📅 News: 2025-04-24
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United Arab Emirates Becomes First Nation To Let AI Write Actual Laws

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The UAE's bold move to let AI draft laws isn't just a tech upgrade—it's a seismic shift in governance. By establishing the Regulatory Intelligence Office, the nation aims to accelerate legislative processes by up to 70%, leveraging AI to monitor global legal trends and suggest timely updates. This pioneering approach positions the UAE at the forefront of AI-driven governance, setting a precedent that could redefine lawmaking worldwide.

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Move over, robo-judges—the UAE just put ChatGPT on the legislative payroll. The first nation to automate lawmaking, the Emirates lets artificial intelligence draft the rules mere mortals must follow.

Solihull Man Accidentally Buys His Own Stolen Car on Marketplace

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Police hailed it as “one of the best clone jobs they’d ever seen,” with new plates, tampered VINs, and a wound-back odometer. Yet a forgotten Mars bar wrapper and sat-nav addresses cracked the case, making this Solihull car theft saga a viral UK true crime twist.

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In the ultimate test of secondhand shopping luck, a Solihull man unwittingly purchased his own stolen vehicle. Marketplace sellers, beware: your next customer might just be the original owner, closing the strangest car crime loop yet.

Cypriot Dancer Balances 468 Wine Glasses on Head While Busting a Move

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Dinos Kkantis didn’t just dance—he shattered limits, stacking trays higher with each step at Aradippou’s Easter Tuesday celebration. With 468 glasses, he left the previous record of 319 in the dust, igniting global buzz for “Guinness World Record dance stunts.”

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A Cypriot dancer set the internet abuzz after balancing 468 wine glasses on his head—yes, while dancing. Guinness World Records fans and TikTok skeptics, your move.

Woman Slips Past TSA and JFK Gate Agents, Boards Paris Flight Like It’s Hogwarts

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Svetlana Dali's audacious journey didn't end in Paris. After her return to the U.S., she cut off her GPS monitor and attempted to flee into Canada via Greyhound bus, leading to her re-arrest in Buffalo. This real-life 'Catch Me If You Can' saga has aviation security experts scrambling to patch the glaring holes she so deftly exploited.

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A Russian traveler pulls a literal disappearing act at JFK, breezing through layers of airport security straight onto a flight to Paris. TSA agents everywhere are updating their résumés—and rethinking invisibility cloaks.

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Woman Disguises Herself as Man, Outsmarts Magic Circle’s Boys’ Club—Then Outs Herself

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Decades after her expulsion, Sophie Lloyd's audacious act has been vindicated. In 2025, the Magic Circle reinstated her membership, acknowledging her trailblazing spirit. Now in her 60s and residing in Spain, Lloyd reflects on the club's transformation, noting its shift from formal attire to a more relaxed, inclusive atmosphere.

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Sophie Lloyd donned a fake mustache to infiltrate Britain’s all-male Magic Circle, only to confess the ruse the very night women were finally allowed in. Sometimes reality’s greatest trick is outsmarting itself—magic, mischief, and a spectacular self-own all appear in this viral tale.

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Banana Fans Urged to Eat the Stringy Bits—Yes, Even the Weird Phloem Bundles

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Beyond their nutritional perks, banana phloem bundles—those stringy bits you often discard—are rich in tryptophan, a precursor to serotonin, the "happiness hormone." Munching on these fibers could subtly boost your mood while enhancing your banana's health benefits. ([the-express.com](https://www.the-express.com/lifestyle/food-drink/164185/doctor-warning-against-removing-banana-strings?utm_source=openai))

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Turns out those stringy banana phloem bundles you’ve been discarding are a nutritional powerhouse, not an aesthetic offense. Food science and plant biology collide as the Internet debates whether eating phloem is the next viral health hack or just plain weird.

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Scientists Discover Mushroom So Bitter It Could Ruin Your Entire Week

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In a stunning twist, oligoporin D—the molecule behind Amaropostia stiptica’s infamous punch—remains bitter even when a single gram is diluted in 16,000 liters of water. “TAS2R46” bitter receptor research just got a viral sensation in the world of weird food science.

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Turns out, Amaropostia stiptica isn’t deadly—unless you count the flavor. Scientists have officially crowned this humble fungus the world’s most bitter, making even kale look like birthday cake in comparison. Bitter mushroom fans, rejoice—or recoil.

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Scientists Literally Trap a Flash of Light at One Point in Space-Time

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Here’s the quantum kicker: even when researchers bombarded their optical fibre loops with phase noise, the trapped light refused to budge in time—its temporal localization stayed locked, defying disorder. That’s a game-changer for ultra-secure photonic networks and quantum information science.

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Physicists just managed to pin down a flash of light in space-time—no, this isn’t a Marvel plotline, it’s real quantum weirdness. Prepare to have your physics-loving brain fried.

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Couple Gets Married Mid-Mosh at Cannibal Corpse Pittsburgh Show, Vows Amid Chaos

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As “Unleashing the Bloodthirsty” roared, Erica and Christopher’s mosh pit wedding drew cheers and signatures from metalheads on their marriage certificate, with the officiant dubbed “Corrupted Nuptials.” Viral Pittsburgh concert moments just hit a new level of heavy metal legend.

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This couple skipped the chapel and said ‘I do’ while death metal blasted and bodies flew. Moshing matrimony: just your average Pittsburgh romance headline in 2025.

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Serbia Declares Research Time for Academics Is Now Just One Hour Daily

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Serbian scientists like Svetlana Stanarević warn this “five hours of science per week” rule could spark a brain drain, with top researchers fleeing for international funding and stability. The academic exodus may reshape Serbia’s role in global science collaboration.

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Serbia decided to treat researchers like Cinderella with a midnight deadline—except it’s noon, and the only thing turning into a pumpkin is academic productivity. Peer review just got a turbo mode.

Texas Lawmakers Try Banning Furry Subculture From Classrooms—Mascots, Beware!

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Despite dramatic claims, actual “furry” sightings in Texas schools remain as elusive as Bigfoot—Smithville ISD’s alleged incident prompted Rep. Stan Gerdes’ F.U.R.R.I.E.S. Act, but districts like Round Rock call such viral rumors pure fiction. Culture wars keep the internet buzzing.

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Texas politicians want to evict furries from school grounds, leaving mascots nervously checking their fur suits. The furry subculture crackdown raises eyebrows and hackles in the Lone Star State’s education system.