📅 News: 2025-05-19
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Lorde Royals Old English Cover Catapults Pop Hit Into Bardcore Legend

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Sung entirely in Old English, this cover’s medieval twist has fans dubbing it the year’s most anachronistic earworm. Surging bardcore popularity on TikTok highlights the internet’s appetite for genre-bending nostalgia—making Lorde’s 2013 hit feel like a royal decree from the Dark Ages. Chainmail may be optional, but dancing is inevitable.

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Lorde Royals Old English cover, 2 TikTok bards, and medieval lyrics conjure viral bardcore magic—proof pop hits time travel best with chainmail.

Purdue Robot’s 103ms Rubik’s Cube Blitz Leaves Human Reflexes Outpaced

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Solving the Rubik’s Cube in less time than a blink, Purdue’s machine adds a new benchmark to speed-solving records. Robotics enthusiasts now chase the elusive ‘instant solve’ as viral video views soar, making mechanical problem-solving look like performance art in motion.

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Purdue robot’s 103ms Rubik’s Cube blitz stuns with speed, outpacing human reflexes and redefining what world records mean for technology’s absurd future.

Scam Robot Dog Videos Unleash 23 Poodles and Christmas Chaos Online

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Robot dog ad campaigns now swamp social feeds, growing 47% since December. Viewers lured by “limited-time” offers and looping carols fuel viral searches for weird tech scams. The spectacle’s popularity proves surreal marketing can go viral—sometimes, confusion is the product itself.

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Scam robot dog videos with 23 fake poodles blast Christmas music, flooding TikTok and YouTube—leaving baffled viewers to question, 'Is this art or a scam?'

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Manga The Future I Saw Sends 900000 Tourists Fleeing Japan After July Warning

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Tour agencies across Asia now report bookings to Japan dropping by half, as social media fans dissect the manga’s cover and quake prophecy. Earthquake prediction anxiety collides with summer travel plans, with suitcase wheels swapped for nervous online debates and psychic hashtags.

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Manga The Future I Saw triggers 900000 Japan trip cancellations after July quake prophecy, sending ripple effects through Asia’s travel industry and superstition.

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Capuchin Monkeys Launch Infant Howler Monkey Heist on Panama Island

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No one predicted bored young male capuchins would invent a kidnapping trend. Scientists found no predatory motive, just a strange new twist in monkey behavior. Animal behaviorists are now watching for more cross-species monkey drama—Joker’s legacy lingers in the jungle.

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Capuchin monkeys snatch 11 baby howler monkeys on Panama’s Jicaron island, leaving scientists stunned by animal mischief and baffling cross-species behavior.

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Stanley Pup Packs Ice With 32 Dogs, NHL’s Wildest Adoption Faceoff

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In this year’s showdown, every dog is matched to its local NHL city. Expect cameos from hockey stars and comedians, plus playful chaos as the adoption event streams on TruTV, Sportsnet, and NHL Network—where slapshots and wagging tails collide for ultimate cuteness.

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Stanley Pup returns June 6 as 32 dogs, each repping an NHL team, skate for homes—celebrities and players join this paw-fueled, heartwarming showdown.

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Cat With Secret Saddle Busted Delivering Drugs Inside Costa Rica Prison Walls

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Prison officials, baffled by the resourceful use of a cat with narcotics, now face a new kind of smuggling threat. Authorities warn animal-assisted drug trafficking is evolving rapidly—leaving security teams picturing a future where clever cats outwit even the sharpest canine units.

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Cat with secret saddle nabbed smuggling drugs into Costa Rica prison, stunning guards and inmates as feline courier turns maximum security into a surreal crime scene.

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Golden Toilet Theft at Blenheim Palace Nets 21-Month Suspended Sentence

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After Doe’s sentencing, friends rallied outside Oxford Crown Court, chanting support as the convicted “good person” left. The 4.75 million pound art theft made headlines in UK crime news, and Doe’s tale ends with a surreal twist—no jail, but 240 hours unpaid work and a golden regret.

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Golden toilet thief from Blenheim Palace, Frederick Doe, receives 21-month suspended sentence after £4.75m art caper—highlighting Britain’s most lavish bathroom crime.

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Mount Snowdon Queue Stuns 4am Climber With Pre-Dawn Human Traffic Jam

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Dawn’s darkness is shattered by dozens of lights as hikers stack up on Snowdon’s narrow summit. In 2022, 543,541 people trekked the UK’s most-visited peak. “Well, that wasn’t expected,” one climber jokes, as ‘quiet mountain’ becomes a surreal, glowing conga line.

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Mount Snowdon queue shocks climber at 4am as an endless line of 25+ hikers snakes to the 1,085m summit, proving even dawn delivers “total gridlock.”

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Carmel-by-the-Sea High-Heel Permits Trip Up Fashion on Uneven Streets

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Tourists seeking high-heel permits often leave with a signed certificate, free of charge, as a keepsake instead of a lawsuit. Thanks to Carmel’s tripping hazards and unique shoe rules, high-heel enthusiasts navigate charming brick paths—sometimes just for the paperwork.

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Carmel-by-the-Sea high-heel permits force visitors in over-2-inch shoes to get city approval, blending legal oddity and sidewalk hazards for unexpected tourist souvenirs.

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French Guiana Amazon Prison to Hold 500 Drug Lords by 2028

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Plans for the ultra-secure facility follow months of prison attacks by criminal gangs, with France’s justice minister vowing zero contact between inmates and drug networks. The jungle site near Devil’s Island gives new meaning to high-security, where kingpins swap phones for raincoats.

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French Guiana Amazon prison will confine 500 drug traffickers and radicals by 2028, isolating criminal kingpins far from France’s networks in a surreal jungle fortress.

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Narrowboat Engine Explodes as Kyrie Morris Trades £1,600 London Rent for Chaos

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After dousing flames and sinking £12,000 into renovations, Kyrie now spends £800 monthly—half her London costs—while TikTok canal followers cheer her on and “extreme lows” fuel adrenaline highs, as buckets, burnt curtains, and Snoop mark her off-grid reality.

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Narrowboat engine explodes after Kyrie Morris ditches £1,600 London rent and cruises 357 miles—her “freedom” survives fire, repairs, and a viral TikTok tale.

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Plastic Forks Sprout in UK Gardens, Baffling Squirrels and Raccoons Alike

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Raccoons and garden pests hesitate at these surreal cutlery barriers, with Farm Flavour experts touting the plastic fork hack as a budget pest control option. This simple gardening trick transforms the usual animal scramble into a fork-filled standoff, each bloom under plastic guard.

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Plastic forks invade UK gardens as gardeners repel squirrels and raccoons using 12-cent cutlery, turning lawns into quirky obstacle courses for hungry wildlife.

China Electric Vehicle Battery Passes Fireproof Test Stuns Industry

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No longer will drivers fear fiery headlines—now, electric vehicle safety takes the spotlight as manufacturers compete for the calmest commute, with ‘fireproof EV battery’ searches surging. The race for drama-free road trips begins, threatening to make car chases obsolete.

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China electric vehicle battery passes fireproof test, stunning drivers and battery makers with a zero-explosion promise, shifting the global EV safety race.

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DOGE Coin Cuts Stall Tornado Warnings as 27 Die in Kentucky Chaos

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Fury erupted as families in Missouri and Kentucky woke to devastation, not alerts. New York Times’ May 15 exposé warned DOGE layoffs threatened weather forecasting, yet crypto chaos still upended lives. Emergency alert system failures now echo through tornado alley’s sleepless nights.

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DOGE Coin budget cuts cripple tornado alerts in Kentucky, delaying warnings as at least 27 die—revealing how meme coin economics turned deadly overnight.

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Eden Indigenous Seed Choir Battles Kenya Law With Six Swahili Protest Songs

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Raising voices in both Swahili and Kikuyu, the group’s eldest member, 81-year-old Lucia Wambui, credits indigenous food for robust health. As “agrobiodiversity conservation” gains urgency, their harmonies echo across Nakuru, turning a parched field into a seed-saving stage.

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Eden Indigenous Seed Choir in Kenya defies seed law with six protest songs, spotlighting lost crops and climate threats for farmers clinging to tradition.

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USS Hornet Warship Converts to Nightclub for Alameda Rave Spectacle

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Decades of naval grit meet neon revelers when this legendary Bay Area ship swaps battle stations for DJ decks. With historic ship tours by day and a rave after dark, party fans chase the ultimate dance floor experience—where disco balls spin above decommissioned radar screens.

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USS Hornet warship transforms into nightclub as Alameda hosts a massive rave, blending military history with dance music in a surreal Bay Area twist.

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Norway Devours 25 Pounds of Pizza Per Person, Leaves Italy in the Dust

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This pizza supremacy isn’t just about quantity—Norwegian toppings lean Scandinavian, not Italian, and frozen pizza reigns supreme. In global pizza consumption, the US comes in second, Italy is fifth, and Norway’s tables are stacked with cheesy slices and statistical surprises.

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Norway pizza lovers consume over 25 pounds yearly—beating Italy and the US in per-person intake, with statisticians and Italians equally baffled by this Nordic appetite.