Days Ever!
1. My Worst Day Ever When I Was Raped by a Dolphin
At the top of everyone’s “a 100 things to do before I die” list is to swim with dolphins. But these intelligent creatures are far cleverer then we thought, as they are keen to be the first species on planet earth to combine human and dolphin DNA to create a real life mermaid. Every year dolphins rape around 14 people from across the world, so...
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RIP: Yoda, at 15
Yoda, winner of the 2011 World’s Ugliest Dog contest, passed away Saturday at the age of 15.
Proud owner Terry Schumacher initially mistook the Chinese crested-Chihuahua mix for a rat when she found her abandoned behind an apartment building.
“I will miss her funny little ways,” Schumacher said in an email to the Hanford Sentinel. “Her memories will live on forever.”
Yoda took home the...
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Double-Barrel Pistol
Arsenal Firearms proudly presents the AF2011-A1 “Second Century”: The world’s first and only double-barrel semi-automatic handgun. A true innovation in shooting stuff.
But don’t take my word for it: Let Arsenal Firearms’ resident Bond villain tell you more about what is basically two Colt M1911A1′s glued together.
[obvwin.]
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Pizza Roulette?
The New Zealand-based pizza chain Hell Pizza, known for its provocative marketing campaigns, is targeting deathwishers with its latest promo: The Pizza Roulette.
One slice of the pie contains “the hottest chilli known to mankind” — but which one? Only one way to find out: Invite a bunch of friends over, and see which one dies.
Bonus: Gravedigging and alibi synchronizing at 3 AM makes for an...
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Too Much Money To Even Spend It All
At age 39, Pablo Escobar was a billionaire. The head of the Medellin drug cartel in Colombia, per Forbes, had an estimated net worth of around $3 billion. All of these earnings were ill-gotten — his cartel controlled roughly three quarters of the global cocaine trade, and Escobar was a man wanted by both U.S. and Colombia officials. This combination of wealth and crime created a strange problem...
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A Gorilla With A Pet Rabbit?
Samantha, a 47-year-old western lowland gorilla at the Erie Zoo, has been all alone since her companion Rudy passed away in 2005. Zookeepers decided to try and alleviate her loneliness by giving her a pet: Panda the Dutch rabbit.
Initially cautious, the keepers introduced them in increments before leaving Panda alone with Samantha (keeping an escape hatch open just in case). But their concern...
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Happy Earth, Sad Earth
