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May 22, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Russian Coronavirus Nurse Scolded for Wearing Bikini Under See-Through Gown

A Russian coronavirus nurse has been verbally reprimanded for wearing a bikini beneath a see-through protective gown while tending to patients.

Local news outlets reported that she had put on a bikini under her gown because “it gets too hot in the protective equipment [for clothes].”

Officials at Tula Hospital have said they will take disciplinary action against the nurse for violating uniform codes, without specifying what the punishment will be.

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May 21, 2020 Leave a Comment

ella harper camel girl

Born with a rare condition that caused her knees to bend backward, Ella Harper, known professionally as The Camel Girl, received a $200 per week as the star of a touring freak show in the 1880s.

In 1886 she was featured as the star in W. H. Harris’s Nickel Plate Circus, appearing in newspapers wherever the circus visited. The back of her pitch card reads:

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May 20, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Police Caught a Pigeon Wearing a Backpack Full of Ecstasy Pills

Authorities in Kuwait captured a homing pigeon that was smuggling drugs in a makeshift backpack, according to local publication Al Arabiya.

The pigeon was reportedly coming from Iraq when customs employees tracked and captured it at the border, upon which they noticed it had strapped to its back a camouflaged knapsack stuffed with contraband. A total of 178 pills were seized in the incident.

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May 19, 2020 Leave a Comment

This is Su filindeu (thread of gods), a pasta so difficult to prepare that only three women of a single Sardinian family know how to make it

The ingredients are simple: semolina wheat, water, and salt. The serving preparation is similarly uncomplicated: gamey mutton broth and a helping of tangy pecorino cheese. Making the pasta, however, is nearly impossible. Engineers from the Barilla pasta company attempted, unsuccessfully, to build a machine that could reproduce the technique. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver also visited Sardinia in hopes of mastering the elusive noodle. After two hours, he gave up.

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May 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

casino coronavirus

A Florida casino has created a partitioned poker table with plexiglass, as a way to safely get gamblers in the doors amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Sports radio personality Andy Slater shared the images—from the Hialeah Park racetrack and casino in Hialeah, Florida—which show four players and a dealer seated around the table with face masks. The partition prevents the players from breathing on each other, while the bottom slots allow them to reach for cards and make bets.

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May 15, 2020 Leave a Comment

inspiration for men

Eight-year-old Gabi Mann of Seattle, Washington receives gifts from crows in her garden. She feeds the crows regularly and little “treasures” are given in return including a miniature silver ball, a black button, a blue paper clip, a yellow bead, a blue Lego piece, and a pearl colored heart.

“Lisa, Gabi’s mom, regularly photographs the crows and charts their behaviour and interactions. Her most amazing gift came just a few weeks ago, when she lost a lens cap in a nearby alley while photographing a bald eagle as it circled over the neighbourhood.

She didn’t even have to look for it. It was sitting on the edge of the birdbath.

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May 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

born in 1900

For a small amount of perspective at this moment, imagine you were an American born in 1900. When you are 14, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday with 22 million people killed. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until you are 20. Fifty million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million.

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May 13, 2020 Leave a Comment

Before days of modern medicine, many feared being buried alive. As a result, safety coffins were invented in case the living were mispronounced dead. A string attached to a bell allowed the victim to alert those above

In 17th century England, it is documented that a woman by the name of Alice Blunden was buried alive. As the story goes, she was so knocked out after having imbibed a large quantity of poppy tea that a doctor holding a mirror to her nose and mouth pronounced her dead. (Tea made from dried, unwashed seed pods would have contained morphine and codeine, which are sedatives.)

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May 12, 2020 Leave a Comment

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350lbs Bodybuilder Is Tired Of People Saying He Took Steroids To Achieve His Transformation

Golias is one of the biggest bodybuilders in the world. Weighing in at a beastly 350lbs, Golias works as an online coach in Las Vegas.

Golias says he didn’t like what he ‘saw in the mirror’ as a child so decided to do something about it. He trained six days a week for 10 years to transform his body.

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May 11, 2020 Leave a Comment

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The discovery of the statue of Antinous, Delphi, Greece, 1894

Antinous was the lover of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. When Antinous was killed, Hadrian was so distraught that he spread artwork of the boy throughout the empire, deified him and created a cult to his worship, and even named at least one town after him.

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