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It’s the longest-running continual battle since the Hundred Years’ War, and there’ll soon be a new weapon at the front.  It’s the battle between the postal carrier and the dog.  Every year, thousands of postmen are bitten, and every year the current anti-dog peppermint spray is proven inadequate on the field of combat.   It’s […]

One of the most important rules of any criminal is learning how to hide in plain sight.  That is, you blend into the crowd, into the environment, be just another person wandering around in the aisles of the store before you make your shoplift.  That’s how you get away with that sort of thing.  It […]

If you thought karaoke violence was bad in the United States, you’re not familiar with The Philippines.  Butchering someone’s favorite song might get you beaten up in America, but if you do that in Southeast Asia?  You’ll risk getting killed.
The Philippines is one of the world’s biggest hotbeds for karaoke, where the people pride themselves […]

It goes without saying that Terry Pratchett, one of the most beloved and talented fantasy writers of this or any other generation, escaped my notice until a few months after he announces to the world he’s got early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.  Right as I discover the world he has created, forces beyond his control […]

Dubai is one of the most forward-thinking countries in the whole of the UAE, but one of its biggest food trends right now is derived from ancient sources.  In the Middle East, there’s not much grass or water for proper cattle, so beef isn’t terribly available.  However, camels are everywhere.  The restaurant chain Local House […]

Have you ever wondered what all the various parts, doors, and seams on an airplane are?  Well, if you need a ground-up education in aircraft to figure out the engine from the cabin, you’re in luck.  South African airline Kulula and ad firm Atmosphere have put together Flying 101, an infographic/advertising campaign that is currently […]

When you’re a 13-year-old boy, you’re not supposed to think too far ahead.  Then again, not all 13-year-olds got written up as the quarterback of the future by Sports Illustrated… when they were 11.  David Sills is a seventh-grade student at Red Lion Christian Academy in Bear, Delaware; he’s also a quarterback and one of […]

There’s bonding with your dog, and then there’s bonding with your dog.  Five corrections officers in Powhatan County, Virginia, have been accused of getting a little too friendly with their K9 partner during training sessions.   Prosecutors accuse the handlers of touching the dog inappropriately in a very personal area.  I know you want to […]

It’s Super Bowl weekend, and that means most of you out there (at least in America) are going to a party on Sunday, hosting a party on Sunday, or settling down to watch a football game this weekend.  While the National Football League has finally managed to match up two of the best teams in […]

If there was ever a post screaming for a SarcMark, it’s this one.  Litchfield Elementary School principal Ron Sterr no doubt gets a lot of caustic, overly critical remarks from parents, but when he returns the favor with a sarcastic letter of his own, he gets suspended for it.  The letter, sent home to parents […]

It’s not unprecedented; for some reason, judges usually give a polygamist lots of time to end his various illegal marriages.  In the case of Lorri L. Freesland, from Kinde, Michigan, she gets six months to choose between her two husbands.  One of whom she married in 2000, though he moved to Alaska without a divorce […]

We’ve seen a lot of criminals getting caught because of the snow lately.  It leaves tracks easy to follow and makes get-away driving a lot more difficult, so it’s only natural that the snow is helpful to police, but one man tried to make snow helpful to crooks and paid the price.  An unnamed 23-year-old […]