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They're Twins. With 77 Days Between Their Birthdays

Their Kazakh mother just learned of her double uterus

(Newser) - A mother in Kazakhstan is celebrating the birth of a son almost three months after his twin sister was delivered. The 77-day wait—10 days shy of the world record interval for twin births—isn't all that makes this one exceedingly rare, per Live Science . According to the country'...

They Opened Time Capsule, Found a Mystery
They Opened
Time Capsule
50 Years Later,
Got a Shock
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Aug 25, 2019 10:17 AM CDT

They Opened Time Capsule 50 Years Later, Got a Shock

There was nothing in it

(Newser) - Officials in a New Hampshire town are trying to figure out how a recently opened time capsule from 50 years ago has nothing in it. Library director Cara Potter in Derry tells WMUR that since she started there five years ago, the safe has been sitting on a shelf. Before...

City Will Give You $1.1M to Prove It Doesn't Exist

There are 'no limits to creativity,' German city says

(Newser) - A German city that's been the subject of a long-running online light-hearted conspiracy theory claiming it doesn't really exist is offering big bucks to whoever proves that's true. Officials in Bielefeld said Wednesday they'll give 1 million euros—$1.1 million—to the person who delivers...

911 Hang-Up Leads Deputy to a 'Kinda Nuts' Scene

A botched castration in Florida

(Newser) - It's a pretty gory case out of Florida, but the Highlands County Sheriff's Department was punchy in explaining what happened: "This one is a little … let's just say sensitive," reads its Tuesday Facebook post . "You could even say it’s kinda nuts."...

Woman Burns Pennywise Doll That Landed in Backyard

She has no idea where it came from

(Newser) - Strange things were afoot over the weekend in Bergen County, NJ, where a Pennywise doll apparently floated into a woman's backyard when she was relaxing with her boyfriend. Renee Jensen tells NJ Advance Media that the doll, which had strange writing on its forehead, seemed to come out of...

Sheriff: Man Dumped Dirt on Car, With Girlfriend Inside

Hunter Mills has been arrested in Florida

(Newser) - We'll lead with the punchline: This whole incident happened off Phil Dirt Road. Florida authorities say Hunter Mills of Crestview asked his girlfriend to meet him on that road last week to talk. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says she complied, driving to the meeting spot on Thursday...

Unusual Critter Raids Florida Apartment, Bites Man

Kinkajou is a critter more often found in South or Central America

(Newser) - Wildlife authorities in Florida have a tough enough job dealing with alligators and pythons . Now, an angry kinkajou. It seems one of the small raccoon-ish mammals usually found in South and Central America ran into an apartment in Lake Worth Beach and attacked a man late last month, reports CBS12...

Neighborhood Overrun by Puking, Pooping Vultures

Thanks to one neighbor who apparently won't stop feeding them

(Newser) - A New York couple's luxurious vacation house in Florida has been taken over by dozens of black vultures that are vomiting and defecating everywhere. The Palm Beach Post reports the Casimano family can't even visit the $702,000 home they purchased earlier this year in the Ibis Golf...

America's 'Dirty Little Secret' About Our Underwear

45% in Tommy John survey say they've worn same pair for 2 or more days; 13% say a week or more

(Newser) - You might not have to wash your bra after every use , but people generally put their underwear into the laundry bin after just one wear—though it seems that may have been a terribly naive assumption on our part. USA Today reports on a new survey by undergarment maker Tommy...

He Was Fired by His Dad. Now He Can't Use His Own Name

George Sink Jr. temporarily blocked from using name to market new firm after father's lawsuit

(Newser) - A South Carolina attorney is unable to use his own name to market his law firm after he was sued by his father. George Sink Jr. worked for personal injury lawyer George Sink Sr.—whose TV ads and billboards have made him famous across the state—for just shy...

Cops: Son Asked for Jaguar, Pushed BMW He Got Into River

A police rep in India says it was reportedly the wrong birthday gift

(Newser) - And you thought your kids were ungrateful. CBS News spotted a mind-boggling story out of India, where a 22-year-old allegedly pushed his new BMW into a river because what he had really wanted for his birthday was a Jaguar. Or, at least, that's what a local police rep tells...

'Glitch in the Matrix' Leads to Odd Flight for One Passenger

Filmmaker Vincent Peone had entire Delta plane all to himself

(Newser) - Everyone boarding a plane secretly hopes that no one will be seated next to them, opening up a tad more elbowroom and space for magazines, purses, and other personal items. For Vincent Peone, he didn't have to worry one bit about sharing space on his Delta flight from Aspen,...

Burglary Suspects Pick Wrong Store to Sell Stolen Comics

After allegedly stealing St. Louis man's collection, they went to his comics store with the goods

(Newser) - When someone broke into a storage locker earlier this month and stole Martin Casas' personal collection of 3,000 comic books, which he'd painstakingly built up over three decades, he was put out but not hopeless that they were gone forever. That's because Casas also happens to own...

He Escaped the Cops. The Wasps Were Another Story

Stinging insects chase fugitive into inflatable pool, where he's arrested

(Newser) - A fugitive in Germany has been nabbed thanks to the help of angry wasps. Oldenburg police said the unusual sting operation took place Monday after officers tried to arrest a 32-year-old man to serve an outstanding 11-month custodial sentence. The suspect, whose name wasn't released, fled from police and...

After Man Dumps Fridge in Ravine, Cops Get Last Laugh
After Man Dumps Fridge in
Ravine, Cops Get Last Laugh
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Aug 10, 2019 2:41 PM CDT

After Man Dumps Fridge in Ravine, Cops Get Last Laugh

The culprit had to drag it back up

(Newser) - Let the punishment fit the crime? That's what police in Spain did when they forced a man to drag a refrigerator up a deep ravine. Police say the 24-year-old is the person seen in viral footage tipping a fridge down the ravine in Almería. "We're going...

Odd Traffic Hazard: Falling Bears
Bizarre Traffic Hazard:
Falling Bears
Aug 10, 2019 12:40 PM CDT

Bizarre Traffic Hazard: Falling Bears

Deputy learns the hard way in Northern California

(Newser) - They don't train people for this at the Sheriff's Academy. A patrol car was struck by a falling bear in Northern California last weekend. Authorities say a Humboldt County sheriff's deputy was driving on State Route 96 on Aug. 3, answering a report of a drug overdose...

Oregon Man Tosses Life Savings. It&#39;s Found in California
Oregon Man's $23K Mistake
Has Improbable Happy Ending
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Aug 10, 2019 11:32 AM CDT

Oregon Man's $23K Mistake Has Improbable Happy Ending

All but $320 survived the cash's trip to a recycling plant

(Newser) - A man who accidentally recycled his life savings managed to get back all but $320 of it, and the story of how it got away from him and back to him is a wild one. The unnamed Oregon man accidentally recycled a Vans shoebox on Thursday that held just north...

Dream Home Turned Nightmare Finally Sells, at a $400K Loss

Derek and Maria Broaddus never even moved into house stalked by creepy 'Watcher'

(Newser) - It's taken five years and more than one failed sale attempt, but the owners of a New Jersey home stalked by an anonymous letter-writer called "the Watcher" have finally handed off the house to someone else—without ever having moved in themselves. NJ.com and Bloomberg report that...

Woman Who Put Octopus on Her Face: 'This Was Not a Good Idea'

Jamie Bisceglia was trying to win a photo contest. Then the octopus bit her.

(Newser) - We shouldn't have to tell people not to put octopuses on their faces, but here we are. It's a fact that Jamie Bisceglia herself now acknowledges, despite having done just that last week and suffering the consequences. HuffPost reports that the Washington state woman was participating in a...

He Was Rumored to Be Dead. So He Drove Out to the Fire Pit

Turkmenistan's president has an odd way of proving he's alive

(Newser) - He could've just held up a newspaper with a recent date displayed as proof of life. But that's not how Turkmenistan's president rolls when he wants to quash death rumors and let people know he's very much alive. Last month, a rep for the country's...

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