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B.C. Mounties chop firewood for elderly woman who was busting furniture to burn, heat home
For a handful of RCMP officers in the village of Midway, B.C., the line of duty goes far beyond crime prevention. Officers recently responded to a residence in that small community near the U.S. border to assist paramedics on a medical call. An elderly man was taken to hospital with one of the officers taking it upon himself to visit the home and check on the man’s wife.
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Former Neo-Nazi and Martin Luther King Jr's Daughter Start New Friendship
This former neo-Nazi transformed his life and spent MLK day with Dr. King's daughter Dr. Bernice King.
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Australia man missing for 18 days 'survived on mushrooms'
A man who was missing in Australia for 18 days has been found after surviving on mushrooms and dam water, police say. Search efforts launched after Robert Weber, 58, went missing in the state of Queensland were called off this week. But police said he had been found near a dam on Sunday by a "property owner", who has been identified in Australian media as a local politician.
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Customer leaves 'Covid sucks!' message and a $1,400 tip at a Colorado restaurant
After a big breakfast at a Colorado restaurant, a generous customer left employees a $1,400 tip and a message that said "COVID Sucks!" Notchtop Bakery & Cafe owner Nailya Khametvalieva says the patron, who she only identified as David, came into her Estes Park eatery on Wednesday for some eggs, bacon, sausage and biscuits and gravy.
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Vegan Leather: Plant Hide Vs. Animal Hide (Traditional Leather)
First things first: you don’t have to be a vegan to enjoy vegan leather. What’s more is you don’t have to be a vegan to prefer vegan leather over traditional leather. Regardless of your eating habits, vegan leather has several significant advantages over traditional leather. However, the difference in quality depends on the type of vegan leather.
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The Teeniest Tiniest Laptop In The West
The GPD P2 Max is a hyper-powered cross between a palm pilot and an ultrabook - it's a cyberdeck by any other name... The early 1990s were a great time to be a kid. There was the ever present threat of nuclear annihilation, we were constantly being reminded that Greed was Good, and it marked the advent of truly portable computing.
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Boy who bonded with Biden over his stutter writes book
They bonded nearly a year ago after Joe Biden bent down to greet Brayden Harrington, a 13-year-old boy who stutters, at a campaign stop in New Hampshire. “Don’t let it define you,” Mr Biden said, squeezing Brayden’s shoulder and looking him in the eye. “You are smart as hell.”
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“I Think My Gmail Has Crashed”: The Teacher Who Made Bernie Sanders’ Mittens on Watching Them Go Viral
Joe Biden’s inauguration doubled as a promenade of style, featuring thousand-dollar Dior Air Jordan 1s, monochromatic jewel-toned looks, and a skirt so wide it enforced its own sartorial social distancing. But the fashion icon who stole the show was, of all people, Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose casual ’fit became instant meme fodder, with special attention paid to his extremely cozy-looking mittens.
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Why cats are crazy for catnip
Cat owners flood the internet with videos of their kitties euphorically rolling and flipping out over catnip-filled bags and toys. But exactly how catnip—and a substitute, known as silver vine—produces this feline high has long been a mystery. Now, a study suggests the key intoxicating chemicals in the plants activate cats’ opioid systems much like heroin and morphine do in people. Moreover, the study concludes that rubbing the plants protects the felines against mosquito bites.
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She Was Fired From Taco Bell for Being in Porn
With her sex work on pause during the pandemic, Lonna Wells was earning money for her family at Taco Bell. But she was fired when a customer complained. Now she’s speaking out.
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‘Tiger King’ star Joe Exotic fails to get pardon from Donald Trump
Joseph Maldonado-Passage, aka Joe Exotic, will remain behind bars despite a hoped-for pardon from President Donald Trump. Exotic was made famous last year by the Tiger King miniseries on Netflix and has been very public in his seeking of a pardon. But when the list of presidential pardons and commutations was released shortly before midnight Tuesday by the White House, his name was not on the list.
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Heartbroken Man Wins Over $4 Million In Lottery On Same Day He Got Dumped By Girlfriend
A man, who was heartbroken, ended up winning over $4 million in lottery on the same day he got dumped by his boyfriend. Yes, that happened. I can imagine the face of the girlfriend regretting because they dumped him on the wrong day.
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Microsoft Tried to Buy Nintendo, But Got Laughed Out of the Room
Somehow, it’s already been two decades since Microsoft first announced the Xbox, its foray into console gaming. Specifically, the Xbox was unveiled at CES in 2001. To commemorate that launch, Bloomberg has published an in-depth oral history of how the console came to be. It’s a fascinating read, but one particular passage stands out: details on Microsoft’s efforts to secure games for the brand-new console.
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Retired mathematician fixes bikes for hundreds without charging a dime
This past April, Ric Jackson helped a neighbor who was looking for someone to fix the brakes on his daughter's bicycle. "I fixed it up. He took it back. And she was thrilled and he was thrilled," Jackson said. "And it's just mushroomed." The avid cyclist and retired mathematician has since fixed more than 650 bikes for friends, neighbors, even strangers.
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Was Will Smith's Film on a '2021 Failed Vaccinations Apocalypse' Predicting Our Year?
Even though 2021 started with a high dose of positive sentiment around the world, as people hoped for an end to the pandemic that has rocked the world for over a year now, many social media users are starting to have second thoughts regarding vaccines that have already been rolled out in recent weeks, especially those who watched Will Smith's 2007 I'm Legend.
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Marvel's Chris Pratt accidentally confirms Thor 4 role to Tom Holland
It's official! Guardians of the Galaxy's Star-Lord will appear in Thor: Love and Thunder, Chris Pratt has confirmed – even if he didn't exactly mean to. Star-Lord has long been rumoured as a new addition to Taika Waititi's Ragnarok sequel given the events of Avengers: Endgame, but now Chris has formally announced his role.
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The U.S. Is Building a Bike Trail That Runs Coast-to-Coast Across 12 States
Stretching almost 6,000km and crossing 12 states, the Great American Rail-Trail will enable cyclists, hikers and riders to traverse the entire US. The multi-use trail will run from Washington DC in the east to Washington state on the Pacific coast. Launched in May 2019, the route will eventually connect more than 145 existing paths. So far more than 3,200km of it has been completed.
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The Pentagon Has 6 Months to Disclose What It Knows About UFOs
As part of the newly passed COVID-19 relief legislation, lawmakers are demanding answers from U.S. intelligence agencies and the Defense Department on the potential existence of UFOs and other unidentified aerial phenomena.
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Is there a conspiracy against Gingers?
One woman's belief that there's a global conspiracy against gingers could just change the way you see the world.
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Reddit clone Voat shut down on Christmas Day
Voat, an “anti-censorship” alternative social network that’s been described as the “alt-right Reddit,” is scheduled to shut down on December 25th. Voat co-founder Justin Chastain announced the pending closure yesterday, saying the site had run out of money after an investor defaulted on their contract in March. “I personally decided to keep Voat up until after the US election of 2020. I’ve been paying the costs out of pocket but now I’m out of money,” Chastain wrote.
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