Strange News

Unusual Names Of Waypoints Used For Airplanes' Navigation

4:17pm May 26, 2020

Aviation relies on so-called "waypoints" — geographic coordinates in the sky that help with navigation. And all the waypoints are named with five-letter designations, sometimes funny and odd.

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Scientists Discover Ancient, Huge, Saber-Toothed Anchovy

7:53am May 24, 2020

This would have been a scary ingredient for a Caesar salad: Anchovies' ancient relatives were three feet long and had a nasty set of chompers, according to a study from the University of Michigan.

Tennessee Sees Duo Of Food-Related Accidents

5:57am May 21, 2020

Forty-thousand pounds of mac and cheese spilled from a trailer in Nashville, Tenn., when it overturned on the road. Just one day earlier, two trucks hauling chicken and pumpkin pies caught fire.

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People Are Cutting Their Own Hair During Quarantine — Sometimes Without Success

5:31am May 20, 2020

As salons remain closed during the pandemic, many have resorted to cutting their own hair. Not all are successful. Celebrities and civilians alike are sharing their quarantine haircut failures.

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Health & Safety

A Woman With Dyschronometria Shares Her Experience Of Losing Track Of Time

5:30pm May 18, 2020

Some people in quarantine are experiencing time as moving faster or slower than normal. But Jeannie Campbell who has dyschronometria has been losing track of time for years.

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World News

French Linguists Conclude The Debate Over The Gender Of The Word 'COVID-19'

4:11pm May 13, 2020

French linguists at the Académie Française have finally put an end to the debate of which of the definitive articles — a masculine le, or a feminine la — to use with the word "COVID-19."

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Members Of A Facebook Group Howl Together In The Evenings Worldwide

5:52pm May 07, 2020

More than half a million people around the world are now howling together in the evenings — they are the members of the Facebook group Go Outside and Howl at 8 pm.

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A deadly bacterium, xylella fastidiosa, has killed millions of olive trees in southern Italy. One of the hardest-hit areas is Lecce province in the Puglia region (pictured here). Xylella, which has no cure, "is almost like the coronavirus of olive trees,"

Southern Europe Could Lose $22 Billion Fighting Deadly Olive Tree Disease

12:34pm May 03, 2020

by Joanna Kakissis

The tree killer is a bacterium called xylella fastidiosa. It has killed millions of olive trees in Italy and is now threatening Spain and Greece. These countries produce 95% of Europe's olive oil.

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Canine Siblings Separated At Shelter Reunite; Their Humans Take Credit

10:08am May 03, 2020

In a D.C. neighborhood, two dog owners noticed their pets looked a bit alike. Turns out, they were brothers.

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Unicorn Riding Scooter In Fatal Crash

4:48pm April 14, 2020

by Greg Rosalsky

As venture capital retreats, hot startups are collapsing.