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A giant sinkhole in Santa Maria Zacatepec, Mexico, is almost 500 feet across and has already swallowed the house pictured above since June 9.

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Larger Than A Football Field (And Growing), Sinkhole Has Swallowed 1 House, 2 Dogs

7:22pm June 16, 2021

by Carrie Kahn

A large sinkhole has been growing at a farm in Mexico since May. It's already swallowed a house, and two dogs had to be rescued from the hole last week.

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The Brooksville water tower was accidentally sold by the city to a businessman who was trying to buy a municipal building at the tower's base.

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A Small Florida Town Accidentally Sold Its Water Tower For $55,000

3:14pm June 15, 2021

by Josie Fischels

A businessman trying to buy a municipal building at the base of the city's water tower got a lot more than he bargained for — several thousand gallons more.

Chicago Man Jumps Into Lake Michigan 365 Days In A Row

6:28am June 14, 2021

Last June, Dan O'Conor was anxious about the pandemic. He decided to jump into a lake. The next day he did it again, and again the next day. A whole year's worth of plunges — including the winter.

Scottish Man Misses Air Travel, But Mostly He Misses In-Flight Meals

5:48am June 14, 2021

When the pandemic deprived Nik Sennhauser of Glasgow of his beloved cuisine, he decided to recreate some of his favorite meals in his home kitchen — such as fried chicken and waffles.

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A humpback whale jumps in the surface of the Pacific Ocean at the Uramba Bahia Malaga National Natural Park in Colombia in 2018. Michael Packard says he was nearly swallowed by one such whale on Friday as he dove for lobsters off the coast of Provincetown

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A Lobster Diver In Cape Cod Says A Humpback Whale Scooped Him Up And Spat Him Out

5:59pm June 12, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Michael Packard says he was trapped in the whale's mouth for 30 to 40 seconds before it tossed him back in the water, bruised but otherwise unharmed. Experts tell NPR such events are extremely rare.

Researchers Examining Medieval Skeletons Find Really Bad Bunions

5:15am June 11, 2021

The study found painful-looking degeneration in foot bones. The problem? Pointy shoes, known as poulaines, that were popular in 14th century Britain.

A Froggyland diorama shows a teacher trying to control a class in which students are hitting each other with rulers, arriving late to class and balancing pencils on their noses. Each diorama displays anthropomorphized frogs in human scenes of the early 2

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Welcome To Froggyland, The Croatian Taxidermy Museum That May Soon Come To The U.S.

8:00pm June 10, 2021

by Rob Schmitz

The museum features the work of a Hungarian taxidermist who created anthropomorphized exhibits. It had 50,000 visitors in 2019, but numbers fell during the pandemic and the owner now plans to sell.

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Trillions of cicadas are emerging in the U.S. Scientists say Brood X is one of the biggest for these bugs, which come out only once every 17 years.

A Plane Carrying Biden's Press Corps Was About To Take Off. Then The Cicadas Swarmed

11:58am June 09, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

A plane carrying dozens of journalists abroad to follow President Biden's trip to Europe was delayed several hours due to cicadas that filled the plane's engine.

When Redoing A Bathroom, It Makes Cents To Exlore Alternatives

6:28am June 09, 2021

Jordan Darian posted a TikTok video of her gluing $77 worth of pennies to her bathroom floor. It took her 16 hours to stick the coins onto the ground by hand. It looks like a million bucks.

Cincinnati police say a cicada is responsible for causing a driver to crash their car into a pole.

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Police Say A Cicada Is Responsible For A Car Crash In Ohio

3:02pm June 08, 2021

by Josie Fischels

A cicada flew into a driver's face in Cincinnati Monday evening, causing them to crash and total their car, according to the Cincinnati Police Department.