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13 years later heart recipient married widow and died same way
13 years after a heart transplant, Sonny Graham married his donor widow, ran up debts, and died by gunshot in Georgia, echoing Terry Cottle fate there
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US Navy letters tell Toronto store stop sending butt plugs
US Navy letters told a Toronto sex store to stop shipments after butt plugs reached a Bahrain base, blocked by customs and returned with Pentagon warnings!
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Thai fortune teller allegedly stole phone to prove bad luck
Police say a Pattaya fortune teller stole a 19 year old’s iPhone 13 Pro after predicting she would lose something valuable on January 1 at a temple reading
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One man strips naked after Naruhito New Year palace wave
One man in his 20s stripped naked after Emperor Naruhito New Year wave in Tokyo, leaping a barrier before guards wrapped him in a blanket and detained him.
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3,250 boxes smashed in $35 million German Christmas bank heist
A gang drilled into a Sparkasse vault in Gelsenkirchen over Christmas, smashing 3,250 boxes and stealing $35 million as police likened it to Ocean's Eleven.
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United flight diverted after passenger shadow boxed claiming simulation midair aisle
A United Airlines flight to Salt Lake City diverted to Omaha after a 25 year old passenger shadow boxed in the aisle and told travelers, This is a simulation.
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200 kg ganja eaten by rats derails Indian drugs case
An Indian court acquitted a drug suspect after police said rats ate 200 kg of seized ganja, raising doubts about evidence handling in a 2022 Ranchi case court
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65 cm live eel eats through bowel during hospital emergency
A 31 year old man in Hanoi needed emergency surgery after a 65 cm live eel chewed through his bowel. Doctors found a lemon blocking removal in the operation.
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250 passengers stranded after rat grounds KLM Caribbean flight overnight
A stowaway rat forced KLM to cancel a Caribbean leg, stranding 250 passengers overnight after the rodent was spotted over the ocean on December 10 flight delay.
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December 25 flood prophecy drives Ghanaian to build arks wooden
A self proclaimed prophet in Ghana says a three year biblical flood starts December 25 and is building wooden arks to save humanity as doubts swirl online now
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A mayor spotted a frozen man posing as a nativity statue
An Italian mayor spotted a man frozen inside a Christmas nativity scene. The 38 year old fugitive had escaped a nine month sentence and claimed the display.
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3,500 foot UFO hovered beside private jet over Rhode Island
A pilot flying at 3,500 feet over Rhode Island reported a silver cylinder hovering by his wing, prompting stunned air traffic control and jokes about aliens.
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Italian man wore a wig for 3 years to steal pension
Italian police say a 57 year old posed as his dead mother for 3 years, wearing wigs to renew her ID and collect a €53,000 pension in Borgo Virgilio. Italy.
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50 years of fire still burn inside Turkmenistan’s Gate to Hell
Turkmenistan’s Gate to Hell gas crater has burned since 1971. One man descended inside for 17 minutes, found bacteria, and officials now say the flames are fading.
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Japan restaurants sell out of bear meat after 13 attacks deaths
Japan is turning culled bears into cuisine as attacks hit a record 13 deaths, with restaurants selling out of bear meat and backing it with $118 million yen
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12 year old hired gun arrested after shooting wrong target
Swedish police arrested a 12 year old paid 250,000 crowns to kill in Malmö but he shot the wrong man, marking the youngest deadly shooting suspect in Sweden.
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37 year old crashes stolen training plane at Los Angeles airport
A 37 year old allegedly tried to steal a Cessna 172 at Van Nuys Airport, started the plane at 5 a.m., then crashed into a hangar before takeoff police say.