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27 Feb. 2020
Watch: Venomous snake found hiding behind family’s toaster
An Australian snake catcher shared video of an unusual callout for a highly venomous snake found hiding behind the toaster in a family’s kitchen.
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3 Oct. 2019
Italian astronaut to watch World Cup match from space
Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano will be cheering on his team from space when they take on South Africa in their pivotal Rugby World Cup clash.
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5 Mar. 2020
Look: Moose rescued after falling through ice of frozen pond
Conservation officers in British Columbia said they enlisted the help of bystanders to rescue a moose that fell though a frozen pond into frigid water.
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3 Mar. 2020
Change from sandwich purchase leads to $500,000 lottery jackpot
A Michigan man bought a sandwich for lunch and decided to spend his change on a lottery ticket that earned him $500,000.
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6 Oct. 2019
A 70-year-old biking grandmother conquers Bolivia’s ‘Death Road’
Bolivia´s “Death Road” might seem an odd place for a septuagenarian grandmother on two wheels.
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20 Sep. 2019
Alien enthusiasts descend on Nevada desert near secretive U.S. base
Scores of UFO enthusiasts converged on rural Nevada on Thursday for a pilgrimage of sorts to the U.S. installation known as Area 51, long rumored to house government secrets about alien life, as law enforcement officials beefed up security around the military base.
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23 Sep. 2019
From tree to chair without the carpentry: UK couple grows furniture
On a two-acre field in England’s Midlands, Gavin and Alice Munro are taking sustainability to the next level: they harvest trees which they train to grow into chairs.
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31 Aug. 2019
Maurice the Rooster pitches city slickers against locals in rural France
A loud 4-year-old rooster called Maurice on an island off the French Atlantic shore has pitted a couple of city slickers who bought a second home next door against his owners, and stirred a nationwide debate.
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13 Sep. 2019
Rugby: Octopuses predict Japan will beat Ireland but not reach knockouts
Two octopuses in Obira, on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, have predicted the hosts of the Rugby World Cup will not progress from their pool when the tournament begins later this month.
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2 Sep. 2019
Czech doctors deliver baby girl 117 days after mother’s brain-death
When a helicopter rushed an unconscious Czech woman who had suffered a severe stroke to hospital in April, her chances of survival were slim – and those of the fetus she had carried in her womb for 15 weeks little better.
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6 Mar. 2020
Look: Cat rescued from inside wall of Massachusetts home
Firefighters in Massachusetts conducted an unusual rescue at a resident’s home where they had to cut through a wall to free the family’s cat.
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6 Oct. 2019
Owners present pets to Philippines priest for blessing
Elaborately dressed cats and dogs and even a palm-sized sugar glider were among the animals blessed outside a Philippine mall on Sunday in celebration of the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and World Animal day.
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